Postgame Notes: State at LSU

TEAM NOTES

Mississippi State extended the SEC's longest active winning streak to five games in dominating fashion as the Bulldogs blitzed LSU, 87-67, to improve to 19-8 overall and 8-6 in SEC action.
The victory also enabled State to strengthen its hold on seventh place in the SEC standings, two games clear of LSU, Ole Miss and Texas A&M. State also is now one game behind Florida and Kentucky, who are tied for fifth place.
The Bulldogs have won back-to-back decisions over LSU under second-year coach Chris Jans. The 20-point win was the program's largest margin of victory in Baton Rouge dating back to a 61-39 triumph on 01/09/2008.
State has held its opponents to less than 70 points in 45 of 61 games (73.8 percent) over two seasons under Coach Jans.
The Bulldogs have won 11 of their 14 games under Coach Jans during February, while Coach Jans is 48-12 overall over his eight seasons at the NCAA Division I level in February games.
This season, State has won 14 of their 19 games by 10-plus points.
The Maroon and White moved to 15-1 this season and 33-4 over the last two seasons under Coach Jans when leading at the half.
The Bulldogs hit 19 of their 30 field goals on the interior en route to outscoring LSU, 38-36, in paint points.
State tucked away a 37-34 rebounding advantage and has won the battle of the boards during 21 of 27 games this season.
The Maroon and White hauled down 16 offensive rebounds, which led to a season-best 27 of the game's 37 points on second-chance opportunities.
Another key for State was firing off a dominate 41-12 advantage in bench points and have outscored its opponent in 18 outings this season. In those 18 aforementioned contests, the Bulldogs have outscored their opponents by a 633-225 margin.
State improved to 16-4 this season and 24-5 over the last two seasons with Coach Jans at the helm when scoring 70 or more points. Overall, teams under Coach Jans' direction are 121-18 when accomplishing the feat.
The Maroon and White improved to 19-6 this season and 35-9 over the last two seasons under Coach Jans when shooting 40.0 percent or higher.
State connected on 30-of-65 from the floor (46.2 percent), sank 10-of-21 from three-point territory (47.6 percent) and hit on 17-of-22 at the charity stripe (77.3 percent).
The Maroon and White improved to 13-2 this season and 21-4 over the last two seasons under Coach Jans when making 15 or more free throws.
The 47.6 three-point shooting percentage is a season's best for State.
Conversely, LSU turned in a 24-for-58 shooting effort (41.4 percent), connected on 3-for-17 of its three-pointers (17.6 percent) and produced a 16-for-22 clip from the free throw line (72.7 percent).

PLAYER NOTES

Josh Hubbard

Earned the nod in State's starting five for the 8th straight game.
Collected a career-high 32 points, 19 of which came after halftime. He drained 5 of his career-best 6 three-pointers during the second half.
The 32-point effort is the most scored by a State player under Coach Jans.
Became the first State player to score 30+ points during a game since Iverson Molinar tallied 30 at No. 12 Kentucky on 01/25/2022.
Produced double figures in 22 of 27 games fueled by 20+ points in 7 outings this season.
Amassed 412 total points, which is 5th-most for a freshman in program history through 27 games and the most since Rickey Brown (1976-77).
Matched a career-high with 9 field goals made. He also accomplished the feat at Florida and versus Northwestern earlier this season
His 13th outing with 5+ field goals and his 5th effort with 5+ three-pointers made.
Drained 76 of his 128 field goals from beyond the arc (59.4 percent).
A flawless 8-for-8 effort at the free throw line. The 8 foul shots made also was a season-high.

Cameron Matthews

Started his 47th straight outing and 60 of the team's 61 games over the last two seasons.
Compiled 8 points, 2 assists, a steal and a block after battling first-half foul trouble.
Handed out multiple dimes for the 19th time this season with 44 of his 62 games with multiple assists occurring during the 2022-23 and 2023-24 seasons.
Matthews' lone rebound moved him into sole-possession of 25th-place on the program's career rebounds list with 593 rebounds.
He passed Terry Kusnierz (1971-72-73) on the program's list during tonight's game.

Shakeel Moore

Made 63 of his 65 career starts while at State and has started the team's last 19 games.
Secured 5 points, 3 assists, 3 rebounds and 2 steals.
Dished out 3+ assists for the 6th time this season with 19 of his 32 games of 3+ dimes at State coming against SEC competition.
Registered multiple steals for the 7th time this season with 40 of his 51 games of 2+ steals coming at State.

Jimmy Bell Jr.

Inserted into the starting five for the second-straight game and the 16th time this year.
Started his 50th game over the last two seasons between Mississippi State and West Virginia. Overall, Bell Jr. has started in 114 of 142 career games.
Recorded 2 rebounds and a steal.

Shawn Jones Jr.

Registered the starting nod for the fifth straight game, the sixth time this season and the sixth time over his 51 career appearances.
State improves to 5-1 this season with Jones Jr. in the starting lineup.
Tacked on a point, an assist, a steal, a rebound and a block.

Bench

Tolu Smith III produced 19 points on 8-of-14 from the floor and hauled down 9 rebounds.
Notched double figures in 12 of 15 outings this season and in 77 of 100 games at State.
The 19 points gives Smith III 1,462 for his career and moves him into sole possession of 14th place on the program's all-time points list.
Smith III passed Charles Rhodes (2005-06-07-08), Cameron Burns (1989-90-91) and Ravern Johnson (2008-09-10-11) during tonight's game.
Finished with a team-best +27 plus/minus rating during his time on the floor.
Marked his 11th game of the season and 57th career game of 5+ made field goals.
Secured multiple blocks for the 2nd time this season and the 15th time of his career.
Smith III's 8 made field goals moved him into sole possession of 13th-place as he passed Gavin Ware (2013-14-15-16) on the program's list. He has knocked down 540 career field goals.
KeShawn Murphy nearly compiled his first career double-double with 11 points, 9 rebounds, a block and a steal.
The first time in his career that Murphy has racked up consecutive games with 10+ points.
Pumped home 8.8 points and 5.8 rebounds per contest over his last five games.
Secured his 4th outing of the season and 6th career outing in double figures.
Recorded his 4th game of the season and 6th game of his career with 5+ rebounds.
Dashawn Davis tucked away 6 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists.
Distributed 3+ assists for the 16th time of 2023-24.
Drained multiple treys for the 6th occasion this season and the 16th career outing.
D.J. Jeffries tacked on 3 points, 2 assists and a block.
Dished out multiple assists for the 13th outing of 2023-24 and 72nd outing of his career.
Trey Fort rounded out the scoring with 2 points.

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Players Mentioned

Jimmy Bell Jr.

Dashawn Davis

Trey Fort

Josh Hubbard

D.J. Jeffries

Shawn Jones Jr.

Cameron Matthews

Shakeel Moore

KeShawn Murphy

Tolu Smith III

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