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BAYLOR POSTGAME NOTES

MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
- Saturday was the 35th all-time series meeting. Baylor is now 18-17 all-time against K-State, including an 8-10 mark in Manhattan and an 11-10 mark in the Scott Drew era.
- Baylor has won 4 straight against K-State for the first time in series history.
- Baylor has won at least 4 of its first 5 Big 12 games for the 6th time in the league's 21-year history, including 4 of the last 6 seasons (1998, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017).
- Baylor is 87-72 in Big 12 play since 2008 after going 45-131 in the league's first 11 seasons.
- Baylor is 17-15 against AP Top 25 teams over the last three seasons.
- Baylor is 5-1 vs. ranked teams this season, marking the 3rd consecutive year the Bears have knocked off 5+ ranked teams.
- BU is 36-55 against ranked teams since 2007-08 after going 0-27 vs. ranked teams in Drew's first four seasons.
- Baylor is 37-10 all-time when top-10 ranked and 12-3 all-time when top-5 ranked.
- Baylor's starting lineup was Jo Lual-Acuil Jr., Manu Lecomte, Ishmail Wainright, Al Freeman, and Johnathan Motley ÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬" the group is 14-1 on the season as a starting unit.
- Baylor is 11-0 when leading at the half this season. The Bears have won 90% (111-13) of their games when leading at the half since 2011-12.
- Drew, the program's all-time win leader, is in his 15th season overall (286-184) and 14th at Baylor (266-173).
- Drew is 232-104 since 2007-08 ÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬" the first year he had a full allotment of scholarships.
- Baylor is 141-57 since 2011-12.
- Baylor is 56-54 in January games in the Drew era.

TEAM NOTES
- Baylor's 16-1 start is the 2nd-best record in program history through 17 games (17-0 in 2011-12).
- Baylor improved to 16-14 in Big 12 road games since 2014 and 25-23 in Big 12 road games since 2012 ÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬" both records are 2nd-best in the conference behind Kansas.
- The Bears improved to 2-1 in Big 12 road games this season.
- Baylor is now 88-35 during Ishmail Wainright's 4-year career.
- Baylor has made at least one 3-point field goal in 817 consecutive games ÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬" the second-longest active streak in the Big 12 (Texas). The last time Baylor did not connect from 3-point range was Feb. 21, 1990 vs. Texas Tech.

INDIVIDUAL NOTES
- Ishmail Wainright (career-high 15 points) had his 4th double-digit scoring game of the season and 10th of his career.
- Wainright earned his 80th career win (10th-most in BU history) and 30th Big 12 win (t-8th-most in BU history).
- Manu Lecomte (career-high 26 points) had his 2nd 20-point game of the season and the 4th of his DI career.
- Lecomte (26 points) had his 9th double-digit scoring game of the season and the 34th of his DI career.
- Johnathan Motley fouled out with 7 points and 9 rebounds in 19 minutes. It was just the 3rd time in 17 games this season that he didn't reach double-figures in points or rebounds.
- Al Freeman (15 points) had his 11th double-digit scoring game of the season and the 38th of his career. BU is 32-6 when he scores 10+ points.
- Freeman also tied his career high with a team-high 5 assists ÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬" it was the 4th time he's had 5 assists in a game.
- Terry Maston has scored at least 6 points off the bench in all 16 games played this season.
- Jo Lual-Acuil Jr. (12 rebounds) had his 5th double-figure rebounding game of the season.