Game Thread: Baylor Basketball Battles No. 5 Houston in Tough Road Test

HOUSTON – Baylor men’s basketball (15-14, 5-11) travels to Houston to take on the No. 5 Cougars (24-5, 12-4) on Wednesday, March 4, at 8 p.m. CT, at the Fertitta Center. The game will be televised on ESPN2.

Computer Models

• Torvik: Baylor (51), UH (5)
  • Prediction: UH 81, Baylor 64
• KenPom: Baylor (51), UH (6)
  • Prediction: UH 80, Baylor 66
• Haslametrics: Baylor (49), UH (6)
  • Prediction: UH 79, Baylor 64
• Evan Miyakawa: Baylor (50), UH (5)
  • Prediction: UH 81, Baylor 62

Projected Lineups

Baylor Starters

• Guard: Obi Agbim (5Sr.) 6-3, 185 (11 ppg; 3 asst)
• Guard: Isaac Williams IV (So.) 6-1, 190 (11 ppg; 3 asst)
• Guard: Tounde Yessoufou (Fr.) 6-5, 215 (18 ppg; 6 reb; 2 steals)
• Guard: Cameron Carr (RSo.) 6-5, 175 (19 ppg; 6 reb; 3 asst)
• Center: Caden Powell (Sr.) 6-9, 225 (7 ppg; 6 reb)

Baylor Bench

• Forward: Michael Rataj (Sr.) 6-8, 230 (8 ppg; 5 reb; 2 asst)
• Forward: Dan Skillings (Sr.) 6-7, 200 (10 ppg; 6 reb; 2 asst) 
• Center: James Nnaji (Fr.) 7-0 250 (2 ppg; 3 reb)

Projected Lineups

Houston Starters

• Guard: Kingston Flemings (Fr.) 6-4, 190 (16 ppg; 5 asst; 2 steals)
• Guard: Milos Uzan (Sr.) 6-4, 195 (12 ppg; 4 asst)
• Guard: Emmanuel Sharp (Sr.) 6-3, 205 (16 ppg; 3 reb)
• Forward: Joseph Tugler (Jr.) 6-8, 230 (8 ppg; 5 reb)
• Forward: Chris Cenac (Fr.) 6-11, 240 (10 ppg; 8 reb)

Houston Bench

• Guard: Isiah Hartwell (Fr.) 6-6, 220 (4 ppg; 2 reb)
• Guard: Chase McCarty (Fr.) 6-5, 215 (3 ppg)
• Guard: Mercy Miller (So.) 6-4, 200 (5 ppg; 2 reb)
• Forward: Kalifa Sakho (Sr.) 6-11, 230 (3 ppg; 3 reb)