Mississippi
Mitchell has career day, but Arkansas falls at Mississippi State
Makhi Mitchell scored a career-high 21 points and made several big plays in the second half, but Josh Hubbard sank a 3-pointer with 58 seconds left to put Mississippi State up one, 68-67, and the Bulldogs made three free throws inside the final 10 seconds to win, 71-67, Saturday afternoon.
Hubbard finished with 19 points and Cameron Matthews had 17, going 6-of-7 from the field, with 10 rebounds. Matthews helped the Bulldogs outrebound Arkansas, 42-27 including 17 offensive boards. Matthews was also 5-of-10 at the free throw line as State was 19-of-32 at the line compared to Arkansas being 14-of-19.
Mitchell scored 15 of his 21 points in the second half with six rebounds, a steal and two blocked shots. Overall, Mitchell was 8-of-12 from the field and 5-of-5 at the line.
His first big play of the second half came with 12:28 left when he converted an old-fashioned 3-point play to tie the game at 46. He then blocked a shot and made a layup to put the Hogs up two, 48-46. Later, with the score tied at 48, recorded a steal, but the Razorbacks could not capitalize. With 3:42 left in the game, Mitchell made two free throws to knot the game at 59 and had a dunk to square the game at 61. Two possessions later with 2:12 left, he grabbed an offensive rebound and made the putback to a 63-61 Arkansas lead.
The lead bounced back and forth over the next minute with Arkansas taking its last lead, 65-63, on an El Ellis jumper in the paint prior to Hubbard’s 3-pointer to set up the Bulldogs’ final run.
Mississippi State led 34-29 at the break. The Bulldogs out-rebounded the Razorbacks 23-11 in the period and were 7-of-12 at the line, compared to 3-of-4 by the Hogs.
Khalif Battle scored 18 points and Ellis had four assists.
The Razorbacks stay on the road to play at Texas A&M on Tuesday (Feb. 20) at 6 pm (CT).
NOTES
•Arkansas starters were El Ellis, Khalif Battle, Davonte Davis, Tramon Mark, Jalen Graham and Chandler Lawson.
• Arkansas controlled the opening tip.
• Khalif Battle knifed in to grab the opening tip and scored the first points of the game with a layup at 19:55.
• Keyon Menifield Jr., was the first Razorback sub.
For more information on Arkansas Men’s Basketball, follow @RazorbackMBB on Twitter.
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There were several top performers across the state in boys high school sports, but only one can be voted athlete of the week for Sept. 2-7.
Fans may vote in the poll BELOW one time per hour per device. The poll closes at noon on Friday.
To nominate a future athlete of the week, email mchavez@gannett.com or message him on X, formerly Twitter @MikeSChavez.
To submit high school scores, statistics, records, leaders and other items at any time, email mchavez@gannett.com.
Nominations
Kendetryon Backstrom, Kemper County: Backstrom had 247 passing yards, going 13-of-16 on completions for with two touchdowns and had six carries for 45 yards and three touchdowns in Kemper County’s 46-8 win over Noxapater.
Ronde Baker, Terry: Baker produced 171 rushing yards on 12 carries with four touchdowns in Terry’s 57-6 win over Pure Academy.
Wyatt Bond, Lamar School: Bond recorded 320 passing yards, going 24-of-37 with three touchdowns, and had 43 rushing yards and two touchdowns in Lamar’s 35-34 loss to Winston Academy.
Coby King, Greene County: King was 24-of-35 passing for 418 yards with a touchdown and had 11 carries for 137 rushing yards with four touchdowns in Greene County’s 51-36 loss to George County.
Tray Kinkle, Holly Springs: Kinkle produced 10 carries for 300 yards and four touchdowns in Holly Springs’ 33-0 win over Byers.
Tyshun Willis, Velma Jackson: Willis had 15 carries for 203 rushing yards with a touchdown, four receptions with 59 receiving yards, and a touchdown. On defense, he recorded four sacks, 8.5 tackles and three tackles for loss in Velma Jackson’s 24-22 win over Yazoo County.
Michael Chavez covers high school sports, among others, for the Clarion Ledger. Email him at mchavez@gannett.com or reach out to him on X, formerly Twitter @MikeSChavez.
GRENADA COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) – A Mississippi woman was killed during a two-vehicle crash in Grenada County.
Officials with the Mississippi Highway Patrol (MHP) said the crash occurred on Highway 7 just after 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, September 7.
Mississippi woman killed in head-on crash in Louisiana
According to MHP, a 2002 Toyota Sequoia was traveling north on the highway when the vehicle collided with a Mercedes van that was also traveling north.
The driver of the Mercedes, 53-year-old Loretta Hopkins, of Winona, died at the scene.
This crash remains under investigation by MHP.
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