Baylor arms Kansas third straight loss (1:44)
LJ Cryer leads No. 17 Baylor with 22 factors because the Bears take down the No. 9 Kansas Jayhawks. (1:44)
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WACO, Texas — Langston Love got here up enormous for Seventeenth-ranked Baylor after No. 9 Kansas took its solely lead in a matchup of the previous two nationwide champions, because the Bears went on to win 75-69 on Monday evening.
The reigning champion Jayhawks misplaced their third straight sport, tying their longest skid since coach Invoice Self took over in 2003-04. In addition they misplaced three in a row in February 2005, February 2013 and January 2021, however that is the primary time Kansas has misplaced three straight to ranked groups since February 1989.
In the meantime, Baylor’s victory gave the 2021 champion a Large 12-best five-game successful streak since its personal three-game skid to open convention play.
“There’s time to be reactive in a detrimental manner in case your crew’s not doing properly. This isn’t one in all our instances,” Self mentioned. “We now have gotten beat, and granted, we obtained beat [by] a crew that was projected to win the league tonight, that is actually good. And so they went via the identical crap we’re going via proper now.
“Our league is that good. It will be a grind.”
Baylor is now 12-1 in its previous 13 video games in opposition to opponents ranked within the high 10 of the AP ballot, tying the perfect 13-game span by any crew within the AP ballot period. The Bears are 25-8 in opposition to top-25 groups over the previous 4 seasons, which is the nation’s greatest mark.
Love made a formidable go-ahead turnaround jumper whereas being fouled then made the free throw. The freshman guard, who missed all of final season after tearing an ACL in a preseason scrimmage, later capped the Bears’ key run with a 3-pointer.
Jalen Wilson swished a 3 from the left wing with 15:24 left to offer the Jayhawks (16-4, 5-3 Large 12) their solely lead at 46-45. Love then began a 12-3 spurt with the three-point play.
“He is able to step up each time his identify is named,” Bears senior Adam Flagler mentioned of his fellow guard. “We weren’t stunned when he went on the market and did what he did.”
Baylor junior guard LJ Cryer provided his take.
“That is enormous for us. It exhibits that when adversity hits, we’re capable of combat via it,” Cryer mentioned. “We have had video games this season the place adversity hits and we did not combat again.”
Cryer had 22 factors for Baylor (15-5, 5-3), although 19 of his factors and all 5 of his treys got here earlier than halftime. Flagler added 17 factors, whereas Jalen Bridges and Love every had 11.
Freshman guard Gradey Dick had 24 factors and Wilson 23 for the Jayhawks, who have been coming off a 23-point house loss to TCU following a one-point additional time defeat at now fifth-ranked Kansas State. Kevin McCullar Jr. posted 14 factors and 12 rebounds on Monday for his fifth double-double this season.
After an early layup by Wilson obtained Kansas inside 11-7, Baylor had a 9-0 run that was punctuated by Josh Ojianwuna‘s two-handed putback dunk. That was the final time within the first half that the Bears had consecutive scores, although Cryer did make three 3s in an 83-second span — the primary two after 3s by Dick and Wilson, and the third following two free throws by Dick.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
