11th-ranked Texas Tech beat No. 7 Baylor 83-73 on Wednesday night, completing a regular-season series sweep of the reigning national champion Bears.
Texas Tech's Kevin Obanor shoots the ball around Baylor's Matthew Mayer during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game on Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022, in Lubbock, Texas. – Kevin Obanor and his Texas Tech teammates responded after some choice words at halftime from coach Mark Adams to complete a season sweep of reigning national champion Baylor.
After missing 11 consecutive 3-pointers over 2 1/2 games, Obanor made back-to-back shots from beyond the arc to cap a 14-3 run that started the second half and put the Red Raiders ahead to stay. “My teammates, my family, they just helped encourage me, telling me to pick up my head and they believe in me,” Obanor said. “Once you get confidence like that, you can truly enjoy playing for a team like that.”
“Really played well the first half and then second half turned it over,” Bears coach Scott Drew said. “We didn’t rebound, we didn’t get stops, we didn’t get in transition.”Baylor had a 21-game winning streak before its 65-62 home loss on Jan. 11 to the Red Raiders, who overcame an early 15-point deficit in that game.
As for his halftime talk, Adams said, “what's important is not what I said, but how they responded. And this team is very resilient.”Baylor: The loss last month to the Red Raiders started an 11-game stretch in which the Bears are 6-5. ... Baylor and Texas Tech are now tied for second place in the Big 12, a game behind No. 6 Kansas.
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