Watch CBS News

No. 19 Baylor Dominates Inside To Beat TCU 86-71

FORT WORTH (AP) — Taurean Prince scored 22 points and Johnathan Motley led a dominant effort inside with 22 points and nine rebounds to carry No. 19 Baylor to an 86-71 victory against TCU on Saturday night.

The Bears (21-8, 10-6 Big 12) outrebounded the Horned Frogs 45-21 and had a 25-17 edge in second-chance points while matching a school record with their sixth Big 12 road win.

On the same day Kansas clinched at least a share of the league's regular-season title, Baylor ended up in a three-way tie for third with third-ranked Oklahoma and No. 25 Texas with two games remaining before the conference tournament. No. 14 West Virginia (11-5) is alone in second.

Malique Trent had a career-high 25 points to lead TCU (11-18, 2-14), which fell to 0-9 against the Bears since joining the Big 12 and has lost all 10 games against ranked opponents this season.

After taking control early by dominating inside, Baylor turned aside a TCU comeback from the perimeter.

The Frogs, who trailed by 13 early in the second half, had a chance to tie when Brandon Parrish went up for a shot he suddenly decided he didn't want to take and threw a pass to nobody that went out of bounds.

Prince hit a left corner 3 at the other end, and Ishmail Wainright scored from the same spot after a miss by Chris Washburn. Following a timeout, TCU turned it over before Prince hit another 3 from just left of the key for a 66-55 Baylor lead. Prince scored 16 points after halftime.

Baylor, which is a league-best 6-2 on the road, started the game with an 11-0 run, the first two baskets on layups after offensive rebounds by Wainright.

The Bears had another 14-3 run before halftime to get the lead back to double digits and finished the first half with a 10-1 edge on offensive rebounds and an 18-2 lead on second-chance points. For the game, Baylor outscored TCU 40-16 on points in the paint.

TCU stayed close early with 3-pointers, finishing 5 of 8 before halftime, when Chauncey Collins scored 10 of his 17 points. But the Horned Frogs couldn't get Baylor off the boards despite active Big 12 rebounding leader Rico Gathers playing a season-low 12 minutes as he continues a recovery from the flu.

Gathers also had season lows with three points and three rebounds a day after saying he planned to enter the NFL draft as a tight end prospect who hasn't played football since eighth grade. The 6-foot-8, 275-pound senior said he won't pursue a career in the NBA and decided against staying in school another year to play football for the Bears.

TIP-INS

Baylor: The exclamation point for the Bears came with 5 1/2 minutes left when King McClure blocked a layup attempt by Collins and Wainright grabbed the loose ball and flipped it downcourt in one motion to Prince, who ran it down and passed to Motley for a breakaway dunk and a 74-62 lead.

TCU: The first TCU basket that wasn't a 3-pointer was a layup by Parrish off his own miss to get the Horned Frogs within 15-11 with 14:45 left in the first half. ... The Horned Frogs were given a technical going into a timeout after Washburn was called for a foul that drew boos from the crowd.

UP NEXT

Baylor: At No. 3 Oklahoma on Tuesday.

TCU: At Kansas State on Wednesday.

View CBS News In
CBS News App Open
Chrome Safari Continue
Be the first to know
Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting.