Baylor has become the first Big 12 Conference team to win five consecutive home games against Kansas in the 22-year Bill Self era.

And it came in a game in which the Jayhawks led by 21 points and were on the wrong side of history.

Freshman guard Robert Wright scored 24 points as the Bears (14-7, 6-4) rallied from a 21-point deficit to defeat the Jayhawks 81-70 on Saturday afternoon at Foster Pavilion.

Wright took command with freshman standout VJ Edgecombe (14 points, five rebounds) leaving the game with injury with 14:38 to play. The Jayhawks squandered the biggest lead in school history in a loss.

KU previously relinquished a 20-point lead to Arizona (44-24) in a loss to the Wildcats on Jan. 25, 2003, at Allen Fieldhouse.

ON Saturday, Norchad Omier scored 18 points and Jalen Celestine added 12 as the Bears won at home for the fifth year in a row over a KU team (15-6, 6-4) that entered with a stellar 3-1 road record in Big 12 play this season.

Hunter Dickinson scored 20 before fouling out for the Jayhawks, who last won in Waco (64-61) on Feb. 22, 2020, in Ferrell Center. KU is now 0-2 in brand new Foster Pavilion.

Iowa State is the last league school to defeat KU five straight times in its own building. The Cyclones won six in a row over KU in Hilton Coliseum from 1984-89 in games coached by Larry Brown and Roy Williams. ISU currently has a three-game win streak over KU in Ames.

West Virginia defeated Self’s Jayhawks four consecutive seasons (2013-16) at WVU Coliseum in Morgantown, West Virginia.

Here are some takeaways from Saturday’s game...

VJ Edgecombe injured in second half

Baylor sensation VJ Edgecombe suffered an injury with 14:38 left and Baylor trailing 44-40. He was unable to return to the game. He scored 14 points and grabbed five boards.

Rakease Passmore doesn’t make trip

Kansas freshman Rakease Passmore did not make the trip to Baylor.

KU coach Bill Self said before the game the 6-foot-5 Passmore caught an elbow at practice Thursday.

“We thought he was fine but he started developing headaches yesterday afternoon. We left him at home. Hopefully he’ll be ready to go tomorrow (Sunday practice for Monday’s Iowa State game),” Self said in his pregame radio interview on the Jayhawk Radio Network.

Passmore has been used sparingly in Big 12 Conference play. He’s scored one point and grabbed five rebounds in five Big 12 games.

Baylor was shorthanded

Baylor was without guards Jeremy Roach (concussion) and Langston Love (ankle). Roach is a 6-2 senior transfer from Duke; Love a 6-5 junior out of Montverde Academy.

The Bears, regardless, came to win.

The Bears used a 26-6 run early in the second half to completely overcome the 21-point deficit and lead 47-46 at 13:00.

Other KU-Baylor highlights

Freshman sensation VJ Edgecombe darted through the lane and finished a two-handed slam just 4:20 into the game, thrilling the Baylor fans. KU’s Flory Bidunga answered with a vicious slam off a steal, forcing Baylor to call timeout with 10:02 left in the first and KU up 23-10.

KU big man Hunter Dickinson also started quickly, scoring eight of KU’s first 10 points.

And the Jayhawk bench joined in the early fun as Rylan Griffen and David “Diggy” Coit each hit a pair of 3s when KU raced to a 26-10 lead with 9:11 left in the first.

KU senior Zeke Mayo, second-leading scorer on the team, was 0 for 2 shooting and did not score while playing 13 minutes the first half, and yet the Jayhawks led at the break, 40-21. Dickinson had 12 points and Griffen nine the first 20 minutes. Harris had five assists. Edgecombe had 12 points the first half for Baylor.

KU’s bench scored 20 points the first half to Baylor’s zero points. Baylor had 12 turnovers to KU’s six.

Next on the KU basketball schedule

The Jayhawks will not have much time to prepare for their next opponent. Iowa State, a team that clipped KU 74-57 on Jan. 15 in Ames, will meet Kansas in an ESPN Big Monday contest at Allen Fieldhouse. Tipoff is set for 8 p.m.

ISU also has the quick turnaround, having played host to Kansas State on Saturday in Ames. The Wildcats stunned the Cyclones 80-61 in Hilton Coliseum.