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National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Baylor 94, Arkansas St. 72
When: 1:00 PM ET, Friday, November 27, 2015
Where: Ferrell Center, Waco, Texas
Officials: # Terry Davis, # Ray Natili, # Gerald Williams
Attendance: 4768

Baylor senior forward Taurean Prince scored a career-high 25 points and guard Al Freeman added 19 to lead No. 20 Baylor past Arkansas State 94-72 in Waco, Texas, on Friday afternoon.

Baylor senior forward Rico Gathers had 13 rebounds and went 8 of 8 from the free-throw line en route to 10 points and his 26th career double-double, the most among active Big 12 players.

Forward Johnathan Motley scored 13 points off the bench for Baylor. Point guard Lester Medford was the team's fifth double-digit scorer with 10.

Prince, who added seven rebounds and five assists, broke his previous career high of 24, set March 6 versus Texas Tech. He has eight 20-point games in his past 23 games.

Guard Devin Carter and forward Anthony Livingston each had 20 points for Arkansas State (2-4).

Baylor (4-1) looked like it was going to run away with it after taking a 24-point lead with five minutes left in the first half. But the Red Wolves went on a 24-7 run that spanned halftime to cut the lead to 50-43 with 17:35 to go.

Prince then scored seven of the Bears' next nine points as Baylor re-took control and pushed the lead to as many as 30 points.

Baylor has won 28 consecutive non-conference home games - its last such loss was to?Northwestern on Dec. 4, 2012.
Top Game Performances
 
Arkansas St.   Baylor
Devin Carter 20 Scoring Taurean Prince 25
Donte Thomas 7 Assists Al Freeman 5
Charles Waters 7 Rebounds Rico Gathers 13
Anthony Livingston 4 Free Throws Made Rico Gathers 8
Sean Gardner 2 Steals Ishmail Wainright 4
Anthony Livingston 2 Blocks Johnathan Motley 3
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Arkansas St. 72 42.0 5-20 9-9 21 30 4 6 15
Baylor 94 48.3 10-23 26-30 23 38 8 11 12