Baylor coach Scott Drew gets 500th win in Bears’ 101-75 loss to Utah

WACO, Texas (AP) — Tounde Yessoufou scored 26 points and Baylor coach Scott Drew picked up his 500th career win in the Bears’ 101-75 loss to Utah on Saturday in a Big 12 Conference regular-season finale.

Drew, in his 23rd season at the helm of the Bears, is one of 25 active Division I coaches with at least 500 wins (500-285). Drew came to Baylor after a decade coaching at Valparaiso, his final year as head coach.

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Yessoufou shot 10 of 16 from the field and Cameron Carr added 21 points on 9 of 13 shooting for Baylor (16-15, 6-12), which shot 61.5% (40 of 65) overall.

Reserves Michael Rataj contributed 14 points and Dan Skillings Jr. scored 10 for the Bears.

Don McHenry scored 20 points and Terrence Brown added 16 for Utah (10-21, 2-16), which has lost five straight games. Keanu Dawes scored 14 points but grabbed just one rebound, his season low.

The Utes shot 60 percent (29 of 48) from the floor and hit 7 of 14 from long range, but committed 16 turnovers that led to 31 points for the Bears.

Baylor opened with a 21-9 run and led 53-33 at halftime. Yessoufou scored 15 points in the first half and Carr added 12 with a pair of 3-pointers.

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Carr’s 3 with 3:38 to play extended the Bears’ lead to 95-65.

Next

The Big 12 Conference tournament begins Tuesday in Kansas City, Missouri.

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