Postgame Notes: MSU at Georgia

TEAM NOTES

Mississippi State dropped a 58-50 contest at Georgia. The loss ends State's five-game winning streak over Georgia in the all-time series.
After trailing 18-11 at the 3:34 mark of the first half, State scored 15 of the next 19 points to grab a 26-22 advantage with 17:39 left in the second half.
Mississippi State forced Georgia into 18 turnovers and committed only nine turnovers on the offensive end. State has committed fewer turnovers than its opponents in 12 of 16 games this season.
State's defense collected 12 steals which marks the ninth time that the Bulldogs have come away with double-digit steals.
As a team, State connected on 18-of-61 from the floor (29.5 percent), 7-of-27 from beyond the three-point line (25.9 percent) and 7-of-22 from the free throw line (31.8 percent).
Conversely, Georgia was 14-of-47 on its shot attempts (29.8 percent), made 5-of-23 of its triples (21.7 percent) and were 25-of-31 at the charity stripe (80.6 percent).

PLAYER NOTES

Tolu Smith

Eric Reed Jr.

D.J. Jeffries

Totaled 10 points, seven rebounds, two assists and two blocks.
Reached double figures for the 10th time this season, second on the team.
Marked his 52nd career outing with 10+ points.
Pulled to within 69 points from reaching 1,000 in his career
Started 47 of his 50 career games at State.
Hit multiple three-pointers for the sixth time this season and 23rd time in his career.

Cameron Matthews

Dashawn Davis

Bench

Shakeel Moore was State's top performer off the bench with 15 points, four steals, three rebounds and two assists.
The 15 points aided by a season's best three triples was his second-highest total of 2022-23 and second-best outing during a SEC game.
Marked his ninth game of 2022-23 and 38th time in 73 career games with multiple steals.
Will McNair Jr. and Tyler Stevenson rounded out the scoring for State with two points each.

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