Texas Longhorns (22-6, 11-4 Big 12) at Baylor Bears (20-8, 9-6 Big 12)
Waco, Texas; Saturday, 2 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: No. 9 Baylor hosts the No. 8 Texas Longhorns after Keyonte George scored 23 points in Baylor's 75-65 loss to the Kansas State Wildcats.
The Bears are 13-2 in home games. Baylor has an 18-8 record against opponents above .500.
The Longhorns have gone 11-4 against Big 12 opponents. Texas is 4-0 in games decided by less than 4 points.
TOP PERFORMERS: George is shooting 39.2% and averaging 16.9 points for the Bears. LJ Cryer is averaging 2.3 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games for Baylor.
Marcus Carr is shooting 39.1% from beyond the arc with 2.4 made 3-pointers per game for the Longhorns, while averaging 17 points, 4.1 assists and 1.6 steals. Jabari Rice is shooting 46.2% and averaging 13.1 points over the last 10 games for Texas.
LAST 10 GAMES: Bears: 7-3, averaging 73.3 points, 29.1 rebounds, 12.1 assists, 5.1 steals and 1.5 blocks per game while shooting 42.4% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 70.0 points per game.
Longhorns: 7-3, averaging 77.2 points, 29.1 rebounds, 15.2 assists, 8.3 steals and 2.6 blocks per game while shooting 46.3% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 71.4 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
