GAMEDAY Mens Basketball
Baylor 74, Kansas State 49
By STEPHEN HAWKINS
AP Sports Writer
WACO, Texas - Jonathan Tchamwa Tchatchoua and Kendall Brown each had a double-double as fourth-ranked Baylor won its third game in a row since rare consecutive losses, beating Kansas State 74-49.
Tchamwa Tchatchoua scored 13 points on 6-of-7 shooting, including a 3-pointer from the top of the key, and the 6-foot-8 post player grabbed 12 rebounds. Brown had 10 points and 11 rebounds.
LJ Cryer added 14 points with three 3-pointers and Adam Flagler had 13 points and five assists for Baylor (18-2, 6-2 Big 12), which was home for the first time since successive defeats in the Ferrell Center two weeks ago.
Those losses to Texas Tech and Oklahoma ended the Bears' 21-game winning streak and cost the defending national champions their No. 1 ranking in the AP poll. They rebounded with wins last week at West Virginia and Oklahoma.
The Wildcats (10-9, 2-6) led only after Ismael Massoud made a 3-pointer on their first shot of the game, only three days after they almost pulled off an upset over fifth-ranked Kansas.
Nijel Pack had 13 points to lead Kansas State, held to its fewest points this season. He was the Big 12 co-player of the week after scoring 35 against Kansas, but missed seven of his first eight shots against the Bears.
After Massoud's opening 3, K-State missed 13 of its next 14 shots, misfiring on six in a row over 4 1/2 minutes and then seven more in nearly six minutes. The Wildcats were down 18-8 when Mike McGuirl made a layup with 8:04 left in the first half, and only that close because Baylor was in a four-minute span without making a shot.
| Kansas State | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| I. Massoud | F | 21 | 1-7 | 0-0 | 1-5 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| S. Miguel | F | 12 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| N. Pack | G | 31 | 4-12 | 3-4 | 2-5 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13 |
| M. Smith | G | 31 | 2-11 | 1-3 | 1-4 | 3-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| M. Nowell | G | 30 | 5-11 | 0-2 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
| M. McGuirl | 27 | 3-9 | 0-0 | 0-4 | 2-3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |
| K. Ezeagu | 19 | 1-2 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| L. Kasubke | 15 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| C. Linguard Jr. | 7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| D. Bradford | 5 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | |
| J. Brooks | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D. Honas | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 198 | 19-60 (.317) |
6-13 (.462) |
5-23 (.217) |
16-28 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 49 | |
| Baylor | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| K. Brown | F | 27 | 4-5 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 1-11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| M. Mayer | F | 25 | 3-7 | 2-2 | 0-3 | 0-5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| F. Thamba | F | 16 | 1-2 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| A. Flagler | G | 30 | 6-10 | 0-1 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 13 |
| L. Cryer | G | 28 | 4-12 | 3-3 | 3-8 | 0-2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 14 |
| D. Bonner | 24 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | |
| J. Tchamwa Tchatchoua | 22 | 6-7 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 5-12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 13 | |
| J. Sochan | 21 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| K. Love | 2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Z. Loveday | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| M. Paul | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| A. Sacks | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 201 | 29-51 (.569) |
9-14 (.643) |
7-21 (.333) |
11-39 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 16 | 74 | |
