Skip to main content

Baylor faces Norfolk State following Yessoufou’s 22-point game

Norfolk State Spartans (4-6) at Baylor Bears (6-2)

Waco, Texas; Wednesday, 12 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Baylor plays Norfolk State after Tounde Yessoufou scored 22 points in Baylor’s 78-71 loss to the Memphis Tigers.

The Bears have gone 4-0 at home. Baylor is the Big 12 leader with 13.8 offensive rebounds per game led by Michael Rataj averaging 3.8.

The Spartans are 0-5 on the road. Norfolk State is the MEAC leader with 22.9 defensive rebounds per game led by Anthony McComb III averaging 3.9.

Baylor makes 47.1% of its shots from the field this season, which is 5.9 percentage points higher than Norfolk State has allowed to its opponents (41.2%). Norfolk State has shot at a 47.8% clip from the field this season, 1.4 percentage points higher than the 46.4% shooting opponents of Baylor have averaged.

TOP PERFORMERS: Cameron Carr is scoring 21.8 points per game with 5.6 rebounds and 1.3 assists for the Bears. Yessoufou is averaging 17.8 points and 5.9 rebounds while shooting 46.8%.

McComb averages 1.9 made 3-pointers per game for the Spartans, scoring 16.2 points while shooting 39.6% from beyond the arc. Elijah Jamison is averaging 14 points and 3.7 assists.

___

The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

Hawkeyes are set to play Vanderbilt in a November women’s basketball game in Sioux City, Iowa

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — Vanderbilt and Iowa, both ranked in the top 10 late last season, will meet in a women's basketball game early next season in northwest Iowa, the schools announced Tuesday. The neutral-site game is set for Nov. 15 at the Tyson Events Center, which is 290 miles from Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City. Vanderbilt is 4-0 all-time against the Hawkeyes. This will be the teams' first meeting since 1997. The Commodores are expected to return national scoring leader Mikayla Blakes. She averaged 27 points per game and was Southeastern Conference player of the year. Vanderbilt was ranked as high as No. 5 and finished No. 10 with a 29-5 record after reaching the NCAA Sweet 16.
Read Next Story