Baylor vs. USC: Score and Twitter Reaction from March Madness 2017

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The Baylor Bears stopped the USC Trojans from earning their third come-from-behind win of the NCAA tournament, overcoming a second-half surge to secure a 82-78 round-of-32 victory.

Despite watching a nine-point lead vanish, Baylor bounced back in its bright neon-green uniforms and preserved a win Sunday night at BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Baylor struggled from long distance, going 7-of-19 from three-point range. Manu Lecomte's struggles from deep continued (1-of-6), but he made his lone three count with a pivotal four-point play to squash USC's second-half momentum.

Less than a minute after finally finding the scoreboard, the guard turned a steal into two more…