Baylor Vs. Missouri: The Bears Fall Out Of Big 12 Title Contention With 72-57 Loss To Tigers

The Baylor Bears were only able to get 4 points from their star players Perry Jones III as the Missouri Tigers defense stifled Scott Drew's team on the road as they went down 72-57 in Columbia on Saturday.

Marcus Denmon and Michael Dixon both put up 16 points and 6 assists and Phil Pressey's 19 points proved to be plenty of offense for Frank Haith's basketball team. The Tigers were more efficient with the ball (8 turnovers to the Bears 12) and moved the ball much better (18 assists to the Bears 10) which lead to easy buckets and open shots from three-point range.

Missouri made 14 of their 28 three-point attempts versus Baylor and that prevented the Bears from ultimately catching up in the contest. Baylor's Quincy Miller posted a strong 20-point effort in a game where no other Bear was able to score more than 7 points.

With the win, Missouri now holds a half-game lead in the Big 12 standings with Kansas playing later on tonight versus Oklahoma State. Baylor is now two games behind Missouri and are effectively out of the running for the Big 12 regular season conference title.

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The Baylor Bears have seven turnovers compared to the Missouri Tigers two in the first half as the Tigers have a 33-29 lead over the Bears in Waco, Texas.

Phil Pressey has lead the charge for the Tigers as his game-leading 12 points, with three three-pointers, has given the Bears defense fits in the first half. Pressey was the only Tiger to get to the line, and Frank Haith's team has relied heavily on the three-pointer with six made thus far.

Perry Jones III has been bottled up by the Tigers defense, as his 4 points on 2-of-8 shooting has left something to be desired by Scott Drew and the Baylor fans. However, the Bears have received a nice contribution from Anthony Jones and Quincy Miller, combining for 16 points at the half.

A win for Baylor would get them right back in the Big 12 conference race, but a loss would all but eliminate them from title contention.

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