Postgame Notes: State vs. Michigan State

TEAM NOTES

Mississippi State returned to college basketball's biggest stage for the second straight year and falls to Michigan State, 69-51, during Thursday's NCAA First Round action in Charlotte, North Carolina.
The Bulldogs finish the 2023-24 season with a 21-14 record.
The two programs met for only the second time on the hardwood. The Bulldogs fall to 0-2 all-time against the Spartans.
Nine of Mississippi State's 14 NCAA Tournament appearances have been since 2002.
In 2023-24, Jans became the 3rd coach during the 2000s, and the 4th coach in SEC history, to amass at least 21 wins and secure an NCAA Tournament berth during each of his first two seasons.
State's back-to-back NCAA Tournament bids enabled Jans to join Jon Scheyer (Duke) and Rodney Terry (Texas) as the only three NCAA second-year head coaches to secure back-to-back NCAA Tournament bids.
State moves to 3-1 versus Big Ten opponents under Coach Jans.
The Maroon and White have posted an 8-3 mark against non-conference Power 6 Basketball schools (ACC, Big EAST, Big Ten, Big 12 and Pac-12) under Coach Jans.
State moves to 8-2 this season and 13-5 overall over the last two seasons under Coach Jans on neutral floors. Overall, Coach Jans is 38-18 in his 8th season as an NCAA Division I coach on neutral floors.
With Coach Jans at the helm, the Bulldogs are 23-5 versus non-conference opponents.
Overall, the Bulldogs have held their opponents to less than 70 points in 48 of 69 games (69.6. percent) under Coach Jans.
The Bulldogs drop to 13-6 this season and 21-8 over the last two seasons under Coach Jans during day games.
State scored 13 of its 20 field goals on the interior en route to edging the Spartans by a 26-24 advantage in paint points.
The Bulldogs earned an 11-10 advantage in fast break points.
The Bulldogs connected on 20-of-54 from the field (37.0 percent), knocked down 6-of-27 from three-point range (22.2 percent) and sank 5-of-10 at the free throw line (50.0 percent).
The Maroon and White fell to 18-7 this season and 33-16 over the last two seasons under Coach Jans when attempting more free throws than its opponent.
Conversely, Michigan State logged a 27-for-54 shooting effort (50.0 percent), sank 10-for-23 of its triples (43.5 percent) and turned in a 5-for-6 effort from the charity stripe (83.3 percent).

PLAYER NOTES

Josh Hubbard

Earned the nod in State's starting five for the 16th straight game.
Collected a team-leading 15 points including 13 in the first half and has tallied double figures in 30 of 35 games.
Averaged 24.2 points along with knocking down 38 three-pointers over his last 9 contests.
For the season, marked 108 of 184 field goals (58.7 percent) from outside the three-point line.
Tallied 5+ made field goals for the 21st time this season.
Knocked down 2+ treys for the 29th time of 2023-24.
Recorded multiple dimes for the 18th outing of 2023-24.

Cameron Matthews

Started his 55th straight contest and in 68 of the team's 69 games over the last two seasons.
Filled the stat sheet with 8 points, 5 rebounds, 4 steals, 2 assists and 2 blocks.
Hauled in 5+ rebounds for the 27th outing this season.
Swiped 3+ steals for the 13th time of 2023-24 and 28th time of his career.
Secured 2+ blocks for the 5th outing of the season and 14th career outing.
Distributed multiple assists for the 26th time of 2023-24 and 69th time of his career.
51 of his 69 games with multiple assists, 49 of his 67 games with 5+ rebounds and 35 of his 54 games with 2+ steals have occurred during the 2022-23 and 2023-24 seasons.

D.J. Jeffries

Made his 27th start of the season and has started in 92 of 101 games in the Maroon and White.
Recorded 8 points and 2 rebounds.
Drained multiple threes for the 7th time of 2023-24 and 35th time of his career.

Tolu Smith III

Started his 19th game of the season and 103 of his 108 games as a Bulldog.
Put up 9 points, 2 rebounds, an assist and a steal.

D.J. Jeffries

Made his 27th start of the season and has started in 92 of 101 games in the Maroon and White.
Recorded 8 points and 2 rebounds.
Drained multiple threes for the 7th time of 2023-24 and 35th time of his career.

Dashawn Davis

Started his 24th game of the season and 53 of his 66 games in the Maroon and White.
Collected 4 points, 3 dimes and a rebound.
Distributed 3+ assists for 17th time which marks his 73rd career outing with 2+ assists.

Bench

Shawn Jones Jr. tacked on 5 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals.
Grabbed 5+ rebounds for 3rd time this season and 4th time of his career.
Secured 10 of his 11 games with multiple assists during the 2023-24.
Registered multiple steals for the 6th outing of the season and 10th career outing.
Shakeel Moore secured 5 points, 3 rebounds and an assist.
KeShawn Murphy added 2 assists, 2 rebounds and a steal.
Marked his 5th outing of the season and 9th career outing with multiple dimes.
Bell Jr. secured 2 points to round out the scoring.

Mississippi State University Athletics

Postgame Notes: State vs. Michigan State

Players Mentioned

Dashawn Davis

Josh Hubbard

D.J. Jeffries

Shawn Jones Jr.

Cameron Matthews

Shakeel Moore

KeShawn Murphy

Tolu Smith III

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