Mississippi State heads to Baton Rouge for final game of the regular season.
Bulldogs Close Out Regular Season At LSU
March 02, 2018 | Men's Basketball
STARKVILLE, Miss. – With 17 SEC games in the book, Mississippi State travels to LSU on Saturday to close out the regular season.
Tip at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center is set for noon CT, with the game televised on the SEC Network. Richard Cross and Mark Wise will handle the broadcast, while Neil Price and Richard Williams will have the call on the MSU radio network.
The Bulldogs have won the last three meetings against the Tigers, including last year's SEC Tournament tilt, 79-52.
LAST TIME OUT
Mississippi State fell to Tennessee, 76-54. Quinndary Weatherspoon led the Bulldogs with 17 points.
LSU dropped an overtime decision at South Carolina, 83-74. Tremont Waters led the Tigers with 19 points.
RECORDS
Mississippi State, 21-9, 9-8; LSU, 16-13, 7-10.
THE SERIES
LSU leads, 109-101.
COACHES
Ben Howland enters his third year at MSU and 22nd overall. As head coach in four different stops, he is 452-248 with a 51-42 mark with the Bulldogs.
Will Wade is in his first year at LSU and is 16-13. In five years overall, he's 107-58.
QUOTABLE
"They are a team that will throw a lot of things at you, and we will have to rebound well against these guys." — MSU coach Ben Howland on LSU.
BULLDOG BITES
March 8-12, SEC Tournament in St. Louis
Tip at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center is set for noon CT, with the game televised on the SEC Network. Richard Cross and Mark Wise will handle the broadcast, while Neil Price and Richard Williams will have the call on the MSU radio network.
The Bulldogs have won the last three meetings against the Tigers, including last year's SEC Tournament tilt, 79-52.
LAST TIME OUT
Mississippi State fell to Tennessee, 76-54. Quinndary Weatherspoon led the Bulldogs with 17 points.
LSU dropped an overtime decision at South Carolina, 83-74. Tremont Waters led the Tigers with 19 points.
RECORDS
Mississippi State, 21-9, 9-8; LSU, 16-13, 7-10.
THE SERIES
LSU leads, 109-101.
COACHES
Ben Howland enters his third year at MSU and 22nd overall. As head coach in four different stops, he is 452-248 with a 51-42 mark with the Bulldogs.
Will Wade is in his first year at LSU and is 16-13. In five years overall, he's 107-58.
QUOTABLE
"They are a team that will throw a lot of things at you, and we will have to rebound well against these guys." — MSU coach Ben Howland on LSU.
BULLDOG BITES
- Sophomore guard Lamar Peters was named the SEC Player of the Week after averaging 17 points, 5.5 rebounds, 6 assists and 2.5 steals in wins against Texas A&M and South Carolina.
- MSU has won three in a row against LSU, tied for its current longest winning streak with Arkansas.
- The Bulldogs haven't defeated the Tigers four straight since 2009-11 and haven't won back-to-back games at LSU since 2010-11.
- MSU's 36 wins in Baton Rouge are its second most on the road behind Ole Miss (43).
- The MSU-LSU series (210 games) is the fourth-most played in the SEC.
- The 22-point loss to Tennessee was the largest margin of defeat this season for the Bulldogs.
- Junior guard Quinndary Weatherspoon logged 34 minutes against the Volunteers to mark the 54th game of his career he's played 30-plus minutes.
- Mississippi State now has 18 20-plus win seasons in school history.
- MSU (4th, .468) and LSU (2nd, .474) are two of the best shooting teams in the SEC.
- In his last six games, Lamar Peters has dished out 36 assists and collected 13 steals.
- The Bulldogs are seeking 22 wins for the first time since going 24-12 in 2010 and 10 SEC wins for the first time since posting a 12-4 ledger in 2008.
- Nick Weatherspoon is second in the SEC with 19 charges taken. Alabama's Herbert Jones has 20.
- Quinndary Weatherspoon has 1,293 points for his career, the 21st most in school history and 7 points shy of tying Timmy Bowers for the 20th most.
- Aric Holman has 123-career blocked shots, now the 7th most in school history.
- Abdul Ado has a team-high 57 blocked shots, the fourth most by a freshman in school history. He's one shy of tying Rickey Brown for the third most.
- MSU is T13th nationally with its 5.3 blocks, while Abdul Ado is tied 45th in the country at 1.97.
- MSU is also 47th in the nation in field goal defense at 41.5 percent and 54th in points allowed (67.4).
- The Bulldogs have held 11 of its 17 SEC foes below their scoring average and 23 of 30 overall.
- Both Nick Weatherspoon and Quinndary Weatherspoon are finalists for the Howell Trophy.
- The MSU men and women have combined for nation's best 51-9 record.
March 8-12, SEC Tournament in St. Louis
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