National Basketball Association
Baylor 94, Arkansas St. 72
When: 1:00 PM ET, Friday, November 27, 2015
Where: Ferrell Center, Waco, Texas
Officials:
# Terry Davis, # Ray Natili, # Gerald Williams
Attendance:
4768
By The Sports Xchange
Baylor senior forward Taurean Prince scored a career-high 25 points and guard Al Freeman added 19 to lead No. 20 Baylor past Arkansas State 94-72 in Waco, Texas, on Friday afternoon.
Baylor senior forward Rico Gathers had 13 rebounds and went 8 of 8 from the free-throw line en route to 10 points and his 26th career double-double, the most among active Big 12 players.
Forward Johnathan Motley scored 13 points off the bench for Baylor. Point guard Lester Medford was the team's fifth double-digit scorer with 10.
Prince, who added seven rebounds and five assists, broke his previous career high of 24, set March 6 versus Texas Tech. He has eight 20-point games in his past 23 games.
Guard Devin Carter and forward Anthony Livingston each had 20 points for Arkansas State (2-4).
Baylor (4-1) looked like it was going to run away with it after taking a 24-point lead with five minutes left in the first half. But the Red Wolves went on a 24-7 run that spanned halftime to cut the lead to 50-43 with 17:35 to go.
Prince then scored seven of the Bears' next nine points as Baylor re-took control and pushed the lead to as many as 30 points.
Baylor has won 28 consecutive non-conference home games - its last such loss was to?Northwestern on Dec. 4, 2012.
Top Game Performances
Arkansas St. |
|
Baylor |
Devin Carter 20 |
Scoring |
Taurean Prince 25 |
Donte Thomas 7 |
Assists |
Al Freeman 5 |
Charles Waters 7 |
Rebounds |
Rico Gathers 13 |
Anthony Livingston 4 |
Free Throws Made |
Rico Gathers 8 |
Sean Gardner 2 |
Steals |
Ishmail Wainright 4 |
Anthony Livingston 2 |
Blocks |
Johnathan Motley 3 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Arkansas St.
|
72 |
42.0 |
5-20 |
9-9 |
21 |
30 |
4 |
6 |
15 |
Baylor
|
94 |
48.3 |
10-23 |
26-30 |
23 |
38 |
8 |
11 |
12 |