​Baylor basketball's emotional roller coaster hit another peak moment Friday night at the Ferrell Center, closing out an impressive 57-47 win over Pac-12 favorite Oregon by scoring 10 of the game's last 12 points. 

​After building a 16-point second-half lead, the Bears survived a furious comeback by Oregon (8-4) that had the Ducks back within two on Payton Pritchard's fourth 3-pointer of the night with 3:32 left in the game. 

​Makai Mason scored six of his team-high 14 points in the last three minutes, hitting a floater in the lane, a driving layup off the glass and a pair of free throws as the Bears reversed their last game when they were outscored 10-1 in the closing minutes and fell to SFA, 59-58, on a buzzer beater. 

​"Much different feeling after today's game than the last game," said Baylor coach Scott Drew, whose 7-4 team posted wins over Oregon and Arizona sandwiched around the SFA loss in a span of seven days. "You always want to go into the holidays on a high note. First thing you worry about is are guys checked out mentally, meaning are they more worried about how they're getting home and what they're doing over the break than finishing it out? Our guys were locked-in. It was a great team effort."

​Playing without 7-foot-2 freshman center Bol Bol, the Ducks were outrebounded, 33-18, and got outscored in the paint, 34-12. 

Baylor sophomore forward Tristan Clark was 6-of-10 from the floor and finished with 13 points, eight rebounds and two blocks, while Mark Vital had 11 points and eight boards before leaving with an injury late in the game. 

"They played a zone defense just like us. And we know the weakness is to get it in the high post, just anywhere inside," said Clark, who leads the nation in field goal percentage. "If I can score, then great. But, if they collapse on me, then it's open shots for my teammates. So, that was the game plan."

Oregon struggled mightily in the first half, missing 15 of its first 17 shots from the floor and falling behind 20-5. The Ducks were able to score 11 points in the last 4 ½ minutes and trailed 28-16 at the break. 

"We were stagnant, the ball wasn't moving," Oregon coach Dana Altman said. "It didn't translate very well what we worked on in practice to the game scenario. We weren't very aggressive. And when we did get aggressive, we just made the wrong decisions."

After scoring just two points on 1-of-5 shooting in the first half, Pritchard got Oregon going early in the second half with back-to-back deep 3-pointers that closed the gap to 37-29. 

"They're running him off player screens and down screens, and that's tough, too," Mason said of Pritchard, who was 4-of-9 from outside the arc in the second half, matching Mason for game-high honors with 14 points. "You've got to know where he's at, and you've got to be attached and you can't lose sight of him."

A Paul White 3-pointer made it a five-point game, 39-34, but the Bears quickly got it back to double digits with a Clark slam dunk off a dish from freshman point guard Jared Butler and then a Mason trey. Butler played the last 9 ½ minutes without leaving the floor, hitting a big bucket on a driving layup and finishing with three assists and a steal. 

"He's really good that, and our team needs more of that," Drew said of Butler's ability to distribute. "He really made some nice passes and got in the lane and did some good things tonight. Defensively, I know he always gives you intensity and he'll always get in stance and he's an energy-giver."

The Ducks still had another run in them, pulling within 47-45 on another long-distance 3-pointer by Pritchard with 3:32 remaining in the game. 

This time, though, the Bears answered. 

Mason hit a sweet running floater in the lane and a driving layup off the glass, followed by Butler's layup and a Mario Kegler free throw that made it 55-45 with 46.7 seconds left. After a Victor Bailey jumper, Mason iced it with a pair of free throws. 

"This game, we made sure we were going to play the whole game and play tough the whole game," Clark said. "We made sure the first five minutes were important and the last five minutes were important. We just did our job and we got the victory."

Vital left the game at the 6:40 mark after landing hard on his back trying to grab a rebound, but it was diagnosed as just a back contusion. 

"Mark's such a warrior, he wanted to go back in the game," Drew said. "But now he's got a couple days to get healthy and get right. I know it was a hard fall. Certain guys tend to stay down longer than others. He's one of those guys that if he stays down, he's hurt."

​Baylor will finish off a three-game home stand with a matchup against New Orleans (5-5) at 5 p.m. next Saturday, Dec. 29. The Privateers have dropped three of their last five and fell 99-57 at Pitt Thursday night.