Live-Blogging: Big 12 Men’s Basketball-West Virginia Mountaineers at Baylor Bears 02/13/2023

Hello, and welcome to another edition of ‘Live-Blogging Shish on College Basketball’. Tonight, it is a Big 12 Men’s Basketball game, between West Virginia Mountaineers and Baylor Bears.

Mountaineers struggled in the Big 12. However, they won a couple of  games before getting knocked off by Texas in Austin. Now they face a Baylor Bears team who wants to sweep the Mountaineers, but West Virginia needs this road victory to pad their Quadrant 1 victories.

For the Bears, as mentioned they want to sweep West Virginia. But they have to focus on this game. As they have Kansas in Lawrence on Saturday.

The Mountaineers are led by Erik Stevenson in scoring. While Jimmy Bell leads West Virginia in rebounding. And Kedrian Johnson leads the Morgantown-Based University in assists.

As for the Bears, they are led by Keyone George in scoring. Jalen Bridges leads Baylor in rebounding. And Adam Flager leads the Waco-Baptist Research University in assists.

It is the West Virginia Mountaineers and Baylor Bears, coming up shortly.

Previous Starting Lineups:
West Virginia Mountaineers:
G: Ke. Johnson
G: E. Stevenson
F: E. Matthews, Junior
F: T. Mitchell
F: J. Bell, Jr.

Baylor Bears:
G: A. Flager
G: LJ Cryer
G: K. George
F: F. Thamba
F: J. Bridges

Baylor Bears Game Notes

Mountaineers are in their navy with gold trim and characters. While Bears are in their home white uniforms, with green characters.

1st Half:
20:00: Bears win tipoff. Baylor to attack the right basket. While West Virginia to attack the left basket and have the possession arrow, in their favor. 
19:28: Cryer nails a 3-point FG. WVU 0, BAY 3
19:07: Bell makes 1 of 2 free throws. WVU 1, BAY 3
16:58: Matthews hits 1 of 2 free throws. WVU 2, BAY 3
15:46: Stevenson makes a jump shot. WVU 4, BAY 3
15:05: T.V. Timeout #1: WVU 4, BAY 3

​14:55: Mitchell with a steal and jam. WVU 6, BAY 3
14:25: Matthews buries a 3-point FG. WVU 9, BAY 3
14:00: Flagler hits a 3-point FG. WVU 9, BAY 6
13:33: Ke. Johnson with a fadeaway jump shot. WVU 11, BAY 6
13:19: Flagler with a layup and foul. Flagler makes a free throw. WVU 11, BAY 9
13:03: Stevenson makes a 3-point FG. WVU 14, BAY 9
12:19: Okonkwo with a layup. WVU 16, BAY 9
12:05: L. Love drills a 3-point FG. WVU 16, BAY 12 
11:59: T.V. Timeout #2: WVU 16, BAY 12

​11:39: Okonkwo makes a hook shot. WVU 18, BAY 12
11:19: Bridges with a FG. WVU 18, BAY 14
10:32: Thamba makes 1 of 2 free throws. WVU 18, BAY 15
9:27: Thamba with a layup. WVU 18, BAY 17
9:08: Thamba has committed his 2nd personal foul.
8:07: Bridges drains a 3-point FG. WVU 18, BAY 20
8:04: MOUNTAINEERS TIMEOUT #1: WVU 18, BAY 20
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7:41: Bell makes both free throws. WVU 20, BAY 20 
7:41: Bears are in the Bonus.
7:27: George makes both free throws. WVU 20, BAY 22
6:44: Jump Ball! Mountaineer Ball! Baylor will have the possession arrow, in their favor.
6:03: Both teams are in the Bonus.
6:03: Bridges makes both free throws. WVU 20, BAY 24
5:19: Toussaint makes both free throws. WVU 22, BAY 24
5:08: JTT with a jam. WVU 22, BAY 26
4:30: Toussaint missed a free throw.
3:59: Cryer nails a 3-point FG. WVU 22, BAY 29
3:36: T.V. Timeout #3: WVU 22, BAY 29

​3:36: Wague makes both free throws. WVU 24, BAY 29
3:25: Cryer makes both free throws. WVU 24, BAY 31
3:25: Mountaineers are in the Double Bonus.
2:47: Wilson buries a 3-point FG. WVU 27, BAY 31
2:22: JTT with a jump shot. WVU 27, BAY 33
1:19: Wague gets a jump shot. WVU 29, BAY 33
:50: Cryer nails a 3-point FG. WVU 29, BAY 36
:00: The End of 1st Half. Baylor to inbound to start the 2nd Half.

