Postgame Takeaways: #2 Baylor 76 Oklahoma 61

#2 Baylor (10-0; 3-0) handles Oklahoma (6-3; 2-2) with a decisive 15 point victory in their first Big12 home game.  Next up for the Bears is a game against TCU Saturday January 9th in Fort Worth.  

Positives

• Locked in from the opening tip.  The Bears jumped out to a 16-2 lead.  After allowing the Sooners to pull within 5, the Bears 14-2 run to end the first half and never allowed the Sooners to get closer than 9 in the second half.  
• Terrific shooting from 3 outside of Mitchell and Butler who were 0-8, many of those end of the shot clock attempts.  Mayer, Cryer, Flagler, Teague were 10-16.  
• After 9 turnovers in the first half, only 4 in the second half.  
• Outrebounded OU 41-30
• Held OU to 4-24 from three point range
• Matt Mayer and Adam Flagler were fantastic off the bench.  
• Loved the energy and efforts from Thamba, Mayer, Jon and Vital on the glass.  

Needs Improvement

• Interior defense needs to tighten up, solid but could be better.  
• 9 turnovers in the first half
• Fouled 3 point shooters a few times
• Sharing the basketball with more efficiency.  We need to become a better passing team.  We are good but potential to be elite.