The Baylor Bears participated in Wednesday night’s game against the West Virginia Mountaineers outside the top 25 for the first time since March 2019, losing three straight games. Last week, Baylor dropped two heartbreakers to top 25 opponents TCU and Kansas State for a total of 3 points.
The Bears’ struggles are well documented, but the Mountaineers are also sitting 0-3 in conference play after a promising start. Bears forward Jaylen Bridges played 52 games for Bob Huggins over two seasons at Morgantown before moving in the offseason, so West Virginia welcomes a familiar face to the Coliseum .
Baylor’s football program has never won a championship at Morgantown, but his basketball program has been successful with Mountain State, going 6-4 at the West Virginia Coliseum and 14-8 with the Mountaineers. .
The struggle has come to Baylor’s defense, allowing over 80 points in each of their last three games. It has been named to the Mid-Season Top 25 and is the only program outside of last year’s National Championship combatants Kansas and North Carolina with multiple players on the list.
west virginia starters
G. Kedrian Johnson
G Eric Stevenson
F. Emmitt Matthews
F. Tre Mitchell
F. Jimmy Bell
baylor starters
G. Keyonte George
G.L.J. Cryer
G. Adam Flagler
F Flo Tamba
F Jaylen Bridges
first half
UNDER-16: Balor leads 4-2. Jalen Bridges scored the first points of the game with an and-1 layup at 2:03, but missed the free throw. The Bears are 1-5 from the floor and 0-2 from the threes.
UNDER-12: Baylor leads 13-9. Keyonte George scored five straight points on a step-back three-pointer to make the lead 9-2. Mitchell hits his layup in transition to end the 8-0 Baylor run. Johnson scored his layup in transition on the next possession and scored a chance on his one to make it 10–7. George answers straight with a 3.
UNDER-8: Baylor leads 18-16. Seth Wilson hits a fadeaway to cut Baylor’s lead to 1. Cryer responded by driving from his line on a 3-point layup and stepped back on his next possession to hit his 3.
UNDER-4: Balor leads 27-23. Flagler got on the board at 3 and pushed his lead to 7. After missing his 3-pointer of his 10 in the first, WVU had the first hit and cut the lead to two. Bridge answers with aggressive rebounds and putbacks.
Flagler hits a fadeaway 3 with :37 to go and George hits a circus fadeaway 3 at Buzzer’s corner.
Halftime: Baylor 33, West Virginia 27
