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Quick Facts: Baylor men prepare for Texas

Quick Facts: Baylor men prepare for Texas
Posted at 11:06 PM, Feb 05, 2019
and last updated 2019-02-06 00:06:46-05

• Baylor carries a 6-game winning streak into its 7 p.m. CT game at Texas on Wednesday. 
• Wednesday is the 253rd series meeting – the most-played rivalry in Baylor history dating back 104 years. 
• The Bears are 15-7 vs. Texas since snapping a 24-game series losing streak in 2009. 
• Baylor's 6-game winning streak vs. Texas ties its longest in series history (6 wins from 1981-83). 
• BU has swept the season series vs. Texas 5 times in the Big 12 era (1998, 2010, 2012, 2017, 2018). 
• Baylor needs a win to set a program record with 6 straight Big 12 wins in a single season. BU last won 6 straight conference games in a season in 1988 Southwest Conference play (7-game win streak). 
• BU is looking to win a 4th straight conference road game for the first time since 1969 SWC play. 
• BU is the first team to win 3 straight Big 12 road games since Kansas started 3-0 on the road in 2018. 
• King McClure [baylorbears.com] can become the first Baylor player to go 4-0 in Austin during his BU career. 
• Baylor is coming off at 30-point win at OU last Monday and a 26-point win vs. TCU on Saturday. The combined 56-point margin of victory is BU's largest in consecutive Big 12 games in conference history. 
• Baylor has a +14.7 average margin of victory during its 6-game streak. BU's first 4 wins during its streak were at Oklahoma State by 4, vs. Texas Tech by 11, at West Virginia by 12 and vs. Alabama by 5. 
• During its 6-game winning streak, Baylor is shooting 43% (65-of-151; 10.8 made 3FGs/game) from 3-point range after shooting 29% (99-of-339; 6.6 made 3FGs/game) in its first 15 games. 
• In 7 games without Tristan Clark [baylorbears.com], BU is averaging 77.0 ppg, up from 71.4 ppg prior to his injury. 
• BU is averaging 3.7 more made 3-pointers per game in 7 games since Clark's injury (10.1, up from 6.4). 
• BU has scored 73+ points in 6 straight games after doing so in only 6 of its first 15 games. 
• Scott Drew [baylorbears.com] is in his 16th season in Waco and is the Bears' all-time wins leader (311-201). 
• Baylor is 33-34 in Big 12 road games since 2012, second-best in the league behind only Kansas (43-23). 
• Baylor is 28-2 when leading at halftime since the start of the 2017-18 season (13-2 this season). 
• Mario Kegler [baylorbears.com] is averaging 10.3 ppg and 5.3 rpg during the Bears' 6-game winning streak. Kegler has shot 52% (24-of-46) during the Bears' 6-game streak after entering the streak shooting 39%. 
• Makai Mason [baylorbears.com] has scored in double-figures in a career-best 13 straight (18.0 ppg, 32.4 mpg during streak). 
• Mason has shot 75% (21-of-28) on 2-point FGs in the last 4 games and has made a 3FG in 15 straight games. 
• Mason had the 7th 40-point game in BU history Saturday vs. TCU, breaking the BU record for a Big 12 game. 
• Clark was ruled out for the season after suffering a left-knee injury in the Jan. 20 win over Iowa State. 
• Jared Butler [baylorbears.com] joined the starting lineup with Clark out and is averaging 11.6 ppg and 3.9 apg in 7 starts. 
• Mark Vital [baylorbears.com] is the nation's only player with more offensive than defensive rebs. (80-75; min. 140 total). 
• BU is 4th nationally in offensive rebounding percentage (38.4), and Vital ranks 7th nationally (16.4). 
• Butler is shooting 45% on 3FGs (17-of-38) in the last 7 games after 23% (10-of-44) in his first 14 games. 
• In conference games, Baylor leads the Big 12 in scoring offense (77.5), offensive efficiency (115.4), 3-point percentage (.402), 3-pointers made (10.0/game), scoring margin (+9.6), assists (16.4/game), rebounding margin (+8.0) and offensive rebound percentage (.394).