Missi's dunks help power No. 13 Baylor to a 79-73 win over No. 23 Texas Tech
WACO, Texas (AP) The seven made free throws by Yves Missi certainly impressed Baylor coach Scott Drew. The highlight dunks by the 7-foot freshman are what put the crowd in a frenzy.
Missi had 17 points with those free throws and three big slams, the last a one-hander early in the game-turning run. He drove the right edge of the lane and reached by a 6-7 defender in the 13th-ranked Bears' 79-73 win over No. 23 Texas Tech on Tuesday night.
"I think we’re like kind of numb to it a little bit because he does it all the time,” said RayJ Dennis, who scored 21 points for the Bears. “And we shouldn’t be because it's incredible.”
Jayden Nunn added 14 points for the Bears (17-5, 6-3 Big 12), including seven in a 13-0 run that put them ahead to stay. His tiebreaking 3-pointer with 9:59 left came only a minute before Missi's most impressive dunk of the night.
“I’m not necessarily looking for it, it just happens to be big,” Missi said. “Whenever I can make an extra play that can boost up the team, I’ll be sure to do it.”
Baylor tied No. 14 Iowa State for second place in the Big 12 standings, a half-game behind fifth-ranked Houston.
Joe Toussaint had 18 points and six assists for Texas Tech (16-6, 5-4), which despite three consecutive losses is still among the seven teams within two games of the Big 12 lead. Darrion Williams added 17 points for Tech, while Chance McMillian had 15 and Pop Isaacs 11.
“Over the course of the game, I felt like we had a good, good feel for it. But then they had that stretch in the second half where we couldn’t get a stop,” first-year Texas Tech coach and former Baylor assistant Grant McCasland said. “Their switching caused us some problems. We panicked a few times.”
Missi, who also had seven rebounds, had a tiebreaking dunk with 14 1/2 minutes left after a give-and-go lob pass from Dennis to make it 47-45. The game's last tie was at 51-all on a dunk by Tech's Kyeron Lindsay with 10:25 left.
Baylor had a 36-35 lead after scoring the last six points before halftime, punctuated by Messi's dunk at the end.
“He’s a great teammate. But, personally, it’s fun because there’s always a SportsCenter play,” Drew said. “Yves is one of those guys who does some things that obviously you can’t teach, you can’t coach. God has really blessed him and he’s only played ball for 2 1/2 years.”
MISSING BIG MAN
The Red Raiders were without Warren Washington, their 7-foot starting senior forward who missed the game because of illness. He had started the first 21 games, and leads the team with 7.6 rebounds while scoring 10.3 points a game.
BIG PICTURE
Texas Tech: The Red Raiders have already matched their win total from last season under McCasland, who was on Drew's staff from 2011-16. McCasland was at North Texas the past six seasons.
Baylor: Three nights after having to overcome Drew's first career ejection and a 20-0 run by Iowa State to win that game, the Bears used their big second-half spurt against Tech to improve to 5-1 at new Foster Pavilion.
UP NEXT
Texas Tech plays UCF on Saturday at home, where the Red Raiders lost for the first time this season last weekend.
Baylor travels to Allen Fieldhouse to play No. 4 Kansas (18-5, 6-4) in a Big 12 matchup of recent national champions. The Jayhawks won the 2022 title, a year after the Bears won their first one.
