• Wednesday’s game will be televised on FOX Sports Southwest-Plus, Baylor’s 146th straight televised game.
• Wednesday will mark the 31st series meeting. Baylor is 18-12 all-time against Hardin-Simmons. HSU led the series 12-7 through the 1936-37 season, but BU has won 11 straight by an average of 38.6 points per game.
• Baylor defeated Hardin-Simmons, 104-59, when the teams last met on Dec. 1, 2013.
• Baylor leads the Big 12 and is top-5 nationally in assists (21.3, 3rd) and assist-to-turnover ratio (1.75, 5th).
• Baylor ranks top-20 nationally in assist pct. (3rd, 72.0), offensive rebound pct. (3rd, 45.7) and steal pct. (16th, 12.0).
• The Bears are 19th nationally in adjusted offensive efficiency (112.9) and 23rd in adj. defensive (94.3) efficiency.
• Baylor is 8th nationally in scoring margin (+21.1), 5th in rebound margin (+14.1) and 21st in scoring defense (61.3).
• Baylor is ranked No. 16 by the AP and No. 14 in the coaches poll. BU has been ranked for 18 consecutive polls.
• Baylor has gone 53 consecutive games without allowing 75+ points, the nation’s longest active streak.
• Baylor, Michigan State and Oklahoma are the only schools AP-ranked in football and men’s and women’s basketball.
• Baylor has a .710 winning percentage over the last four-plus seasons (110-45).
• Rico Gathers has a school-record 941 career rebounds and ranks 10th in Big 12 history, 4 back of Chris Mihm.
• Taurean Prince has scored in double figures in 24 of the last 26 games, averaging 15.9 ppg in that stretch.
• Al Freeman has scored in double figures in 6 of 8 games this season — he had 7 double-digit scoring games last year.
• Lester Medford has 14 career starts at point guard and has 81 assists and 23 turnovers in those games (3.5 A-T ratio).
• Ishmail Wainright is the Big 12’s only player averaging at least 5 rebounds (5.5) and 4 assists (4.3).
• Sophomores Johnathan Motley and Terry Maston and freshman King McClure combine to average 21.9 points per game off the bench. They’ve accounted for 86 percent of Baylor’s bench scoring (175 of 203 points).
• Baylor is 43-14 in its last 57 games dating back to Feb. 12, 2014. Twelve of the 14 losses have been away from home (7 road, 5 neutral) and nine losses have been against ranked teams.
• Baylor has outscored every opponent in 2nd-chance points, averaging 17.4 ppg to opponents’ 6.5 ppg.
• Baylor averages 8.0 more bench points per game than its opponents, 25.4 to 17.4.
• Baylor is 44-21 against non-Big 12 teams in games away from the Ferrell Center in the Drew era, including a 21-8 record in away games against non-Big 12 teams since 2011-12.
• Baylor is 308-70 in football and men’s and women’s basketball since 2011-12, the nation’s best record in that span.
QUICK HITS
• Drew is coaching his 397th game at Baylor (235-161). His .593 winning percentage is best in BU history among coaches with 60+ games, and his teams have a .686 winning percentage since 2007-08.
• Baylor is 49-7 in November/December games when ranked in the AP poll and 61-12 in home games when AP ranked.
• Baylor is 201-92 (24 wins per season) over the last 8-plus seasons and has made 7 postseason appearances (NCAA Tournament — 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015; NIT — 2009, 2013).
• Baylor’s 17-5 postseason record since 2009 is the nation’s 4th-best among teams with 3+ NCAA appearances.
• Baylor is one of only 14 schools nationally to play in the Sweet 16 in 3 of the last 6 seasons.
• Baylor made back-to-back NCAA Tournaments for the first time in program history in 2014 and 2015.
• Baylor is 89-11 when leading at the half over the last four seasons, including 7-0 this season.
• BU has won 38% of its games (21-34) when tied or trailing at half since 2011-12, including 0-1 this season.
• Baylor is 38-22 in games decided by 5 or fewer points and 10-2 in overtime games since 2008-09.
• Baylor has been ranked in the AP Preseason Poll in 5 of the last 6 seasons — last year was the lone exception.
• Baylor is one of 13 teams to be nationally ranked in each of the last nine seasons.
• Baylor was picked 5th in the Big 12 Preseason Coaches Poll, behind Kansas, Oklahoma, Iowa State and Texas.
• Drew is tied with Kansas’ Bill Self as the longest tenured head coach in the Big 12 Conference (13th seasons).
• Baylor has more Big 12 wins in the last 7 seasons (73-63) than its first 11 years in the league combined (45-131).
• Baylor is 28-12 in postseason tournaments (conference, national) over the last seven seasons.
