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Gameday: Baylor MBB Ready for Top 10 Challenge

November 15, 2016
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The Baylor Bears (1-0) face a major test in their second game of the season against No. 4-ranked Oregon (1-0) on Tuesday afternoon. The Ducks defeated the Bears last November 74-67 in Eugene.

TOP PERFORMERS

Points
Oregon:
Guard, Tyler Dorsey (21.0)
Baylor:
Guard, Al Freeman (16.0)

Rebounds
Oregon:
Forward, Jordan Bell (8.0); Forward, Chris Boucher
Baylor:
Forward, Jo Lual-Acuil, Jr. (9.0)

Assists
Oregon:
Guard, Payton Pritchard (4.0)
Baylor:
Guard, Manu Lecomte (10.0)

Steals
Oregon:
Guard, Payton Pritchard (1.0); Guard, Dylan Ennis (1.0)
Baylor:
Guard, Manu Lecomte (3.0)

Blocks
Oregon:
Forward, Jordan Bell (6.0)
Baylor:
Forward, Jo Lual-Acuil, Jr. (4.0)

  • Baylor faces No. 4 Oregon in a rematch of last season’s 74-67 loss in Eugene.
  • Tuesday is the 2nd series meeting. The only previous matchup was Nov. 16 last season.
  • A total of 15 NBA scouts from 11 different teams have requested credentials for Tuesday’s game.
  • No. 4 Oregon is the highest-AP ranked non-conference opponent to ever visit Waco. The previous high was vs. No. 6 Arizona on Dec. 8, 1997 and vs. No. 6 Washington State on Nov. 30, 2007.
  • Baylor is 6-41 all-time against AP top 5 teams and the last win was Dec. 6, 2013, vs. No. 3 Kentucky.
  • BU is 3-17 against AP top 5 teams in the Drew era, but 3-7 in its last 10 such games.
  • Baylor has knocked off 12 ranked teams over the last two seasons (12-14 vs. ranked opponents).
  • BU is 31-54 against ranked teams since 2007-08 after going 0-27 in Drew’s first four rebuilding seasons.
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Gameday: Baylor MBB Ready for Top 10 Challenge

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Brian Ethridge
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Steal by Manu
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LINDSEY 3333333

33-23

HALFTIME
Bears8375
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Wow what a first half and what an exclamation point by Lindsey with the 3!
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Lecomte and Acuil are shoring up probably our 2 biggest weaknesses from last year - offense from the PG and interior defense/size.
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Acuil is a badass

Oregon broadcast says they didn't know how good he was
Bears8375
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Ok so I see on this game cast that Oregon can't hit anything. Is our perimeter D doing the job? And Acuil is a monster!

Lecomte, Motley, Acuil, and Freeman is going to be such a fun quadric to watch.
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love how easily Pritchard just leaves Lindsey there to help vs Manu's drive, definitely part of the scouting report... they won't hedge away from Jake as hard if he shows he can knock that down consistently, opening things up further for Manu to do his thing.

great half overall on offense, despite getting owned from everywhere but 3 point range, where we went 5-7.

very strong defensive half! Oregon shooting just 9-32

Acuil has 11 rebounds!
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Oregon is no where near # 4 without Brooks but this is impressive for BU on national TV. Thankfully they are cold from 3.
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That three from Lindsey was massive. Not only to put the lead at double digits but you could tell he was getting a little frustrated with fouls and turnovers. And Acuil and Lecomte are massive improvements over last year. You can tell Lecomte has played high level international basketball. He's just so composed.
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snarebear55 said:

Lecomte and Acuil are shoring up probably our 2 biggest weaknesses from last year - offense from the PG and interior defense/size.
and they were both on campus practicing with and getting to know these guys... no worries about having to develop their chemistry in-game, which is huge.

it just dawned on me today that we start 4 guys that have redshirted. that is incredible.
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Acuil is the answer inside BU needed this season. He is matching up great with Jordan Bell.
Bears8375
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This team has lacked a legit rim presence for a while. What Rico brought on offensive rebounds was awesome, but Acuil's rebounding AND rim protection is a MAJOR upgrade.

Lecomte is incredible. Why did he transfer out of Miami?
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He was behind Angel Rodriguez. Thankfully he came to Baylor.
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Manu 13 pts, 3 rebs, 2 assists
Motley 8 pts, 3 rebs
Acuil 4 pts, 11 rebs, 1 assist

5 blocks for the team and I think Acuil has 4
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BearSince2010 said:

This team has lacked a legit rim presence for a while. What Rico brought on offensive rebounds was awesome, but Acuil's rebounding AND rim protection is a MAJOR upgrade.

Lecomte is incredible. Why did he transfer out of Miami?
you may remember the reason why he transferred when he played for Frank Martin at Kansas St. his name is Angel Rodriguez. Manu is a leader and wanted to be the guy, so he left. simple as that.



