National Basketball Association
Baylor 80, West Virginia 60
When: 9:00 PM ET, Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Where: The Ferrell Center, Waco, Texas
Officials:
# Paul Janssen, # Larry Spaulding, # Mike Stuart
Attendance:
6573
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Baylor 80, West Virginia 60: Rico Gathers scored a season-high 22 points and the reserve freshman forward grabbed a team-high nine rebounds as the host Bears led from start to finish.
Brady Heslip contributed 20 points and Pierre Jackson finished with 15 points and nine assists for Baylor (16-8, 7-4 Big 12), which remained a game behind first-place Kansas, Kansas State and Oklahoma State.
Eron Harris scored 19 points and Deniz Kilicli had 13 for West Virginia (12-12, 5-6), which had its three-game winning streak halted.
Baylor scored the first seven points and never trailed during the first half, which ended with the Bears leading 31-27.
An 8-0 run gave Baylor its first double-digit lead, 46-34, with 14:02 remaining and the Mountaineers never got closer than eight the rest of the way. The Bears finished with 23 assists on 27 field goals and committed nine turnovers.
GAME NOTEBOOK: The Bears are 141-2 when leading or tied at halftime since Scott Drew took over as coach for the 2003-04 season. … Jackson has reached double figures in 31 straight games, the longest active streak in the Big 12. He also sank a 3-pointer for the 35th consecutive game, the second-longest streak in school history behind LaceDarius Dunn (45), who played for the Bears from 2007-11. … Harris started his ninth consecutive game for the Mountaineers; the freshman guard has led the team in scoring in five of those games.
Top Game Performances
| West Virginia |
|
Baylor |
|
Eron Harris 19 |
Scoring |
Rico Gathers 22 |
|
Juwan Staten 7 |
Assists |
Pierre Jackson 9 |
|
Dominique Rutledge 6 |
Rebounds |
Rico Gathers 9 |
|
Eron Harris 4 |
Free Throws Made |
Rico Gathers 8 |
|
Eron Harris 2 |
Steals |
Pierre Jackson 3 |
|
Deniz Kilicli 1 |
Blocks |
Cory Jefferson 2 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| West Virginia
|
60 |
43.5 |
4-12 |
16-24 |
15 |
27 |
1 |
4 |
18 |
| Baylor
|
80 |
50.9 |
9-22 |
17-24 |
23 |
22 |
3 |
8 |
9 |
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