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4 things to watch for in Auburn's game against Mississippi State |…
The No. 8 Auburn Tigers (16-3, 5-1 SEC) take on the Mississippi State Bulldogs (13-6, 2-4 SEC) on the road at Humphrey Coliseum on Saturday afternoon.
Auburn will be looking to bounce back after falling 79-75 at the hands of the Alabama Crimson Tide on the road Wednesday night. Mississippi State will also be looking to bounce back after a 79-70 road loss to the Florida Gators on Wednesday night.
What are the biggest things to watch for during the game?
Which team will win the rebounding battle?
Both Auburn and Mississippi State average 39.2 rebounds per game, which has the team tied at No. 5 in the SEC.
This game has the potential to be decided on the glass. The team that is able to rebound more efficiently will have a good chance of coming out on top.
What will Auburn do from 3-point range?
Auburn is shooting 33.1% from 3-point range as a team this season. The Tigers are capable of shooting better consistently as they have shown throughout the season, but the team has struggled to put two good games from beyond the arc together.
Auburn shot 44.4% from 3-point range against Ole Miss but 20% against Alabama.
The Tigers do not solely depend on the 3-point shot, but it certainly helps when they are falling.
What Mississippi State players could create problems for Auburn?
Two Bulldogs to keep an eye on are Josh Hubbard and Tolu Smith.
Hubbard, a 5-foot-10 freshman guard from Madison, Miss., averages 14.8 points per game and is shooting 39.3% from the field.
Smith, a senior forward from Bay Saint Louis, Miss., leads the Bulldogs in scoring and rebounding, averaging 18.3 and eight per game respectively. Smith missed the beginning of the season due to an injury but has wasted no time making an impact since his return.
Will the environment throw Auburn off?
Auburn played in a tough environment on Wednesday, but it will have to step into another today.
Will the Tigers adjust better now that they have another game in front of a hostile crowd under their belt?
Tipoff is set for 2:30 p.m. CT. The television broadcast can be found on SEC Network, and the Auburn Sports Network broadcast can be streamed anywhere on the Auburn Athletics App.
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Winter Storm Enzo: Here’s the latest on temperatures around Mississippi
Arctic air is bringing bitterly cold temperatures and dangerous driving conditions to Mississippi this week.
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With temperatures dropping, prepare to spend more time in the morning clearing frost, ice and potentially snow from their car.
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Mississippi woke up to chilly temperatures this morning, but that’s just the opening act. Temperatures are expected to drop into the teens and lower this week and parts of the state, including the Mississippi Coast, could see 2-4 inches of snow.
According to the National Weather Service, light snow is expected as for north as the South Delta with accumulation becoming heavier moving south. South Mississippi is under a Significant Threat with accumulations up to 4 inches on Tuesday with dangerous driving conditions and power outages expected.
The entire states faces dangerous cold with the low expected to be around 9 degrees in Oxford on Wednesday morning and 18 degrees along the Mississippi Coast. Overnight temperatures well below freezing are expected to linger across the state for several days including the Jackson and Central Mississippi areas.
Here are the expected temperatures according to the National Weather Service as of 5 a.m. Monday.
