WACO, Texas (AP) - Baylor struggled in the first half, took an early lead in the second and rallied to beat South Carolina Upstate 73-57 on Monday night.
Cory Jefferson led Baylor (7-3) with 17 points. Pierre Jackson scored 15, A.J. Walton had 10 points and Isaiah Austin had 12 points and 10 rebounds.
It was the second consecutive double-double for Austin, who recorded 23 points and 17 rebounds in Baylor's win over Lamar on Dec. 12, a performance that earned him Big 12 Conference rookie of the week honors.
USC Upstate (4-6) was led by Ricardo Glenn with 15 points and 10 rebounds. Torrey Craig had 14 points and Adrian Rogers scored 10.
This was the first-ever meeting of the two teams.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| South Carolina Upstate (4-6) | 27 | 30 | 57 |
| Baylor (7-3) « | 29 | 44 | 73 |
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| South Carolina Upstate Spartans | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Craig, F | 34 | 3-12 | 8-9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 14 |
| R. Glenn, F | 30 | 7-8 | 1-1 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 15 |
| R. Elam, F | 17 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| T. Greene, G | 32 | 1-7 | 2-2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| M. Blessing, G | 24 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Rodgers | 26 | 4-12 | 1-2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| J. Maxey | 22 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| B. Olumuyiwa | 10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Ford | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | 21-55 | 12-14 | 36 | 13 | 18 | 57 | |
| 38.2% | 85.7% | ||||||
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| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Jefferson, F | 30 | 6-8 | 5-7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 |
| I. Austin, C | 34 | 6-10 | 0-1 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
| P. Jackson, G | 34 | 6-13 | 1-1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 15 |
| B. Heslip, G | 33 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| A. Walton, G | 32 | 4-7 | 2-2 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 10 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Gathers | 14 | 3-5 | 3-4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| G. Franklin | 13 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| L. Rose | 8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Prince | 2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | 29-59 | 11-15 | 31 | 23 | 13 | 73 | |
| 49.2% | 73.3% | ||||||
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