National Basketball Association
Baylor 80, West Virginia 70
When: 12:30 PM ET, Thursday, March 12, 2015
Where: Sprint Center, Kansas City, Missouri
Officials:
# John Higgings, # Steve Oglesby, # Mark Whitehead
Attendance:
N/A
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No. 16 Baylor 80, No. 18 West Virginia 70: Taurean Prince scored 18 points on 7-of-9 shooting as the fourth-seeded Bears defeated the fifth-seeded Mountaineers in the Big 12 quarterfinals in Kansas City.
Royce O’Neale added 16 points, five rebounds and five assists for Baylor (24-8), which will face top-seeded Kansas in Friday’s semifinals. Rico Gathers added 15 points and nine rebounds, and Lester Medford added 10 points.
Jaysean Paige made four 3-pointers while scoring a career-high 18 points for West Virginia (23-9). Devin Williams added 18 points on 7-of-9 shooting, and Daxter Miles Jr., scored 11 for the Mountaineers, who played without standout guard Juwan Staten.
Miles and Jevon Carter committed back-to-back turnovers and the Bears cashed in with baskets by Gathers and Medford to take a 71-66 lead with 3:15 to play. Baylor’s lead grew to nine on two free throws by Ishmail Wainright with 1:40 remaining and the Mountaineers couldn’t mount a final charge as they went the final 6 1/2 minutes without a field goal.
West Virginia led by six points on Carter’s 3-pointer with 4:33 remaining in the first half before Baylor closed with a 13-5 run to take a 38-36 lead into the break. The contest was tied at 49 before Prince scored three consecutive baskets for a six-point edge, and the Mountaineers responded with six straight and tied it on Williams’ basket with 10:45 left.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Staten (knee, groin) missed his fourth straight game, and teammate G Gary Browne (foot) sat out his third consecutive contest. … Baylor has reached the Big 12 semifinals for the fifth time in seven seasons. … The Bears made twice as many free throws (26) as West Virginia (13).
Top Game Performances
| West Virginia |
|
Baylor |
|
Jaysean Paige 18 |
Scoring |
Taurean Prince 18 |
|
Nathan Adrian 5 |
Assists |
Kenny Chery 7 |
|
Devin Williams 7 |
Rebounds |
Rico Gathers 9 |
|
Devin Williams 4 |
Free Throws Made |
Royce O'Neale 9 |
|
Jevon Carter 4 |
Steals |
Taurean Prince 3 |
|
Jonathan Holton 1 |
Blocks |
Rico Gathers 1 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| West Virginia
|
70 |
45.3 |
9-24 |
13-18 |
19 |
27 |
3 |
7 |
14 |
| Baylor
|
80 |
51.0 |
4-14 |
26-34 |
15 |
31 |
2 |
8 |
10 |
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