Jackson
- Tuesday: Low 22 degrees, high 34 degrees, 50% chance of snow
- Wednesday: Low 13 degrees, high 41 degrees
- Thursday: Low 20 degrees, high 48 degrees
- Friday: Low 25 degrees, high 51 degrees
- Saturday: Low 28 degrees, high 59 degrees
Southaven
- Tuesday: Low 21 degrees, high 27 degrees
- Wednesday: Low 14 degrees, high 36 degrees
- Thursday: Low 23 degrees, high 44 degrees
- Friday: Low 25 degrees, high 45 degrees
- Saturday: Low 31 degrees, high 53 degrees
Corinth
- Tuesday: Low 18 degrees, high 28 degrees
- Wednesday: Low 10 degrees, high 36 degrees
- Thursday: Low 19 degrees, high 45 degrees
- Friday: Low 23 degrees, high 44 degrees
- Saturday: Low 27 degrees, high 52 degrees
Oxford
- Tuesday: Low 17 degrees, high 29 degrees
- Wednesday: Low 9 degrees, high 37 degrees
- Thursday: Low 18 degrees, high 44 degrees
- Friday: Low 23 degrees, high 45 degrees
- Saturday: Low 27 degrees, high 55 degrees
Greenville
- Tuesday: Low 23 degrees, high 32 degrees
- Wednesday: Low 16 degrees, high 39 degrees
- Thursday: Low 24 degrees, high 48 degrees
- Friday: Low 26 degrees, high 50 degrees
- Saturday: Low 31 degrees, high 57 degrees
Greenwood
- Tuesday: Low 21 degrees, high 33 degrees
- Wednesday: Low 14 degrees, high 40 degrees
- Thursday: Low 22 degrees, high 48 degrees
- Friday: Low 25 degrees, high 50 degrees
- Saturday: Low 30 degrees, high 58 degrees
Starkville
- Tuesday: Low 18 degrees, high 33 degrees, 20% chance of snow
- Wednesday: Low 11 degrees, high 39 degrees
- Thursday: Low 19 degrees, high 47 degrees
- Friday: Low 23 degrees, high 48 degrees
- Saturday: Low 26 degrees, high 56 degrees
Yazoo City
- Tuesday: Low 22 degrees, high 32 degrees, 30% chance of snow
- Wednesday: Low 15 degrees, high 39 degrees
- Thursday: Low 22 degrees, high 47 degrees
- Friday: Low 25 degrees, high 50 degrees
- Saturday: Low 30 degrees, high 57 degrees
Philadelphia
- Tuesday: Low 19 degrees, high 33 degrees, 40% chance of snow with little or no accumulation
- Wednesday: Low 11 degrees, high 41 degrees
- Thursday: Low 18 degrees, high 47 degrees
- Friday: Low 23 degrees, high 49 degrees
- Saturday: Low 26 degrees, high 56 degrees
Vicksburg
- Tuesday: Low 22 degrees, high 33 degrees, 40% chance of snow
- Wednesday: Low 13 degrees, high 41 degrees
- Thursday: Low 20 degrees, high 48 degrees
- Friday: Low 25 degrees, high 52 degrees
- Saturday: Low 29 degrees, high 60 degrees
Meridian
- Tuesday: Low 20 degrees, high 33 degrees, 60% precipitation, snow accumulation less than 1/2 inch
- Wednesday: Low 12 degrees, high 41 degrees
- Thursday: Low 19 degrees, high 47 degrees
- Friday: Low 23 degrees, high 50 degrees
- Saturday: Low 25 degrees, high 56 degrees
Natchez
- Tuesday: Low 23 degrees, high 31 degrees, 70% chance of snow
- Wednesday: Low 13 degrees, high 38 degrees
- Thursday: Low 19 degrees, high 45 degrees
- Friday: Low 25 degrees, high 50 degrees
- Saturday: Low 30 degrees, high 58 degrees
Brookhaven
- Tuesday: Low 22 degrees, high 32 degrees, 80% chance of snow
- Wednesday: Low 11 degrees, high 39 degrees
- Thursday: Low 17 degrees, high 46 degrees
- Friday: Low 23 degrees, high 50 degrees
- Saturday: Low 26 degrees, high 57 degrees
Hattiesburg
- Tuesday: Low 23 degrees, high 33 degrees, 80% chance of snow with 1-3 inches accumulation
- Wednesday: Low 13 degrees, high 41 degrees
- Thursday: Low 18 degrees, high 46 degrees
- Friday: Low 23 degrees, high 51 degrees
- Saturday: Low 25 degrees, high 57 degrees
Wiggins
- Tuesday: Low 25 degrees, high 32 degrees, 90% chance of snow with 2-4 inches accumulation
- Wednesday: Low 15 degrees, high 41 degrees
- Thursday: Low 19 degrees, high 46
- Friday: Low 24 degrees, high 50 degrees
- Saturday: Low 26 degrees, high 57 degrees
Biloxi
- Tuesday: Low 26 degrees, high 34 degrees, 90% chance of snow with 2-4 inches accumulation and additional snow, freezing rain Tuesday night
- Wednesday: Low 18 degrees, high 40 degrees
- Thursday: Low 22 degrees, high 46 degrees
- Friday: Low 27 degrees, high 51 degrees
- Saturday: Low 31 degrees, high 57 degrees
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Chris Beard Speaks on Malik Dia’s Limited Minutes in Loss Against Mississippi State
The Ole Miss Rebels encountered their first bump in the road in SEC play as they suffered a loss to in-state foe Mississippi State on Saturday night.
