Bears had some defensive things to fix at halftime. But when they did, they stepped on the gas in the second half scoring 50 points.
As noted below, they were phenomenal sharing the ball with 30 assists for 34 made field goals. They wound up shooting 56.7 percent and were strong from the arc at 40 percent.
Keyonte George led the way with 17. LJ Cryer scored the first 10 points and finished with 16. Slow start for Adam Flagler but he had eight points in a burst that fueled the second half run that created separation. He finished with 13.
Bears are off until Tuesday when they head to Milwaukee to take on Marquette in the Big 12-Big East Challenge. That's a 7;30 pm start (FS1).
As noted below, they were phenomenal sharing the ball with 30 assists for 34 made field goals. They wound up shooting 56.7 percent and were strong from the arc at 40 percent.
Keyonte George led the way with 17. LJ Cryer scored the first 10 points and finished with 16. Slow start for Adam Flagler but he had eight points in a burst that fueled the second half run that created separation. He finished with 13.
Bears are off until Tuesday when they head to Milwaukee to take on Marquette in the Big 12-Big East Challenge. That's a 7;30 pm start (FS1).
- Baylor is 76-4 in its last 80 non-conference home games dating back to Dec. 12, 2012.
- Baylor is 141-16 in non-conference home games in the Drew era, including 113-8 since 2007-08.
- The Bears have won 10-straight home games.
- Baylor is 57-8 in home games against unranked opponents (including Big 12 play) since 2016-17.
- Baylor is 42-4 against unranked teams over the last three seasons.
- The Bears finished with 30 assists, the first game with 30+ assists since BU had 33 against Nicholls State on 11/15/21.
- LJ Cryer scored the first 10 points of the game (10-0 run), and finished with 16 points, his fifth game in double figures this season.
- Cryer is averaging 20.8 points over the last three games, and has made multiple three-pointers in 13-straight games.
- The reigning Big 12 Player of the Week has scored in double figures in 4-straight games.
- Keyonte George had a game-high 17 points, his fifth game of 13+ points.
- Dale Bonner set a new career high with 12 assists. His previous high was 11 assists at Fairmont State against Bowie State (11/30/19) and Concord (2/8/21).
- Langston Love scored in double figures (11) for the second time in his career.
- Adam Flagler scored in double figures for the eighth-straight game.
- With 12 points and nine assists today, Flagler has had 12+points and 4+ assists in every game this season.
- With eight points on Wednesday, Jalen Bridges eclipsed 500 points in his career (501).
- Flo Thamba started his 70th-consecutive game.
