Friday, December 4
Starkville
7:00 PM
Mississippi State
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North Texas
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Gameday: Five Things to Know about MSU-North Texas
December 03, 2020 | Men's Basketball
by Matt Dunaway, Associate Director/Communications
STARKVILLE – Mississippi State continues its three-game homestand and faces North Texas, the defending Conference USA regular season champions, on Friday at Humphrey Coliseum.
Last time out, the Bulldogs rode a career-high 23 points from D.J. Stewart Jr. en route to a 68-51 victory over Texas State on Monday. The victory was career win No. 500 for head coach Ben Howland.
Mississippi State has dialed up a 68-19 home record and won 38 of its 42 non-conference home decisions under Howland.
MSU-NORTH TEXAS HARDWOOD SERIES
Friday's matchup is the third meeting between Mississippi State and North Texas on the hardwood. Most recently, the Bulldogs notched an 82-59 win over the Mean Green on Nov. 27, 2011 at the Hump.
Arnett Moultrie posted 20 points aided by a 10-for-10 effort at the free throw line and grabbed nine rebounds. Dee Bost tacked on 18 points, five assists and three steals, whereas Rodney Hood and Jalen Steele added 11 points apiece.
The Matchup: Mississippi State (1-2, 0-0 SEC) vs. North Texas (1-1, 0-0 Conference USA)
Where: Starkville, Mississippi – Humphrey Coliseum
When: Friday, December 4, 7:00 p.m. CT
Live Stats: StatBroadcast (https://hailst.at/MBKLiveStats)
Online Only: SEC Network+
Talent: Bart Gregory, Charlie Winfield
Online: Watch ESPN app & Watch ESPN online (Cable Subscription Required)
(https://hailst.at/UNTvsMSU120420)
Radio: Mississippi State Sports Network – Powered by Learfield IMG College
Talent: Neil Price
Affiliates: WKBB-FM 100.9 Starkville/West Point (Full List: https://hailst.at/MBKAffiliates)
Free Online Audio: Hail State Plus (https://hailst.at/MBKListen); Tune-In Radio App (https://hailst.at/MBKTuneIn)
Sirius/XM: Ch. 191 (XM), Ch. 962 (Internet)
MASKS/METAL DETECTORS/CLEAR BAGS
Mississippi State Athletics has received capacity guidelines and designed a socially distanced seating plan to host fans in the healthiest manner possible for the 2020-21 season.
The plan is focused on the recommended health and safety protocols put in place by health officials from the Mississippi State Department of Health, Mississippi State University, the city of Starkville, the Southeastern Conference and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention to protect the well-being of all student-athletes, fans and staff.
Capacity at Humphrey Coliseum for the 2020-21 season will be 25 percent as determined by the Governor's most recent Executive Order.
All fans will be required to wear a face covering, face shield or mask, over the nose and mouth during all times except when eating or drinking while inside Humphrey Coliseum.
In an effort to continue Mississippi State's long-standing commitment to provide a safe and secure environment for all fans, coaches and student-athletes, walk-through metal detectors have been implemented at all entrances of Humphrey Coliseum on basketball gamedays.
Fans will be asked to follow the instructions of the security screening staff and place large metal objects such as phones, keys and cameras in containers or in their clear bag on screening tables before passing through the walk-through metal detectors.
Fans will not be required to remove belts, watches, wallets, jewelry, shoes, jackets, coins or other small objects. The metal detectors and clear bag policies provide a safer atmosphere and speed up the entry process into The Hump.
For more gameday information, visit https://hailst.at/MBKGameday
FIVE THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT MISSISSIPPI STATE
1. Mississippi State has piled up three consecutive 20-plus win seasons and 69 total victories since the start of 2017-18. All five occurrences where the Bulldogs have posted three straight seasons of 20-plus wins have come during the 2000s. The 69 wins are tied with LSU for the fourth-highest total in the SEC and only trail Auburn, Kentucky and Tennessee since 2017-18.