• Baylor’s 5 NBA Draft picks in the last 4 years ranks 8th nationally behind Kentucky, Duke, Syracuse, Kansas, Arizona, North Carolina and UCLA.
• BU is 87-6 under Drew when holding teams under 60 points, including a 12-2 mark last season.
• Baylor has the Big 12’s 2nd-longest active streak (16th-longest nationally) with at least one 3-point FG made in 774 consecutive games. The last time BU didn’t make a 3-pointer was Feb. 21, 1990, a win vs. Texas Tech.
SERIES HISTORY
• Wednesday is the 31st all-time meeting between Baylor and Hardin-Simmons. The Bears lead 18-12 in the series.
• Baylor has won 11 straight games against HSU by an average of 38.6 points per game, and the Bears haven’t lost to the Cowboys since 1936-37.
• Wednesday will be the first neutral-site meeting and the first time the teams have played outside of Waco since Feb. 23-24, 1917, when the teams played back-to-back games in Abilene — HSU won 22-20 and 21-15.
• The Bears won 104-59 when the teams last met on Dec. 1, 2013.
LAST TIME VS. HARDIN-SIMMONS
• Six Baylor players scored in double figures as the Bears shot 63.3 percent from the field and cruised to a 104-59 victory on Dec. 1, 2013, at the Ferrell Center. Eight BU players saw 20+ minutes of action.
• Baylor tallied 59 bench points, equaling HSU’s point total, led by 17 points apiece from Rico Gathers and Brady Heslip. Taurean Prince had 13 points, Ishmail Wainright scored 9 points and Logan Lowery added 3 points.
FIRST COLLEGE BASKETBALL GAME ON FORT HOOD
• Baylor and Hardin-Simmons will play the first-ever regular season college basketball game on Fort Hood.
• Free tickets were distributed on Fort Hood to military members and their families, and no tickets were made publicly available for the game.
• Additional bleachers have been brought in to increase Abrams Gym’s seating capacity to 2,000.
ONE OF THREE RANKED IN FB, MBB AND WBB
• Baylor, Michigan State and Oklahoma are the only schools ranked by the AP in football, men’s and women’s basketball.
• Baylor men’s basketball is ranked No. 16, football is No. 18 and women’s basketball is No. 4.
• Michigan State is ranked No. 3 in football, No. 1 in men’s basketball and No. 24 in women’s basketball. Oklahoma is No. 4 in football, No. 3 in men’s basketball and No. 17 in women’s basketball.
• Baylor, Louisville and Michigan State were the only teams to finish the 2014-15 academic year ranked in the final AP Polls for all three sports.
HOLDING OPPONENTS UNDER 75 POINTS
• Baylor has gone 53 consecutive games without allowing 75 points, the nation’s longest active streak.
• BU is 39-14 during that stretch, including an 11-9 record against AP-ranked opponents.
• Baylor is holding opponents to an average of 61.5 points per game during that stretch.
• Baylor was the only major conference team to hold every opponent under 75 last season, and the Bears set a school record for fewest points per game allowed during the shot clock era at 60.2 points per game.
AMONG NATION'S BEST IN STEALS, REBOUNDS AND ASSISTS
• Baylor ranks in the top 10 nationally in scoring margin, rebounding margin, assist-to-turnover ratio, assist percentage and offensive rebound percentage, and the Bears are top-20 in steal percentage
• Baylor ranks 3rd nationally in assist percentage (72.0), 3rd in offensive rebound percentage (45.7), 5th in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.75), 5th in rebounding margin (+14.1) and 8th in scoring margin (+21.1).
• BU is 16th nationally in steal percentage, grabbing steals on 12.0 percent of opponents’ possessions.
BEST IN TEXAS
• Baylor is 35-5 against in-state opponents since the start of the 2011-12 season, and the Bears have advanced deeper into postseason play than any of Texas’ 21 Division I team in each of the last four seasons.
• BU is a 49-9 against Lone Star State teams over the last six seasons (2-0 this season) after going 10-27 against in-state teams in Scott Drew’s first six seasons at Baylor ... (10-1 in 2014-15, 6-3 in 2013-14, 7-1 in 2012-13, 10-0 in 2011-12, 5-3 in 2010-11 and 9-1 in 2009-10).
HALFTIME ADJUSTMENTS
• Baylor has won 89% of its games when leading at the half since 2011-12. The Bears are 89-11 when leading at the break in that stretch (7-0 in 2015-16, 21-7 in 2014-15, 18-2 in 2013-14, 17-1 in 2012-13 and 26-1 in 2011-12).
• BU has won 38% of games in which its been tied or trailing at the half since 2011-12, going 21-34 in those.
• BU has led at halftime in 100 of 155 games over the last four-plus seasons. With wins in 89 of those 100 games, and victories in 21 of 55 games it has trailed or been tied at the half, Baylor is 100-45 since 2011-12.
