Oroville Mercury-Register

No. 2 Baylor rolls to win in delayed opener

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WACO, TEXA » Adam Flagler scored 11 of his 14 points before halftime when No. 2 Baylor took control on the way to an 83-52 victory over Stephen F. Austin in the Bears’ home opener Wednesday, a night later than scheduled and against a different opponent than planned.

The Bears (4- 0) played for the first time since an 82- 69 victory over thenNo. 5 Illinois at the Jimmy V Classic in Indianapol­is a week ago. They were also supposed to play No. 1 Gonzaga there Saturday, but that game was canceled about 90 minutes before tipoff after a Bulldogs player was among two positive COVID-19 tests in their traveling party.

NO. 13 WISCONSIN 73, RHODE

ISLAND 62 » Brad Davison scored 23 points and Wisconsin beat Rhode Island in a nonconfere­nce game added to the schedule two days ago.

Wisconsin (4-1) originally was slated to host No. 25 Louisville on Wednesday as part of the Big Ten/ACC Challenge, but the Cardinals canceled their second consecutiv­e game following a positive COVID-19 test within the program. Rhode Island was added as a replacemen­t Monday.

NO. 13 TEXAS 74, TEXAS STATE 53 » Freshman Greg Brown scored 18 points and Texas eased past Texas State in the Longhorns’ final nonconfere­nce tuneup before the start of Big 12 play.

NO. 17 TEXAS TECH 51,

ABILENE CHRISTIAN 44 » Kyler Edwards scored 19 points and Texas Tech avoided a major upset in a defensive struggle with Abilene Christian.

NO. 19 RICHMOND 78, NORTHERN IOWA 68 » Tyler Burton had 21 points and 13 rebounds and Richmond used a 21- 6 run in the second half to pull away from Northern Iowa.

NO. 20 FLORIDA STATE 69, INDIANA 67, OT » Scottie Barnes banked in a runner with with two seconds left in overtime to lift Florida State past Indiana in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge for its 25th straight home victory.

The freshman had nine points, five assists, four rebounds and four steals for the Seminoles (2- 0).

 ?? TONY GUTIERREZ — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ?? Baylor’s Jared Butler (12) works against Stephen F. Austin’s DeAndre Heckard in Waco, Texas on Wednesday.
TONY GUTIERREZ — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Baylor’s Jared Butler (12) works against Stephen F. Austin’s DeAndre Heckard in Waco, Texas on Wednesday.

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