Mississippi State's coaching staff led by Ben Howland along with assistant coaches George Brooks, Korey McCray and Ernie Zeigler are in their sixth season together in Starkville during the 2020-21 season. Howland collected his 500th career victory during a 68-51 win over Texas State on 11/30 and enters Friday's game with North Texas one victory shy of 100 wins at Mississippi State. The Bulldogs coaching quartet of head coach and three assistants is one of eight staffs in the country to remain together at the same school for the last six seasons. The other staffs include Michigan State (11th) led by Tom Izzo, West Virginia (9th) led by Bob Huggins, UAlbany (9th) led by Will Brown, Kansas (7th) led by Bill Self, Oregon (7th) led by Dana Altman, Vermont (7th) led by John Becker and Bradley (6th) led by Brian Wardle.
2. Iverson Molinar, Tolu Smith and D.J. Stewart Jr. are ready to etch their names among the notable freshmen-to-sophomore jumps at Mississippi State under Ben Howland. Stewart Jr. (18.3 PPG, 4.0 RPG, 2.7 APG) is one of only eight players in program history to score at least 20-plus points as a freshmen or sophomore during two of his first three games of a season since 1956-57. The last freshmen or sophomore to accomplish the feat was his former teammate, Quinndary Weatherspoon, in 2016-17. Only Bailey Howell in 1956-57 has scored at least 20-plus points as a freshmen or sophomore during the first three games of a season. Stewart Jr.'s 18.3 points per game are seventh on the SEC leaderboard.
Smith (14.7 PPG, 7.3 RPG, 1.7 BPG) has joined Stewart Jr. in double figures during each of MSU's first three games. He teamed with Stewart Jr. to provide 20 points each versus Liberty (11/26). The pair of redshirt sophomores are one of nine MSU combos to score 20 points in a game as freshmen or sophomore since 1986-87. Four of the nine combos have come during the Ben Howland era, most recently Reggie Perry (24 PTS) and Stewart Jr. (20 PTS) versus Tennessee (02/01/2020). Smith's 1.7 blocks per game are tied for fourth in the SEC rankings.
Molinar is slated to make his 2020-21 season debut during Friday's game versus North Texas. He started his freshman campaign strong and registered 10-plus points in four of his first five outings, highlighted by a career-best 21 points against Tulane (11/21/2019). Molinar and Stewart Jr. teamed with Tyson Carter, the SEC's Sixth Man of the Year, to provide 83.3 percent of the team's bench points when coming off the bench a season ago.
3. Abdul Ado (7.0 PPG, 5.7 RPG, 1.0 BPG), the SEC's active leader in blocks and rebounds, became the eighth player to make his 100th career start in the Maroon and White versus Texas State (11/30) going back to the 1986-87 season. Not only is Ado the SEC's active leader in rebounds and blocks, he ranks third overall among NCAA active players in blocks and 10th among active Power 5 players.
Ado has ranked among the SEC's top 10 in blocks shots during each of his first three seasons and his 1.0 blocks per game are tied for ninth this season. Overall, Ado has piled up 185 career blocks, which ranks fifth in program history. His 1.83 career blocks per game is third in program history only behind NCAA all-time leader Jarvis Varnado and Erick Dampier.
Ado is the leader on Mississippi State's all-time field goal percentage heading into the North Texas game among players with at least 200 baskets made. His 61.0 career shooting clip also checks in second among active Power 5 players and is fourth-highest overall among the NCAA active players.
4. Mississippi State's roster features a talented group of newcomers. The freshmen class is ignited by Deivon Smith (4.7 PPG, 4.7 RPG, 3.0 APG, 1.0 SPG) and Cameron Matthews (3.3 PPG, 3.3 RPG, 2.3 APG, 2.0 SPG), who became the first freshmen tandem to start the season opener since Tyson Carter and Mario Kegler during the 2016-17 season.
Smith, the eighth ESPN top 100 signee to play with the Bulldogs under head coach Ben Howland, tallied a solid all-around effort with 10 points, five assists and two steals during the Liberty game (11/26). Last time out, Matthews handed out five assists against zero turnovers against Texas State (11/30), while his 2.0 steals per game are ninth among SEC leaders. MSU's freshmen class also features Keondre Montgomery and Derek Fountain, who coupled with Matthews are the state of Mississippi's top three prospects for the Class of 2020. Montgomery and Fountain made their MSU debuts against Texas State (11/30)
5. Mississippi State's top three performers off the bench have been Jalen Johnson (6.0 PPG, 3.3 RPG), Quinten Post (4.5 PPG, 2.5 RPG, 1.5 APG, 1.0 BPG) and Javian Davis (3.3 PPG, 6.0 RPG) to start the 2020-21 season.
