WACO, Texas (AP) - Brady Heslip scored 20 points with six 3-pointers while freshman Rico Gathers had a season-high 22 points and Baylor beat West Virginia 80-60 on Wednesday night, ending the Mountaineers' three-game winning streak.
Heslip had two 3-pointers in a half-minute stretch in the second half when the Bears (16-8, 7-4 Big 12) had a quick eight-point spurt aided by two West Virginia turnovers for a 46-34 lead. Pierre Jackson had a steal for a breakaway lay-up between Heslip's long-range shots, the second after a turnover.
Jackson finished with 15 points and nine assists.
Eron Harris had 19 points to lead West Virginia (12-12, 5-6) while Deniz Kilicli had 13 points.
Baylor never trailed after scoring the game's first seven points while West Virginia had three turnovers in the first 2 minutes.
The Mountaineers finished with 18 turnovers, leading to 23 Baylor points.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| West Virginia (12-12) | 27 | 33 | 60 |
| Baylor (16-8) « | 31 | 49 | 80 |
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| West Virginia Mountaineers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Kilicli, F | 33 | 5-10 | 3-6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 |
| K. Noreen, F | 13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| J. Hinds, G | 30 | 4-10 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| E. Harris, G | 28 | 6-9 | 4-7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19 |
| G. Browne, G | 16 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Staten | 30 | 1-5 | 3-4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 5 |
| D. Rutledge | 18 | 1-3 | 3-3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| A. Murray | 12 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| T. Henderson | 11 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| V. Gerun | 5 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| M. Humphrey | 3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| A. Brown | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 20-46 | 16-24 | 34 | 15 | 23 | 60 | |
| 43.5% | 66.7% | ||||||
| Baylor Bears | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Jefferson, F | 24 | 2-4 | 1-3 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| I. Austin, C | 23 | 2-8 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| P. Jackson, G | 36 | 4-12 | 6-9 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 15 |
| B. Heslip, G | 33 | 7-10 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 20 |
| A. Walton, G | 28 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Gathers | 22 | 7-8 | 8-10 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 22 |
| G. Franklin | 15 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| T. Prince | 10 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| L. Rose | 4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Bello | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| L. Lowery | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Neubert | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 27-53 | 17-24 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 80 | |
| 50.9% | 70.8% | ||||||
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