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Game Thread: Baylor Continues Players Era Festival against No. 14 St. John's

Baylor men’s basketball (4-0) will continue the Players Era Festival against the No. 14 St. John’s Red Storm on Tuesday, Nov. 25, at 3:30 p.m. CT, at Michelob Ultra Arena.
By Ashley Hodge
November 25, 2025
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LAS VEGAS, Nevada – Baylor men’s basketball (4-0) will continue the Players Era Festival against the No. 14 St. John’s Red Storm (3-2) on Tuesday, Nov. 25, at 3:30 p.m. CT, at Michelob Ultra Arena. The game will be televised on TruTV. 

Computer Models

  • Torvik: Baylor (34), St. John’s (13)
    • Projected Score: St. John’s 82-77
  • Haslametrics: Baylor (23), St. John’s (16)
    • Projected Score: St. John’s 77-75
  • KenPom: Baylor (20), St. John’s (16)
    • Projected Score: St John’s 83-81
  • Evan Miyakawa: Baylor (46), St. John’s (15)
    • Projected Score: St. John’s 84-78

Projected Lineups

Baylor Starters

  • Guard: Obi Agbim (5Sr.) 6-3, 185 (11 ppg; 5 asst)
  • Guard: Tounde Yessoufou (Fr.) 6-5, 215 (15 ppg; 5 reb)
  • Forward: Cameron Carr (RSo.) 6-5, 175 (23 ppg; 6 reb)
  • Forward: Dan Skillings (Sr.) 6-7, 200 (14 ppg; 7 reb)
  • Forward: Michael Rataj (Sr.) 6-8, 230 (8 ppg; 5 reb)

Baylor Bench

  • Center: Caden Powell (Sr.) 6-9, 225 (6 ppg; 6 reb)
  • Guard: Isaac Williams IV (So.) 6-1, 190 (9 ppg; 3 asst)

Projected Lineups

St. John’s Starters

  • Guard: Dylan Darling (Jr.) 6-1, 175 (6 ppg; 4 asst)
  • Guard: Oziyah Sellers (Sr.) 6-5, 190 (11 ppg; 4 reb)
  • Guard: Jason Sanon (Sr.) 6-5, 200 (11 ppg; 3 reb)
  • Forward: Bryce Hopkins (Sr.) 6-7, 225 (16 ppg; 4 reb)
  • Forward: Zuby Ejiofor (Sr.) 6-9, 245 (15 ppg; 7 reb)

St. John’s Bench

  • Forward: Dillon Mitchell (Sr.) 6-8, 210 (11 ppg; 7 reb)
  • Guard: Ian Jackson (So.) 6-5, 195 (13 ppg)
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Game Thread: Baylor Continues Players Era Festival against No. 14 St. John's

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Dia-del-oso
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4:49p, 11/25/25
Was that not a kick ball on st John's?
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4:49p, 11/25/25
First bad game for skillings. At least he'll be rested when he comes back in lol
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In reply to Dia-del-oso • 4:49p, 11/25/25
Dia-del-oso said:
Was that not a kick ball on st John's?


And a travel
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In reply to bear2be2 • 4:50p, 11/25/25
bear2be2 said:
The knock on Skillings at Cincinnati is that he had a tendency to disappear from time to time. This looks like it's going to be one of those games.

He's been awful today.

He and Tounde are a combined 1-14 from the field and 1-6 from 3. This is the first game where we've looked similar to last year with only 1 scoring option (Carr).
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4:50p, 11/25/25
We're in a danger zone right now. We need to settle back in or this one could get away from us.
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4:50p, 11/25/25
How do you come out in a zone on D and give Selllers an uncontested 3 to start the 2nd half?
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4:52p, 11/25/25
This is ugly
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4:52p, 11/25/25
Quick whistles killing us
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4:52p, 11/25/25
Another bad/lazy pass by Tounde. He's getting exposed today.
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In reply to Big12Fan2024 • 4:54p, 11/25/25
Big12Fan2024 said:
bear2be2 said:
The knock on Skillings at Cincinnati is that he had a tendency to disappear from time to time. This looks like it's going to be one of those games.

He's been awful today.

He and Tounde are a combined 1-14 from the field and 1-6 from 3. This is the first game where we've looked similar to last year with only 1 scoring option (Carr).

