Memphis hosts Yessoufou and Baylor

Published Dec. 5, 2025 4:43 a.m. ET
Associated Press

Baylor Bears (6-1) at Memphis Tigers (3-4)

Memphis, Tennessee; Saturday, 4:30 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Baylor visits Memphis after Tounde Yessoufou scored 27 points in Baylor's 110-88 victory over the Sacramento State Hornets.

The Tigers have gone 3-1 in home games. Memphis has a 0-1 record in games decided by less than 4 points.

The Bears play their first true road game after going 6-1 with a 2-1 record in neutral-site games to start the season. Baylor is third in the Big 12 scoring 90.1 points per game and is shooting 48.9%.

Memphis is shooting 43.5% from the field this season, 3.7 percentage points lower than the 47.2% Baylor allows to opponents. Baylor has shot at a 48.9% clip from the field this season, 6.6 percentage points higher than the 42.3% shooting opponents of Memphis have averaged.

TOP PERFORMERS: Dug McDaniel is shooting 38.6% and averaging 14.3 points for the Tigers. Quante Berry is averaging 1.4 made 3-pointers.

Cameron Carr is scoring 23.0 points per game and averaging 5.0 rebounds for the Bears. Yessoufou is averaging 17.1 points and 6.0 rebounds.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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