Kansas vs. Baylor score, takeaways: No. 2 Bears fall for first time this season, but remain a No. 1 seed - CBSSports.com

Baylor put a historic winning streak on the line in late February against Kansas last season and saw it crumble against their chief Big 12 nemesis.

The Bears (18-1, 10-1 Big 12) got off to slow starts in both halves and never recovered in the second half against a Kansas team that dominated the boards and the paint.

Jayhawks center David McCormack played a massive role in that equation, scoring 20 points in a redemptive effort following a poor outing in the first meeting won by Baylor last month.

The Bears' struggles in that game turned out to be an accurate forecast of the issues they faced Saturday.

Just like last season, when Baylor carried a 23-game winning streak into it second game with Kansas, the Jayhawks avoided a sweep and spoiled Baylor's stretch of dominance.

Baylor fell behind 13-6 to begin the game and then allowed Kansas to begin the second half on a 10-3 run.

They whittled their deficit to 45-42 at the 12:41 mark of the second half on a 4-point play from MaCio Teague but never got any closer.

When Baylor and Kansas met for the first time this season on Jan.

18, McCormack came in averaging 20.3 points per game over his previous three outings in what constituted an offensive outburst for the mercurial junior.

But when it came to square off with the Bears, McCormack's hot streak ended as he scored just six points in a 77-69 Baylor victory.

He came for redemption in the first half of the rematch, racking up 14 points on 5-of-5 shooting in the opening frame to help put the Jayhawks ahead 33-30 halftime!

Though he pulled down just three rebounds, McCormack helped Kansas dominate the game physically.

When Jared Butler hit a layup for his first points of the game with 10:14 left, it cut Baylor's deficit to 52-47 and felt like the type of bucket that could get the Bears' leading scorer going.

The 6-foot-3 guard entered averaging 20 points over Baylor's last six games, dating back to his 30-point outburst in the January win over Kansas.

With the Bears getting just five total points from their bench Saturday, there simply wasn't enough firepower to overcome the scoring void that Butler left.

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Oddly enough, Baylor has turned it over just three times, compared to 13 KU turnovers.

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Bears would be out of it if not for his timely buckets here in the second half

Didn't have Dajuan Harris on my list of potential impact players, but his little 5-point spurt gets Kansas back out in front 50-42 just when Teague appeared to have changed the momentum in Baylor's favor

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Baylor looking sluggish to start the second half just like it did to start the first