Johnson piled up 1,061 points and 495 rebounds between his three seasons at Saint Louis and Louisiana-Lafayette. He has collected 50 career outings of 10-plus points and 11 outings of 20-plus points. Johnson has tallied at least five points in all three games and secured a season's best seven points, four rebounds and two assists against Liberty (11/26).
Post put forth his best all-around effort during his first extended action in the Maroon and White. He pumped in career-highs with nine points, five rebounds, three assists and two blocks during the Texas State game (11/30).
Davis posted 6.0 points and 3.8 rebounds per game over his 31 appearances as a redshirt freshmen at Alabama in 2019-20. His top Bama performance was a 20-point, 10-rebound effort against South Carolina (02/29/2020). Davis provided seven points, eight rebounds and a block against Texas State (11/30).
FROM THE LOCKER ROOM
HEAD COACH BEN HOWLAND
"Iverson came back Tuesday … and was cleared. He practiced with us yesterday for about half of the practice. Today, he can go three-quarters of the practice. Then, he'll be turned loose tomorrow. Iverson adds one of our top three scorers back to the lineup. We obviously missed him tremendously in these first three games. First of all, he's one of our best two or three perimeter shooters on the team. He, Jalen [Johnson] and D.J. [Stewart Jr.] are our three best shooters on the perimeter. Every day, he's put so much time in on his shot. His shooting is one of the best on the team, but he can score at all three levels. He's great at attacking the basket. He's great on the pull-ups, off the dribble and creating then jumping back. He has a 46-inch running vertical. He's really good at the line, and he gets fouled a lot. There's no question in my mind that he's going to be one of our top three leading scorers when the dust clears at the end of the year."
"North Texas won Conference USA last year. They have the [C-USA] player of the year returning in [Javion] Hamlet, their point guard, who is very good. [James] Reese is a great player, who is their two guard. I really like their big inside [Zachary Simmons]. They have the majority of that team back that won the conference, 14-4 in Conference USA. They're going to be a very hard team for us. They lost at Arkansas the other day, and I watched that game. Arkansas has a really good team this year … In any event, they're going to be a tough game for us. They're very well-coached. He [Grant McCasland] does a great job with his team. They're very patient offensively, so it's a grind-it-out affair. They average 52 shots per game on the season last year. They play very good defense, really good half-court and man-to-man. They'll switch ball screens [onto positions] one-through-five. They'll try and ice the side ball screens. They're physical, they're strong and they're quick. We've got our hands full, and it's a very difficult opponent."
"I thought we got better defensively in that game [versus Texas State], especially in the second half. Our defense really tightened up and did a great job. That's why we won the game. Good defensive teams should get offense out of their defense, and we started to get that. I thought that D.J. Stewart [Jr.] really played well last game, obviously. He was 5-of-6 from three, and he's very capable of doing that on a regular basis. He did so many good things. He was having to play on the ball a lot. I'm really excited about having Iverson [Molinar] back because it will loosen him up to be more aggressive offensively, which means D.J. can get out in transition and attack the rim in the open floor. D.J. and Iverson are going to be two of our three leading scorers this year. They play well off of each other."
KNOW YOUR OPPONENT
The reigning Conference USA regular season champions have defeated Mississippi Valley State (116-62) on Nov. 26 and fallen to Arkansas (69-54) on Nov. 28 during the young season. North Texas has secured three consecutive 20-plus win seasons under fourth-year coach Grant McCasland.
Javion Hamlet (9.0 PPG, 7.5 APG), the 2020 C-USA Player and Newcomer of the Year, has posted a 2.5 assist-to-turnover ratio and dished out a career-best 11 dimes versus Mississippi Valley State.
Mardrez McBride (14.5 PPG), Zachary Simmons (13.0 PPG, 7.0 RPG), James Reese (13.0 PPG) and Abou Ousmane (10.0 PPG) give the Mean Green four players averaging double figures. McBride and Reese did the heavy lifting with 21 points apiece fueled by a combined 11 three-pointers during the Mississippi Valley State victory, while Simmons has connected on 66.7 percent of his field goal attempts.
UP NEXT
Mississippi State is slated to play the final leg of its three-game homestand versus Jackson State on Tuesday. Tip time is set for 8 p.m. CT televised by SEC Network and available online courtesy of the Watch ESPN app.
