National Basketball Association
Baylor 65, West Virginia 62
When: 8:00 PM ET, Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Where: WVU Coliseum, Morgantown, West Virginia
Officials:
# Gary Maxwell, # Ray Natili, # Mark Schnur
Attendance:
6588
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Baylor 65, West Virginia 62: Isaiah Austin scored 21 points and Pierre Jackson had 15, including a pair of free throws with 18 seconds left to give the Bears a victory over the host Mountaineers.
Making its first trip to Morgantown, Baylor (17-11, 8-7 Big 12) snapped a three-game losing streak and improved to 4-6 on the road. A.J. Walton scored 10 points and Cory Jefferson grabbed a game-high 11 rebounds for the Bears, who beat West Virginia 80-60 on Feb. 13 in Waco.
Eron Harris scored a career-high 25 points to lead West Virginia (13-15, 6-9), which lost its third straight game. Kevin Noreen added 10 points and a team-high nine rebounds off the bench for the Mountaineers, who fell to 8-5 at home.
West Virginia went on a 13-4 run for a 30-21 lead with 3:21 left in the first half but Baylor cut the Mountaineers’ lead to five points, 34-29, at halftime. Baylor took a 50-48 lead on Gary Franklin’s 3-pointer with 9:48 remaining, but West Virginia cut it to 63-62 on Noreen’s 3-pointer with 1:36 left.
Baylor did not make a field goal in the final seven minutes. The Bears improved to 3-0 in the series against West Virginia, which outrebounded Baylor 42-32.
GAME NOTEBOOK: West Virginia coach Bob Huggins, with 723 career wins, needs one to tie Ray Meyer for 18th place on the NCAA Division I all-time winningest coaches list. … West Virginia is 476-139 at WVU Coliseum and 128-34 against teams making their first visit to WVU Coliseum. … Jackson has made a 3-pointer in 39 consecutive games, the second-longest streak in program history behind LaceDarius Dunn’s 45 straight.
Top Game Performances
Baylor |
|
West Virginia |
Isaiah Austin 21 |
Scoring |
Eron Harris 25 |
Pierre Jackson 5 |
Assists |
Juwan Staten 3 |
Cory Jefferson 11 |
Rebounds |
Kevin Noreen 9 |
Pierre Jackson 6 |
Free Throws Made |
Eron Harris 10 |
Isaiah Austin 1 |
Steals |
Deniz Kilicli 1 |
Isaiah Austin 3 |
Blocks |
Eron Harris 1 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Baylor
|
65 |
43.4 |
4-18 |
15-19 |
13 |
29 |
5 |
4 |
8 |
West Virginia
|
62 |
35.7 |
3-17 |
19-28 |
8 |
38 |
2 |
3 |
10 |