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Sooners get Sacked: No. 12 Baylor men’s basketball wallops No. 25 Oklahoma 79-62 – The Baylor Lariat
By Michael Haag | Sports Editor
Former walk-on and senior forward Austin Sacks proved why he deserved the scholarship he was given on Saturday.
Sacks checked in with 30 seconds left and hit a step-back 3-pointer with the shot clock winding down, which capped off No. 12 Baylor men’s basketball’s 79-62 win over No. 25 Oklahoma on Tuesday night in the Foster Pavilion.
In just 30 seconds of action, Sacks’ shot made him the Bears’ (18-6, 7-4 Big 12) leading scorer off the bench for the first time in his career.
“Until this year, he hadn’t scored,” Baylor head coach Scott Drew said. “And all of a sudden, it’s like the dam broke and he’s on fire. It’s funny, he goes in and I have four players on the court, calling out what play to run for him.
“And obviously, the iso was the best one.”
The 17-point win marked Baylor’s first double-digit win in Big 12 play so far. The Bears have also now won four of the last five games following a three-game skid.
The Sooners (18-7, 6-6 Big 12) tied the game at 20-20 with 6:48 left in the first half, but Baylor outscored Oklahoma 20-7 to take a 13-point lead into the break. Junior guard Jayden Nunn hit a trio of threes in that stretch as part of his 18 first-half points.
Nunn shouted out his teammates for giving him the ball while he was hot.
“They just really show that they trust me and they’re looking to get me open, and really showing that they’re not selfish,” Nunn said. “But the defense that [the Sooners] were in, they were just trying to not let me shoot again. But my team is good enough to just create on their own as well.”
Oklahoma couldn’t trim its deficit to any lower than 12 the rest of the way, and Baylor’s starters all finished in double figures for the first time since Feb. 12, 2022, against Texas.
The Bears now head to Morgantown, W.Va., for a bout with West Virginia, which will tip off at 5 p.m. on Saturday in the WVU Coliseum. The contest will be broadcast on ESPN2.