Postgame Notes: No. 14 State vs. No.20 Missouri

TEAM NOTES

No. 14 Mississippi State was handed an 88-61 defeat by No. 20 Missouri on Saturday afternoon at Humphrey Coliseum.
The Bulldogs dropped to 16-6 overall and to 4-5 in SEC play.
Six of State's last seven opponents were ranked inside the Associated Press Top 25, four of six squads were ranked among the AP Top 10.
After today's loss, the Bulldogs still hold a 14-7 series advantage over Missouri. The Tigers have two of the last three in the series.
Missouri used nine three-pointers during the first half to build a 45-31 halftime lead. Overall, the Tigers drained 15 triples en route to the 27-point decision.
The Bulldogs drop to 8-6 versus NCAA NET Quad 1 and Quad 2 opponents on the season.
State is 5-1 this season and 26-9 over the last three seasons under Coach Jans during day games. Day games are considered contests that tipoff before 5 p.m. local time.
The Josh Hubbard-Claudell Harris Jr.-RJ Melendez-Cameron Matthews and Michael Nwoko combination started its 12th consecutive game, its 13th overall outing of 2024-25 and fell to 8-5 on the season.
The Bulldogs got out in transition and converted 14 of the game's 20 fastbreak points.
State tallied six steals to bring its season total to 209 which sits at fourth place in program history through 22 games.
As a team, State connected on 20-of-55 from the field (36.4 percent), recorded an 8-of-26 clip from three point-territory (30.8 percent) and sank 13-of-20 at the foul line (65.0 percent).
The Bulldogs have now drained 186 three pointers this season which sits at third best in program history through 22 games.
Conversely, Missouri recorded a 33-for-60 shooting effort (55.0 percent), hit on a 15-for-32 three-point clip (46.9 percent) and knocked down 7-10 at the charity stripe (70.0 percent).

PLAYER NOTES

Josh Hubbard

Started his 36th consecutive game over the last two seasons.
Notched 13 of his team-high 24 points during the first half.
Collected double figures for the 21st time this season and for the 30th time during his last 31 outings.
Made it back-to-back outings and gives him 21 career games with 20-plus points
The 24 points enabled Hubbard to vault into 43rd place on the program's all-time scoring list passing Horatio Webster (1997-98), Marcus Grant (1992-93-94-95) and Winsome Frazier (2002-03-04-05).
Compiled 985 points for his career, which is third-most in program history through 57 career games. He's 15 away from becoming the 45th player with 1,000.
Finished the game with six triples which tied his season's best for the second straight game.
Buried five-plus treys for the fifth time this season and the 13th occasion of his career.
Knocked down multiple triples in 19 of 22 games this season and in 48 of 57 career games.
His six treys bring his career total to 179 which sits 9th in program history.
Buried at least one trey in 35 straight games dating back to the Georgia game on 02/07/2024. The 35-game run is the 2nd longest streak in program history.
Added two assists and a steal.
Distributed multiple assists in 20 of 22 games this season.

Claudell Harris Jr.

Made his 12th consecutive start, his 15th start this season and the 79th start of his career.
65 of his 79 starts have come over his last three seasons.
Added six points, four rebounds and an assist.

RJ Melendez

Made his 16th start in State's last 17 games and his 43rd start in 112 career games.
Provided three points to go along with a rebound, a dime and a steal.

Cameron Matthews

Started in 88 of the team's last 91 games over the last three seasons under Coach Jans.
Competed in his school-record 155th game.
Scored the first bucket for the Bulldogs on a fastbreak layup.
Added six points, five rebounds, five dimes and two steals.
Brought his career total to 249 steals as he continues to build on his school record which he set during the McNeese game on 12/14.
Grabbed five boards in 18 out of 22 games this season and in 85 outings in his career.
Collected multiple steals for the 18th time this season and in 72 career games.
Dished out at least five assists for the 20th time in his career where State fell to 15-5 in those games.

Michael Nwoko

Made his 19th straight start and his 21st career start between State and Miami over the last two seasons.
Recorded two points coupled with four rebounds, two blocks and a steal.
All six of his games with multiple rejections have come this year at State.

BENCH NOTES

KeShawn Murphy scored 16 of the 20 bench points for State.
Nearly made it a double-double by collecting a team-high nine rebounds and two blocks.
State is 9-3 this season and 14-4 over his career when Murphy reaches double figures.
Grabbed at least five boards in 17 out of 22 games this season.
Registered six of his eight outings of multiple blocks in 2024-25.
Dellquan Warren added two dimes and a rebound.
Dished out multiple assists in seven of his 14 appearances.

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Postgame Notes: No. 14 State vs. No.20 Missouri

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