Shanna Rose | WV Sports Chat
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Cameron Carr finished with 16 points and 12 rebounds, and Baylor snapped a four-game losing streak with a 63-53 victory over West Virginia on Saturday afternoon at Hope Coliseum.
Carr made 6 of 11 shots, including two 3-pointers, for the Bears (12-9, 2-7 Big 12), who won for just the second time in their last nine games. Obi Agbim also scored 16 points and added four assists, while Tounde Yessoufou chipped in 11.
Brenen Lorient led the Mountaineers (14-8, 5-4) with a game-high 19 points. No other WVU player reached double figures. Jasper Floyd grabbed nine boards.
Baylor jumped out to a 15-5 lead in the opening five minutes. Treysen Eaglestaff buried back-to-back 3-pointers to give the Mountaineers their first lead at 20-17 with eight minutes remaining in the first half, but Carr answered with a four-point play two minutes later to spark a 17-8 run for the Bears. Baylor carried a 38-30 advantage into halftime.
Carr and Dan Skillings Jr. scored the first two baskets after the break to push the Bears’ lead to 12. WVU responded with a 14-5 spurt, capped by Chance Moore’s rebound basket, to pull within 47-44 with 11:29 to play.
Baylor’s Caden Powell made two free throws for the only points by either team over the next seven minutes before Yessoufou hit a jumper as the shot clock expired to steady the Bears down the stretch. Baylor closed the game on a 16-9 run.
The Mountaineers shot 36 percent from the field and went 5 of 19 from 3-point range. The Bears finished at 45.5 percent overall and hit 9 of 22 from beyond the arc.
The loss snapped WVU’s 16-game home winning streak dating back to last season.
The Mountaineers travel to Cincinnati on Thursday.
Photo Credit: Kelsie LeRose, WVSN
