GAMEDAY Mens Basketball
Iowa State 77, Baylor 62
(AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
By ANDREW LOGUE
Associated Press
AMES, Iowa - Gabe Kalscheur and Caleb Grill combined for 41 points as Iowa State toppled No. 12 Baylor 77-62 in a Big 12 opener.
Kalscheur finished with 23 points, including a 3-pointer to give the Cyclones (10-2, 1-0) a commanding 69-54 lead with 5:22 left to play.
Grill added 18 points and grabbed seven rebounds while making four assists.
Adam Flagler led Baylor (10-3, 0-1) with 20 points, with 18 coming in the first half.
Baylor was befuddled by Iowa State's zone, while the Cyclones found their shooting touch, at one point hitting 8 of 15 attempts from 3-point range.
Iowa State opened the second half with a 9-1 run and took a 43-32 lead on a Kalscheur 3-pointer.
A fallaway shot by Flagler gave Baylor an early 25-16 lead. The Bears hit nine of their first 16 shots but ended the half on a 2 for 11 skid, missing their last seven attempts from 3-point range.
Iowa State went on a 10-0 run to take a 30-29 lead on a Robert Jones putback. The Cyclones were up 34-31 at the break and had forced 11 Baylor turnovers.
BIG PICTURE
Baylor will likely make its 65th consecutive appearance in the Top 25, the second-longest streak nationally behind Gonzaga's 122. Iowa State should return to the Top 25 after dropping out earlier this month.
December 31, 2022
| Baylor | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| J. Bridges | F | 28 | 6-10 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 2-4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| F. Thamba | F | 22 | 1-3 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 2-5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| A. Flagler | G | 35 | 6-13 | 5-6 | 3-7 | 1-4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 20 |
| K. George | G | 33 | 5-18 | 4-5 | 2-9 | 1-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 16 |
| D. Bonner | G | 30 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| L. Love | 21 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
| J. Ojianwuna | 17 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |
| C. Lohner | 12 | 0-2 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |
| J. Turner | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 200 | 20-53 (.377) |
17-23 (.739) |
5-22 (.227) |
13-32 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 62 | |
| Iowa State | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| O. Osunniyi | C | 21 | 3-4 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| C. Grill | G | 37 | 5-9 | 3-5 | 5-9 | 1-7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 18 |
| G. Kalscheur | G | 36 | 7-13 | 4-5 | 5-9 | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 23 |
| J. Holmes | G | 31 | 3-11 | 4-4 | 0-4 | 0-2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| T. Lipsey | G | 29 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 2-5 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| T. King | 19 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |
| R. Jones | 15 | 2-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | |
| D. Watson | 7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| H. Ward | 4 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Totals | 199 | 26-52 (.500) |
15-20 (.750) |
10-23 (.435) |
10-30 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 77 | |