Nothing from Agbim either. As I suspected, St. John's is trying to make somebody besides Carr beat them this half and so far nobody is stepping up.
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4:54p, 11/25/25
White in a boot
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4:55p, 11/25/25
I need more Williams and less Agbim. Williams doesn't play passively. And there he goes to the basket for a score.
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4:55p, 11/25/25
Williams has given us a nice spark today.
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In reply to bear2be2 • 4:56p, 11/25/25
There's 5-7 teams in the B12 who I'm afraid are going expose the crap out of him. Won't happen but of all the recent 1 n dones he's the one who should stay
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In reply to BearFan33 • 4:57p, 11/25/25
BearFan33 said:
White in a boot

Didn't they say he's out for at least 2 weeks? Maybe I misheard though.
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In reply to IowaBear • 4:57p, 11/25/25
IowaBear said:
There's 5-7 teams in the B12 who I'm afraid are going expose the crap out of him. Won't happen but of all the recent 1 n dones he's the one who should stay

Any athletic team that can speed him up is going to bring out the bad Tounde on the offensive end. But he's still done some nice things defensively and been big on the boards.
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4:58p, 11/25/25
St. Johns 51
Bears 40


15:20
1st TV timeout
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In reply to IowaBear • 4:58p, 11/25/25
IowaBear said:
There's 5-7 teams in the B12 who I'm afraid are going expose the crap out of him. Won't happen but of all the recent 1 n dones he's the one who should stay

I like his mentality and athleticism. Just needs to reign it in a bit. He should get more used to the speed each game.
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4:58p, 11/25/25
Off topic but who do we play tomorrow? Does it depend solely on today's result?
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In reply to IowaBear • 4:59p, 11/25/25
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Off topic but who do we play tomorrow? Does it depend solely on today's result?

Yes. TBA.
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In reply to IowaBear • 4:59p, 11/25/25
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There's 5-7 teams in the B12 who I'm afraid are going expose the crap out of him. Won't happen but of all the recent 1 n dones he's the one who should stay


I was just thinking the same thing. I remember thinking Kendall Brown didn't look anything like an NBA player too. He's still in G League I think
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In reply to Big12Fan2024 • 4:59p, 11/25/25
Big12Fan2024 said:
St. Johns 51
Bears 40


15:20
1st TV timeout

We're hanging around. Just keep battling and make a run when you get a chance.

One consolation is Pitino has a history of blowing big leads to us in early-season tournaments.
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In reply to gbfell • 5:00p, 11/25/25
Forgot about Kendall! Him and Quincy Miller are two that made pretty terrible decisions leaving early
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5:02p, 11/25/25
We're not going to win if they keep shooting 3s at this rate.

A lot of them have been open, but still ...
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5:04p, 11/25/25
Not looking good. Just keep competing.
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5:04p, 11/25/25
Bears with 5 assists and 9 TOs today.

0 assists in the 2nd half.

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5:04p, 11/25/25
17 point lead for the Johnies now. Need too make a run out of this time out to keep this loss from being a blowout.
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5:06p, 11/25/25
Baylor needs to run more back screens off ball against teams who are playing aggressive half court D like SJU.
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5:06p, 11/25/25
Williams has some DAWG in him. He hasn't looked overwhelmed like a couple of others have.
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5:06p, 11/25/25
Williams has been our second-best player today. I love the way he attacks.
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5:07p, 11/25/25
St John's 63
Bears 45

11:56 to go
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In reply to DP4LIFE • 5:07p, 11/25/25
DP4LIFE said:
Tounde not seeing the floor with the speed step up from high school. That last possession before half should have been a back out and play for last shot. Instead, he's out of control again, misses, and SJU goes down for a easy basket right before half.


Yep. Looks like he's more what he showed the last several years and less what he flashed the last 6 months.

Raw with good physical traits and developing skills.
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In reply to Big12Fan2024 • 5:08p, 11/25/25
Big12Fan2024 said:
Bears with 5 assists and 9 TOs today.

0 assists in the 2nd half.

Just saw that, too. That's not going to get it done.
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5:08p, 11/25/25
3 point shooting

St. Johns 8-14 (57% - with many of them wide open)
Bears 4-15 (27%)
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In reply to Quinton • 5:09p, 11/25/25
Quinton said:
DP4LIFE said:
Tounde not seeing the floor with the speed step up from high school. That last possession before half should have been a back out and play for last shot. Instead, he's out of control again, misses, and SJU goes down for a easy basket right before half.


Yep. Looks like he's more what he showed the last several years and less what he flashed the last 6 months.

Raw with good physical traits and developing skills.

He hustles, but his offensive game is really raw.
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