WACO, Texas (AP) - Isaiah Austin had 23 points and 17 rebounds, Pierre Jackson scored 21 points and Baylor beat Lamar 85-68 Wednesday night.
Baylor had a 16-point lead erased just after halftime, but the Bears pulled away with a 13-2 run in the second half.
Austin was 11 of 19 from the field. Cory Jefferson added 10 points for Baylor (6-3), which snapped a two-game home losing streak.
Lamar (1-9) lost its fifth in a row. Amos Wilson scored 21 points and Rhon Mitchell had 19 for the Cardinals.
Baylor led 35-19 in the first half before Lamar came back to tie it early in the second. Trailing 38-31 at halftime, Lamar outscored Baylor 11-4 to open the second half. Amos Wilson and Donley Minor had consecutive baskets to tie the game at 42 with 17 minutes remaining.
Baylor was up 58-55 before going on its 13-2 spurt.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Lamar (1-9) | 31 | 37 | 68 |
| Baylor (6-3) « | 38 | 47 | 85 |
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| Lamar Cardinals | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Wilson, F | 38 | 10-17 | 1-2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 21 |
| R. Mitchell, F | 32 | 8-16 | 3-3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 |
| S. Brown, F | 30 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| D. Minor, G | 40 | 7-13 | 0-0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
| H. Webb, G | 33 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| N. Acosta | 10 | 0-4 | 1-2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| D. Minton | 9 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| K. Blanks | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Muepo | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 30-61 | 5-7 | 33 | 23 | 9 | 68 | |
| 49.2% | 71.4% | ||||||
| Baylor Bears | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Jefferson, F | 29 | 3-9 | 4-4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| I. Austin, C | 36 | 11-19 | 0-1 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 23 |
| P. Jackson, G | 33 | 8-14 | 0-0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 21 |
| A. Walton, G | 29 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 8 |
| B. Heslip, G | 26 | 3-11 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Gathers | 14 | 2-5 | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| D. Bello | 11 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| G. Franklin | 11 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| L. Rose | 10 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Prince | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 34-71 | 6-8 | 38 | 17 | 9 | 85 | |
| 47.9% | 75% | ||||||
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