Saturday, December 15
Tucson, Ariz.
10 p.m.
Baylor
6-3
58
at
49
Arizona
7-4
1
2
F
Baylor
20
38
58
Arizona
23
26
49
MBB Ends Arizona's Home Win Streak
12/16/2018 12:41:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Bears defeat Wildcats, 58-49
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Baylor will face some of the toughest road environments in college basketball when the Big 12 season starts.
After ending one of the nation's longest home winning streaks with a dominating performance, the new-look Bears know they can win anywhere.
Makai Mason scored 22 points and Baylor dominated the glass to end Arizona's 52-game home nonconference winning streak with a 58-49 victory at McKale Center Saturday night.
"To have this experience, get this road win is going to be huge going into conference," said Mason, who had seven rebounds.
Baylor (6-3) overcame its second straight shaky first half with an overwhelming performance on the boards in coach Scott Drew's 500th game leading the Bears. Baylor outrebounded Arizona 50-19 and scored 19 second-chance points on 18 offensive rebounds. Mark Vital had 16 rebounds, including eight offensive, and the Bears made 14 of 21 shots in the second half to pull away for a momentum-building win.
"The reason you play this game is if you lose, you just get better as a team and it doesn't hurt you for the postseason," Drew said. "If you win, you have a great resume win."
Arizona (7-4) struggled against Baylor's zone and couldn't keep the Bears off the glass to lose at McKale Center for the first time since San Diego State beat the Wildcats there in 2011.
Arizona was outscored 32-18 in the paint and shot 36 percent from the floor to lose its second straight game. Brandon Randolph led the Wildcats with 15 points.
"When you're dominated like that, it starts to feel funny," Arizona coach Sean Miller said. "We couldn't execute against the zone and lost confidence as the game wore on." These new-look teams were coming off disappointing losses.
Miller criticized his team following Tuesday's 76-73 loss to Alabama, calling it the Wildcats' worst game of the season after they had trouble stopping the Tide in transition and cleaning up the defensive glass.
Baylor had an awful first half in an eight-point loss to Wichita State last Saturday, falling into a 33-point hole before rallying within five with 3½ minutes left.
Neither team was sharp in a disjointed first half in the desert.
Baylor had trouble shooting, hitting 8 of 29 from the field.
Arizona's problem was boxing out, allowing the Bears to grab 13 offensive rebounds even with big man Tristan Clark limited to eight minutes due to foul trouble.
The Wildcats led 23-20 after Mason got a short jumper to roll in at the buzzer.
Baylor continued to snare rebounds over the Wildcats and found their shooting range to open the second half, making eight of its first 12 shots to build a 37-31 lead. The Bears kept making shots and kept Arizona at arm's length the rest of the way to pick up a huge win.
"Baylor did a good job. They outrebounded us, they were tougher than us," said Arizona's Chase Jeter, who had six points.
After ending one of the nation's longest home winning streaks with a dominating performance, the new-look Bears know they can win anywhere.
Makai Mason scored 22 points and Baylor dominated the glass to end Arizona's 52-game home nonconference winning streak with a 58-49 victory at McKale Center Saturday night.
"To have this experience, get this road win is going to be huge going into conference," said Mason, who had seven rebounds.
Baylor (6-3) overcame its second straight shaky first half with an overwhelming performance on the boards in coach Scott Drew's 500th game leading the Bears. Baylor outrebounded Arizona 50-19 and scored 19 second-chance points on 18 offensive rebounds. Mark Vital had 16 rebounds, including eight offensive, and the Bears made 14 of 21 shots in the second half to pull away for a momentum-building win.
"The reason you play this game is if you lose, you just get better as a team and it doesn't hurt you for the postseason," Drew said. "If you win, you have a great resume win."
Arizona (7-4) struggled against Baylor's zone and couldn't keep the Bears off the glass to lose at McKale Center for the first time since San Diego State beat the Wildcats there in 2011.
Arizona was outscored 32-18 in the paint and shot 36 percent from the floor to lose its second straight game. Brandon Randolph led the Wildcats with 15 points.
"When you're dominated like that, it starts to feel funny," Arizona coach Sean Miller said. "We couldn't execute against the zone and lost confidence as the game wore on." These new-look teams were coming off disappointing losses.
Miller criticized his team following Tuesday's 76-73 loss to Alabama, calling it the Wildcats' worst game of the season after they had trouble stopping the Tide in transition and cleaning up the defensive glass.
Baylor had an awful first half in an eight-point loss to Wichita State last Saturday, falling into a 33-point hole before rallying within five with 3½ minutes left.
Neither team was sharp in a disjointed first half in the desert.
Baylor had trouble shooting, hitting 8 of 29 from the field.
Arizona's problem was boxing out, allowing the Bears to grab 13 offensive rebounds even with big man Tristan Clark limited to eight minutes due to foul trouble.
The Wildcats led 23-20 after Mason got a short jumper to roll in at the buzzer.
Baylor continued to snare rebounds over the Wildcats and found their shooting range to open the second half, making eight of its first 12 shots to build a 37-31 lead. The Bears kept making shots and kept Arizona at arm's length the rest of the way to pick up a huge win.
"Baylor did a good job. They outrebounded us, they were tougher than us," said Arizona's Chase Jeter, who had six points.
Team Stats
BU
UA
FG%
.431
.358
3FG%
.211
.321
FT%
.500
.333
RB
51
19
TO
20
10
STL
7
7
Game Leaders
Pts
22
FGM
8
3FGM
2
FTM
4
Pts
13
FGM
4
3FGM
1
FTM
4
Pts
8
FGM
4
3FGM
0
FTM
0
Pts
5
FGM
2
3FGM
0
FTM
1
Players Mentioned
F
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