
Baylor Bears at BYU Cougars
· NCAA Men's BasketballKanon Catchings scores 23, Richie Saunders adds 17 to lead BYU over Baylor, 93-89 in OT

BYU opened the extra period on a 9-3 surge for an 87-81 lead. Robert Wright made a pair of free throws and VJ Edgecombe hit a 3-pointer to cut Baylor's deficit to 87-86, but the Cougars made 6 of 6 from the free-throw line from there to seal it. Saunders shot 2 of 2 from the field and made both free-throw attempts in overtime.
Catchings didn't miss a shot, making four 3-pointers and shooting 8 of 8 from the floor and 3 of 3 from the foul line. Egor Demin added 15 points and Trevin Knell had 11 for BYU (14-6, 5-4 Big 12).
Edgecombe led Baylor with 28 points and Wright finished with 22. The pair combined for 11 of the Bears' 18 assists.
Baylor (13-7, 5-4) trailed since the 16:36 mark in the first half and by as many as 11 points early in the second. Wright scored all nine points in a 9-3 surge to get the Bears within 78-76 with 49 second to play. Demin missed a 3 on the next possession and then Wright tied it 78-all at the free-throw line with five seconds remaining to force overtime.
BYU leads the series 7-6, with each of its wins coming at home.
In Saturday games, Baylor hosts No. 11 Kansas and BYU travels to face UCF.
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Recent Plays
3rd 0:00 | End of Game | 89 - 93 |
3rd 0:00 | End of 1st OT | 89 - 93 |
3rd 0:05 | Josh Ojianwuna Turnover. | 89 - 93 |
3rd 0:06 | Dawson Baker made Free Throw. | 89 - 93 |
3rd 0:06 | Dawson Baker made Free Throw. | 89 - 92 |
Statistics
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30-60 | FG | 32-58 |
50.0 | Field Goal % | 55.2 |
13-28 | 3PT | 8-21 |
46.4 | Three Point % | 38.1 |
16-24 | FT | 21-26 |
66.7 | Free Throw % | 80.8 |
31 | Rebounds | 31 |
14 | Offensive Rebounds | 11 |
17 | Defensive Rebounds | 20 |
18 | Assists | 14 |
4 | Steals | 9 |
2 | Blocks | 2 |
13 | Turnovers | 10 |
1 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
13 | Total Turnovers | 10 |
1 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
1 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
20 | Points Off Turnovers | 16 |
6 | Fast Break Points | 16 |
32 | Points in Paint | 36 |
23 | Fouls | 19 |
3 | Largest Lead | 13 |
Game Information
Location: Provo, UT
Attendance: 17,297 | Capacity:
2024-25 Big 12 Conference Standings
TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
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Houston | 19-1 | - | 34-4 |
Texas Tech | 15-5 | 4 | 28-9 |
BYU | 14-6 | 5 | 26-10 |
Arizona | 14-6 | 5 | 24-13 |
Iowa State | 13-7 | 6 | 25-10 |
Kansas | 11-9 | 8 | 21-13 |
West Virginia | 10-10 | 9 | 19-13 |
Baylor | 10-10 | 9 | 20-15 |
TCU | 9-11 | 10 | 16-16 |
Kansas State | 9-11 | 10 | 16-17 |
Utah | 8-12 | 11 | 16-17 |
Cincinnati | 7-13 | 12 | 19-15 |
UCF | 7-13 | 12 | 18-16 |
Oklahoma State | 7-13 | 12 | 17-18 |
Arizona State | 4-16 | 15 | 13-20 |
Colorado | 3-17 | 16 | 14-21 |