Weatherspoon's 25 Points Not Enough In Loss At Auburn

Tuesday, February 7

Auburn, Ala.

8:00 PM

Mississippi State

14-9, 5-6

Auburn

16-8, 5-6

Mississippi State

Auburn

All-SEC guard Quinndary Weatherspoon had 2x points Tuesday at Auburn.

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Weatherspoon's 25 Points Not Enough In Loss At Auburn

February 07, 2017 | Men's Basketball

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AUBURN, Ala. — Mississippi State could not duplicate the comeback magic Tuesday night.

Down by as many as 21 points, the Bulldogs made another huge comeback before falling 98-92 to Auburn in a Southeastern Conference game played at the Auburn Arena.

MSU fell to 14-9 overall and 5-6 in league play, while Auburn improved to 16-8 and 5-6. MSU was back on the court for the first time since erasing a 19-point deficit to beat Tennessee 64-59 at home Saturday afternoon.

This time around, Auburn hit eight first-half 3-pointers and led 48-28 at halftime. The Tigers stretched the lead to 21 with 15:40 left in the contest. The Bulldogs missed three different shots in the lane when trailing by six and actually got the deficit down to five at 91-86 with 51 seconds left.

Quinndary Weatherspoon led the Bulldogs with 25 points. Lamar Peters added 23 points, while Mario Kegler had 16 points. Weatherspoon had a team-high nine rebounds, while Peters added seven assists. Weatherspoon has scored 25 or more points six times this season. Peters was 10 of 11 at the foul line.

MSU enjoyed its last lead of the game at 17-16 after a 3-point basket by Eli Wright with 11:10 left in the first half. Auburn responded with a 9-0 run for a 25-17 lead. The Tigers would then follow with a 12-0 run for a 38-21 lead with 4:15 left in the half.

In the second half, the Bulldogs scored 64 points and put themselves in a position.

A 9-0 run was capped by an Aric Holman tipin and brought the Bulldogs within 74-64 with 7:20 left. The Bulldogs would fall back down 15 but pull within seven at 86-79 on an Xavian Stapleton basket with 2:11 left.

For the contest, the Bulldogs hit 27 of 59 shots from the field (45.8 percent), 11 of 23 shots from 3-point range (47.8 percent) and 27 of 34 shots from the foul line (79.4 percent). The Tigers hit 32 of 62 shots from the field (51.6 percent). 9 of 22 shots from 3-point range (40.9 percent) and 25 of 38 shots from the foul line (65.8 percent).

Auburn held a 38-33 rebounding advantage. The Bulldogs had 10 assists and 13 turnovers, while the Tigers had 22 assists and 12 turnovers. The Tigers scored 26 points off turnovers.

Auburn received 18 points from Bryce Brown, 17 points from Mustapha Heron, 14 points from Austin Wiley and 11 points from T.J. Dunans. Dunans also had a team-high six rebounds.

MSU returns home to face nationally-ranked South Carolina Saturday. The Bulldogs and Gamecocks tip at 7 p.m. from the Humphrey Coliseum on ESPN2.