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Time | Team | Play | Score | |
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20:00 | (Red Raiders gains possession) | |||
19:51 | Darrion Williams turnover (lost ball) (Ja'Kobe Walter steals) | |||
19:44 | +2 | Jayden Nunn makes two point layup (Ja'Kobe Walter assists) | 0-2 | |
19:28 | +2 | Darrion Williams makes two point jump shot | 2-2 | |
19:01 | RayJ Dennis misses two point jump shot | |||
18:59 | Ja'Kobe Walter offensive rebound | |||
18:59 | Kerwin Walton personal foul (Ja'Kobe Walter draws the foul) | |||
18:53 | Jalen Bridges misses three point jump shot | |||
18:51 | Pop Isaacs defensive rebound | |||
18:31 | Yves Missi blocks Robert Jennings's two point jump shot | |||
18:28 | Red Raiders offensive rebound | |||
18:22 | Pop Isaacs misses two point jump shot | |||
18:20 | Jalen Bridges defensive rebound | |||
18:07 | +2 | Yves Missi makes two point jump shot (Jalen Bridges assists) | 2-4 | |
17:42 | Darrion Williams turnover (bad pass) (RayJ Dennis steals) | |||
17:42 | Joe Toussaint personal foul (RayJ Dennis draws the foul) | |||
17:29 | Pop Isaacs shooting foul (Jayden Nunn draws the foul) | |||
17:29 | +1 | Jayden Nunn makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 2-5 | |
17:29 | +1 | Jayden Nunn makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 2-6 | |
17:12 | +2 | Chance McMillian makes two point jump shot | 4-6 | |
16:52 | Jayden Nunn misses three point jump shot | |||
16:50 | Yves Missi offensive rebound | |||
16:45 | Jalen Bridges misses two point layup | |||
16:43 | Ja'Kobe Walter offensive rebound | |||
16:39 | Ja'Kobe Walter misses three point jump shot | |||
16:39 | Jalen Bridges offensive rebound | |||
16:39 | Robert Jennings personal foul (Yves Missi draws the foul) | |||
16:31 | +2 | Jayden Nunn makes two point jump shot | 4-8 | |
16:15 | Joe Toussaint misses two point jump shot | |||
16:13 | RayJ Dennis defensive rebound | |||
16:01 | Jayden Nunn misses two point layup | |||
15:59 | Yves Missi offensive rebound | |||
15:55 | Yves Missi misses two point layup | |||
15:53 | Jayden Nunn offensive rebound | |||
15:50 | RayJ Dennis misses three point jump shot | |||
15:48 | Pop Isaacs defensive rebound | |||
15:43 | Jayden Nunn shooting foul (Darrion Williams draws the foul) | |||
15:43 | TV timeout | |||
15:43 | +1 | Darrion Williams makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 5-8 | |
15:43 | +1 | Darrion Williams makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 6-8 | |
15:24 | +3 | RayJ Dennis makes three point jump shot (Jayden Nunn assists) | 6-11 | |
14:56 | +2 | Joe Toussaint makes two point jump shot | 8-11 | |
14:37 | +3 | Jalen Bridges makes three point jump shot (RayJ Dennis assists) | 8-14 | |
14:11 | +3 | Kerwin Walton makes three point jump shot (Joe Toussaint assists) | 11-14 | |
13:52 | +2 | Josh Ojianwuna makes two point layup (Jalen Bridges assists) | 11-16 | |
13:36 | +3 | Joe Toussaint makes three point jump shot | 14-16 | |
13:36 | RayJ Dennis shooting foul (Joe Toussaint draws the foul) | |||
13:36 | +1 | Joe Toussaint makes regular free throw 1 of 1 | 15-16 | |
13:25 | RayJ Dennis turnover (bad pass) (Pop Isaacs steals) | |||
13:20 | +3 | Pop Isaacs makes three point jump shot | 18-16 | |
12:51 | RayJ Dennis misses three point jump shot | |||
12:49 | Caleb Lohner offensive rebound | |||
12:46 | Miro Little misses three point jump shot | |||
12:43 | Red Raiders defensive rebound | |||
12:32 | Joe Toussaint misses two point jump shot | |||
12:30 | Joe Toussaint offensive rebound | |||
12:22 | Pop Isaacs misses three point jump shot | |||
12:20 | Miro Little defensive rebound | |||
11:56 | +2 | Langston Love makes two point layup | 18-18 | |
11:32 | Pop Isaacs misses three point jump shot | |||
11:32 | Miro Little defensive rebound | |||
11:32 | KyeRon Lindsay personal foul (Miro Little draws the foul) | |||
11:30 | TV timeout | |||
11:00 | Jayden Nunn misses three point jump shot | |||
10:58 | Jonathan Tchamwa Tchatchoua offensive rebound | |||
10:55 | Jonathan Tchamwa Tchatchoua misses two point layup | |||
10:53 | Caleb Lohner offensive rebound | |||
10:51 | +2 | Caleb Lohner makes two point layup | 18-20 | |
10:39 | Robert Jennings offensive foul (Ja'Kobe Walter draws the foul) | |||
10:39 | Robert Jennings turnover (offensive foul) | |||
10:21 | Caleb Lohner misses three point jump shot | |||
10:13 | Langston Love offensive rebound | |||
10:13 | Jump ball. (Bears gains possession) | |||
