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Mississippi State basketball live score updates vs. South Carolina: Bulldogs open SEC play
Mississippi State basketball opens SEC play on Saturday where a tough task awaits at South Carolina.
The Gamecocks (12-1), after winning four conference games last season and finishing at No. 12 in the SEC, had a strong nonconference schedule that has propelled them into the top 50 of the NET rankings. Behind coach Lamont Paris in his second season at the helm, South Carolina has picked up noteworthy wins against Virginia Tech, Grand Canyon and Notre Dame.
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South Carolina’s lone loss came on Dec. 6 in a Quadrant 1 battle against in-state rival Clemson.
MSU (11-2) enters as a top 40 NET team after a quality nonconference stint despite missing star forward Tolu Smith for much of the schedule. Smith returned Dec. 31 for a win against Bethune-Cookman in the finale of nonconference play.
Like Paris at South Carolina, Chris Jans is in his second season coaching Mississippi State. The Bulldogs are 15-10 away from Humphrey Coliseum in his tenure and 4-7 in true road games. MSU swept South Carolina in two meetings last season.
What channel is Mississippi State basketball vs. South Carolina on today?
TV CHANNEL: CBS
STREAMING: Fubo (free trial)
Mississippi State vs. South Carolina start time
DATE: Dec. 6
TIME: 11 a.m.
Mississippi State basketball score updates vs. South Carolina
Mississippi State basketball schedule 2024
Next five games for MSU:
Jan. 10: vs. Tennessee (6 p.m., SEC Network)
Jan. 13: vs. Alabama (7:30 p.m., SEC Network)
Jan. 17: at Kentucky (6 p.m., ESPN2)
Jan. 20: vs. Vanderbilt (2:30 p.m., SEC Network)
Jan. 24: at Florida (7:30 p.m., SEC Network)
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WATCH: SCGOP announces plans to file lawsuit over voter party registration
The South Carolina Republican Party announces plans to file a federal lawsuit regarding political party voter registration in South Carolina.
The South Carolina Republican Party is planning to file a federal lawsuit to change the state’s primary voting process and require voters to register to a political party.
South Carolina voters do not have to register by political party, and are able to vote in either political party’s primary. State Republican lawmakers have pushed for legislation to close the state’s primary elections, but they have been unsuccessful in passing it.
South Carolina Republican Party leadership held a press conference at the statehouse in Columbia on May 12 to announce the new lawsuit related to closed primaries and required partisan voter registration.
SCGOP Chair Drew McKissick said that South Carolina political parties have the right under state law to define the terms of party membership and dictate who votes in their primaries. He said the law doesn’t offer the tool to enforce that policy.
“Many people who are not Republicans choose Republican nominees,” McKissick said. “That’s like allowing Carolina or Clemson fans to choose which players the other team puts on the field.”
U.S. Rep. Ralph Norman, R-District 5, is campaigning on closed primaries in his run for South Carolina governor. He said now is the time to institute closed primaries in South Carolina.
“I’m glad to see the party moving forward with it, and I look forward to having our day in court,” Norman said.
Last fall, the Republican Party of Texas filed a federal lawsuit against the state to close its primaries. The Texas Republican Party argued that the First Amendment gives political parties the right to determine who votes in their election.
Attorney General Alan Wilson offered his support to the South Carolina Republican Party as it takes up the lawsuit. The South Carolina Republican Party has not yet filed the suit, but McKissick said he expects the lawsuit to be filed shortly after the June 9 primary elections.
Bella Carpentier covers the South Carolina legislature, state, and Greenville County politics. Contact her at bcarpentier@gannett.com
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