Postgame Notes: State at LSU

TEAM NOTES

Mississippi State returned to the win column and led to wire-to-wire during an 80-66 victory over LSU on Wednesday evening at the Maravach Center.
The Maroon and White have won their sixth straight decision over the Tigers under Coach Jans. All six wins for State have come by 10+ points against LSU.
The Bulldogs connected on 17 of their first 27 shot attempts to build a 44-17 advantage during the game's first 17 minutes.
State took a 44-21 lead into the locker room. The 23-point advantage was the largest halftime lead for the Bulldogs this season and also marked the second-largest spread against an SEC opponent under Coach Jans.
The 14-point victory was State's 19th win over a SEC opponent by double-digit points under Coach Jans. It also marked the Bulldogs 4th largest road margin of victory versus a SEC opponent under Coach Jans.
State is 8-2 this season and 57-9 over the last four seasons under Coach Jans when leading at the half.
State is 11-5 this season and 56-21 over the last four seasons under Coach Jans when scoring 70 or more.
Conversely, the Bulldogs are 6-2 this season and 57-14 over the last four seasons under Coach Jans when holding their opponents to less than 70 points.
State is 4-2 this season and 29-14 under Coach Jans when four players score in double figures.
The four Bulldogs who reached double figures were Josh Hubbard (15), Quincy Ballard (13), Ja'Borri McGhee (11) and Sergej Macura (10).
State blasted the Tigers on the glass by a 43-24 margin. The 19-rebound margin is State's highest in SEC play this season.
State is 8-3 this season and 56-18 under Coach Jans when outrebounding its opponent.
The Bulldogs are 9-4 this season and 41-14 over the last four seasons under Coach Jans when grabbing 40+ rebounds.
State sank 28-of-55 from the floor (50.9 percent), hit on 10-of-21 from three-point territory (47.6 percent) and connected on 14-of-20 at the free throw line (70.0 percent).
State is 4-1 this season and 24-7 over the last four seasons under Coach Jans when shooting 50 percent or better.
State is 5-1 this season and 17-7 over the last four seasons under Coach Jans when the Bulldogs knock down at least 10 three-pointers in a game.
Conversely, LSU recorded a 25-of-58 shooting effort (43.1 percent), made 4-of-20 on its three-pointers (20.0 percent) and tallied a 12-for-23 mark at the charity stripe (52.2 percent).
State is 6-4 this season and 46-17 over the last four seasons under Coach Jans when making more free throws than its opponent.
The Bulldogs have posted a 9-2 this season and 62-11 clip with Coach Jans at the helm when shooting a higher field goal percentage than their opponent.

PLAYER NOTES

Josh Hubbard

Started his 71st consecutive game over the past three seasons (01/27/2024-01/28/2026) where he has led state in scoring in 47 of those 71 outings.
Scored 15 points where he shot 4-of-12 from the field, 1-of-6 from three-point territory and 6-of-7 from the charity stripe.
Secured double figures for the 19th time this season, the 38th time over his last 40 outings (01/11/2025-01/28/2026) and the 82nd time in 89 career games.
The junior guard now has 1675 career points and sits 164 points shy of passing Rickey Brown (1976-77-78-79) for 5th place on the program's all-time list.
The 82 career games with 10+ points allowed Hubbard to surpass former teammate Tolu Smith III (2021-22-23-24) for 9th place in the State record book.
Extended his SEC record to 68 consecutive games (02/07/2024-01/28/2026) with at least one three-pointer.
Hubbard has now drained 272 career three-pointers and now sits 9 triples away from passing Barry Stewart (2007-08-09-10) for the program's all-time record.
Dished out multiple assists for the 19th time this season and the 67th time in his career.

Ja'Borri McGhee

Started for the 9th time this season and for the 46th time in 58 career outings over the last two seasons between State and UAB.
Provided 11 points to go along with 4 assists and 3 rebounds.
Tallied 10+ points for the 8th time this season and the 29th time in his career.
State improved to 6-2, while State and UAB have won 21 of 29 decisions when McGhee has secured double figures over the last two seasons.
Drained multiple three's for the 6th time this season and the 12th time in his career.
Dished out multiple assists for the 9th time this season and the 35th time in his career

Shawn Jones Jr.

Appeared in State's starting five for the 18th time in 21 games this season and for the 31st time of his career.
Matched his SEC season's best with 8 points coupled with 3 rebounds and 2 steals.
The 2 steals enabled Jones Jr. to become the 31st player in program history to reach 100 for his career. He enters the Missouri game three away from passing Marckell Patterson (1999-2000-01-02)
Swiped multiple steals for the 10th time this season and 29th time in his career.

Achor Achor

Started in his 16th game this season and for the 50th time at the Division I level between Samford, Kansas State and Mississippi State.
Chipped in 6 points, 4 rebound and 1 block.

Quincy Ballard

Started for the 17th time this season and for the 84th time in his last 88 games over the last three seasons between Mississippi State and Wichita State.
Secured a season-high 13 points where he was a perfect 5-of-5 shooting and hit on a 3-of-4 mark from the charity stripe.
Dialed up 10+ points for the 5th time this season and has collected 35 of his 36 career games with double-digit points over the last three seasons.
Grabbed 9 rebounds which was one shy of his 2nd double-double of the season.
Notched 5+ rebounds for the 15th time this season and the 69th time in his career.

BENCH

State outscored LSU by a 27-19 margin in bench points.
The Bulldogs have scored more bench points than their opponent in 14 of 21 games this season where State has secured a 9-5 mark.
Sergej Macura did the heavy lifting to claim his first career double-double with a SEC season's best 10 points and 10 rebounds.
The 10 points is the 2nd highest scoring output of the season.
Two of his three games with 10+ rebounds have come against SEC opponents.
Jayden Epps came away with 9 points courtesy of trio of three-pointers.
Marked only the 3rd time over the last 18 games (11/15-01/28) where he was limited to under 10 points.
Drained multiple three-pointers during 11 of his last 17 games at State and canned multiple three's in 53 career games.
King Grace secured 8 points highlighted by a pair of triples.
Sank multiple three's for the 2nd time this season.
Jamarion Davis-Fleming grabbed 5+ rebounds for the 10th time this season.

Players Mentioned

Achor Achor

Quincy Ballard

Jamarion Davis-Fleming

Jayden Epps

King Grace

Josh Hubbard

Shawn Jones Jr.

Sergej Macura

Ja’Borri McGhee

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Postgame Notes: State at LSU

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Players Mentioned

Achor Achor

Quincy Ballard

Jamarion Davis-Fleming

Jayden Epps

King Grace

Josh Hubbard

Shawn Jones Jr.

Sergej Macura

Ja’Borri McGhee

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