Postgame Notes: State vs. Missouri

TEAM NOTES

Missouri led wire-to-wire to claim an 88-64 victory over Mississippi State on Saturday afternoon at Humphrey Coliseum.
Prior to the game, Josh Hubbard was presented with a 2026 Coach Wooden Citizenship Cup award for his exceptional leadership, his character and his commitment to community service. He also received a commemorative ball recognizing him breaking State's all-time three-point record at Ole Miss (02/14).
The Tigers scored the contest's first 9 points and took a 54-23 lead into the locker room after hitting 19 of their 31 shot attempts during the opening 20 minutes.
State outscored Missouri by a 41-34 margin in the second half where Josh Hubbard, King Grace and Shawn Jones Jr. combined for 27 points
The Tigers have won four straight in the series which is their longest run over the 24 meetings. Overall, the Bulldogs still possess a 14-10 all-time series edge.
State is 13-10 this season and 69-28 over the last four seasons under Coach Jans when shooting 40.0 percent or higher.
State dropped to 8-7 this season and 41-20 over the last four seasons under Coach Jans at Humphrey Coliseum.
Keys for Missouri were converting 18 State turnovers into a 27-10 advantage in points off turnovers. The Tigers also won the battle of the boards, 38-26, and amassed 14 of the game's 19 points on second-chance opportunities.
State sank 26-of-53 from the floor (49.1 percent), hit on 5-of-19 from three-point territory (26.3 percent) and connected on a 7-of-13 clip at the free throw line (53.8 percent).
Conversely, Missouri recorded a 30-of-59 shooting effort (50.8 percent), made 8-of-20 of its three-pointers (40.0 percent) and tallied a 20-for-24 mark at the charity stripe (83.3 percent).

PLAYER NOTES

Josh Hubbard

Started his 79th consecutive game over the past three seasons (01/27/2024-02/28/2026) where he has led the team in scoring in 52 of those 79 outings.
Opened up scoring for the Bulldogs with a driving floater off glass.
Provided a team-leading 16 points where he shot 6-of-14 overall, 2-of-6 on three-pointers and 2-of-2 from the free-throw line.
The junior guard now has 1862 career points which helped him stay in 5th place on the program's all-time list. He enters the Florida game 57 points shy of passing Jim Ashmore (1954-55-56-57) for 4th place.
The 1862 points allowed Hubbard to surpass LSU's Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf (1989-90) for 5th place on the SEC scoring list for players after their junior season. He enters the Florida game 80 points shy of eclipsing LSU's Shaquille O'Neal (1990-91-92).
Hubbard's 622 points in 2025-26 allowed him to pass Darryl Wilson (1995-96) for the 8th most in program history for a single season. He and Bailey Howell (1957-58-59) are 2 of 4 players who have three of their program's top 10 scoring seasons at SEC schools.
Notched double figures for a team-leading 27th time this season and for the 90th time over his 98 career games.
The 90 games of 10+ points are good enough for 6th place at State and is one away from matching Ray White (1976-77-78-79) for 5th place.
The 2 treys enabled Hubbard to extend his program record. He now has 300 career three's. He enters the Florida game 7 triples shy of passing Vanderbilt's John Jenkins (2010-11-12) and entering the SEC's top 10.
Drained multiple three's for the 6th straight game (02/11-02/25), the 21st time this season and the 80th time in his career.
Dished out multiple assists for the 9th consecutive game, the 27th time this season and the 75th time in his career.
Swiped multiple steals for the 12th time this season and the 25th time in his career.

Jayden Epps

Made his 6th consecutive, his 20th start this season and his 81st career start between Illinois, Georgetown and State.
Provided 6 points and 3 assists.
Dished out multiple assists for the 15th time this season and the 68th time of his career.

Shawn Jones Jr.

Appeared in State's starting five for the 16th consecutive game, the 26th time in 29 games this season and for the 39th time during his State career.
Recorded 7 points, all during the second half, to go along with 1 block and 1 steal.

Achor Achor

Started his 15th straight game, his 24th game this season and the 58th game at the NCAA Division I level between Samford, Kansas State and Mississippi State.
Provided a pair of blocks.
Swatted multiple shots for the 5th time this season and the 31st time in his career.

Quincy Ballard

Started for the 9th consecutive game, the 25th time this season and for the 92nd time in his last 96 games over the last three seasons between Mississippi State and Wichita State.
Poured in 12 points where he connected on 5-of-8 from the field.
Hauled down a team-leading 6 rebounds, the 8th time Ballard has paced State on the glass.
Grabbed 5+ rebounds for the 19th time this season and the 73rd time in his career.
Has recorded a block in 12 of his last 17 outings (12/29-02/28) and in 20 of State's 29 games this season.

BENCH

The Bulldogs were outscored by Missouri on the bench by a 27-23 margin.
King Grace collected 8 of his team-leading 9 points off the bench in the second half.
Tallied 4 rebounds in addition to a career-best 2 blocks and a career-high tying 2 steals.
All three of his outings with multiple steals have come against SEC opponents.
Blocked multiple shots for the 1st time in his career.
Jamarion Davis-Fleming was involved in State's first sub for the 9th straight game and for a team-leading 19th time his season.
Davis-Fleming came away with 5 points and 5 rebounds.
Grabbed 5+ boards in 9 SEC outings and 15 times for the season.
Sergej Macura (5 points) and Ja'Borri McGhee (4 points) rounded out the scoring for the Maroon and White.
Macura has drained a three-pointer in 3 of his last 5 outings (02/14-02/25).

Postgame Notes: State vs. Missouri

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 vs. Missouri

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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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