Tounde Yessoufou scored a career-high 27 factors as Baylor defeated Sacramento State 110-88 in Waco, Texas on Tuesday evening.
Yessoufou, the five-star freshman who entered the evening second on the group in scoring, added six rebounds and 4 steals in his 28 minutes.
Six Bears reached double figures as Baylor (6-1) dominated in factors within the paint 60-26.
Cameron Carr had 25 factors on 10-of-16 capturing. Michael Rataj (18 factors, 10 rebounds) and Dan Skillings Jr. (12 factors, 14 rebounds) every collected double-doubles.
Isaac Williams (11) and Obi Agbim (10) additionally reached double figures for the Bears.
Mikey Williams and Prophet Johnson paced Sacramento State (4-6) with 21 factors apiece. Jahni Summers pitched in 12 and Mark Lavrenov had 10 for the Hornets, who’ve misplaced 4 of 5 whereas being been blown out in every of their highest-profile contests. The Hornets have been beforehand dominated in Energy 5 matchups with Cal (91-67) and UCLA (79-48).
After carrying a 52-47 lead into the break, the Bears took management early within the second half. They outscored the Hornets 13-7 over the primary four-and-a-half minutes with Yessoufou scoring seven in the course of the run.
Baylor’s lead ballooned to 83-63 with 9:09 to go when Yessoufou transformed his fourth steal of the sport right into a layup.
The Bears broke 100 on the primary of two Carr free throws with 3:58 left, going up 101-74 on his second make.
A 9-0 run over 1:34 gave the Hornets a stunning 14-5 benefit, forcing a Baylor timeout earlier than the primary media timeout. Jahni Summers drilled a 3-pointer, Johnson hit two and Shaqir O’Neill added a 3-pointer to make it 14-5.
Baylor closed to inside 20-18 on the 12:15 mark as Yessoufou capped a 5-0 run with a steal and a layup.
The Bears took the lead at 37-36 on Yessoufou’s layup with 4:18 left, their first lead since holding a 3-2 edge within the opening moments.
The groups traded baskets till six straight factors to finish the half supplied Baylor its largest result in that time at 52-47. Skillings and Williams hit layups, then Yessoufou collected an offensive rebound and hit his putback on the buzzer.
Yessoufou led Baylor with 13 first-half factors. Williams paced all scorers with 18 because the Hornets made 7 of 17 3-pointers (41%) within the half.
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