Baylor Basketball Gets Humbled In Blowout Loss Against Kansas

Baylor hoops was flying precocious aft a large triumph connected Wednesday nighttime against nan Oklahoma State Cowboys.

Their adjacent situation was a small different. This time, they were backmost connected nan roadworthy facing nan Kansas Jayhawks.

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Kansas was besides riding high, aft scoring a immense upset triumph complete nan Iowa State Cyclones connected Tuesday night.

Baylor was listed arsenic a squad that needs to move its play around, and they were going to person their hands afloat pinch freshman sensation, and apt apical draught prime Darryn Peterson.

Unlike Tuesday night’s accelerated start, Baylor fell down early successful Friday night’s crippled against nan Jayhawks, forcing Scott Drew to telephone a timeout wrong nan first 90 seconds of nan game.

Kansas scored nan game’s first 9 points earlier Yessoufou’s reliable jumper yet sewage Baylor connected nan committee almost 3 minutes into nan game.

The avalanche would proceed from there. Kansas scored 19 points successful nan first six minutes of action. Darryn Peterson had 13 points successful nan early going, flexing his muscles successful beforehand of a raucous crowd. The Bears would way by arsenic galore arsenic 15 successful nan first half.

Baylor would find its measurement backmost successful nan crippled acknowledgment to a scoring duo that was fantabulous done astir of nan first half, and went into nan locker room trailing by conscionable six astatine nan half. They needed to find a measurement to slow down Peterson, who scored 20 first half points to lead each scorers.

The 2nd half was a akin commencement to nan first half. Baylor could not put nan shot successful nan basket, and had nary answers for Kansas’ superstar, Darryn Peterson.

Ultimately, nan Jayhawks would spot their lead swell, and led by double digits for astir of nan 2nd half.

After a big triumph connected Tuesday night, Friday night’s nonaccomplishment was demoralizing, and ne'er genuinely adjacent successful nan 2nd half.

Here are our takeaways from Baylor’s reliable setback.

1.) Freshmen Showdown

With nan measurement these 2 freshmen were playing coming into Friday night, nan crippled itself was almost secondary to what these 2 mightiness do against each other.

Darryn Peterson is 1 of nan champion players successful nan country, and connected nan short database of guys who mightiness beryllium a apical draught prime erstwhile nan NBA draught rolls astir successful nan summer.

Tounde Yessoufou was coming disconnected a large crippled wherever he tormented Oklahoma State earlier successful nan week. This was a different challenge.
Peterson had nan precocious manus early scoring 13 of nan first 19 points for nan Jayhawks, but Yessoufou was not contented to simply return a backseat to his counterpart.

As Baylor roared backmost successful nan first half to return a 37-36 lead pinch 2:57 to play successful nan half, Yessoufou had 15 points to get his squad backmost successful nan game. At halftime, Peterson had 20 points while Yessoufou proved to beryllium a worthy adversary pinch 15 points of his own.

Baylor’s freshman was good, Kansas’ freshman was great.

This nighttime belonged to Peterson, scoring 26 points connected 11-13 shooting. He was superb successful each consciousness of nan word, while Yessoufou struggled successful nan 2nd half.

2.)    Dynamic Duo

Prior to nan commencement of nan game, nan Fox broadcast pointed retired some freshmen playing successful Friday night’s game, but besides was judge to statement Tennessee transportation Cameron Carr arsenic a cardinal subordinate for Baylor’s efforts.

With Baylor struggling early, they needed to find immoderate scoring thief to get disconnected nan mat that nan Jayhawks seemingly had them pinned to successful nan early information of nan first half.

Yessoufou was brilliant, but would person been incapable to get his squad backmost successful nan crippled without nan scoring brilliance of Carr.

Carr and Yessoufou mixed for 31 of Baylor’s 37 points successful nan first half.

The 2nd half was a different communicative arsenic some players were beautiful quiet. Carr made a mates of bully plays including a baseline thrust that resulted successful a dunk for nan first points of nan 2nd half.

The 2 would harvester for 42 points. The remainder of nan squad struggled, including zero points from nan Baylor bench, while nan crippled was ever successful question.

3.)    Points successful nan overgarment

Kansas’ first violative possession resulted successful a dunk, which looked for illustration it was a harbinger of things to travel for astir of nan night.

Kansas had 22 points successful nan overgarment successful nan first half. Dribble penetration and physicality successful Kansas’ beforehand tribunal were large factors for nan Jayhawks to build their lead successful nan first half.

Their first possession successful nan 2nd half was an uncontested layup by Darryn Peterson. Their 3rd possession resulted successful a dunk.

The Bears simply struggled to support nan Jayhawks retired of nan paint. That was 1 of nan reasons nan Bears brought James Nnaji backmost to college, but he has yet to found himself arsenic a existent beingness successful protecting nan rim.

On Friday, specifically, Baylor’s interior defense was a complete no-show.

Kansas vanished pinch 42 points successful nan paint. That should beryllium privilege number 1 for Scott Drew erstwhile nan squad gets backmost to practice.

4.)    Big Win/Tough Loss

Tuesday night’s triumph was expected to beryllium nan crippled that jump-started Baylor’s hoops squad into nan modular that we’ve travel accustomed to seeing complete nan past 5 years.

Instead, they were humbled, and mightily connected nan roadworthy by a Jayhawks squad that looked for illustration they were successful a different weight people for astir of nan game.

Baylor will not get different chance to return nan tribunal until Tuesday, erstwhile they’ll look Texas Tech.

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