By Baylor Athletics
and Adam Flagler hit back-to-back 3-pointers down the stretch to lift the 21st-ranked Baylor Bears to a 62-60 come-from-behind win on the road against the Oklahoma Sooners Saturday afternoon at the Lloyd Noble Center.
After struggling most of the day from outside the arc, the Bears (14-5, 4-3) hit their last four in a row and handed the Sooners (11-8, 2-5) their fourth league loss by four points or fewer.
Quiet for most of the game, Bridges hit three-straight 3-pointers, the last one giving Baylor a 59-58 lead with 1:25 left in the game. And then, after Grant Sherfield missed a runner off the glass, Flagler hit a deep step-back trey that proved the dagger for OU.
Jalen Hill scored on a layup with 1.3 seconds left, but Baylor survived a review on one inbounds play, then got it to Flagler to run the final time off the clock for the Bears' third-straight win on the road and fourth overall.
Flagler led the way with 16 points and five assists, while Bridges had 11 points and eight boards, knocking down 3-of-5 from distance. Freshman Keyonte George had one of his toughest games with four turnovers, four missed free throws and 3-of-12 shooting overall, but still gave the Bears a third double-figure scorer with 11 points and blocked a late 3-point shot.
Flo Thamba chipped in with six points and 10 rebounds, helping Baylor win the battle of the boards, 39-30, and dominate second-chance points, 30-12.
Oklahoma, coming off a 72-56 loss to Oklahoma State in the Bedlam Rivalry, was led by Hill and Tanner Groves with 17 and 16 points, respectively, and a combined 18 rebounds.
In a quick turnaround, Baylor will host second-ranked Kansas (16-3, 5-2) in an ESPN "Big Monday" game at 8 p.m. Monday at the Ferrell Center. The Jayhawks have suffered rare back-to-back losses, falling 83-82 on the road at Kansas State and then getting blown out by 14th-ranked TCU, 83-60, Saturday at Allen Fieldhouse.
Postgame Notes
and Adam Flagler hit back-to-back 3-pointers down the stretch to lift the 21st-ranked Baylor Bears to a 62-60 come-from-behind win on the road against the Oklahoma Sooners Saturday afternoon at the Lloyd Noble Center.
After struggling most of the day from outside the arc, the Bears (14-5, 4-3) hit their last four in a row and handed the Sooners (11-8, 2-5) their fourth league loss by four points or fewer.
Quiet for most of the game, Bridges hit three-straight 3-pointers, the last one giving Baylor a 59-58 lead with 1:25 left in the game. And then, after Grant Sherfield missed a runner off the glass, Flagler hit a deep step-back trey that proved the dagger for OU.
Jalen Hill scored on a layup with 1.3 seconds left, but Baylor survived a review on one inbounds play, then got it to Flagler to run the final time off the clock for the Bears' third-straight win on the road and fourth overall.
Flagler led the way with 16 points and five assists, while Bridges had 11 points and eight boards, knocking down 3-of-5 from distance. Freshman Keyonte George had one of his toughest games with four turnovers, four missed free throws and 3-of-12 shooting overall, but still gave the Bears a third double-figure scorer with 11 points and blocked a late 3-point shot.
Flo Thamba chipped in with six points and 10 rebounds, helping Baylor win the battle of the boards, 39-30, and dominate second-chance points, 30-12.
Oklahoma, coming off a 72-56 loss to Oklahoma State in the Bedlam Rivalry, was led by Hill and Tanner Groves with 17 and 16 points, respectively, and a combined 18 rebounds.
In a quick turnaround, Baylor will host second-ranked Kansas (16-3, 5-2) in an ESPN "Big Monday" game at 8 p.m. Monday at the Ferrell Center. The Jayhawks have suffered rare back-to-back losses, falling 83-82 on the road at Kansas State and then getting blown out by 14th-ranked TCU, 83-60, Saturday at Allen Fieldhouse.
Postgame Notes
- Baylor’s four-game Big12 winning streak is now the second longest in the conference this season.
- The Bears have nine eight-straight regular season meetings with the Sooners, 11 of the last 13 overall and five of the last six in Norman.
- BU is 18-11 since snapping a 30-game Sooner winning streak in 2009.
- At 24-6, BU has the best Big 12 road record over the last four seasons, and is one of just three teams with a .500+ road record in the conference during that span.
- Baylor’s 46-10 Big 12 record over the last four seasons is the best of any power five team
- Saturday marked just the third time Baylor has trailed at the half this season, but was the first time they won a game when trailing at the half.
- Baylor’s 30 second-chance points were a season high. The previous high was 27 against MVSU in the season opener (11/07/22).
- The starting lineup of Adam Flagler,Keyonte George, LJ Cryer, Jalen Bridges and Flo Thamba was used for a sixth-straight game, that combo is 10-4 this season.
- Flagler scored a team-high 16 points, his 16th double-figure scoring game this season and his 38th in his last 41 games.
- Saturday was Flagler’s 20th-straight game with a three pointer.
- It was Flagler’s 77th game career game with multiple three-pointers.
- Bridges scored 11 points to notch his fifth-straight double-figure scoring game, the longest active streak on the team.
- The junior transfer notched a season high three made three pointers.
- Thamba played in his 135th career game, the fourth most in program history.
- The senior collected 10 rebounds, his first double-digit rebound game since the season opener against MVSU (11/7/22)
- George scored in double figures for a 16th game this season.
