Baylor’s Clay Born tries to push past Notre Dame defender Stedmon Ford during the Best of Preps tournament, held at Chattanooga State Community College on Friday night.BAYLOR 52, NOTRE DAME 33Notre Dame 6 2 14 11 – 33Baylor 16 19 9 8 – 52Notre Dame (33) – Stedmon Ford 13, Orr 2, Green 8, Byrd, Davenport 8, Carter, Mink, Johnson, Darras, Harris, Davis 2.Baylor (52) – Clay Born 10, Matt Clendenen 29, Maum 2, Upshaw 2, Lupas, Bowens 5, Linehart, Seaberg 4, Kelly.3-point goals: Notre Dame 3 (Ford 3); Baylor 3 (Born 2, Clendenen). Other highlights: Ford 4 s, 3 a (ND); Born, Clendenen 3 s each (B). Records: Baylor 7-2; Notre Dame 8-5.
Boys BracketIt’s hard to figure out which was better Friday night: Baylor’s defense or Matt Clendenen’s shooting.
Both were pretty special.
Clendenen scored 29 points on 13-for-19 shooting, and the Red Raiders clamped down the fast-paced Notre Dame attack in a 52-33 victory in the Times Free Press Best of Preps tournament semifinals. Baylor will play for the championship tonight at 8:30 at Chattanooga State.
It will be the first BOP championship appearance for Baylor.