WACO, Texas – Jared Butler scored 22 points and No. 3 Baylor, fresh off clinching its first Big 12 title on the road two days earlier, beat No.
17 Oklahoma State 81-70 on Thursday night to end the Cowboys' five-game winning streak. The Bears (20-1, 12-1 Big 12) seem to have their legs back under them after a three-week stretch without any games because of COVID-19 issues in the program.
Their fourth game in 10 days came after winning in overtime at No. 6 West Virginia on Tuesday night for the school's first league title since 1950 in the Southwest Conference.
Matthew Mayer and MaCio Teague both added 19 points for the Bears, and Davion Mitchell had 12. Mayer had two baskets in a 9-0 run midway through the first half that put them ahead to