
Bahamian freshman VJ Edgecombe continued his strong scoring as of late with 28 points but it wasn’t enough to prevent his Baylor Bears from suffering their seventh loss of the season, a four-point overtime defeat to the Brigham Young University (BYU) Cougars at BYU’s Marriott Center on Tuesday.
In 43 minutes of action, Edgecombe hit nine of his 15 shot attempts including six of his eight attempts from three and four out of five free throws to finish with 28 while dishing out five assists.
Edgecombe’s last three games have now seen him score 30, 21 and 28 points, respectively, signaling that he’s finding his groove as a scorer at the NCAA level.
Another freshman guard, Robert Wright III, had a solid performance of his own on Tuesday with 22 points and six assists.
BYU’s Kanon Catchings was too much for the Bears with 23 points, hitting all eight of his field goal attempts while Richie Saunders and Egor Demin had 17 points and 15 points, respectively.
BYU led 44-36 at the half before Baylor rallied with a 42-34 second half to leave the game tied at 78 at the end of regulation time.
BYU then won 15-11 in overtime to secure the 93-89 win.
BYU opened the extra period on a 9-3 surge for an 87-81 lead. Wright made a pair of free throws and Edgecombe hit a 3-pointer to cut Baylor's deficit to 87-86, but the Cougars made 6 of 6 from the free-throw line from there to seal it.
Saunders shot 2 of 2 from the field and made both free throw attempts in overtime.
The Bears, now 13-7 overall and 5-4 in Big 12 play, will next take on NCAA powerhouses Kansas on Saturday.
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