Manu saw an opportunity here and liked what Drew had done with his point guards, especially P-Jax and Tweety.

Bears8375
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Having a guard like Lecomte or Jackson keeps you competitive vs. anyone. I'm not a big fan of guard like Medford and Chery who do possess an outside shot but tend to take awful low percentage long two pointers. Lecomte is a MUCH better point guard than them as well.
Brenden Padilla
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The body control Acuil is showing is impressive. He is snagging boards and blocking shots and he has done it all without picking up a foul
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BearSince2010 said:

This team has lacked a legit rim presence for a while. What Rico brought on offensive rebounds was awesome, but Acuil's rebounding AND rim protection is a MAJOR upgrade.

Lecomte is incredible. Why did he transfer out of Miami?
Love Rico, but all his size wasn't an enforcer inside.
Hambone
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Brenden Padilla said:

The body control Acuil is showing is impressive. He is snagging boards and blocking shots and he has done it all without picking up a foul
I noted last game that it took him til deep into the 2nd half to commit his first foul, and that it would be interesting to watch, as that could be bad or good. seems good so far!
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Brian Ethridge said:

BearSince2010 said:

This team has lacked a legit rim presence for a while. What Rico brought on offensive rebounds was awesome, but Acuil's rebounding AND rim protection is a MAJOR upgrade.

Lecomte is incredible. Why did he transfer out of Miami?
Love Rico, but all his size wasn't an enforcer inside.
Rico's lack of defense and even moreso his lack of any low post offensive game was infuriating. I bet he averaged 4 missed layups a game. And he was closer to 6'7. He was the best rebounder in the nation but he had two major flaws.
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By the way, ESPN is making sure we're all aware just how "shorthanded" Oregon is for this game, over and over and...

Amazing they had enough guys to fill out the starting lineup.
Bears8375
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boxster said:

By the way, ESPN is making sure we're all aware just how "shorthanded" Oregon is for this game, over and over and...

Amazing they had enough guys to fill out the starting lineup.
Oh of course. If we win I bet we'll get 2 highlights to Oregon's 4.
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boxster said:

By the way, ESPN is making sure we're all aware just how "shorthanded" Oregon is for this game, over and over and...

Amazing they had enough guys to fill out the starting lineup.
Just win...
Brian Ethridge
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Ennis layin 33-25

Manu misses, Acuil, misses, board Oregon
Hambone
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BearSince2010 said:

Having a guard like Lecomte or Jackson keeps you competitive vs. anyone. I'm not a big fan of guard like Medford and Chery who do possess an outside shot but tend to take awful low percentage long two pointers. Lecomte is a MUCH better point guard than them as well.
in Chery's defense, his midrange game was pretty sweet. his JR year he shot 47% from 2, but there was a big fall-off his SR year to 38.5%. Medford did have a penchant for taking some bad long 2s and shot 41%/42% from 2

neither were good at the rim, which was a problem. Manu isn't great, but I think he will be better than both at finishing.

Manu is smarter than Medford and more athletic and just as under control as Chery. pretty good combo.

Brian Ethridge
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Boucher hook shot 33-27
Bears8375
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Well that's not an ideal start...
Hambone
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Dorsey hits a 3 to cut it to 33-30 at 18:09 and Drew wants a timeout... quick start for the Ducks, sigh
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Ennis called for a foul

Acuil misses

Dorsey 3 for Oregon 33-30

Timeout BU
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Hambone said:

Dorsey hits a 3 to cut it to 33-30 at 18:09 and Drew wants a timeout... quick start for the Ducks, sigh
I got an upset alert text from a certain poster...

DOOOOMMMMMEEEEDDD
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Brian Ethridge said:

Hambone said:

Dorsey hits a 3 to cut it to 33-30 at 18:09 and Drew wants a timeout... quick start for the Ducks, sigh
I got an upset alert text from a certain poster...

DOOOOMMMMMEEEEDDD
quick... look in the mirror, throw some salt over your right shoulder, and say Namtats 3 times.
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Hambone said:

Brian Ethridge said:

Hambone said:

Dorsey hits a 3 to cut it to 33-30 at 18:09 and Drew wants a timeout... quick start for the Ducks, sigh
I got an upset alert text from a certain poster...

DOOOOMMMMMEEEEDDD
quick... look in the mirror, throw some salt over your right shoulder, and say Namtats 3 times.
Dunked on now...

33-32
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Wainwright lob and layin 35-32
Hambone
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Manu with a great lob to Ish for 2, then Boucher bricks a 3 and Manu pushes the ball to Al who slices in for a layup + 1

FT good. 38-32 BU 16:25

Boucher scores over Acuil on a nice move. 38-34
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Freeman AND1

Makes the FT 38-32
 
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