WACO, Texas (AP) — Cameron Carr hit three 3-pointers and finished with 16 points to lead six Baylor players scoring in double figures and the Bears beat Washington 78-69 on Sunday night.
Tounde Yessoufou scored 13 points for Baylor (2-0) and Caden Powell added 12 points and 10 rebounds. Dan Skillings Jr. and Isaac Williams scored 12 points apiece and Michael Rataj finished with 11.
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Zoom Diallo led Washington (2-1) with 15 points and Quimari Peterson, who made 1 of 9 from 3-point range, scored 11. Hannes Steinbach, a 6-foot-11 freshman, had 10 points and 15 rebounds for his second consecutive double-double.
Rataj converted a three-point play and Carr made a 3-pointer in a 12-2 run that made it 25-19 with 7:43 left in the first half and Baylor (1-0) led the rest of the way.
Wesley Yates III hit a 3-pointer to cap a 7-2 spurt that trimmed Washington’s deficit to 57-53 with 9:48 remaining in the game, but Yessoufou responded 32 seconds later with a three-point play to spark a 9-3 run to push the lead back into double figures about two minutes later. Williams made a layup with 3:37 left that gave the Bears their biggest lead of the game at 73-62.
The Huskies outrebounded Baylor 42-33 and had a 42-28 advantage in points in the paint, but made just 3 of 20 (15%) from 3-point range.
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Baylor’s is one of three high-major programs (Miami and Memphis) with zero returning players from the 2024-25 season. The Bears lost four players to expired eligibility, nine to the transfer portal and one to the NBA.
Up next
Washington plays Friday at Washington State
Baylor hosts Tarleton State on Friday
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