Baylor rallies for 75-68 victory over Oklahoma State

Oklahoma State guard Avery Anderson III, rear, fouls Baylor guard Jared Butler (12) in the final minutes of an NCAA college basketball game in Stillwater, Okla., Saturday, Jan. 18, 2020. (AP Photo/Brody Schmidt)
Oklahoma State guard Avery Anderson III, rear, fouls Baylor guard Jared Butler (12) in the final minutes of an NCAA college basketball game in Stillwater, Okla., Saturday, Jan. 18, 2020. (AP Photo/Brody Schmidt)

STILLWATER, Okla. - Freddie Gillespie and Jared Butler each scored 17 points, and No. 2 Baylor beat Oklahoma State 75-68 on Saturday for its 14th straight victory.

Baylor (15-1, 5-0 Big 12) overcame a 12-point deficit in the last 14 minutes. Devonte Bandoo scored 14 of his 16 points in the second half.

Oklahoma State has lost five in a row. Isaac Likekele had 16 points, nine rebounds, five assists and four steals for the Cowboys (9-8, 0-5). Cameron McGriff also scored 16 points.

 

Kansas State 84, NO. 12 West Virginia 68

MANHATTAN, Kan. - Cartier Diarra scored 25 points and Xavier Sneed had 16, leading Kansas State to its first Big 12 win this season.

DaJuan Gordon scored a career-high 15 points for the Wildcats (8-9, 1-4), who shot 59% (29 for 49) from the field and led by as many as 23.

West Virginia (14-3, 3-2) committed 18 turnovers. Miles McBride and Chase Harler each scored 11 points, and Gabe Osabuohein had 10.

 

Oklahoma 83, TCU 63

Brady Manek made his home in the corner.

Oklahoma's junior forward found plenty of opportunities for his favorite shot - the corner 3-pointer - on Saturday against TCU and took advantage.

Manek scored a career-high 31 points to help the Sooners to an 83-63 home win over the Horned Frogs.

Coming off a disappointing shooting performance in Tuesday's loss to Kansas, in which Manek shot just 4 of 16 from the floor and 2 of 9 from behind the 3-point line, the Sooners made it a priority to find Manek open looks by moving aggressively to the basket to collapse the defense and free him up on the perimeter.

The result was a career-high seven 3-pointers on nine attempts. All seven of Manek's 3-pointers were assisted.

With his final two points - a pair of free throws in the final minute with the game well in hand - Manek became the 46th Sooners player to reach the 1,000-point career mark and set his career high in scoring, besting the 29 points he scored earlier this season.

 

No. 23 Texas Tech 72, Iowa St. 52

LUBBOCK, Texas - The two highest-scoring games of Kyler Edwards' career came at a good time for Texas Tech.

The sophomore guard scored 22 points coming off a career high, and the No. 23 Red Raiders pulled away from Iowa State in the second half of a 72-52 victory Saturday.

Edwards was 5 of 6 from 3-point range, making two during an 18-2 second-half run, after scoring 24 points in a victory at Kansas State that stopped a two-game skid.

The first of those two losses, to No. 2 Baylor, ended a 15-game home winning streak for the Red Raiders (12-5, 3-2 Big 12). It's the second time this season Texas Tech had a good answer for a losing streak, after it beat then-No. 1 Louisville last month to halt a three-game slide.

The Cyclones (8-9, 1-4) missed their first 15 attempts from 3-point range and finished 3 of 22. Iowa State, second in the Big 12 in points per game coming in, was held to 55 or fewer points for the third time in five league games.

Tyrese Haliburton scored 13 points for Iowa State, and Michael Jacobson had 10.

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