No. 24 Baylor rebounds with 72-63 win over Texas State

WACO, Texas (AP) — Jared Butler scored 15 points, Freddie Gillespie had 11 points and 11 rebounds and No. 24 Baylor beat Texas State 72-63 on Friday night.

The Bears (2-1) had five players score in double figures while playing without preseason All-Big 12 junior forward Tristan Clark, who had a non-operative procedure on his knee this week. Clark was limited to 14 games last season because of a knee injury at the start of Big 12 play, but had played in Baylor’s first two games.

Texas State (2-2) trailed by 13 points about eight minutes into the game before finishing the first half with a 24-11 run to tie the game at 30-all. The Bobcats scored the last eight points of the half, with four different players making baskets.

DeShawn Davidson made the first basket after halftime to put Texas State ahead before Baylor scored nine in a row as part of an 18-2 run to go ahead to stay.

MaCio Teague had 12 points for Baylor, while Devonte Bandoo had 11 and Mark Vital had 10.

Nijal Pearson led Texas State with 20 points, including four 3-pointers. Caleb Asberry has 12 and Marlin Davis had 11.

BIG PICTURE

Texas State: Fresh off a 24-win season, the Bobcats showed signs of playing with the Bears, but eventually could not keep up with the more athletic Big-12 contenders.

Baylor: Even without Clark, the Bears bounced back nicely a week after blowing a 13-point lead to previously unranked Washington in Anchorage, Alaska.

UP NEXT

Texas State goes home to play Jackson State on Monday night.

Baylor heads to Conway, South Carolina, to play in the Myrtle Beach Invitational. The Bears will play three games in four days, starting Thursday against Ohio.