10:00 | Langston Love misses two point jump shot | |||
9:58 | Pop Isaacs defensive rebound | |||
9:39 | Darrion Williams misses two point layup | |||
9:37 | Jayden Nunn defensive rebound | |||
9:33 | Jayden Nunn turnover (bad pass) (Chance McMillian steals) | |||
9:21 | Pop Isaacs turnover (bad pass) (Langston Love steals) | |||
9:14 | Ja'Kobe Walter turnover (bad pass) | |||
8:55 | +2 | Darrion Williams makes two point jump shot (Pop Isaacs assists) | 20-20 | |
8:36 | Jayden Nunn misses three point jump shot | |||
8:34 | Kerwin Walton defensive rebound | |||
8:24 | Yves Missi shooting foul (Darrion Williams draws the foul) | |||
8:24 | Darrion Williams misses regular free throw 1 of 2 | |||
8:24 | +1 | Darrion Williams makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 21-20 | |
8:13 | KyeRon Lindsay shooting foul (RayJ Dennis draws the foul) | |||
8:13 | +1 | RayJ Dennis makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 21-21 | |
8:13 | RayJ Dennis misses regular free throw 2 of 2 | |||
8:13 | Darrion Williams defensive rebound | |||
8:05 | +2 | Joe Toussaint makes two point jump shot | 23-21 | |
7:51 | Ja'Kobe Walter misses two point jump shot | |||
7:49 | Red Raiders defensive rebound | |||
7:49 | TV timeout | |||
7:34 | +2 | Darrion Williams makes two point jump shot (Joe Toussaint assists) | 25-21 | |
7:09 | +2 | RayJ Dennis makes two point jump shot | 25-23 | |
6:44 | Chance McMillian misses three point jump shot | |||
6:42 | Yves Missi defensive rebound | |||
6:28 | RayJ Dennis misses three point jump shot | |||
6:26 | Chance McMillian defensive rebound | |||
6:16 | Kerwin Walton misses three point jump shot | |||
6:14 | RayJ Dennis defensive rebound | |||
6:04 | KyeRon Lindsay shooting foul (Jayden Nunn draws the foul) | |||
6:04 | Jayden Nunn misses regular free throw 1 of 2 | |||
6:04 | +1 | Jayden Nunn makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 25-24 | |
5:48 | +3 | Chance McMillian makes three point jump shot (Darrion Williams assists) | 28-24 | |
5:24 | Robert Jennings shooting foul (Yves Missi draws the foul) | |||
5:24 | Yves Missi misses regular free throw 1 of 2 | |||
5:24 | +1 | Yves Missi makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 28-25 | |
5:08 | +2 | Pop Isaacs makes two point jump shot (Darrion Williams assists) | 30-25 | |
4:42 | Eemeli Yalaho personal foul (Yves Missi draws the foul) | |||
4:42 | +1 | Yves Missi makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 30-26 | |
4:42 | +1 | Yves Missi makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 30-27 | |
4:31 | Ja'Kobe Walter shooting foul (Joe Toussaint draws the foul) | |||
4:31 | +1 | Joe Toussaint makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 31-27 | |
4:31 | +1 | Joe Toussaint makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 32-27 | |
4:15 | Langston Love misses two point jump shot | |||
4:13 | Chance McMillian defensive rebound | |||
4:07 | Chance McMillian misses three point jump shot | |||
4:05 | Josh Ojianwuna defensive rebound | |||
3:52 | Langston Love turnover (traveling) | |||
3:52 | TV timeout | |||
3:28 | Josh Ojianwuna shooting foul (Eemeli Yalaho draws the foul) | |||
3:28 | Eemeli Yalaho misses regular free throw 1 of 2 | |||
3:28 | +1 | Eemeli Yalaho makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 33-27 | |
3:14 | RayJ Dennis turnover (lost ball) | |||
2:53 | Chance McMillian turnover (lost ball) (Ja'Kobe Walter steals) | |||
2:43 | Ja'Kobe Walter misses two point jump shot | |||
2:41 | Joe Toussaint defensive rebound | |||
2:20 | Pop Isaacs misses three point jump shot | |||
2:18 | Josh Ojianwuna defensive rebound | |||
2:01 | +3 | Ja'Kobe Walter makes three point jump shot (Langston Love assists) | 33-30 | |
1:56 | Red Raiders 30 second timeout | |||
1:45 | +2 | Darrion Williams makes two point jump shot (Joe Toussaint assists) | 35-30 | |
1:22 | +2 | Jalen Bridges makes two point jump shot | 35-32 | |
0:51 | Pop Isaacs turnover (bad pass) (RayJ Dennis steals) | |||
0:46 | Joe Toussaint personal foul (RayJ Dennis draws the foul) | |||
0:46 | +1 | RayJ Dennis makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 35-33 | |
0:46 | +1 | RayJ Dennis makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 35-34 | |
0:24 | Eemeli Yalaho misses three point jump shot | |||
0:22 | Langston Love defensive rebound | |||
0:03 | +2 | Yves Missi makes two point dunk (RayJ Dennis assists) | 35-36 | |
0:00 | End of period |