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
(@BetMGM) 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.