Baylor, Texas Postgame Notes
1/6/2018 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
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Saturday, Jan. 6, 2018
Ferrell Center (Waco, Texas)
Attendance: 7,119
BAYLOR POSTGAME NOTES
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
- Baylor and Texas met for the 251st time - UT leads 162-89 in the series, including a 66-51 mark in Waco.
- Baylor moves to 14-7 against Texas since snapping a 24-game losing streak in 2009.
- Baylor's five-game win streak over the Longhorns is one shy of BU's longest win streak in the series, trailing only the six-game win streak from 1981-1983.
- Baylor is 14-20 against Texas in the Scott Drew era.
- Baylor is 53-11 against in-state opponents since the start of the 2011-12 season.
- Baylor is 60-55 in January games in the Drew era.
- Drew is in his 15th season at BU and is Baylor's all-time wins leader (288) - he is 288-184 at BU and 308-195 overall in 16 seasons as a head coach.
- Baylor's 163 wins since 2011-12 are second most in the Big 12 behind only Kansas (190).
- Baylor is 254-115 since 2007-08, the first year Drew's staff had a full allotment of scholarships.
- Baylor is 163-68 over the last seven seasons.
TEAM NOTES
- Baylor used a 6-0 run during the second half over the final 2:07, keeping the Longhorns scoreless over the final 5:03 to hold BU's lead out of reach.
- Baylor held Texas to 0-for-9 over its last nine field goal attempts to close the game, finishing 2-for-13 in the second half (15.4%).
- Baylor trailed at the half for the sixth time and third-straight game this season, moving to 2-4 when doing so.
- Baylor outpaced Texas on points in the paint, 44-30.
- Baylor started Manu Lecomte, King McClure, Nuni Omot, Jo Lual-Acuil and Tristan Clark, and the unit is 9-3 this season.
- Baylor has blocked at least one shot in 82 consecutive games, dating back to Nov. 16, 2015 vs. Oregon. The Bears out blocked UT, 10-6.
- Baylor logged double-digit blocks as a team for the first time since Dec. 20, 2017 (10, vs. Southern) and the first time in a Big 12 game since Feb. 21, 2017 (10, vs. Oklahoma).
- Baylor has the Big 12's second longest active streak and the 12th longest nationally with at least one three-point field goal made in 850 consecutive games.
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
- Jo Lual Acuil Jr. (17 points) scored in double figures for the 11th time this season and 30th time in his career.
- Lual-Acuil Jr. (4 blocks) has recorded at least two or more blocks in each of his last six games, including six blocks in his two Big 12 games played. He has now posted four or more blocks in 11 times in his BU career.
- Mark Vital (10 points) scored in double-figures for the sixth time in his freshman collegiate campaign.
- King McClure made a team-leading 27th consecutive start and played in his 30th consecutive game.
- Manu Lecomte (17 points) scored in double-figures for the 11th time this season and the 57th time in his collegiate career.
- Lecomte finished 5-for-5 on free throws, making five or more free throws for the fourth time this season.