Visit www.HailState.com for the latest news and information on the men's basketball program. Fans also can follow the program on its social media outlets by searching 'HailStateMBK' on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
STARKVILLE – Mississippi State continues its three-game homestand and faces North Texas, the defending Conference USA regular season champions, on Friday at Humphrey Coliseum.
Last time out, the Bulldogs rode a career-high 23 points from D.J. Stewart Jr. en route to a 68-51 victory over Texas State on Monday. The victory was career win No. 500 for head coach Ben Howland.
Mississippi State has dialed up a 68-19 home record and won 38 of its 42 non-conference home decisions under Howland.
MSU-NORTH TEXAS HARDWOOD SERIES
Friday's matchup is the third meeting between Mississippi State and North Texas on the hardwood. Most recently, the Bulldogs notched an 82-59 win over the Mean Green on Nov. 27, 2011 at the Hump.
Arnett Moultrie posted 20 points aided by a 10-for-10 effort at the free throw line and grabbed nine rebounds. Dee Bost tacked on 18 points, five assists and three steals, whereas Rodney Hood and Jalen Steele added 11 points apiece.
The Matchup: Mississippi State (1-2, 0-0 SEC) vs. North Texas (1-1, 0-0 Conference USA)
Where: Starkville, Mississippi – Humphrey Coliseum
When: Friday, December 4, 7:00 p.m. CT
Live Stats: StatBroadcast (https://hailst.at/MBKLiveStats)
Online Only: SEC Network+
Talent: Bart Gregory, Charlie Winfield
Online: Watch ESPN app & Watch ESPN online (Cable Subscription Required)
(https://hailst.at/UNTvsMSU120420)
Radio: Mississippi State Sports Network – Powered by Learfield IMG College
Talent: Neil Price
Affiliates: WKBB-FM 100.9 Starkville/West Point (Full List: https://hailst.at/MBKAffiliates)
Free Online Audio: Hail State Plus (https://hailst.at/MBKListen); Tune-In Radio App (https://hailst.at/MBKTuneIn)
Sirius/XM: Ch. 191 (XM), Ch. 962 (Internet)
MASKS/METAL DETECTORS/CLEAR BAGS
Mississippi State Athletics has received capacity guidelines and designed a socially distanced seating plan to host fans in the healthiest manner possible for the 2020-21 season.
The plan is focused on the recommended health and safety protocols put in place by health officials from the Mississippi State Department of Health, Mississippi State University, the city of Starkville, the Southeastern Conference and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention to protect the well-being of all student-athletes, fans and staff.
Capacity at Humphrey Coliseum for the 2020-21 season will be 25 percent as determined by the Governor's most recent Executive Order.
All fans will be required to wear a face covering, face shield or mask, over the nose and mouth during all times except when eating or drinking while inside Humphrey Coliseum.
In an effort to continue Mississippi State's long-standing commitment to provide a safe and secure environment for all fans, coaches and student-athletes, walk-through metal detectors have been implemented at all entrances of Humphrey Coliseum on basketball gamedays.
Fans will be asked to follow the instructions of the security screening staff and place large metal objects such as phones, keys and cameras in containers or in their clear bag on screening tables before passing through the walk-through metal detectors.
Fans will not be required to remove belts, watches, wallets, jewelry, shoes, jackets, coins or other small objects. The metal detectors and clear bag policies provide a safer atmosphere and speed up the entry process into The Hump.
For more gameday information, visit https://hailst.at/MBKGameday
FIVE THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT MISSISSIPPI STATE
1. Mississippi State has piled up three consecutive 20-plus win seasons and 69 total victories since the start of 2017-18. All five occurrences where the Bulldogs have posted three straight seasons of 20-plus wins have come during the 2000s. The 69 wins are tied with LSU for the fourth-highest total in the SEC and only trail Auburn, Kentucky and Tennessee since 2017-18.
Mississippi State's coaching staff led by Ben Howland along with assistant coaches George Brooks, Korey McCray and Ernie Zeigler are in their sixth season together in Starkville during the 2020-21 season. Howland collected his 500th career victory during a 68-51 win over Texas State on 11/30 and enters Friday's game with North Texas one victory shy of 100 wins at Mississippi State. The Bulldogs coaching quartet of head coach and three assistants is one of eight staffs in the country to remain together at the same school for the last six seasons. The other staffs include Michigan State (11th) led by Tom Izzo, West Virginia (9th) led by Bob Huggins, UAlbany (9th) led by Will Brown, Kansas (7th) led by Bill Self, Oregon (7th) led by Dana Altman, Vermont (7th) led by John Becker and Bradley (6th) led by Brian Wardle.
