Lubbock, Texas ? Bob Knight didn’t want to talk about Ronald Ross, the leading scorer in No. 25 Texas Tech’s 83-67 victory over Baylor on Wednesday night.

He wanted to talk about Curtis Marshall, who the coach said has been “Curtis in absentia” for the past few games.

Marshall finished with 16 points; Ross had 25.

“There are a lot of things that go on out there other than getting some baskets,” Knight said. “That’s the difference between coaches and writers. You want to talk about someone who scores a lot of points, and I want to talk about someone who made a great all-around contribution.”

Knight said Marshall, who had three rebounds and four assists, “battled on the boards and did a pretty good job of getting the ball to people.”

Ross was 8-for-10 from the field, including 4-for-5 from three-point range and also went 5-of-6 from the free-throw line.

Texas Tech (15-5, 7-2 Big 12) led most of the way, but Baylor used an 8-2 run early in the second half to go up 39-38. Tech came back with a 15-0 run to put the game virtually out of reach for the Bears (9-11, 1-8).

After nearly six minutes without scoring, Patrick Fields of Baylor hit two free throws and a three-pointer to whittle the deficit to 55-44.

Tech’s lead dwindled to 69-60 on a free throw by Fields with 6:22 remaining.

“We made some good runs, and they did a good job of answering our runs,” Baylor coach Scott Drew said.

He lauded Ross’ talent.

“If there’s a player playing better in conference than him, I sure haven’t seen it,” he said.

Fields scored 18 points, and Tim Bush added 17 for the Bears.

UNLV 74, Missouri 71

Las Vegas — Odartey Blankson scored 18 points, including a three-pointer from the top of the arc that broke a tie with 44 seconds left in the game, to lead UNLV.

Blankson, who scored 15 second-half points, was 6-of-13 from the field and 5-of-6 from the foul line. He also had eight rebounds as the Rebels went 10-of-20 from three-point range.

Linas Kleiza scored a game-high 24 points for Missouri (10-13) along with eight rebounds. Thomas Gardner scored a career-high 23 as Missouri suffered its fifth straight loss and is now 0-6 on the road.

The Tigers led 37-32 at halftime and rallied from a 56-45 deficit with 8:32 left in the game to tie it, 67-67, with 1:15 left. Missouri jumped to a 13-3 lead to start the game, but the Rebels answered with a 13-2 run to take the lead with 10:32 in the first half.