No. 6 Baylor outlasts TCU in seesaw battle
FORT WORTH — Manu Lecomte scored 17 points, and sixth-ranked Baylor beat TCU 62-53 on Saturday night in a game that was back-and-forth for most of the second half until a late run by the Bears.
Baylor (18-1, 6-1 Big 12) is 10-0 against the Frogs since they joined the Big 12 four years ago.
There was a 9½-minute stretch in the second half when the teams traded scores until Ishmail Wainright swished a 3-pointer with 4:16 left that put the Bears up 50-48. That started a 7-0 run that kept them ahead to stay.
In the second half, there were five ties and 13 lead changes.
Vladimir Brodziansky had 19 points and 10 rebounds for TCU (14-5, 3-4), while Kenrich Williams had 16 points and 12 rebounds.
Johnathan Motley had 15 points and eight rebounds for Baylor, including a punctuating dunk in the final minute. That came soon after Lecomte’s alley-oop pass for a dunk by Jo Lual-Acuil, who finished with 11 points. SE LOUISIANA 83 HOUSTON BAPTIST 71
Moses Greenwood led with 17 points and all five starters reached double- digit scoring as the Lions defeated the Huskies in Hammond, La.
Houston Baptist (7-11, 3-5 Southland) came within six on an Asa Cantwell 3-pointer with 1:43 left, but Singleton answered with a trey for the Lions.
Down the stretch Dominic Nelson and Currington each blocked a shot, and Hays made five of 6 free throws as Southeastern Louisiana ran its home win streak to 16 games.
Braxton Bonds led HBU with 13 points. TEXAS SOUTHERN 70 ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF 63
Zach Lofton scored 22 points, Jalan McCloud added 15, and the Tigers defeated the Golden Lions in Pine Bluff, Ark., to remain unbeaten in the Southwestern Athletic Conference.
Demontrae Jefferson contributed 12 points for Texas Southern (10-9, 6-0), which shot 47.8 percent from the field and edged Arkansas-Pine Bluff at the free throw line 22-15 to secure its sixth straight win. Lofton finished 8-for-13 from the field and collected a teamhigh eight rebounds.
Trailing by nine points early in the second half, Texas Southern chipped away at the gap, edging into the lead for good with a pair of free throws from Lofton to make it 57-56 with 5:14 left. The Tigers padded their advantage, with a 7-1 spurt capped with another Lofton free throw, to make it 66-59 and hung on over the final minute. SAM HOUSTON ST. 76 TEXAS A&M-CC 62
Aurimas Majauskas had 21 points, and John Dewey III added 19 as the Bearkats picked up their sixth consecutive Southland Conference victory, beating the Islanders in Huntsville.
Sam Houston State (15-6, 6-2) dropped its first two conference games but has been on a roll since so that it now trails leagueleader New Orleans by one-half game. The Bearkats beat New Orleans 70-68 earlier.
Joseph Kilgore led Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (9-9, 2-5) with 24 points, and Ehab Amin added 19. PRAIRIE VIEW A&M87 MISSISSIPPI ST. 72
Troy Thompson scored a career-high 28 points on 10-for-13 shooting to lead the Panthers to a victory over the Delta Devils in Itta Bena, Miss.
Shay’rone Jett added a career-best 21 points for Prairie View A&M (6-14, 3-3 Southwestern Athletic Conference), Tevin Bellinger had 12, and Zachary Hamilton 11. The Panthers shot 62 percent in the second half and 53 percent overall (29-of55) to pick up their third consecutive win. LAMAR 87, NICHOLLS ST. 76
Nick Garth came off the bench to score 18 points, and the Cardinals overcame a six-point halftime deficit to beat the Colonels in Thibodaux, La.
Zjori Bosha and Dorian Chatman each contributed 15 points for Lamar (12-8, 4-3 Southland), which shot 51.9 percent from the field (28-of-54), including 8-of-22 from beyond the arc. OKLAHOMA ST. 83 TEXAS TECH 64
Jeffrey Carroll scored 25 points as the Cowboys earned their first Big 12 Conference victory by beating the Red Raiders in Lubbock.
Keenan Evans scored 15 to lead Texas Tech (14-5, 3-4), which suffered its first home loss this year. JARVIS CHRISTIAN 77 ST. THOMAS 71
Gerardo Chavez scored 19 points, and the Bulldogs beat the visiting Celts.
Paul Taulton led St. Thomas (7-13, 3-6 Red River) with 18 points.
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