Waco, TX (SportsNetwork.com) - Having recently had a six-game win streak come to an end, the 21sth-ranked Baylor Bears get back to work on Wednesday night as they welcome the 12th-ranked Kansas Jayhawks to the Ferrell Center for a Big 12 Conference tussle. Both teams come in sporting identical overall record at 11-2, with this being the conference opener for Kansas, and Baylor having already suffered a defeat in its league lid lifter last Saturday at Oklahoma (73-63). Kansas has won its last two games after falling at Temple in a surprising 77-52 final on Dec. 22. Double-digit home wins over Kent State (78-62) and UNLV (76-61) have gotten the team back on track, as it prepares for the rigors of Big 12 play. Despite Baylors recent loss to Oklahoma, the team has enjoyed tremendous success over the last year or so, going 23-5 dating back to Feb. 12, 2014. The Bears are 8-0 at home this season. Kansas has dominated the series with Baylor, winning 21 of the 25 all-time meetings. However, the Bears have been more competitive of late, trailing just 3-2 in the last five matchups. Trailing UNLV 33-29 at halftime, Kansas went on a tear over the final 20 minutes in hitting 60 percent of its field goal attempts to pull ahead and eventually put a 15-point decision into the win column. Four of the five starters for the Jayhawks scored in double figures, led by Frank Mason III with 18 points. He also dished out seven assists, helping guys like Wayne Selden, Jr. (16), Perry Ellis (16), Kelly Oubre, Jr. (12) and Cliff Alexander (10) get in on the action as well. Oubre paced the team with 10 rebounds, as KU easily won the battle on the boards, 45-31. Points in the paint (38-28), off turnovers (20-6) and out on the break (19-4) also played a role in the positive outcome for the Jayhawks. Kansas is by no means an offensive juggernaut, as the team averages 71.2 ppg behind a typical shooting output of .426 overall, which does happen to include a 39.2 percent effort from 3-point range. Defensively, the team permits 64.5 ppg, with foes shooting just 41.9 percent from the floor and the Jayhawks control the glass to the tune of a +7.4 rebounding margin. Ellis and Mason are the only two double-digit scorers on the season, with the former netting 13.0 ppg and the latter 12.4 ppg. Johnathan Motley scored a career-high 24 points, Taurean Prince added 17 more, and Rico Gathers grabbed a dozen rebounds, but those efforts went for naught as Baylor dropped a 10-point decision at Oklahoma over the weekend. The Bears struggled to hit the open shot, converting just 37.3 percent of their field goal attempts, and they suffered a 40-35 deficit on the boards. The Sooners didnt shoot much better (.407), but they went 21-of-25 at the foul line, compared to only 12-of-18 by the visitors. Baylor hasnt exactly lit up the scoreboard this season either, the team producing 70 ppg thanks to a whopping +10.5 rebounding differential. As a result, foes are scoring just 56.1 ppg, in connecting on only 37.7 percent of their total shots, which includes a dismal 27.6 percent showing from beyond the arc. Prince is the Bears leading scorer, but he averages just 12 ppg. Motley (10.8 ppg) and Royce ONeal (10.3 ppg) round out the units double- digit scorers, while Gathers is close to averaging a double-double with 9.6 points and 10.6 caroms per contest. Astros Jerseys 2019 .Cullen scored the go-ahead goal at 13:47 of the third period and Nashville beat the slumping Dallas Stars 3-2 on Thursday in a game that wasnt decided until the last shot of the night. Jose Cruz Jr. Astros Jersey . Chile applied pressure in midfield right from the beginning, challenging aggressively and continually surging forward. 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Colts fans couldnt believe the scoreboard, and the Kansas City Chiefs couldnt believe their incredibly bad luck.New York, NY (SportsNetwork.com) - Orlando City SC selected Portland Timbers goalkeeper Donovan Ricketts with its top choice in Wednesdays MLS expansion draft, while New York City FC claimed midfielder Ned Grabavoy with its first selection. Ricketts, 37, has spent the past two seasons in Portland, where he has started 64 games and posted an impressive 21 clean sheets while collecting the Goalkeeper of the Year award in 2013. Ricketts is an interesting selection for Orlando as the veteran goalkeeper could be between the sticks at first kick next season while Tally Hall continues to recover from a torn ACL. Grabavoy has spent the past six seasons with Real Salt Lake, where he played under current NYCFC head coach Jason Kreis from 2009-2014. He scored two goals for the Claret and Cobalt and added three assists. Other notable selections for Orlando include Philadelphia Union midfielder/forward Pedro Ribeiro, who was taken in the fourth round, as well former No. 1 overall SuperDraft selection Danny Mwanga, who will head to central Florida after being selected in the eighth round. Columbus Crew forward Jairo Arrieta was snagged by the Lions in the sixth round. Ribeiro was selected 15th overall by Philadelphia in the 2014 SuperDraft and contributed two goals in nine appearances, while Mwanga appeared in just six games last season for the Colorado Rapids. Other notable selections for New York include New England Revolution forward Patrick Mullins and D.C. United miidfielder Thomas McNamara.dddddddddddd Mullins was an 11th-overall selection by the Revolution in the 2014 SuperDraft and appeared in 21 games this season, scoring four goals and adding one assist. He also provided the assist that led to Chris Tierneys equalizing goal in MLS Cup against the Los Angeles Galaxy on Dec. 7. McNamara made six appearances for Chivas USA in his rookie season in 2014, scoring one goal. He was then selected by United in the Chivas USA dispersal draft. The full list of expansion selections is as follows: Orlando City: GK Donovan Ricketts (Portland), M Tony Cascio (Colorado), Jalil Anibaba (Seattle), M/F Pedro Ribeiro (Philadelphia), M Lewis Neal (D.C. United), F Jairo Arrieta (Columbus), D Heath Pearce (Montreal), F Danny Mwanga (Colorado), F Mark Sherrod (Houston), D Eric Gehrig (Columbus) New York City FC: M Ned Grabavoy (Real Salt Lake), F Patrick Mullins (New England), D Jason Hernandez (San Jose), M Daniel Lovitz (Toronto), F Tony Taylor (New England), M Mehdi Ballouchy (Vancouver), D George John (FC Dallas), M Thomas McNamara (D.C. United), M Sal Zizzo (Sporting Kansas City), D Chris Wingert (Real Salt Lake). Also on Wednesday, the Montreal Impact selected former Chivas USA midfielder Nigel Reo-Coker with the first pick in the waiver draft, while winger Leandro Barrera went second to San Jose and defender Bobby Burling was taken third by the Colorado Rapids. The 17 other MLS clubs passed on their waiver draft selections. ' ' '