Found January 21, 2012 on Basketball Predictions:
#5 Missouri 89, #3 Baylor 88This was a wild game played at a frenetic pace, even if it was a bit sloppy (37 combined turnovers). At 77 possessions, this was the fastest-paced game Mizzou has played all season, and one possession short of the fastest-paced game Baylor has played. Ricardo Ratliffe had 27 points on 11-for-14 shooting, but he is a player who creates little of his own offense. So much of scoring comes off layups/dunks set up by the Baylor guards. And Flip Pressey was the star in this game, scoring 18 points with 7 assists and 6 steals. Baylor's Pierre Jackson had an excellent game in his own right (20 points, 15 assists), with many of those assists setting up Quincy Miller, who had a career-high 29 points.Baylor is 17-2, though they've lost their last two games. I wouldn't say that it's panic time seeing as how both losses came to excellent teams (the other loss was to Kansas), but they do have clear deficiencies that need to be fixed if they're going...
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