2. Iverson Molinar, Tolu Smith and D.J. Stewart Jr. are ready to etch their names among the notable freshmen-to-sophomore jumps at Mississippi State under Ben Howland. Stewart Jr. (18.3 PPG, 4.0 RPG, 2.7 APG) is one of only eight players in program history to score at least 20-plus points as a freshmen or sophomore during two of his first three games of a season since 1956-57. The last freshmen or sophomore to accomplish the feat was his former teammate, Quinndary Weatherspoon, in 2016-17. Only Bailey Howell in 1956-57 has scored at least 20-plus points as a freshmen or sophomore during the first three games of a season. Stewart Jr.'s 18.3 points per game are seventh on the SEC leaderboard.
Smith (14.7 PPG, 7.3 RPG, 1.7 BPG) has joined Stewart Jr. in double figures during each of MSU's first three games. He teamed with Stewart Jr. to provide 20 points each versus Liberty (11/26). The pair of redshirt sophomores are one of nine MSU combos to score 20 points in a game as freshmen or sophomore since 1986-87. Four of the nine combos have come during the Ben Howland era, most recently Reggie Perry (24 PTS) and Stewart Jr. (20 PTS) versus Tennessee (02/01/2020). Smith's 1.7 blocks per game are tied for fourth in the SEC rankings.
Molinar is slated to make his 2020-21 season debut during Friday's game versus North Texas. He started his freshman campaign strong and registered 10-plus points in four of his first five outings, highlighted by a career-best 21 points against Tulane (11/21/2019). Molinar and Stewart Jr. teamed with Tyson Carter, the SEC's Sixth Man of the Year, to provide 83.3 percent of the team's bench points when coming off the bench a season ago.
3. Abdul Ado (7.0 PPG, 5.7 RPG, 1.0 BPG), the SEC's active leader in blocks and rebounds, became the eighth player to make his 100th career start in the Maroon and White versus Texas State (11/30) going back to the 1986-87 season. Not only is Ado the SEC's active leader in rebounds and blocks, he ranks third overall among NCAA active players in blocks and 10th among active Power 5 players.
Ado has ranked among the SEC's top 10 in blocks shots during each of his first three seasons and his 1.0 blocks per game are tied for ninth this season. Overall, Ado has piled up 185 career blocks, which ranks fifth in program history. His 1.83 career blocks per game is third in program history only behind NCAA all-time leader Jarvis Varnado and Erick Dampier.
Ado is the leader on Mississippi State's all-time field goal percentage heading into the North Texas game among players with at least 200 baskets made. His 61.0 career shooting clip also checks in second among active Power 5 players and is fourth-highest overall among the NCAA active players.
4. Mississippi State's roster features a talented group of newcomers. The freshmen class is ignited by Deivon Smith (4.7 PPG, 4.7 RPG, 3.0 APG, 1.0 SPG) and Cameron Matthews (3.3 PPG, 3.3 RPG, 2.3 APG, 2.0 SPG), who became the first freshmen tandem to start the season opener since Tyson Carter and Mario Kegler during the 2016-17 season.
Smith, the eighth ESPN top 100 signee to play with the Bulldogs under head coach Ben Howland, tallied a solid all-around effort with 10 points, five assists and two steals during the Liberty game (11/26). Last time out, Matthews handed out five assists against zero turnovers against Texas State (11/30), while his 2.0 steals per game are ninth among SEC leaders. MSU's freshmen class also features Keondre Montgomery and Derek Fountain, who coupled with Matthews are the state of Mississippi's top three prospects for the Class of 2020. Montgomery and Fountain made their MSU debuts against Texas State (11/30)
5. Mississippi State's top three performers off the bench have been Jalen Johnson (6.0 PPG, 3.3 RPG), Quinten Post (4.5 PPG, 2.5 RPG, 1.5 APG, 1.0 BPG) and Javian Davis (3.3 PPG, 6.0 RPG) to start the 2020-21 season.
