Big 12 Tournament 2012 Scores: Perry Jones III Will Lead Baylor Past Mizzou

The Baylor Bears are, surprisingly, competing extremely well against top-notch competition in the Big 12 tournament. Perry Jones III and company will continue that run right past Mizzou for the championship.

'PJIII’s Bears knocked off Kansas State and then dominated Kansas to reach the finals against the Missouri Tigers.

If there was a knock on their game going into the conference postseason tournament, it was that they struggled in games against good opponents and shrunk from the spotlight—like LeBron James in the fourth quarter.

It started with an embarrassing 92-74 loss to KU back in January and they immediately followed it up with a tough 89-88 defeat to Missouri. They played both teams back-to-back again in February and the results were the same—more losses.

No one outside of Waco actually expected this Baylor squad to actually step up and destroy its competition, and certainly no one believed Jones III would be the catalyst.

In some of those losses he was extremely bad, scoring just eight and four points against Mizzou along with a paltry five-point outing against Kansas.

Something seemed to have clicked for the kid though, and he’s finally realizing his potential.

He straight up dominated K-State, eviscerating the Wildcats with: 31 points, while pulling down 11 rebounds, blocking two shots and even nailed two three-pointers in the process.

That was followed up by a steady 18-point, 7-rebound, 2-assist night against the Jayhawks and now he’s ready to continue this run and get revenge against Missouri.

It’ll be hard to stop the 6’11”, 235-pound sophomore now that he’s on a roll and figuring out how to step up in the spotlight.