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Gameday: No. 20 Baylor opens B4A against VCU

November 23, 2016
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The Baylor men's basketball team will open the Battle 4 Atlantis on Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 p.m. CT against VCU and will be aired live on ESPN2. The meeting between the Bears (3-0) and the Rams (3-0) is the fourth ever matchup for the programs.

TOP PERFORMERS

Points
VCU:
Forward, Justin Tillman (14.0)
Baylor: Guard, Manu Lecomte (16.7)

Rebounds
VCU: Forward, Justin Tillman (6.0)
Baylor:
Forward, Jo Lual-Acuil, Jr. (10.0)

Assists
VCU: Guard, Jonathan Williams (3.7)
Baylor:
Guard, Manu Lecomte (7.0)

Steals
VCU: Guard, Doug Brooks (2.3)
Baylor:
Guard, Manu Lecomte (2.3)

Blocks
VCU: Forward, Mo Alie-Cox (1.7)
Baylor:
Forward, Jo Lual-Acuil, Jr. (5.3)
• Baylor faces VCU in Wednesday's first round action of the 6th-annual Battle 4 Atlantis.
• Wednesday is the 4th series meeting between the teams, which last met on Nov. 27, 1998.
• Baylor has led for 94% of game time over its first three games (112:22 of 120:00).
• BU is 3-0 for the 9th time in the last 10 seasons. The lone exception was a 2-1 start last year.
• Baylor is 23-11 in regular-season tournaments during the Drew era, including 10-3 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.
• Baylor went from receiving no votes to No. 20 in this week's AP Top 25.

Gameday: No. 20 Baylor opens B4A against VCU

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fuentbu1
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These games early will help immensely when conference rolls around.

VCU is extremely tough on D
riflebear
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Coaches have a lot of confidence in Chuck at the top of the zone. He seems to be playing well on defense getting a lot of minutes during this stretch. Just need one of our guards to get hot to help out our bigs.
jimdue
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If you told me before the game that Manu was going to play this bad I would figure that we would be down at least 10 and probably more. Great job by Motley and friends keeping us in this one.
3ptSpecialist
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Motley and Maston giving us a chance. Nearly all of our offense has gone through those two. Big free throws coming for JMot.

51-51 with 7 minutes left
riflebear
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Hambone said:

riflebear said:

Hamby has been tough. Impressive moves down low.
agreed, that guy is a stud.
That was for you
riflebear
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Acuil better keep his man out of the post. I'm not sure about this since Motley has done so well, hopefully he's learned by watching him.
Hambone
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Motley hits both, very smooth. 53-51 BU 6:55

Lewis off from 3, Jake grabs the loose ball rebound.
riflebear
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Motley money from FT line (9 of 10)

Lindsay's length is so good in our zone up top.
Hambone
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Freeman with the nifty footwork and body control on the drive! 55-51 BU 6:00

bad pass turnover on VCU! let's goooo
riflebear
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Defense has picked up. Guys much more active now.
nein51
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Can't give up possessions that easily. Not a good pass
3ptSpecialist
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bad turnover

55-51 Baylor
riflebear
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Bad TOs every time we have a chance to extend. Gotta get another big stop.
Hambone
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we turn it over, Jake's fault on the bad pass. 55-51 BU 5:17

Jo affects a shot and forces a close miss, but Cox is fouled on the putback

1st good, 2nd good. 55-53 BU 4:55
3ptSpecialist
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Every possession matters. Execute.
nein51
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Omg finally a shot from the floor!
3ptSpecialist
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big time shot
riflebear
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Only 3 TOs this half, but that last one was huge. Could have extended our lead to 6, but now only up 2.
nein51
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3ptSpecialist said:

big time shot

Even better skip pass
riflebear
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Great pass by Ish to Freeman for the 3.

58-53
Hambone
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Ish with the gorgeous skip pass and Al buries the 3! wowow, that pass

58-53 BU 4:20

VCU off from 3, Manu rebound. media timeout @ 3:59 after a Manu turnover (my god, bench him already)
nein51
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riflebear said:

Only 3 TOs this half, but that last one was huge. Could have extended our lead to 6, but now only up 2.

And we give it up lol
3ptSpecialist
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damn Lecomte
3ptSpecialist
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58-53 Baylor

turnovers are killing us; survive and advance
riflebear
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Manu w/ his worst game of his life but we are still up. Something tells me he will make a big play down the stretch to make up for it.
Hambone
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I can't remember a Baylor player being allowed to play this much while playing so badly. I do not blame Drew, but this is surreal to watch.
jimdue
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Manu just lost it. Not sure what is up with him today but he is hurting us today but still a big Manu fan.
Ursus
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LeCompte swam with the Dolphins last night or something
fuentbu1
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Ish playing like a BOSS
Hambone
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we get a steal! nice team D there by the Bears
riflebear
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Great D. Acuil doing better keeping his man out of the lower block.
nein51
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That finish by al was nice but that was great team offense.
Hambone
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Motley with the seal and Al with the reverse scoop! 60-53 BU 3:00

VCU misses a 3, Motley called for a foul on loose ball rebound (not sure about that call)

Motley pushed off, good call
riflebear
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Freeman breakout game. Love it when he attacks.
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