Mississippi State tops Utah 52-49 to win Fort Myers tourney

FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Dashawn Davis knocked down six 3-pointers and Tolu Smith added a double-double with 16 factors and 16 rebounds as Mississippi State held off Utah 52-49 to win the Fort Myers Tip-off event’s Seashore Division on Wednesday night time.

The Bulldogs stay undefeated via six video games.

Marco Anthony hit the primary of two free throws with 4:37 left to offer Utah a three-point lead, 45-42, however Davis answered from deep to tie the sport, and Smith put again an offensive rebound to offer the Bulldogs the lead with three minutes left then pushed the result in 5, 52-47 with slightly below two minutes left.

Davis completed with 18 factors to steer Mississippi State (6-0) and D.J. Jeffries added 10 factors and 7 rebounds.

Anthony had 10 factors and eight rebounds to steer Utah (4-2). Ben Carlson added 10 factors.

Each groups struggled offensively. Mississippi State was simply 17 of 67 from the sphere (25.4%) however knocked down 9 of 38 from past the arc. Utah shot 17 of 52 (32.7%) from the ground, 4 of 19 from distance (21.1%).

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