Baylor
22-8, 10-7
Texas
18-12, 7-10
No. 14 MBB Falls at Texas, 61-59, in Overtime
3/2/2015 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
 59BAYLOR (22-8, 10-7) |
Box Score | Notes | Baylor Photos Austin, Texas ? Attendance: 12,139 |  61TEXAS (18-12, 7-10) |
THE RUNDOWN
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) Isaiah Taylor made a tear-drop shot in the lane with 4.8 seconds remaining to give Texas a 61-59 victory over No. 14 Baylor in overtime, snapping the Bears' four-game winning streak and the Longhorns' four-game losing streak.
Texas (18-12) improved to 7-10 in the Big 12 with one game remaining, keeping its hopes for an NCAA tournament bid alive. Last season, Oklahoma State became the first Big 12 team to get an at-large bid with a losing conference record (8-10).
Baylor (22-8, 10-7) had a chance to tie, but Kenny Chery's shot was blocked by Myles Turner with 1 second left.
Demarcus Holland led Texas with 12 points. Kendal Yancy scored 11, one more than Javan Felix, who began the overtime with a 3-pointer.
Taurean Prince led Baylor with 17 points. Rico Gathers had 12 points and 11 rebounds.
Texas' Jon Holmes hit a long 3-pointer with 1:04 left to tie the game at 54. Ibeh blocked a driving shot by Chery, giving the Longhorns a chance to win. After calling a timeout, the Longhorns could not find a good shot, and regulation ended with a forced 3-point attempt by Holmes
Baylor took a nine-point lead 29 seconds into the second half on a jump shot by Chery. The Bears then went 7:40 without a field goal, settling for two free throws and allowing Texas to creep closer. The Bears missed 12 straight shots, some because of stout Texas defense around the rim, before Prince made a layup.
During that drought, Texas cut the deficit to one on a 3-pointer by Felix with 14 minutes remaining.
But Baylor, which had difficulty scoring inside against the taller Longhorns, relied on 3-point shooting to regain a measure of control. Prince, Lester Medford and Al Freeman all made one during a span of less than 3 minutes, stretching the lead to 10. Freeman's 3 with 7:40 left barely beat the 35-second shot clock on a strong defensive possession by Texas.
The Longhorns made one more push, closing within three with 3 minutes remaining, but Prince responded with another 3-pointer.
HIGHLIGHTS
? Baylor outrebounded UT 46-30, its 26th time in 30 games doing so - 19-7 record in such games.
- Baylor finished with 21 offensive rebounds, its highest total since 22 at TCU earlier this season.
? Rico Gathers...
- notched his league-high 16th double-double (12 points, 11 rebounds) of the season and 23rd of his career.
- finished with 12 rebounds and became 7th player in Baylor history to top 800 career boards (809) - moved to 6th place on BU's career listing (passed Terry Teagle's 805).
- recorded his 18th double-figure scoring effort of the season (11th in Big 12 play) and 32nd of career.
? Taurean Prince (game-high 17 points) had his team-leading 24th double-figure scoring game of the season and has now scored 10+ in a career-high 14-straight games, including 24 of 29 games this season.
? Kenny Chery tied his season-high of 6 rebounds.
? Three Baylor players were ejected (of 7 total) following an OT altercation: John Heard, Ishmail Wainright and Johnathan Motley.
STAT OF THE GAME
17-11: Second-chance points advantage for Baylor over Texas.
TWEET OF THE GAME
Congrats to Rico Gathers on becoming 7th Baylor player to reach 800 rebounds. #SicEm pic.twitter.com/8lAtcbLubR
-- Baylor Basketball (@BaylorMBB) March 3, 2015
WHAT'S NEXT
Baylor returns home to close the regular season Friday against Texas Tech at 8 p.m. CT on ESPN2.
