National Basketball Association
Baylor 75, Texas Southern 49
When: 9:00 PM ET, Monday, December 1, 2014
Where: Ferrell Center, Waco, Texas
Officials:
# Rod Dixon, # David Hall, # Doug Sirmons
Attendance:
4286
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Baylor 75, Texas Southern 49: Rico Gathers scored a career-high 23 points and grabbed 13 rebounds as the host Bears cruised to the easy win.
Lester Medford scored 13 points, including 3-of-4 3-pointers, to go along with a game-high eight assists and three steals and Taurean Prince added 11 points and seven rebounds for Baylor (6-1), which bounced back from a 62-54 loss to Illinois on Friday in the championship game of the Las Vegas Invitational. The Bears dominated inside, finishing with a 47-30 rebounding edge and a 38-22 advantage in points in the paint.
Chris Thomas scored 15 points and Madarious Gibbs finished with 10 points and seven assists for Texas Southern (1-6). The Tigers shot 35.4 percent, including 4-of-21 from 3-point range, and had 15 turnovers that led to 23 Baylor points.
The Bears wasted little time taking control of the game, using a 16-2 run fueled by a 3-pointer and layup by Prince to take an 18-6 lead after seven minutes. Texas Southern, which came into the contest off a 71-59 victory over Lamar, cut the deficit to 10 on Nevin Johnson's jumper five minutes later but Baylor answered with a 19-8 run that featured eight points from Gathers en route to a 41-22 halftime edge.
Baylor started the second half with a 15-3 run to blow the game open 56-25 with 16:40 remaining. The Tigers never got closer than 20 points the rest of the way
GAME NOTEBOOK: Baylor starting PG Kenny Chery missed his third straight game with a foot injury. ... The Bears entered the contest leading the Big 12 and ranked eighth nationally in scoring defense (51.5). ... Prince has scored in double figures a career-high five consecutive games.
Top Game Performances
| Texas Southern |
|
Baylor |
|
Chris Thomas 15 |
Scoring |
Rico Gathers 23 |
|
Madarious Gibbs 7 |
Assists |
Lester Medford 8 |
|
Chris Thomas 6 |
Rebounds |
Rico Gathers 13 |
|
Madarious Gibbs 3 |
Free Throws Made |
Rico Gathers 5 |
|
Deverell Biggs 4 |
Steals |
Lester Medford 3 |
|
Deverell Biggs 1 |
Blocks |
Rico Gathers 4 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Texas Southern
|
49 |
35.4 |
4-21 |
11-22 |
12 |
24 |
3 |
7 |
15 |
| Baylor
|
75 |
44.3 |
7-18 |
14-25 |
21 |
43 |
6 |
12 |
11 |
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