By SicEmSports
Baylor's 81-74 Tuesday win at Texas Tech may not have been a surprise. But the manner in which the Bears did it probably was.
The No. 21 Bears reached the .500 mark in Big 12 play and earned their third straight win as they kept the Red Raiders winless in league play.
Freshman sensation Keyonte George collected 18 of his game-high 27 points in the second half and had all four 3-pointers the Bears made in the second half. Baylor shot 48 percent for the game and made 11 3s for the game. LJ Cryer finished with 18.
The Bears led by as many as 16 in the second half. Tech (10-8, 0-7) closed to within five (79-74) inside the final minute and had a chance to narrow it even further. But Tech guard Pop Isaacs impatiently hoisted up a three that missed badly.
Baylor chewed up Tech's defense in the first half shooting 57.7 from the field and 46.7 from long distance.
Most importantly, the Bears took care of the ball committing only three turnovers. Baylor continues the road trip Saturday with a 3:00 p.m. start at Oklahoma.
Postgame Notes
Baylor's 81-74 Tuesday win at Texas Tech may not have been a surprise. But the manner in which the Bears did it probably was.
The No. 21 Bears reached the .500 mark in Big 12 play and earned their third straight win as they kept the Red Raiders winless in league play.
Freshman sensation Keyonte George collected 18 of his game-high 27 points in the second half and had all four 3-pointers the Bears made in the second half. Baylor shot 48 percent for the game and made 11 3s for the game. LJ Cryer finished with 18.
The Bears led by as many as 16 in the second half. Tech (10-8, 0-7) closed to within five (79-74) inside the final minute and had a chance to narrow it even further. But Tech guard Pop Isaacs impatiently hoisted up a three that missed badly.
Baylor chewed up Tech's defense in the first half shooting 57.7 from the field and 46.7 from long distance.
Most importantly, the Bears took care of the ball committing only three turnovers. Baylor continues the road trip Saturday with a 3:00 p.m. start at Oklahoma.
Postgame Notes
- Baylor has won seven of the last ten meetings between the two schools.
- Baylor is 9-5 in 14 trips to Lubbock since 2010, and is 22-9 against Tech since 2007-2008, its first year under Drew without scholarship restrictions.
- BU snapped its two-game losing streak to Texas Tech, Baylor’s longest since 2004-2005
- BU is 78-21 against in-state opponents since the start of the 2011-2012 season
- Baylor’s 45-11 Big 12 record over the last four seasons is the second-best in the Power 5
- 48 points are BU’s most against Tech in a half since scoring 54 in the second half on 3/7/21.
- 48 points allowed in the first half are a season high for Texas Tech.
- Baylor has won 90% of its games when leading at the half since 2011-12 (225-26).
- Keyonte George scored a team-high 27 points, his fourth 20-point game in Big 12 play.
- George recorded his eighth 20-point game of the season the most by a freshman since Aaron Bruce had nine in 2004-2005.
- LJ Cryer scored in double figures for a third-straight game. 18 points are his most since scoring 19 at Marquette (11/29/22).
- Jalen Bridges scored in double figures for the fourth-straight game, the longest active streak on the team.
- Bridges started his 70th consecutive game.
- Adam Flagler had his 17-game streak of double-figure scoring games snapped.
- Tuesday night’s game was the first time Flagler failed to reach double figures since 3/10/22 against Oklahoma.
- Flo Thamba played in his 134th career game pulling into a tie with LaceDarius Dunn for the fourth-most in program history.
- Caleb Lohner played in his 70th consecutive game.
