Baylor (20-1) won a hard fought contest against Ole Miss (12-9) 78-75.
This was a grueling win over an Ole Miss team that played about as well as they will all season. The Rebels’ Sebastain Saiz scored the first eight points for Ole Miss, and finished with 20.
Throughout much of the game, it seemed like Ole Miss would pull off the upset. The Bears trailed 42-35 at halftime. Ole Miss entered the game 297th in turnover percentage on KenPom, they had just one turnover in the first half. Baylor had 10.
Down by eight, Johnathan Motley returned to the game with 14 minutes left.