LIVE GAME THREAD: No. 6 West Virginia vs. No. 3 Baylor
The No. 6 West Virginia University Mountaineers welcome in the No. 3 Baylor University Bears at 5:00 pm EST on ESPN. West Virginia is 8-11 all-time versus Baylor but won the last meeting in the final game of the 2019-20 season, 76-64.
No. 6 West Virginia vs. No. 2 Baylor
Where: WVU Coliseum; Morgantown, WV
Tipoff: 5:00 p.m. EST
TV: ESPN
Stream: Watch ESPN, Hulu Live TV, YouTube TV
Listen: Mountaineer Sports Network from Learfield IMG College
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Starting Five for WVU: Derek Culver, Jalen Bridges, Deuce McBride, Emmitt Matthews Jr., Sean McNeil
Baylor wins Jump Ball.
Macio Teague Layup, Baylor leads 2-0.
Mark Vital makes driving Layup, Baylor leads 6-2.
Jared Butler makes second-chance 3-Point Jumper, Baylor leads 10-2.
Jared Butler makes driving Layup, Baylor leads 12-2.
West Virginia's Bob Huggins calls 30-second timeout.
Taz Sherman makes Layup, Baylor leads 12-4.
Deuce McBride sinks pair of Free Throws, Baylor leads 12-6.
Matthew Mayer makes 3-Point Jumper, Baylor leads 18-9.
Davion Mitchell makes 3-Point Jumper, Baylor leads 21-9.
Sean McNeil responds with 3-Point Jumper, Baylor leads 21-12.
Baylor leads West Virginia 23-12 at the Under-12 Media Timeout.
Taz hits three straight buckets cut it to five 23-18.
Baylor leads at the Under 8-minute media timeout 26-20. WVU ball.
After a pair of Taz free throws, West Virginia trails 32-25, 5:33 remaining in the first half.
Deuce drives down the right-wing puts up a floater and banks it in. Baylor leads 32-27.
Under 4-minute media timeout. Baylor leads 32-27.
Deuce right-wing three cuts the deficit to two, 32-30 with just over two minutes remaining.
Kedrian Johnson drives fouled goes 1-2 from the line. 32-31 Baylor 1:25 remaining in the first half.
Jerad Butler hits a three from the right corner as time expires.
Halftime Baylor 35 West Virginia 31
Jerad Butler with an easy layup down the leftside of the lane. Then, West Virginia is forced to take a timeout. 37-31 Baylor 19:39 in the second half.
Jale Bridges with an offensive put back. 37-33 Baylor 19:07 2H
McNeil jumper from the top of the key 37-35 Baylor but Teague response with a three. 40-35 Baylor. 18:00 2H
Bridges attacks the rim and is fouled. He goes 2-2 from the line. Baylor up 40-37. 17:36 2H
McNeil buries a three from the left side to tie the game at 40 but again Baylor answers with a three. 43-40 Baylor. 16:45 2H
McNeil hits another jumper to get within one, 43-42.
Under 16-minute media timeout. Baylor leads 43-42. 15:47 2H.
McNeil drills back to back threes and the Mountaineers lead 48-43. 14:15 2H.
McBride with a steal, throws it ahead to Emmitt Matthews Jr for the slam, Mountaineers lead 50-43. 13:43 2H.
Taz Sherman goes for a dunk - fouled - 2-2 from the line. 52-48 WVU. 12:20 2H.
Under 12-minute media timeout and West Virginia leads 52-50. 11:41 2H.
Flagler comes out of the timeout and hits a pair of free throws to tie it at 52.
Taz gives WVU a two-point advantage after two free throws. 54-52. 11:15 2H.
West Virginia holds a three-point lead after a reverse layup from Jalen Bridges, then a steal by Osabuohien up ahead to Taz and the Mountaineers lead 58-55.
Taz with a turnaround jumper 62-58 WVU.
Under 8-minute media timeout and West Virginia leads 62-60. 7:15 2H. Derek Culver will be shooting two out of the timeout.
Culver hits both free throws 64-60 WVU.
Deuce with a three from the top of the key. 67-63 WVU. 6:19 2H.69-65 WVU. 5:16 2H.
Matthews Jr hits a pair of free throws after being fouled fighting for an offensive rebound.
Baylor ties the game on an alley-oop at 69. 4:09 2H
Taz responds with a three off the right wing. 72-69 WVU. 3:41 2H.
Under 4-minute media timeout and West Virginia leads 72-69 with 3:12 remaining in the game. Baylor ball coming out of the timeout.
Mayer drives for the lay-in to get Baylor back within one 72-71. 2:51 2H.
Deuce fouled in the lane. Goes 2-2 from the line. 74-71 WVU. 2:28 2H.
Mayer buries a three to tie the game at 74. 2:16 2H.
McNeil hits a jumper to retake the lead. 76-74 but Mayer again hits a three to give Baylor a one-point advantage.
Taz hits a mid-range jumper to give West Virginia a 78-77 lead. 1:24 2H.
Butler drives fouled bucket good but misses the free throw. 79-78 Baylor 1:05 remaining in the game.
Culver fouled on a defensive rebound hits both 1&1 80-79 WVU. 1:05 2H
Jalen Bridges with a block, Culver gathers it and gets it to Deuce, who is fouled. He hits 1-2 from the free throw line. 81-79 WVU. 13.6 seconds remaining. Timout Baylor.
Butler drives and banks it in and ties the game at 81. 2.7 seconds 2H.
OVERTIME 81-81
Deuce fouled driving down the left side of the lane. hits both free throws 83-81 WVU but Baylors responds after Vital grabs the offensive rebound and putback. 83-83. 3:30 OT
Culver fouled down on the block hits both free throws 85-83 WVU. 3:13 OT
Butler hits a corner three to give Baylor the 86-85 lead. 2:44 OT
Bridges buries a three as the shot clock expires 88-86 WVU.
Teague ties it with a baseline jumper. 1:49 OT.
Taz fould on a mid-range jumper. Hits 1-2 at the line. 89-88 WVU. 1:15 OT
Mitchell drives and throws it up and in. 90-89 Baylor. 57 seconds OT.
Taz turns it over. Duece fouls Flagler. He goes 2-2 from the line. 92-89 BAylor 34.3 seconds OT.
Mitchell hits a pair of free throws. 94-89 Baylor.
Baylor wins 94-89.
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