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Dead on arrival: Baylor loses first round game of tourney for 2nd consecutive year

No. 5 seed Baylor men’s basketball lost a heartbreaker to No. 12 seed Yale 79-75 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Thursday in Providence, R.I.

The Bears (22-12) were unable to contain the Bulldogs’ (23-6) star players as Makai Mason, Brandon Sherrod and Justin Sears combined to score 58 of the team’s 79 points.

Senior forward Taurean Prince started off strong, hitting three of four from the field and two of two from beyond the arc to lead the Bears to an early 17-11 advantage seven minutes into the game.

Eleven straight points by Mason, all from midrange and three-point jumpers, gave the Bulldogs a 24-23 lead.