No. 9 Baylor beats Iowa State 79-64

By Stephen Hawkins

Associated Press

Published: Monday, Feb. 13 2012 7:01 p.m. MST

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Iowa State's Royce White, left, and Melvin Ejim (3), center, along with Baylor forward Quincy Acy (4),right, reach out for a loose ball in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Monday, Feb. 13, 2012, in Waco, Texas.

Tony Gutierrez, Associated Press

Summary

Perry Jones III rediscovered his shooting touch with 18 points and No. 9 Baylor rebounded from consecutive losses with a 79-64 victory over Iowa State on Monday night.

WACO, Texas — Perry Jones III rediscovered his shooting touch with 18 points and No. 9 Baylor rebounded from consecutive losses with a 79-64 victory over Iowa State on Monday night.

Jones already had 10 points by halftime, one more than he had combined last week when Baylor (22-4, 9-4 Big 12) lost consecutive games to No. 4 Kansas and No. 3 Missouri for the second time in four weeks. The Bears are undefeated against the rest of the Big 12 and everybody else they have played.

Freshman Quincy Miller added 16 points for the Bears, while Anthony Jones had 12 points and Quincy Acy 11.

Melvin Ejim had 17 points for Iowa State (18-8, 8-5), which had won four of its previous five games to tie Baylor for third in the league behind Kansas and Missouri.

Jones, the preseason Big 12 player of the year, was 8 of 13 after going a combined 3-for-20 last week.

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