One noticeably missing piece to Saturday’s game was trasnfer center Malik Dia, who has been dominant since conference play began.
Dia saw struggles earlier on this season, seeing limited minutes due to foul trouble, but this was not the case as he only had one personal foul in his 18 minutes of play.
Dia finished the game with eight points, two rebounds, two assists and a steal, but he also struggled to hold onto the ball, recording four turnovers.
Rebels head coach Chris Beard spoke postgame on why he veered away from the big man, even taking some blame for limiting Dia’s minutes.
“We need Dia to to play, and we need him to play well,” Beard said. “Should he have played more today? Maybe. Probably. Those are decisions coaches have to make. What we were doing was obviously working.
“We got back in the game, we had a chance to win the game, the game went to overtime, but certainly Dia is one of our best players. He needs to be on the court for us.”
Coming into the matchup, DIa has averaged 17.5 points per game and 10 rebounds, including his season-high 23 points matched with his career-high 19 rebounds earlier this week in a win over Alabama.
Ole Miss is set to take on Texas A&M at home on Wednesday where Beard could look back to the first-year Reb to provide a spark in Ole Miss’ first home game in 11 days. Tip-off is set for 8 p.m. CT on ESPN2.
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Ole Miss women’s basketball slips by Mississippi State with late 8-0 run
STARKVILLE — The Ole Miss women took Part II of the weekend’s in-state basketball rivalry series against Mississippi State.
After Mississippi State men’s hoops topped the Rebels in overtime on Saturday, the Rebels’ women prevailed Sunday 71-63 at Humphrey Coliseum. Both teams held leads in the fourth quarter, but Ole Miss scored eight unanswered points in three minutes for the win.
Rebels guard/forward Madison Scott led the game with a career-high 30 points, followed by MSU’s Jerkaila Jordan with 19.
It’s the only time Ole Miss (13-5, 4-2 SEC) and Mississippi State (15-5, 2-4) are scheduled to play each other this season.
Mississippi State took control early but Ole Miss had an answer
The Bulldogs forced Ole Miss coach Yolett McPhee-McCuin to take a timeout five minutes into the game when they opened a 14-5 lead. Denim DeShields and Debreasha Powe both nailed 3-pointers that beat the shot clock buzzer. The lead ballooned to 18-8 before Ole Miss shaved the lead down to one at the first quarter’s end.
It was sparked by Scott, who scored five consecutive points in an 11-2 run. MSU made 1-of-6 field goal attempts in the final four minutes. Kennedy Todd-Williams scored the first bucket of the second quarter, which gave Ole Miss its first lead of the game.
Ole Miss allowed just nine points in the second quarter as it took a 34-29 halftime lead. Jordan scored seven of MSU’s nine points in the quarter.
Ole Miss, Mississippi State traded lead back and forth in second half
Ole Miss commanded the early portion of the third quarter, building a 43-37 lead. However, MSU produced a 9-1 run to regain a brief lead.
Scott scored nine more points in the quarter, but Eniya Russell kept the Bulldogs in pace with nine points of her own, including two 3-pointers. Ole Miss took a 53-51 lead into the fourth quarter.
Ole Miss and Mississippi State were tied at 61-61 with five minutes remaining, but the Rebels gained separation on an 8-0 run. Four of the points were scored by Scott, who also blocked a Russell layup with one minute remaining.
Sam Sklar is the Mississippi State beat reporter for the Clarion Ledger. Email him at ssklar@gannett.com and follow him on X @sklarsam_.
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