OXFORD, Miss. -- Baylor's Manu Lecomte caught the ball about five feet behind the 3-point line as the shot clock was winding down. For most guys, it wouldn't have been an ideal situation.
For Lecomte, it was perfect.
"I was deep," Lecomte said. "But I was open."
The 5-foot-11 junior drilled the crucial shot for his fifth 3-pointer, and it proved to be the difference in No. 5 Baylor's hard-fought 78-75 victory over Mississippi on Saturday night in the SEC-Big 12 Challenge.
Lecomte led the Bears with 17 points, and Johnathan Motley and Jo Lual-Acuil Jr.