№ 13 Texas Tech Strack Baylor in Lubbock 73-59 – Baylor Lariat

By Jackson Sow | Sportsman

Nine years ago, former Baylor Taurean Prince striker learned the nation on how to bounce the ball.

“You pick up and grab the rim ball when it comes out,” Prince said at a press conference after the game. “Then grab him with two hands and get off with him and this is considered to be a bounce.”

Baylor (14-8, 6-5) struggled with the prince’s words in the first half on Tuesday night against No. 13 Texas Tech (18-4, 9-2), behind 10-1 on the offensive glass and took a double-digital deficit In half for the second consecutive game. This time there would be no historical return, as bears lost 73-59 in United Supermarkets Arena in Lubbock.

Like much of Bailore’s season, the game on Tuesday was marred by injuries. Langston Love remained aside as it recovers from a lower body injury, although it is involved in the heating before the game. VJ Edgecombe also sat down after injuring his ankle on Saturday against Kansas. He eavesdrop for Jeremy Roach, who returned after dropping four straight games in a concussion protocol. In his first action of January 19, Roach shoots 3-11 in 38 minutes.

Texas Tech’s leading rebound, JT Toppin, continued to recruit numbers from Dunker’s place after being the subject of a controversial early disposal against then. 6 Houston on Saturday. Topin recorded eight points and five rebounds in the first nine minutes before leaving the ankle injury game. He later returned with limited capacity.

Without Edgecombe, freshman Robert O. Wright III took the lead. The SparkPlug guard scored 10 of the 24-half points from the first half while his colleagues fired 6 out of 21 (28.6%) from the pitch. He struggled in the second half, shooting 1-for-6, while Baylor made less than one-third of his goal attempts in the field.

Baylor lost the first half of 34-24, the third straight game, which focused on a break with a deficit of at least eight points. The red attackers dominated the glass, surpassing the bears 10-1 in the offensive end. In addition, Bailore shot only two free throws.

With 11 minutes to play, Norchad Omier ran into a hook jump to finish a six-minute cold Baylor series, in which the bears went 0-for-8 of the pitch, stuck with only seven free throws. The shot reduced the lead to 45-42.

The 3-point Texas Tech shooters continued to roll, led by a chance McMilian, who answered with three straight 3-tellers, redirected by a Stephen Curry shot, who doesn’t look like the NBA range. The red attackers fired only 10 free throws, but more than offsetting the lack of volume of charity stripes of huge brand 11 for 29 (37.9%) beyond the arc. Baylor shoots 5-for-18 (27.8%).

It only took 90 seconds to allow Texas Tech to continue with 8-0 by placing Baylor back 12 points with under 10 minutes to play. It was a presenter that the Red Raide would never give up 3-Roach’s 3-story at 4:26 reduced him to seven, but also scored the last goal in Baylor’s field for the night. The end board flashes the Texas Tech 73, Baylor 59.

The bears will have the rest of the week to rest before returning to Foster Pavilion at 13:00 Saturday against UCF (13-8, 4-6).