Baylor hangs on
MaCio Teague hit a three-pointer after stepping back behind the line and just beating the shot clock with 1:13 left in overtime and No. 4 Baylor held on for a 71-68 win over Texas Tech on Monday night. Teague’s shot put the Bears up 69-65, though Kyler Edwards then hit a three for Texas Tech. Short-handed Baylor (26-3, 15-2 Big 12) sealed the game with Jared Butler’s two free throws with 11 seconds remaining.
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NO. 4 BAYLOR 71, TEXAS TECH 68, OT
WACO, Texas — MaCio Teague hit a three-pointer after stepping back behind the line and just beating the shot clock with 1:13 left in overtime as No. 4 Baylor held on for a 71-68 victory over Texas Tech on Monday night.
Teague’s shot put the Bears up 69-65, though Kyler Edwards then hit a three-pointer for Texas Tech. Baylor (26-3, 15-2 Big 12) sealed the game with Jared Butler’s steal and his two free throws with 11 seconds remaining.
Butler came away with the ball in the lane when Chris Clarke tried to make a pass inside over the Baylor guard, who was quickly fouled. Davide Moretti was tightly defended when he took a wild three-pointer to tie that wasn’t close for Texas Tech (18-12, 9-8).
Devonte Bandoo had 18 points and Butler 17 for the Bears, who had lost two of their previous three games after a Big 12-record 23-game winning streak. Teague had 14 points, five in overtime, and Freddie Gillespie grabbed 10 rebounds.
McCullar made a three-pointer from the right corner to put Tech up 60-57 with 1:56 left in regulation, but Baylor quickly got even when Bandoo made a three-pointer with 1:40 left. Both teams had two turnovers without scoring again in regulation.
Moretti had a bad pass with just under a minute left, with Gillespie coming away with the steal. But Baylor gave it right back when Bandoo threw a cross-court pass that went out of bounds even though it looked like the ball may have deflected off Moretti’s outstretched fingers — though the ball went to to the Red Raiders, as called, after an extended replay review.
Texas Tech had the ball with 36 seconds left, but the possession ended with Edwards losing the ball inside with Butler guarding him. Baylor missed the chance for a final-shot victory when Davion Mitchell slipped and lost control of the ball on a drive and traveled with a second left, forcing the overtime.
NO. 12 DUKE 88, NC STATE 69
DURHAM, N.C. — Cassius Stanley had 14 of his 18 points after halftime while Duke (24-6, 14-5 ACC) used dominating work on the boards along with some zone defense to beat North Carolina State (18-12, 9-10), a big reversal from an 88-66 blowout loss to N.C. State on Feb. 19.