Smith’s double-double leads Mississippi St. past Missouri

STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) — Tolu Smith scored 25 factors and picked up 12 rebounds and Mississippi State received its third straight, beating Missouri 63-52 on Saturday evening.

The hassle marked Smith’s Tenth-career double-double. The one energetic participant within the SEC with extra profession double-doubles is Oscar Tshiebewe of Kentucky with 25. Smith completed 8-for-12 capturing and made 9 of 12 on the foul line.

D.J. Jeffries, Cameron Matthews and reserve Tyler Stevenson every scored 10 factors for the Bulldogs (15-8, 3-7), who by no means trailed.

Backup Deandre Gholston scored 12 for Missouri (17-6, 5-5) which scored a season low and noticed its three-game win streak come to an finish. Dmoi Hodge scored 11 and Kobe Brown 10.

The Tigers shot 16 of fifty together with 6 for 23 from (26%) 3-point vary. Missouri entered capturing 43% at dwelling however simply 20% on the street.

Missouri used a 10-0 run established by a pair Brown layups wrapped round a pair of 3s by Nick Honor to scale back the Tigers’ deficit to 45-41 with 10:38 left. However Mississippi State countered and went on to outscore the Tigers 15-2 over near the subsequent seven minutes to seal it.

Mississippi State has received seven straight since 2018-19 and 12 of the final 13 conferences within the sequence relationship to 2014-15. Total, the Bulldogs have a 13-5 sequence benefit, successful eight of 9 conferences in Starkville.

Missouri hosts South Carolina on Tuesday. Mississippi State hosts LSU on Wednesday.

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