Johnson piled up 1,061 points and 495 rebounds between his three seasons at Saint Louis and Louisiana-Lafayette. He has collected 50 career outings of 10-plus points and 11 outings of 20-plus points. Johnson has tallied at least five points in all three games and secured a season's best seven points, four rebounds and two assists against Liberty (11/26).
Post put forth his best all-around effort during his first extended action in the Maroon and White. He pumped in career-highs with nine points, five rebounds, three assists and two blocks during the Texas State game (11/30).
Davis posted 6.0 points and 3.8 rebounds per game over his 31 appearances as a redshirt freshmen at Alabama in 2019-20. His top Bama performance was a 20-point, 10-rebound effort against South Carolina (02/29/2020). Davis provided seven points, eight rebounds and a block against Texas State (11/30).
FROM THE LOCKER ROOM
HEAD COACH BEN HOWLAND
"Iverson came back Tuesday … and was cleared. He practiced with us yesterday for about half of the practice. Today, he can go three-quarters of the practice. Then, he'll be turned loose tomorrow. Iverson adds one of our top three scorers back to the lineup. We obviously missed him tremendously in these first three games. First of all, he's one of our best two or three perimeter shooters on the team. He, Jalen [Johnson] and D.J. [Stewart Jr.] are our three best shooters on the perimeter. Every day, he's put so much time in on his shot. His shooting is one of the best on the team, but he can score at all three levels. He's great at attacking the basket. He's great on the pull-ups, off the dribble and creating then jumping back. He has a 46-inch running vertical. He's really good at the line, and he gets fouled a lot. There's no question in my mind that he's going to be one of our top three leading scorers when the dust clears at the end of the year."
"North Texas won Conference USA last year. They have the [C-USA] player of the year returning in [Javion] Hamlet, their point guard, who is very good. [James] Reese is a great player, who is their two guard. I really like their big inside [Zachary Simmons]. They have the majority of that team back that won the conference, 14-4 in Conference USA. They're going to be a very hard team for us. They lost at Arkansas the other day, and I watched that game. Arkansas has a really good team this year … In any event, they're going to be a tough game for us. They're very well-coached. He [Grant McCasland] does a great job with his team. They're very patient offensively, so it's a grind-it-out affair. They average 52 shots per game on the season last year. They play very good defense, really good half-court and man-to-man. They'll switch ball screens [onto positions] one-through-five. They'll try and ice the side ball screens. They're physical, they're strong and they're quick. We've got our hands full, and it's a very difficult opponent."
"I thought we got better defensively in that game [versus Texas State], especially in the second half. Our defense really tightened up and did a great job. That's why we won the game. Good defensive teams should get offense out of their defense, and we started to get that. I thought that D.J. Stewart [Jr.] really played well last game, obviously. He was 5-of-6 from three, and he's very capable of doing that on a regular basis. He did so many good things. He was having to play on the ball a lot. I'm really excited about having Iverson [Molinar] back because it will loosen him up to be more aggressive offensively, which means D.J. can get out in transition and attack the rim in the open floor. D.J. and Iverson are going to be two of our three leading scorers this year. They play well off of each other."
KNOW YOUR OPPONENT
The reigning Conference USA regular season champions have defeated Mississippi Valley State (116-62) on Nov. 26 and fallen to Arkansas (69-54) on Nov. 28 during the young season. North Texas has secured three consecutive 20-plus win seasons under fourth-year coach Grant McCasland.
Javion Hamlet (9.0 PPG, 7.5 APG), the 2020 C-USA Player and Newcomer of the Year, has posted a 2.5 assist-to-turnover ratio and dished out a career-best 11 dimes versus Mississippi Valley State.
Mardrez McBride (14.5 PPG), Zachary Simmons (13.0 PPG, 7.0 RPG), James Reese (13.0 PPG) and Abou Ousmane (10.0 PPG) give the Mean Green four players averaging double figures. McBride and Reese did the heavy lifting with 21 points apiece fueled by a combined 11 three-pointers during the Mississippi Valley State victory, while Simmons has connected on 66.7 percent of his field goal attempts.
UP NEXT
Mississippi State is slated to play the final leg of its three-game homestand versus Jackson State on Tuesday. Tip time is set for 8 p.m. CT televised by SEC Network and available online courtesy of the Watch ESPN app.
Visit www.HailState.com for the latest news and information on the men's basketball program. Fans also can follow the program on its social media outlets by searching 'HailStateMBK' on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
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