Over three months time and hundreds of miles could not provide a different outcome between Baylor and BYU.
In their second meeting this season, Baylor advanced to the NIT Championship Game for the second time in the past five years with a 76-70 victory over the Cougars last night in the tournament semifinals at the Garden.
In tomorrow night's final, the Bears will face Iowa, a 71-60 winner over Maryland in last night's second game.
"I think any time there is only two happy teams at the end of the year, the team that wins the NCAA Tournament and the team that wins the NIT," Baylor coach Scott Drew said. "We want to be one of those happy teams."
The first time Baylor and BYU faced off, the Bears mauled the Cougars, winning 79-64 at home on Dec. 21.
In the first meeting, the Bears were able to contain the Cougars' leading scorer, sophomore guard Tyler Haws, holding him to just 13 points, his third-lowest scoring output of the season.
This time around Haws found his shooting stroke, hitting 9-of-15 shots for a team-high 25 points.
"I think in that first game I got in a little foul trouble and it kind of disrupted the rhythm of the game the first time we played," Haws said. "Today, I just wanted to attack and be smart and stay aggressive for 40 minutes."
Baylor's Pierre Jackson and Cory Jefferson, the team's two leading scorers, combined for 45 points for the Bears. Jackson added a game-high 10 assists for his fifth double-double of the season and third straight in the tournament.
"We just don't want to lose," Jefferson said. "We lose a game, that's the end of our season and that's one of the main things that have been motivating me."
Trailing by double digits, Matt Carlino (19 Points) did his best to make a game of it in the final minutes, hitting three 3-pointers to bring BYU back within three points with under a minute to play.
"Could have used those shots a bit earlier, but I'm glad he hit them late and tried to make it a game," BYU coach Dave Rose said.
Iowa 71, Maryland 60
The Hawkeyes punched their ticket to the final with their fourth straight double-digit win in the tournament.
Junior guard Roy Devyn Marble scored a game-high 21 points for Iowa and helped to limit Maryland guard Dez Wells to just nine points of 4-of-11 shooting.
"We're one of the blessed and few teams available left to play," Marble said. "We're not taking this opportunity for granted."
Maryland's Alex Len had a team-high 16 points.
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