• Wednesday will mark the 31st series meeting. Baylor is 18-12 all-time against Hardin-Simmons. HSU led the series 12-7 through the 1936-37 season, but BU has won 11 straight by an average of 38.6 points per game.
• Baylor defeated Hardin-Simmons, 104-59, when the teams last met on Dec. 1, 2013.
• Baylor leads the Big 12 and is top-5 nationally in assists (21.3, 3rd) and assist-to-turnover ratio (1.75, 5th).
• Baylor ranks top-20 nationally in assist pct. (3rd, 72.0), offensive rebound pct. (3rd, 45.7) and steal pct. (16th, 12.0).
• The Bears are 19th nationally in adjusted offensive efficiency (112.9) and 23rd in adj. defensive (94.3) efficiency.
• Baylor is 8th nationally in scoring margin (+21.1), 5th in rebound margin (+14.1) and 21st in scoring defense (61.3).
• Baylor is ranked No. 16 by the AP and No. 14 in the coaches poll. BU has been ranked for 18 consecutive polls.
• Baylor has gone 53 consecutive games without allowing 75+ points, the nation’s longest active streak.
• Baylor, Michigan State and Oklahoma are the only schools AP-ranked in football and men’s and women’s basketball.
• Baylor has a .710 winning percentage over the last four-plus seasons (110-45).
• Rico Gathers has a school-record 941 career rebounds and ranks 10th in Big 12 history, 4 back of Chris Mihm.
• Taurean Prince has scored in double figures in 24 of the last 26 games, averaging 15.9 ppg in that stretch.
• Al Freeman has scored in double figures in 6 of 8 games this season — he had 7 double-digit scoring games last year.
• Lester Medford has 14 career starts at point guard and has 81 assists and 23 turnovers in those games (3.5 A-T ratio).
• Ishmail Wainright is the Big 12’s only player averaging at least 5 rebounds (5.5) and 4 assists (4.3).
• Sophomores Johnathan Motley and Terry Maston and freshman King McClure combine to average 21.9 points per game off the bench. They’ve accounted for 86 percent of Baylor’s bench scoring (175 of 203 points).
• Baylor is 43-14 in its last 57 games dating back to Feb. 12, 2014. Twelve of the 14 losses have been away from home (7 road, 5 neutral) and nine losses have been against ranked teams.
• Baylor has outscored every opponent in 2nd-chance points, averaging 17.4 ppg to opponents’ 6.5 ppg.
• Baylor averages 8.0 more bench points per game than its opponents, 25.4 to 17.4.
• Baylor is 44-21 against non-Big 12 teams in games away from the Ferrell Center in the Drew era, including a 21-8 record in away games against non-Big 12 teams since 2011-12.
• Baylor is 308-70 in football and men’s and women’s basketball since 2011-12, the nation’s best record in that span.
QUICK HITS
• Drew is coaching his 397th game at Baylor (235-161). His .593 winning percentage is best in BU history among coaches with 60+ games, and his teams have a .686 winning percentage since 2007-08.
• Baylor is 49-7 in November/December games when ranked in the AP poll and 61-12 in home games when AP ranked.
• Baylor is 201-92 (24 wins per season) over the last 8-plus seasons and has made 7 postseason appearances (NCAA Tournament — 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015; NIT — 2009, 2013).
• Baylor’s 17-5 postseason record since 2009 is the nation’s 4th-best among teams with 3+ NCAA appearances.
• Baylor is one of only 14 schools nationally to play in the Sweet 16 in 3 of the last 6 seasons.
• Baylor made back-to-back NCAA Tournaments for the first time in program history in 2014 and 2015.
• Baylor is 89-11 when leading at the half over the last four seasons, including 7-0 this season.
• BU has won 38% of its games (21-34) when tied or trailing at half since 2011-12, including 0-1 this season.
• Baylor is 38-22 in games decided by 5 or fewer points and 10-2 in overtime games since 2008-09.
• Baylor has been ranked in the AP Preseason Poll in 5 of the last 6 seasons — last year was the lone exception.
• Baylor is one of 13 teams to be nationally ranked in each of the last nine seasons.
• Baylor was picked 5th in the Big 12 Preseason Coaches Poll, behind Kansas, Oklahoma, Iowa State and Texas.
• Drew is tied with Kansas’ Bill Self as the longest tenured head coach in the Big 12 Conference (13th seasons).
• Baylor has more Big 12 wins in the last 7 seasons (73-63) than its first 11 years in the league combined (45-131).
• Baylor is 28-12 in postseason tournaments (conference, national) over the last seven seasons.
• Baylor’s 5 NBA Draft picks in the last 4 years ranks 8th nationally behind Kentucky, Duke, Syracuse, Kansas, Arizona, North Carolina and UCLA.
