Mississippi State Men’s Basketball Rallies Past Jackson State, 69-59

Mississippi State males’s basketball defeated Jackson State on the street, 69-59, on Wednesday evening.

Regardless of being designated as a house sport, the sport was performed inside Mississippi Coliseum in Jackson, Mississippi, the hometown of the Jackson State Tigers. The Bulldogs additionally wore maroon uniforms which can be often reserved for street video games.

The sport was a carefully contested matchup, with Jackson State up 16-6 5 minutes into the primary half. The Bulldogs’ offense helped propel them forward of the Tigers later within the body, capturing 46.9% from the sector however 8-26 (30.8%) from three.

Within the second half, the Bulldogs trailed Jackson State with eight minutes left within the sport however went on an offensive outburst. They proceeded to outscore the Tigers 17-6 within the remaining stretch.

Bulldog ahead DJ Jeffries assist the group safe the win, scoring a team-high 15 factors for the evening, together with six whereas trailing within the second half. He additionally recorded 5 rebounds, three assists and two steals.

“It wasn’t the prettiest win however we’ll take it,” mentioned Jeffries. “We needed to grit and grind this one. Clearly, we needed the sport to be means higher however we’ll take a win earlier than a loss any day.”

Ahead Tolu Smith and guard Eric Reed Jr. additionally scored in double digits, with each gamers recording 13 factors every.

Bulldog ahead Keshawn Murphy, who was absent towards Minnesota, performed in Wednesday’s contest, placing up 10 factors, three rebounds, and two assists, whereas making 3/4 area targets and going 2/3 from the three.

“I simply got here in and performed my function,” Murphy mentioned. “It was an in depth sport so I took photographs that have been open and made the suitable performs.”

Jackson State is the primary group to attain greater than 55 factors towards Mississippi State this season, with 59. The Bulldogs’ protection has allowed lower than 55 factors a sport previous to Wednesday’s matchup.

“We needed to type of begin over in the course of the sport and make main changes that we hadn’t made all yr lengthy,” Bulldogs head coach Chris Jans mentioned. “A few of them have been issues that we hadn’t even practiced. Fortuitously, they helped us. On the finish of the day, you have to determine the way to win the sport. However this will probably be one thing we study from and develop from and can find yourself being actually good for us.”

With the win, the Bulldogs stay undefeated at 10-0. It’s the group’s first 10-0 begin because the 2003-04 season, the identical season they received the SEC common season title.

Mississippi State returns to Starkville to host Nicholls on Saturday at 2 p.m. CT in Humphrey Coliseum. The sport will probably be aired on SEC Community.