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Gameday: Bears, Spartans meet in top 25 matchup

November 23, 2016
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The No. 20-ranked Baylor Bears (4-0) are set to face the Michigan State Spartans (3-2) in the semifinals of the Battle 4 Atlantis on Thursday morning at 11 a.m. CT. The game will be televised live on ESPN.

TOP PERFORMERS

Points
MSU:
Miles Bridges (17.2)
Baylor: Guard, Manu Lecomte (16.5)

Rebounds
MSU: Miles Bridges (10.4)
Baylor:
Forward, Jo Lual-Acuil, Jr. (8.5)

Assists
MSU: Two tied at 4.6
Baylor:
Guard, Manu Lecomte (6.3)

Steals
MSU: Two tied at 0.6
Baylor:
Guard, Manu Lecomte (2.0)

Blocks
MSU: Miles Bridges (1.4)
Baylor:
Forward, Jo Lual-Acuil, Jr. (4.5)
• Baylor faces Michigan State in Thursday’s semifinal of the 6th-annual Battle 4 Atlantis.
• Thursday is the first-ever meeting between Baylor and Michigan State.
• Baylor is 35-11 against first-time opponents in the Drew era, including 29-7 since 2007-08.
• Baylor has led for 82% of game time over its first four games (131:00 of 160:00).
• BU is 4-0 for the 8th time in the last 10 seasons and is looking to start 5-0 for a 7th time since 2007.
• Baylor is 24-11 in regular-season tournaments during the Drew era, including 11-3 since 2013-14.
• Baylor has knocked off 13 ranked teams in the last two-plus seasons (13-14 vs. ranked opponents).
• BU is 32-54 against ranked teams since 2007-08 after going 0-27 in Drew’s first four rebuilding seasons.

Gameday: Bears, Spartans meet in top 25 matchup

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Hambone
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travel on Harris. our D is either very stout, or gives up an easy look after ball movement. polarizing so far.

Chucky rises up and hits a pull-up 17 footer. nice. 19-16 MSU

McQuaid with a nice pass down low, but we get the foul. MSU will shoot.

big man hits both. 21-16 MSU 10:15
Justin Kates
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Mitchell answers your call.
Brian Ethridge
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Staff
What foul?
Yankee Bear
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Will Chuck Mitchell BR spark plug off the bench this year kind of like Prince in years past ?
Hambone
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Maston misses a fadeaway

MSU to the rim, we foul, Nairn will shoot

1st long, 2nd off
Brian Ethridge
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Staff
"Tum Tum can't shoot"
Hambone
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Motley down low kicks it out to Chucky and he badly bricks a long 3.

thought he forced a turnover up top but ref says off Chuck... damn

shot clock violation on MSU, again

Motley held on the ground. 21-16 MSU 8:36, BU ball down low

Motley misses a close look on the inbounds, jeez.
Justin Kates
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Hack him on any trip to the rim.
Yankee Bear
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Baylor forcing a lot of late clock shots. Good defense from that standpoint so far.
Brian Ethridge
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Staff
Nice slip by Motley and he's fouled.

Then misses a 10 footer
Hambone
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wow, incredible tip-in by Langford. we didn't block him out. 23-16 MSU

Manu with an inexcusable unforced turnover, leads to and 1 dunk. we are getting schooled. Manu been terrible this tournament, other than the last 2 minutes yesterday. truly terrifying.

MSU leads 25-16, will shoot 1 after media TO @ 7:58
Brian Ethridge
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Staff
Can't buy a bucket.
Yankee Bear
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Baylor starting to hesitate. Need to stay aggressive .
Brian Ethridge
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Staff
Need to settle down and hit shots or get run out of the building.
1outawayBear
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We aren't going win tough games consistently if Manu plays like he has the first 15 of last game and so far this game. It's like he has butter on his hands good lord he looks sloppy
3ptSpecialist
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continuing the trend of playing poorly in the first half in the Bahamas. Bad 4 minute stretch. Lecomte needs to get his act together.
BaylorVsAll
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Getting getting outworked...I was worried about this playing an Izzo coached team. All those wide open threes given up is the most disappointing because msu is not a good outside shooting team.
boxster
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Schooled? We hit all the open shots we've had, and we're in the lead.
Jdigdiggity
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We need buckets.
bularry
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we can't win if we don't make a shot. just terrible. Motley with the bunny miss off the in-bound and then the sloppy ball handling by Lecomte

and what was that silly give away foul my Chuck? we do that all the time, every year. just let the dude dunk and let's go.

we also need to punish them for crashing the offensive glass so hard, let's get out and make some quick transition hoops.
Yankee Bear
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Michigan State does a nice job of rebounding on the backside of the bucket.

Terrible combination of MSU being hot and us being cold .
Hambone
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FT good. BU fouled, ball down low

Motley gets a jam on the inbounds, 26-18 MSU 7:40

Mot forces a jump ball, MSU has the arrow
manalive137
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Getting good shots, just missing.
D is another story so far
Hambone
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Jake steals a bad pass, but doesn't capitalize with numbers...

Maston misses, thought he was fouled. MSU quickly scores on the other end with a dunk. 28-18 MSU 7:00

we get it down to Motley on the block, he puts it up and it's tipped after it hits the glass, goaltend. 28-20 MSU 6:40
bularry
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Lindsey, if you dribble unguarded to within 6 feet, take the damn shot. geez
1outawayBear
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They are letting them play lots of contact
3ptSpecialist
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28-20 Sparty

Get some stops!!!!
Yankee Bear
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Looks like Michigan State knows Baylor is going to go inside. They are stacking the paint and daring us to shoot the three .
Hambone
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Maston with a rare blocked shot, saving an easy 2. nice

foil on McQuaid, on the floor. MSU's 5th

Al's 3 in and out, getting open looks off the inbounds every time

Ish with the deflection and save, nice steal
1outawayBear
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How many wide open threes we gonna miss good god!


What a play by ish!!!!!!!!
Yankee Bear
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Hustle points for Wainwright = 6 points.
Hambone
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Freeman denied at the rim, we get the rebound and Motley banks in a 3! lol 28-23 MSU

Bridges hits a long 2. 30-23 MSU 5:00

inside-out from Mot to Ish back to Mot for an easy 2 over the smaller defender. 30-25 MSU
3ptSpecialist
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30-23

Banks are open for Motley
Bodhibear
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Guards letting us down again. Really need to pick it up
Hambone
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Bridges misses a 3, BU ball

Ish misses a decent look from 3, MSU ball

McQuaid misses a qild shot, then Motley gets a dunk in transition. 30-27 MSU 3:35
 
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