Halftime:
WVU 29, BAY 36

Halftime Leaders:
Scoring: Cryer (BAY) 11 points
Rebounding: George (BAY) 7 rebounds
Assists: George (BAY) 5 assists

Halftime Thoughts:
Baylor had turnovers. However, West Virginia had a shooting drought, in the 1st Half.

2nd Half:
20;00: Bears to inbound to start the 2nd Half. Baylor to attack the left basket. While West Virginia to attack the right basket and have the Possession Arrow, in their favor.
​19:40: Cryer buries a 3-point FG. WVU 29, BAY 39
19:21: Matthews with a layup. WVU 31, BAY 39
19:02: Cryer nails a 3-point FG. WVU 31, BAY 42
18:41: Matthews hits 1 of 2 free throws. WVU 32, BAY 42
18:22: Jump Ball! Mountaineers Ball! Baylor to have the possession arrow, in their favor.
17:16: Mitchell drills a 3-point FG. WVU 35, BAY 42
16:55: Thamba with a jam. WVU 35, BAY 44
16:35: Mitchell gets a layup. WVU 37, BAY 44
16:04: Cryer nails a 3-point FG. WVU 37, BAY 47
15:20: Bridges with a layup. WVU 37, BAY 49
15:15: INJURY TIMEOUT: Bears looking at Jalen Bridges. WVU 37, BAY 49

​14:17: Cryer nails another 3-point FG. WVU 37, BAY 52
14:00: Matthews gets a FG. WVU 39, BAY 52
13:42: Flagler hits a 3-point FG. WVU 39, BAY 55
13:32: MOUNTAINEERS TIMEOUT #2: WVU 39, BAY 55
12:35: Ke. Johnson gets a layup. WVU 41, BAY 55
11:56: T.V. Timeout 4: WVU 41, BAY 55

​NCAA MBK Top 25 Scores: 
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11:43: JTT with a jump shot. WVU 41, BAY 57
11:21: Mitchell gets a FG. WVU 43, BAY 57
10:54: JTT gets a jump shot. WVU 43, BAY 59
10:36: Matthews a jump shot. WVU 45, BAY 59
10:17: Cryer gets the rebound and the 3-point FG. WVU 45, BAY 62
10:15: BEARS TIMEOUT #1: WVU 45, BAY 62
​9:24: Bell makes a layup. WVU 47, BAY 62
8:42: Matthews with a layup. WVU 49, BAY 62
8:12: Bridges makes both free throws. WVU 49, BAY 64
8:02: Thamba commits his 3rd personal foul.
7:55: Matthews a rebound and a jump shot. WVU 51, BAY 64
7;31: Flagler makes a fadeaway jump shot. WVU 51, BAY 66
7:05: T.V. Timeout #5: WVU 51, BAY 66

​6:44: Mountaineers commit a shot clock violation.
6:08: Toussaint buries a 3-point FG. WVU 54, BAY 66
5:39: L. Love nails a 3-point FG. WVU 54, BAY 69
5:23: Toussaint makes a 3-point FG and foul. Toussaint makes a free throws. WVU 58, BAY 69
5:03: BEARS TIMEOUT #2: WVU 58, BAY 69
​4:57: JTT with a rebound, tipin, and foul. JTT makes a free throw. WVU 58, BAY 72
3:58: Flagler makes a jump shot. WVU 58, BAY 74
3:43: MOUNTAINEERS TIMEOUT #3: WVU 58, BAY 74
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3:28: Matthews with a FG. WVU 60, BAY 74
3:05: George with a 3-point FG and foul. George makes a free throw. WVU 60, BAY 78
2:34: Mountaineers commit a shot clock violation.
2:08: Both teams are in the Bonus.
2:08: Bridges makes 1 of 2 free throws. WVU 60, BAY 79
1:19: Toussaint with a layup. WVU 62, BAY 79
:38.8: King buries a 3-point FG. WVU 65, BAY 79
:06.3: Harris makes both free throws. WVU 67, BAY 79
:00: The End of Game.

Final:
WVU 67, BAY 79
WVU: (15-11, 4-9 Big 12)
BAY: (20-6, 9-4 Big 12)

Final Leaders:
Scoring: Cryer (BAY) 
Rebounding: George (BAY)
Assists: George (BAY)

Final Thoughts:
Bears pulled away from this game, with the 3-point shooting led by LJ Cryer. Cryer was 8-of-11 from behind the 3-point line. Keyonte George had 6 points, 9 rebounds, and 7 assists for the Bears.

As for West Virginia, they were not shooting well behind the 3-point arc. They were 7-of-21 to Baylor's 14-of-21 3-point shooting. 

Baylor will head to Lawrence, to face Kansas. While West Virginia will head back to Morgantown, to face Texas Tech. Both games to be played on Saturday.

This is Paul Shishkoff, Junior. This has been 'Live-Blogging Shish on College Basketball'. Thanks for visiting this post.