Reese 186 yards rushing, 2 TDs as Baylor beats Kansas 35-23

WACO, Texas (AP) — True freshman Richard Reese ran for 186 yards and two touchdowns, together with a late game-clincher as the Bears held on to beat Kansas 35-23 on Saturday for his or her first victory in practically a month.

Baylor (4-3, 2-2 Big 12) jumped out to a 14-0 lead lower than 5 minutes into the sport matching former Top 25 groups that had each misplaced their earlier two video games, and led 28-3 at halftime.

The Jayhawks (5-3, 2-3) received inside 28-23 when quarterback Jason Bean scrambled 4 yards for a landing with 6 1/2 minutes left. That ended a 93-yard drive after Baylor was stopped on fourth-and-1, and included completions of 29 and 47 yards by Bean.

On the following Baylor drive, Reese had a 14-yard catch and a 37-yard run earlier than his 2-yard TD run with 2 1/2 minutes left on the final of his 31 carries.

Kansas remains to be with out standout quarterback Jalon Daniels, who missed his second sport in a row since injuring his proper (throwing) shoulder after being hit late within the first half of a loss to TCU on Oct. 8. Bean was 16 of 27 for 232 yards and a landing.

Bears quarterback Blake Shapen left within the third quarter of their loss at West Virginia 9 days earlier after taking a helmet-to-helmet hit. He was 17-of-26 passing for 164 yards with a landing Saturday. But he had three turnovers, two interceptions and a fumble.

Shapen had solely three interceptions within the first six video games, however his two picks included one contained in the Jayhawks 5 with solely 2 seconds left within the first half. He fumbled within the third quarter when being sacked by defensive finish Jereme Robinson, who picked up the ball and returned it 49 yards to arrange Devin Neal’s 2-yard TD run.

The Bears had been ranked seventeenth after a win at Iowa State on Sept. 24, however had since misplaced 36-25 at dwelling Oklahoma State on Oct. 1, then had an open date earlier than the Thursday night time sport at West Virginia. Kansas dropped out of the ballot from nineteenth this week after its back-to-back losses to TCU and Oklahoma.

Reese’s early 14-yard TD run got here two performs after a Kansas fumble brought about and recovered by Jackie Marshall. That made it 14-0 lower than a minute after Shapen’s fast throw to Monaray Baldwin, who caught the ball behind the road and turned that right into a 17-yard landing on Baylor’s first possession.

Quentin Skinner, who had the early Kansas fumble, made a nifty 24-yard TD catch within the fourth quarter.

THE TAKEAWAY

Kansas: The Jayhawks had scored 73 factors of their earlier two losses, however by no means actually received a lot going towards Baylor. They had simply 76 whole yards at halftime, and completed with solely 288. They received helped by Shapen’s fumble and the quarterback getting stopped on fourth-and-1, after Bears center linebacker Dillon Doyle ran to transform two earlier fourth-down tries.

Baylor: The Bears have received the final 13 video games within the sequence towards Kansas, and is 11-0 general at dwelling within the sequence. … Reese has 9 speeding touchdowns, eight of them coming whereas scoring in every of Baylor’s 4 dwelling video games.

UP NEXT

Kansas has its open date earlier than internet hosting No. 11 Oklahoma State on Nov. 5.

Baylor performs at Texas Tech subsequent Saturday night time.

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