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6/6 BAYLOR (17-1, 5-1) 74, NR/NR TEXAS (7-11, 1-5) 64
Tue., Jan. 17, 2017
Ferrell Center (Waco, Texas)
Attendance: 7,604

BAYLOR POSTGAME NOTES

MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
- Tuesday was the 249th all-time series meeting. The most-played rivalry in program history dating back to 1905-06.
- Baylor is now 87-162 all-time against Texas, including a 50-66 mark in Waco and a 12-7 record since snapping a 24-game losing streak to Texas in 2009.
- Baylor's 143 wins since 2011-12 is the Big 12's second-most wins in that span behind only Kansas (165).
- Baylor's 12-game home winning streak is tied for the 4th-longest in Ferrell Center history.
- Baylor's 17-1 record ties the best 18-game start in program history (17-1 in 2011-12).
- Baylor's 5-1 start through 6 Big 12 games ties for the best open to Big 12 play in program history. BU has also been 5-1 in 1998, 2013, 2016.
- Baylor is 45-8 against in-state opponents since the start of the 2011-12 season.
- Baylor is 88-72 in Big 12 play since 2008 after going 45-131 in the league's first 11 seasons.
- Baylor is 38-10 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 15-1 on the season as a starting unit.
- Baylor is 12-0 when leading at the half this season. The Bears have won 90% (112-13) 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 (287-184) and 14th at Baylor (267-173).
- Drew is 233-104 since 2007-08 ÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬" the first year he had a full allotment of scholarships.
- Baylor is 142-57 since 2011-12.
- Baylor is 57-54 in January games in the Drew era.

TEAM NOTES
- Baylor closed the final 5:08 of the first half on a 16-4 run to turn a 27-22 deficit into a 38-31 halftime lead.
- Baylor used a 9-0 run in the middle of the second half to extend a 54-44 lead to 63-44.
- Baylor outshot Texas (45.2 percent to 40.8 percent). BU is 16-0 when outshooting its this season and 237-23 under Drew.
- Baylor is now 89-35 during Ishmail Wainright's 4-year career. The 89 wins are 6th-most in program history. Wainright has played in 81 of those 89 games, which are tied with Tweety Carter for 9th-most in program history.
- Baylor has made at least one 3-point field goal in 818 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
- Johnathan Motley (32 Points, 20 Rebounds) is the fourth player in program history to score 30 or more points and grab 20 or more rebounds in a game, joining Jerry Mallett (1957), Darrell Hardy (1966) and Rico Gathers (2015).
- Motley recorded career-highs in both categories, previous career-high for points was 27 points and 14.
- Motley recorded his Big 12-leading 7th double-double of the season. He also has 12 for his career.
- Motley (32 Points) has scored in double figures in 13 of 18 games this season and in 38 games in his career.
- Motley (20 Rebounds) tallied a career-high in rebounds, previous high was 14 against Sam Houston State on Nov. 30, 2016.
- Motley had double-digit rebounds for the 8th-time this season and the 13th time in his career.
- Motley had 3 blocks to move into sole possession of 7th-most in program history with 106 career blocks. He passed the 106 of Willie Sublett (1991-94).
- Motely is the first BU player to score 30 or more points in a Big 12 game since Pierre Jackson on Feb. 20, 2013 vs. Iowa State.
- Motley is the 2nd major conference player this season with a 30 point and 15 rebound game, Caleb Swanigan of Purdue had the other.
- Al Freeman (10 points) had his 12th double-digit scoring game of the season and the 39th of his career. BU is 33-6 when he scores 10+ points.
- Nuni Omot scored a career-high 14 points in the game, previous-high was 8 points against Southern on Dec. 14, 2016.
- Omot had scored a combined 3 points in the previous 4 games with 2 DNPs.
- Terry Maston (4 points) scored less than 6 points off the bench for the first time this season. He had scored 6 or more in all 16 games played this season.
- Ishmail Wainright had 4 steals in the first half, which was 1 under his career high.
- Jake Lindsey had 7 assists in the game, which was 1 under his career high.
- King McClure missed the first game of his career, snapping a of 51-straight games played. He has a slight knee sprain.