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There is a new player atop Baylor’s career scoring leaderboard. With a left-handed layup in the Bears’ Tuesday night matchup with Wayland Baptist, senior LaceDarius Dunn notched his 2,190th point in a Baylor uniform and cemented his already well-documented place in Baylor basketball history.

Late in Saturday’s game against No. 3 Texas at the Erwin Center, Baylor needed a Herculean performance from somebody if it wanted any chance at scoring the upset. Senior LaceDarius Dunn gave the Bears just that with 22 second half points, but his team’s late comeback fell short in a 69-60 loss to the Longhorns.

After a nightmare-ish bus ride home following a 73-66 loss to Oklahoma, the Bears are glad to be back in Waco. Unfortunately, there’s no time to enjoy home sweet home.

If there was any question why the Baylor Lady Bears have held the No. 1 spot for five weeks, they were all answered Wednesday night in Waco as the Lady Bears continued their winning streak of now 17 games, dominating the Oklahoma Sooners 92-70.

Baylor could not overcome a sloppy first half and dropped its Monday night matchup at Kansas State, 69-61. Junior Quincy Acy led the Bears with 14 points, and three others finished in double figures.

Only 20 seconds have passed in Baylor’s game against Oklahoma, and a lanky, mild-mannered freshman takes the ball into the lane with little between him and the basket. There is something about him that everyone can see; the Ferrell Center crowd knows it, his coaches know it and his teammates undoubtedly know it.

Iowa State’s surprisingly strong non-conference record would have seemed a bit more hollow with another Big 12 loss. The Cyclones responded by running away from Baylor and handing coach Fred Hoiberg the biggest win of his young career.

A calm, collected and unguarded Perry Jones III stood under the basket Tuesday night and subtly pointed to the sky. A half second later, sophomore A.J. Walton responded with an alley-oop pass that Jones III slammed home, punctuating a 25-point effort in Baylor’s 74-61 win over Oklahoma.

Despite facing a Gonzaga team that lost its leading scorer for much of Saturday’s game, No. 9 ranked Baylor fell to the unranked Bulldogs, 68-64. Freshman Perry Jones III’s team-high 19 points led the Bears, who were beat in the post and could not maintain an offensive rhythm.

Sitting on a 500-acre plot of land that overlooks the Nile River in Uganda is an orphanage housing more than 50 children, about half of whom lost their parents to the violence of the Lord’s Resistance Army, a rebel group that has terrorized civilians in various regions of Africa for years.

LaceDarius Dunn scored 24 points, including six 3-pointers, as Baylor built a commanding second half lead to beat Arizona State, 68-54, Thursday night at the Ferrell Center.

While men’s basketball says it has not underestimated any of their last five opponents, today’s game against Arizona State looks to be the stiffest competition before the semester ends.