By Matthew Soderberg | Sports Writer
After a 21-point performance in the win over No. 14 West Virginia, Baylor men’s basketball’s sophomore guard Jared Butler earns the honor of Baylor Lariat Sports Athlete of the Weekend. Butler’s proficiency from the field played a big part in Baylor setting the Big 12 record win streak.
The hot shooting afternoon came with redshirt junior guard MaCio Teague out with a wrist injury. Butler said after the game Teague’s injury couldn’t affect his play.
“I told myself that I can’t change my game,” Butler said. “I can’t, try to force shots now that he’s not playing … so I just tried to still play my game, and Davion [Mitchell] found me a lot of times, and my teammates found me a lot of times and just hit the shot.