MBB Falls to Illinois in Las Vegas Invitational Final

Friday, November 28

Las Vegas, Nev.

9:30 PM

Baylor

5-1

Illinois

6-0

Illinois

Baylor

MBB Falls to Illinois in Las Vegas Invitational Final

11/29/2014 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

62
ILLINOIS

1ST	2ND	F
21	41	62
25	29	54

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Las Vegas, Nev. ? Attendance: TBA

54
BAYLOR

THE RUNDOWN
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Rayvonte Rice and Malcolm Hill each scored 17 points to lead Illinois to a 62-54 win over Baylor in the championship game of the Las Vegas Invitational on Friday night.

Rice, who had seven rebounds and three steals, was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player. The Illini are 6-0 and have won 32 straight November games.

After Baylor led 25-21 at halftime, the Illini opened the second half on an 8-0 run and never relinquished the lead. Illinois built its largest advantage at 47-37 with 6:56 left. The Bears (5-1) never got closer than 52-49 down the stretch.

Rico Gathers and Taurean Prince each had 11 points to lead Baylor. Gathers also had 15 rebounds.

There were four ties and six lead changes in the first half. The Bears built their largest lead of the game at 21-16 with 4:09 until halftime.

HIGHLIGHTS
? Baylor's 47 rebounds tied the most in a loss during the Drew era (47 in 74-71 loss vs. Oklahoma on Jan. 30, 2013.)
? Taurean Prince and Rico Gathers were named to the 2014 Las Vegas Invitational All-Tournament Team.
? Prince (11 points) has a career-best streak of 4 straight games scoring in double figures and is averaging 15.3 points per game during that stretch.
? Prince has scored in double figures 16 times in his career and Baylor is 12-4 in those games.
? Prince also had a season-high 8 rebounds and blocked 2 shots for his 2nd career multi-block game.
? Gathers (11 points, career-high 15 rebounds) had his 2nd double-double of the season and 9th of his career.
? Gathers has posted double-digit rebounds in 5 of 6 games this season.
? Al Freeman scored a season-high 9 points.

STAT OF THE GAME
15: Rebounds for Rico Gathers, a career and game high to go along with 11 points.

TWEET OF THE GAME