Brady Heslip hit four 3-pointers for 14 points for Baylor (19-10, 7-9 Big 12), which didn't make a field goal during the final eight minutes. Kenny Chery went 0-of-6 from the floor but finished with nine points and five assists.
Robert Turner led Texas Tech (13-16, 5-11) with 12 points on 6-of-8 shooting. Toddrick Gotcher and Aaron Ross each added 10 points for the Red Raiders, who were outrebounded 40-24.
Cory Jefferson's 3-pointer with just over eight minutes left in the first half capped Baylor's 8-0 run for a 20-12 lead and O'Neale's 3-pointer started a 7-0 Bears run to end the half with a 33-22 advantage. The Bears pushed their lead to 16 on back-to-back 3-pointers by Heslip and O'Neale early in the second half.
Ross scored twice during Texas Tech's 9-0 run that was capped by Turner's layup with just over three minutes left to cut the gap to 50-45. The Bears made 9-of-10 free throws down the stretch - the first seven by Chery - to seal the win.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Heslip's four 3-pointers give him 273 in his career, putting him one behind second-place Tweety Carter on Baylor's all-time list. ... Texas Tech has lost five in a row. ... Ross scored all of his points in the second half on 5-of-6 shooting.
Texas Tech | Baylor | |
Robert Turner 12 | Scoring | Royce O'Neale 16 |
Toddrick Gotcher 3 | Assists | Kenny Chery 5 |
Alex Foster 5 | Rebounds | Royce O'Neale 12 |
Jordan Tolbert 4 | Free Throws Made | Kenny Chery 9 |
Toddrick Gotcher 2 | Steals | Isaiah Austin 2 |
Alex Foster 1 | Blocks | Isaiah Austin 3 |
Team | Points | FG% | 3PM-3PA | FTM-FTA | Assists | Rebounds | Blocks | Steals | Turnovers |
Texas Tech | 49 | 47.6 | 2-11 | 7-17 | 12 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 12 |
Baylor | 59 | 30.2 | 7-31 | 20-25 | 11 | 36 | 4 | 6 | 9 |