Thursday, November 21
Conway, S.C.
3:30 p.m.
Baylor
3-1,0-0Big 12
76
vs
53
Ohio
3-2,0-0MAC
1
2
F
Ohio
23
30
53
Baylor
36
40
76
No. 24 MBB Races Past Ohio
11/21/2019 8:01:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Jared Butler scored 19 points to lead the Bears.
CONWAY, S.C. (AP) — Jared Butler kept on scoring for No. 24 Baylor — and gave the Bears reason to keep playing with a purpose.
Butler scored 19 points and Baylor pulled away to beat Ohio 76-53 on Thursday in the Myrtle Beach Invitational quarterfinals.
MaCio Teague added 17 points, Freddie Gillespie finished with 10 points and 11 rebounds and the Bears (3-1) used a late 15-0 run to cruise to their second straight win. Baylor established a 42-32 rebounding advantage, forced 19 turnovers and turned them into 22 points.
"If we would have lost that game, then we would have been on this trip and sad the whole time," Butler said. "It would have (been) like we were playing for no reason."
Lunden McDay scored 16 points and Jason Preston added 12 for the Bobcats (3-2), who have lost two in a row to the ranked teams in the eight-team field. No. 17 Villanova beat Ohio 78-54 on Saturday.
The Bobcats trailed the entire second half and cut their deficit to single digits only once, when McDay's layup with 8½ minutes remaining pulled them within 57-48. Butler — who has led Baylor in scoring in all four games — started the Bears' run of 15 straight points with two free throws with 8:01 to play and scored eight points during the game-breaking burst.
"Any adversity is good that the team goes with is good and we're learning and like (coach Scott Drew) said, it's early in the year so it's really good for us to learn now and we'd rather learn now than later," Teague said. "We're still developing chemistry with guys."
Butler scored 19 points and Baylor pulled away to beat Ohio 76-53 on Thursday in the Myrtle Beach Invitational quarterfinals.
MaCio Teague added 17 points, Freddie Gillespie finished with 10 points and 11 rebounds and the Bears (3-1) used a late 15-0 run to cruise to their second straight win. Baylor established a 42-32 rebounding advantage, forced 19 turnovers and turned them into 22 points.
"If we would have lost that game, then we would have been on this trip and sad the whole time," Butler said. "It would have (been) like we were playing for no reason."
Lunden McDay scored 16 points and Jason Preston added 12 for the Bobcats (3-2), who have lost two in a row to the ranked teams in the eight-team field. No. 17 Villanova beat Ohio 78-54 on Saturday.
The Bobcats trailed the entire second half and cut their deficit to single digits only once, when McDay's layup with 8½ minutes remaining pulled them within 57-48. Butler — who has led Baylor in scoring in all four games — started the Bears' run of 15 straight points with two free throws with 8:01 to play and scored eight points during the game-breaking burst.
"Any adversity is good that the team goes with is good and we're learning and like (coach Scott Drew) said, it's early in the year so it's really good for us to learn now and we'd rather learn now than later," Teague said. "We're still developing chemistry with guys."
Team Stats
OHIO
BU
FG%
.358
.424
3FG%
.310
.267
FT%
.500
.786
RB
32
42
TO
19
10
STL
7
11
Game Leaders
Pts
19
FGM
6
3FGM
1
FTM
6
Pts
17
FGM
5
3FGM
3
FTM
4
Pts
10
FGM
2
3FGM
0
FTM
6
Pts
9
FGM
3
3FGM
0
FTM
3
Players Mentioned
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