Men’s hoops: Bears and Ags go five OTs
By Scott Wright
Baylor 116, Texas A&M 110, five overtimes.
Think the Bears will be a little tired Saturday when OU visits? I’m tired after just reading the box score. They had four players play at least 42 minutes and Curtis Jerrells played 53.
For your enjoyment (though I recommend a water break halfway through) I’ve attached the list of Big 12 Conference records broken in the five-OT thriller — and I use the word “thriller” loosely. Sure, five overtimes is darn exciting, but there was some ugly basketball being played at Reed Arena Wednesday night, too.
Neither team shot better than 38 percent from the floor or 21 percent from 3-point range. Baylor was 7-of-34 from 3 and that was BETTER than the Aggies.
One note that caught my eye — A&M set the Big 12 record for free throw attempts in a game, but Baylor set the record for made free throws in a game.
Remember your high school coach always telling you how important it was to make your free throws? That’s got to be on Mark Turgeon’s mind today. Texas A&M was 36 of 59 at the free throw line.
Here are the record notes:
The Baylor at Texas A&M contest on Wednesday, January 23, 2008 was the first time in 196 meetings between the two schools that BOTH were nationally-ranked when the game was played. The series now stands with Texas A&M holding a 124-72 advantage
RECORDS
Numerous individual and team records were set in a contest that saw 17 ties and 20 lead changes. The time of the game was more than 3½ hours.
• Longest game in Big 12, Baylor and Texas A&M men’s basketball history
• Third game in league history to go three overtimes or more
- Missouri 112, Iowa State 109 (4ot) – January 13, 2001
- Oklahoma State 105, Texas 103 (3ot) – January 16, 2007
• Baylor sets a Big 12 record for most points in a conference game [Old record: Kansas 114 vs. Colorado on Jan. 15, 1997]
• Big 12 record for most combined points (226) in a league game. [Previous record 221 - MU 112, ISU 109 - Jan. 13, 2001]
• Big 12 overall and conference game record for free throws attempted by Texas A&M (59)
• Big 12 overall and conference game record for rebounds by Baylor (70) [Both teams topped the previous conference game record of 62 by Colorado against Texas Tech on Feb. 11, 1998. A&M grabbed 64 rebounds]
• Big 12 overall and conference game record for free throws attempted by Texas A&M (59)
• Big 12 overall and conference game record for field goals attempted by Baylor (97) [Both teams surpassed the previous record of 90 by Missouri against Iowa State on Jan. 13, 2001. A&M attempted 94 field goals]
• Big 12 conference game record for free throws made was tied by Baylor (39). [Record: Kansas State made 39 vs. Baylor on Feb. 13, 1999]
• Josh Carter and Donald Sloan of Texas A&M set a Big 12 overall and conference game record for minutes played (57). [Previous record: 56 minutes - Clarence Gilbert, MU vs. ISU, 1-13-01]
• Curtis Jerrells of Baylor set a Big 12 overall and conference game record for free throws made (20). [Previous record: 18 - Four times]
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
• Five players in double figures for Texas A&M. Four players in double figures for Baylor
• Three Texas A&M players had 55+ minutes in the game. One Baylor player registered 50+ minutes
• Teams combined to shoot 106 free throws in the contest.
• Five Baylor players fouled out. Three Texas A&M players fouled out.
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