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National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Mississippi St. 78, Louisiana-Monroe 63
When: 8:00 PM ET, Monday, November 21, 2011
Where: Humphrey Coliseum, Starkville, Mississippi
Officials: # Patrick Adams, # Ed Corbett, # Mike Stuart
Attendance: 7547

Dee Bost scored 21 points and Mississippi State, which was missing two key offensive weapons, shook off a sluggish start to down visiting Louisiana-Monroe 78-63 on Monday.

The Bulldogs (5-1) played without two key frontcourt players. Arnett Moultrie, who posted a double-double in the Bulldogs’ victory over Arizona in the 2K Sports Classic benefiting Coaches vs. Cancer title game, has tendinitis in both knees and Renardo Sidney has a hand injury.

Louisiana-Monroe (0-5) led 11-5 after four minutes and took a 41-39 lead on Marcelis Hansberry’s jumper with 14:13 to go in the second half. But the Bulldogs scored the next 12 points, including five points from SEC Freshman of the Week Rodney Hood to make it 51-41 with 12:30 remaining.

Despite missing Moultrie and Sidney, the Bulldogs outrebounded Louisiana-Monroe 31-24 and hit a season-high 10 3-pointers.

Hood added 20 points, and Brian Bryant scored 17 points with 10 rebounds. Bost was 4-for-9 from 3-point range.

Fred Brown scored 21 points to lead the Warhawks.
Top Game Performances
 
Louisiana-Monroe   Mississippi St.
Fred Brown 21 Scoring Dee Bost 21
Trent Mackey 3 Assists Dee Bost 5
Hugh Mingo 5 Rebounds Brian Bryant 10
Fred Brown 4 Free Throws Made Dee Bost 3
Fred Brown 2 Steals Dee Bost 3
Fabio Ribeiro 1 Blocks Brian Bryant 3
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Louisiana-Monroe 63 49.0 6-16 7-9 11 24 1 6
Mississippi St. 78 50.8 10-27 6-8 20 31 3 8