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Gameday: No. 9 Bears face No. 7 Xavier

December 3, 2016
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The No. 9-ranked Baylor Bears (7-0) face the No 7-ranked Xavier Musketeers (7-0) on Saturday afternoon at the Ferrell Center at 2:30 p.m. CT. The game will aired live on ESPN2.

TOP PERFORMERS

Points
Xavier:
Forward, Trevon Bluieitt (17.7)
Baylor: Forward, Johnathan Motley (16.2)

Rebounds
Xavier:  Forward, Trevon Bluieitt (6.1)
Baylor:
Forward, Jo Lual-Acuil, Jr. (8.4)

Assists
Xavier:  Guard, Edmond Sumner (4.6)
Baylor:
Guard, Manu Lecomte (5.3)

Steals
Xavier:  Guard, J.P. Macura (2.3)
Baylor: 
Forward, Ishmail Wainright (1.9)

Blocks
Xavier:  Guard, Edmond Sumner (1.0)
Baylor:
Forward, Jo Lual-Acuil, Jr. (4.1)

• No. 9 Baylor hosts No. 7 Xavier in the third top-10 matchup in Ferrell Center history.
• Baylor is 3-0 vs. ranked teams this season (No. 4 Oregon, No. 24 Michigan State, No. 10 Louisville).
• Saturday is the third series meeting. Baylor is 2-0 vs. Xavier, with wins in the 2009 Old Spice Classic in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. and 2012 NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 in Atlanta.
• Twenty-five NBA scouts from 22 different teams have requested credentials for Saturday's game.
• The Bears have won 38 consecutive non-conference home games dating back to Dec. 12, 2012. BU averages a 21.3 point margin of victory and has eight wins over high-major teams during the streak.

Gameday: No. 9 Bears face No. 7 Xavier

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Hambone
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Lindsey misses an ill-advised leaner in the lane;

Gates drills a 3. not good. 21-12 X
Bears8375
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Go figure. Xavier can just throw **** up from 25 feet and it goes in.
Hambone
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Maston automatic from 16. 21-14 X
riflebear
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At least this team is used to coming back but Xavier is on fire from 3.

Maston w/ his very reliable elbow jumper to cut it to 7.
Hambone
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BearSince2010 said:

Go figure. Xavier can just throw **** up from 25 feet and it goes in.
yeah, they have good basketball players.

the Gates kid has played in 8.8% of total minutes this season and already has 5 points and 3 rebounds vs us
Hambone
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Manu with a nice steal, but Al can't capitalize and bricks an open 3, X ball

Gates 3 is off, X rebound... then a travel
Bears8375
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Manu!
Hambone
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finally the lid is off from 3, Manu! 21-17 X
Hambone
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wow, incredible drive and athletic layup by Sumner. ugh. 23-17 X

Jo misses a 17 footer but Al is there to put back the miss after a nice tap-out by Motley, 23-19 X 8:15
riflebear
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Smart tip out reb by Motley leads to Freeman's easy layup.

23-19.
Hambone
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WVU 46 yard FG is no good. 0-0 7:49
riflebear
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WVU up 1 vs #6 VA
2 min left
Hambone
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Motley rebounds his own miss and scores! 23-21 X 7:20
Hambone
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we get a steal on the trap and Al gets a rare dunk! 23-23
riflebear
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Excellent decision to go to half court trap leads to a steal & dunk Ish - to Freeman.
Hambone
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Jo deflects a shot, then we drive it down and Manu with a behind-the-back pass but Ish can't finish on the circus reverse layup, so close to SCtop 10 stuff there...

Xavier misses a 3, but gets rebound and scores. 25-23 X

charge on Al, sigh. 6:00
riflebear
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It's like our team doesn't wake up until we're down 8 or 10 pts then we turn into the #1 team in the country.
Hambone
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X beats the zone with ball movement but jo bails us out with a block

Manu takes a wild 3 and airballs it - W.T.F was that?

Ish fouls Bluiett on the 3, WOW
Hambone
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Manu had no reason to shoot that 3, the pass was off and he didn't have it in good rhythm... cost us bigtime too as Bluiett makes all 3. 28-23 X 5:20
baylrballa
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X sells those fouls and covers their hand checking/holding well.
Hambone
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much better that time from Manu as he takes one with his feet squared up on a catch and shoot, and shocker, it goes in...

we get a strip... X foul on the floor, 4:20
riflebear
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WVU about to get a huge road win vs #6 Virginia. Finally another Big 12 team steps up.
Hambone
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baylrballa said:

X sells those fouls and covers their hand checking/holding well.
Midwest basketball. they get top notch coaching their whole lives, not AAU garbage like in Texas
Bears8375
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Louisville, Michigan State, Xavier.... We are playing some of the smartest teams the nation.
Bears8375
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Can someone please block out Gaston...
Hambone
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Manu beats his man but the ball gets pinned against the backboard, jeez.

Macura off but X rebound and they are fouled. will shoot 2 after media timeout @ 3:51. 28-26 X

Gaston hurting us down low.
Hambone
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Xavier's bench has 9 points and 10 rebounds, and Gaston shooting 2. we need more from Jake and King

1st good on a ridiculous bounce, 2nd in and out. ball don't lie
Hambone
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Motley airballs a 17 footer. that is our 3rd or 4th airball this half... W.T.F
baylrballa
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I think that's 4 airballs this half.
Hambone
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wow, Macura buries an NBA 3 with a hand near his face. 32-26 X

Chucky with drive and score, nice. 32-28 2:50
Bears8375
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I mean they're hitting shots 6 feet behind the 3 point line like it's nothing.
Hambone
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Xavier long on the runner, then Gaston misses a putback, BU ball

Motley blocked, X ball
Bears8375
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Motley is playing out of control right now.
Hambone
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BearSince2010 said:

I mean they're hitting shots 6 feet behind the 3 point line like it's nothing.
they have 2 very good players, this isn't a surprise to anyone that knows Xavier. Ashley told you all about Bluiett and Macura in his previews
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Manu 333333
 
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