National Basketball Association
Mississippi 72, Middle Tennessee St. 63
When: 5:00 PM ET, Saturday, December 14, 2013
Where: C.M. 'Tad' Smith Coliseum, Oxford, Mississippi
Officials:
# Lee Cassell, # Tim Gattis, # Ron Groover
Attendance:
6186
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Mississippi 72, Middle Tennessee
State 63: Jarvis Summers scored 25 points to lead the host Rebels to a
come-from-behind victory over the Blue Raiders.
Mississippi (7-2) got 15 points
from leading scorer Marshall Henderson, who was coming off a 39-point
performance. Ladarius White added 11 points while Aaron Jones
finished with 10 for the Rebels.
Shawn Jones shot 9-of-11 from
the field and finished with 18 points and 15 rebounds for Middle
Tennessee State (7-3), which dominated the boards 48-27. Neiko Hunter
added 18 points and seven boards while Tweety Knight added seven
points and 10 assists.
Mississippi took the lead with
an 11-2 run that ended with just over nine minutes to play in the
first half. The Rebels' advantage reached 11 on a Henderson 3-pointer
with just over four minutes to go, though Middle Tennessee State
battled back to within seven by halftime.
The Blue Raiders took the lead
back on Knight's layup with just over 10 minutes to play in the game
and were up by six with just over seven minutes to go. But the Rebels
responded with a 14-2 run and sealed the game with a Henderson 3-pointer with 30 seconds to play.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Jones recorded
his fourth double-double of the season. … The Blue Raiders shot
4-of-18 from 3-point range while the Rebels connected on 7-of-18. …
Mississippi missed 10 of its 29 free-throw attempts.
Top Game Performances
| Middle Tennessee St. |
|
Mississippi |
|
Neiko Hunter 18 |
Scoring |
Jarvis Summers 25 |
|
Tweety Knight 10 |
Assists |
Marshall Henderson 5 |
|
Shawn Jones 15 |
Rebounds |
Demarco Cox 6 |
|
Neiko Hunter 5 |
Free Throws Made |
Jarvis Summers 8 |
|
Neiko Hunter 1 |
Steals |
Aaron Jones 2 |
|
Neiko Hunter 1 |
Blocks |
Demarco Cox 2 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Middle Tennessee St.
|
63 |
40.0 |
4-18 |
11-21 |
15 |
41 |
3 |
3 |
14 |
| Mississippi
|
72 |
45.1 |
7-18 |
19-29 |
13 |
26 |
5 |
10 |
8 |
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