No. 2 Houston had absolutely no answers for No. 1 Baylor in the first Final Four match on Saturday, as the Bears put on an absolute clinic against the Cougars to advance to the NCAA men’s basketball tournament final in a 78-59 win.
The biggest margin of the game came at the end of the first half, with Baylor leading 45-20 after the first 20 minutes of play. The 45 points scored by the Bears was the most points the Cougars gave up in a half all season long, as Houston capped off a miserable opening 20 minutes with a field goal percent of 26.9 and a three point percent of 35.7.
Baylor’s best moment of the game came on an absolutely savage three-pointer from Davion Mitchell as the buzzer sounded to end the first half.
Baylor ends the half with a CLEAN stepback pic.twitter.com/vSjli7mxRs
— TSN (@TSN_Sports) April 3, 2021
Even though Houston put up a better fight in the second half of the game, the match was all but over, much to the delight of Twitter.
Houston looking for an answer to stop Baylor rn 😅 pic.twitter.com/Z6j0DFJY3u
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) April 3, 2021
The Houston offense in the first half: pic.twitter.com/Q4OASgbKbf
— BetMGM 🦁 (@BetMGM) April 3, 2021
Houston looking for a way to stop Baylor like… 😅
— theScore (@theScore) April 3, 2021
Houston vs Houston vs
Double digit single digit seeds seeds pic.twitter.com/nKOvtLCrkW— Pregame Empire (@PregameEmpire) April 3, 2021
Houston in the locker room tryna figure out how to stop Baylor pic.twitter.com/JWrSMO7ehD
— Josiah Johnson (@KingJosiah54) April 3, 2021
Baylor is set to face the winner of No. 1 Gonzaga and No. 11 UCLA in the tournament final on Monday, April 5.
