Second-ranked Baylor looked every bit one of the nation's top teams, as the Bears were impressive on both ends of the court in posting a 100-69 win over Kansas State on Saturday afternoon in a front of a limited capacity crowd of 848 fans at Bramlage Coliseum.

The unbeaten Bears (5-0, 1-0 Big 12) jumped out to a double-digit lead on back-to-back 3-pointers by senior MaCio Teague with just under 15 minutes left in the first half and built as much as a 32-point lead in the second half in shooting 57.8 percent (37-of-64) from the field, including 46.9 percent (15-of-32) from 3-point range. The 15 3-point field goals made tied for the most by an opponent in school history.

Baylor became just the 14th opponent to record a 100-point game against K-State in its history and the first since Xavier (Ohio) scored 103 on Dec. 31, 2007. It was the first 100-point game by an opponent at Bramlage Coliseum since Oklahoma scored 117 on Jan. 18, 1992.

The veteran Baylor team with 7 upperclassmen, including all 5 starters, had 10 different players have at least one field goal made, while 7 players had at least 7 points, including 20-point games by Teague and junior Davion Mitchell and double-doubles by Teague junior Jared Butler.

Teague led all scorers with 23 points on 8-of-14 field goals, including 5-of-9 from 3-point range, to go with a game-high 10 rebounds, while Mitchell posted 20 points on 7-of-12 field goals, including 6-of-10 from long range. Butler tallied 14 points to go with a game-high 13 assists, which tied for the most by an individual opponent in K-State history. Sophomore transfer Jonathan Tchamwa Tchatchoua added 13 points on 6-of-10 shooting.

The youthful Wildcats (3-5, 1-1 Big 12), which started 3 true freshmen for the third consecutive game, including the second straight in Big 12 play, couldn't match the intensity of their veteran opponent but still managed to shoot 47.5 percent (28-of-59) from the field, including 57.9 percent (22-of-38) from inside the 3-point arc. In all, nine different players had at least one made field goal, including 23 of the 28 made field goals by underclassmen.

Sophomore Antonio Gordon was one of 2 players in double figures, as he collected a career-high 23 points on 9-of-9 field goals with a team-tying 6 rebounds in 21 minutes of the bench. Gordon became just the eighth Wildcat to go 9-of-9 or better from the field and the first since Dean Wade went 9-of-9 at Oklahoma State on Feb. 2, 2019.

Freshman Selton Miguel tallied double figures for the third time in 4 games with 14 points on 5-of-11 field goals, including 3-of-5 from beyond the arc, to go with 3 assists and 2 steals in 28 minutes.

Senior Mike McGuirl had a team-high 6 rebounds to go with 5 points, 3 assists and a steal in nearly 30 minutes, while freshman Nijel Pack dished out 5 assists to zero turnovers to go with 4 points, 5 rebounds and a steal in 29 minutes. Pack now has 5 games of 5 or more assists.

KEY STRETCH(ES)
Baylor scored the first 3 points off the game and never looked back, building a double-digit lead on back-to-back 3-pointers by senior MaCio Teague less than 5 minutes into the game en route to a 56-27 lead at halftime. The Bears had runs of 6-0, 8-3, 13-2 and 8-0 all in the first half.

On the strength of consecutive 3-pointers by junior Davion Mitchell and junior Jared Butler to open the second half, Baylor took its largest lead of 32 points – 62-30 – at 18:54 mark. K-State could get no closer than 24 points, lastly at 77-53 with 10:41 to play in the game. The Bears broke the 100-point mark with a basket by graduate transfer Mark Paterson with 23 seconds to play.

PLAYER(S) OF THE GAME
Sophomore Antonio Gordon scored a career-high 23 points on 9-of-9 field goals to go with 6 rebounds in 21 minutes of action. He is the eighth Wildcat to go 9-of-9 or better from the field in school history. It was his first career 20-point game and his third double-digit scoring game in his career.

Freshman Selton Miguel earned his third double-digit scoring game in the last 4 games with 14 points on 5-of-11 field goals, including a 3-of-5 effort from 3-point range, to go with 3 assists and 2 steals in 28 minutes.

STAT OF THE GAME
9-of-9 – Sophomore Antonio Gordon became just the eighth Wildcat to go 9-of-9 or better from the field in school history and the first since Dean Wade went 9-of-9 at Oklahoma State on Feb. 2, 2019. It was the best such performance at Bramlage Coliseum since Pervis Pasco went 9-of-9 against Monmonth on Dec. 29, 2002.

WHAT'S NEXT
K-State will continue its 4-game homestand with a rare Monday afternoon game, as the Wildcats play host to Jacksonville (6-3) at 1 p.m., CT on Big 12 Now on ESPN+.