Baylor Flounders as Oklahoma State Wins 61-54

Scott Drew is a coach who lives on the silver linings, stretching them out across the entire cloud into mercurial, glistening beauty.

Imaging silver linings for a game like this 61-54 loss is difficult.

Baylor’s 11 turnovers lead to 18 points, and they got only 6 going to other way.

Down the final 9 minutes, the Baylor Bears made a valiant effort to come back. The defense put the clamps on an OSU offense that struggles to score on a good night, scoring just 6 points over 9 minutes until the 6-point run when Baylor was forced to start fouling at the end.

The defense didn’t create many fast break looks, but it gave Baylor the opportunity to claw their way back in with a few timely threes and the…