No. 1 Baylor men’s basketball extended its win streak to conference record proportions Tuesday night with a 65-54 win over Oklahoma. The 23 straight victories oust Kansas’ previous record of 22 set in 1996-97.
With redshirt junior guard MaCio Teague out for the second game in a row, sophomore guard Jared Butler stepped up with 22 points, five rebounds and three assists. Redshirt junior forward Mark Vital was the only other Bear in double digits with 10 points.
Redshirt senior Freddie Gillespie led Baylor in rebounding with 10 boards alongside six points and three blocks, junior Tristan Clark worked up eight points on 4-6 shooting with four rebounds in just 13 minutes and redshirt sophomore Davion Mitchell craftily filled up his score sheet with seven points, three rebounds, four assists and three steals.