• BU is 87-6 under Drew when holding teams under 60 points, including a 12-2 mark last season.
• Baylor has the Big 12’s 2nd-longest active streak (16th-longest nationally) with at least one 3-point FG made in 774 consecutive games. The last time BU didn’t make a 3-pointer was Feb. 21, 1990, a win vs. Texas Tech.
SERIES HISTORY
• Wednesday is the 31st all-time meeting between Baylor and Hardin-Simmons. The Bears lead 18-12 in the series.
• Baylor has won 11 straight games against HSU by an average of 38.6 points per game, and the Bears haven’t lost to the Cowboys since 1936-37.
• Wednesday will be the first neutral-site meeting and the first time the teams have played outside of Waco since Feb. 23-24, 1917, when the teams played back-to-back games in Abilene — HSU won 22-20 and 21-15.
• The Bears won 104-59 when the teams last met on Dec. 1, 2013.
LAST TIME VS. HARDIN-SIMMONS
• Six Baylor players scored in double figures as the Bears shot 63.3 percent from the field and cruised to a 104-59 victory on Dec. 1, 2013, at the Ferrell Center. Eight BU players saw 20+ minutes of action.
• Baylor tallied 59 bench points, equaling HSU’s point total, led by 17 points apiece from Rico Gathers and Brady Heslip. Taurean Prince had 13 points, Ishmail Wainright scored 9 points and Logan Lowery added 3 points.
FIRST COLLEGE BASKETBALL GAME ON FORT HOOD
• Baylor and Hardin-Simmons will play the first-ever regular season college basketball game on Fort Hood.
• Free tickets were distributed on Fort Hood to military members and their families, and no tickets were made publicly available for the game.
• Additional bleachers have been brought in to increase Abrams Gym’s seating capacity to 2,000.
ONE OF THREE RANKED IN FB, MBB AND WBB
• Baylor, Michigan State and Oklahoma are the only schools ranked by the AP in football, men’s and women’s basketball.
• Baylor men’s basketball is ranked No. 16, football is No. 18 and women’s basketball is No. 4.
• Michigan State is ranked No. 3 in football, No. 1 in men’s basketball and No. 24 in women’s basketball. Oklahoma is No. 4 in football, No. 3 in men’s basketball and No. 17 in women’s basketball.
• Baylor, Louisville and Michigan State were the only teams to finish the 2014-15 academic year ranked in the final AP Polls for all three sports.
HOLDING OPPONENTS UNDER 75 POINTS
• Baylor has gone 53 consecutive games without allowing 75 points, the nation’s longest active streak.
• BU is 39-14 during that stretch, including an 11-9 record against AP-ranked opponents.
• Baylor is holding opponents to an average of 61.5 points per game during that stretch.
• Baylor was the only major conference team to hold every opponent under 75 last season, and the Bears set a school record for fewest points per game allowed during the shot clock era at 60.2 points per game.
AMONG NATION'S BEST IN STEALS, REBOUNDS AND ASSISTS
• Baylor ranks in the top 10 nationally in scoring margin, rebounding margin, assist-to-turnover ratio, assist percentage and offensive rebound percentage, and the Bears are top-20 in steal percentage
• Baylor ranks 3rd nationally in assist percentage (72.0), 3rd in offensive rebound percentage (45.7), 5th in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.75), 5th in rebounding margin (+14.1) and 8th in scoring margin (+21.1).
• BU is 16th nationally in steal percentage, grabbing steals on 12.0 percent of opponents’ possessions.
BEST IN TEXAS
• Baylor is 35-5 against in-state opponents since the start of the 2011-12 season, and the Bears have advanced deeper into postseason play than any of Texas’ 21 Division I team in each of the last four seasons.
• BU is a 49-9 against Lone Star State teams over the last six seasons (2-0 this season) after going 10-27 against in-state teams in Scott Drew’s first six seasons at Baylor ... (10-1 in 2014-15, 6-3 in 2013-14, 7-1 in 2012-13, 10-0 in 2011-12, 5-3 in 2010-11 and 9-1 in 2009-10).
HALFTIME ADJUSTMENTS
• Baylor has won 89% of its games when leading at the half since 2011-12. The Bears are 89-11 when leading at the break in that stretch (7-0 in 2015-16, 21-7 in 2014-15, 18-2 in 2013-14, 17-1 in 2012-13 and 26-1 in 2011-12).
• BU has won 38% of games in which its been tied or trailing at the half since 2011-12, going 21-34 in those.
• BU has led at halftime in 100 of 155 games over the last four-plus seasons. With wins in 89 of those 100 games, and victories in 21 of 55 games it has trailed or been tied at the half, Baylor is 100-45 since 2011-12.
