National Basketball Association
Tennessee 76, Mississippi State 54
When: 7:00 PM ET, Tuesday, February 27, 2018
Where: Humphrey Coliseum, Starkville, Mississippi
Officials:
# Don Daily, # Terry Oglesby, # Roger Ayers
Attendance:
7548
By Field Level Media
Junior forward Admiral Schofield scored 24 points to lead No. 16 Tennessee to a 76-54 victory over Mississippi State on Tuesday in Southeastern Conference play at Humphrey Coliseum in Starkville, Miss.
Sophomore guard Lamonte Turner added 12 points for the Volunteers (22-7, 12-5 SEC), who won for the 10th time in the past 12 games. Tennessee made 11 consecutive field-goal attempts during the second half and finished 56.3 percent from the field.
The Volunteers moved into a first-place tie with Auburn, which lost to Arkansas on Tuesday.
Junior guard Quinndary Weatherspoon scored 17 points and younger brother Nick, a freshman guard, tallied 11 for the Bulldogs (21-9, 9-8). Junior forward Aric Holman added 10 points for Mississippi State, which had a three-game winning streak snapped and dropped to 18-2 at home.
The Bulldogs shot 39.2 percent from the field, including 28.6 percent in the second half.
The Volunteers, who held a 34-24 rebounding edge, shot 68.2 percent from the field in the second half while turning a close game into a rout.
"We started running good offense. A really good win. Everybody who played contributed," Tennessee coach Rick Barnes said in a postgame interview on the SEC Network. "I thought it was a total team effort, total team win today."
Mississippi State trailed 44-40 with 16:36 remaining before Tennessee began pulling away with a 20-5 burst.
Schofield's three-point play with 12:08 to play gave the Volunteers a 56-42 advantage. Quinndary Weatherspoon converted a three-point play with 11:54 remaining but it didn't halt the momentum as Tennessee scored the next eight with Turner's jumper making it 64-45 with 8:40 to play.
Turner buried a 3-pointer -- the team's 11th straight successful field goal -- to again make the margin 19 with 5:11 remaining.
Schofield had 11 first-half points as Tennessee recovered from an eight-point deficit to hold a 40-34 lead at the break.
Quinndary Weatherspoon drained a 3-pointer to give the Bulldogs a 25-17 lead with 9:44 left in the half before the Volunteers took over.
Tennessee scored eight straight points and tied the game on a jumper by sophomore guard Jordan Bone with 7:17 remaining. The Volunteers finally went ahead at 32-30 on a layup by freshman forward Derrick Walker with 3:40 to play.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
| Tennessee |
|
Mississippi State |
|
Admiral Schofield 24 |
Scoring |
Quinndary Weatherspoon 17 |
|
Lamonte Turner 4 |
Assists |
Lamar Peters 2 |
|
Admiral Schofield 7 |
Rebounds |
Quinndary Weatherspoon 6 |
|
Admiral Schofield 6 |
Free Throws Made |
Aric Holman 5 |
|
Jordan Bowden 3 |
Steals |
Abdul Ado 2 |
|
Admiral Schofield 1 |
Blocks |
Abdul Ado 1 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Tennessee
|
76 |
56.2 |
4-11 |
18-23 |
14 |
33 |
2 |
4 |
11 |
| Mississippi State
|
54 |
39.2 |
4-20 |
10-16 |
6 |
19 |
3 |
6 |
13 |
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