National Basketball Association
Mississippi State 87, Louisiana State 67
When: 8:30 PM ET, Saturday, February 24, 2024
Where: Pete Maravich Assembly Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Officials:
# K.B. Burdett Jr., # Vladimir Voyard-Tadal, # Patrick Evans
Attendance:
9463
By Field Level Media
Freshman guard Josh Hubbard scored a season-high 32 points and Mississippi State won its fifth consecutive game by defeating LSU 87-67 on Saturday night in Baton Rouge, La.
Hubbard surpassed his previous high of 29 in a victory against Northwestern on Nov. 19. Tolu Smith III added 19 points and nine rebounds, and KeShawn Murphy scored 11 for the Bulldogs (19-8, 8-6 Southeastern Conference).
Trae Hannibal scored 22 and Jordan Wright added 14 to lead the Tigers (14-13, 6-8), who had beaten ranked opponents South Carolina and Kentucky in their previous two games.
The Bulldogs seized command of the game by finishing the first half with a 13-4 run and starting the second half with an 18-9 run.
The Bulldogs, who finished with a 41-12 scoring advantage from the benches, made 10 of 21 3-pointers (including Hubbard's 6 of 12), and the Tigers made 3 of 17 from beyond the arc.
The Bulldogs scored the first four points of the second half on two free throws by Hubbard and a layup by Smith to take their first double-digit lead of the game, 44-33.
Field goals by Will Baker and Hannibal trimmed the lead to seven and the Tigers got within seven a second time. But Smith made consecutive baskets and Hubbard hit a 3-pointer for a 51-39 lead.
LSU scored the next three points, but 3-pointers by Hubbard and Dashawn Davis helped MSU expand the lead to 58-42. The lead remained in double figures the rest of the way.
The Tigers used a 9-0 run to take an early 13-8 lead, and moments later the Bulldogs countered with a 7-0 run to take a 20-18 lead.
The score was tied at 20, 23, 25, 27 and 29 before Davis' 3-pointer completed a 7-0 run that gave MSU a 36-29 lead.
The Bulldogs led by seven points on two more occasions, the second being a 40-33 edge that it took into halftime.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
| Mississippi State |
|
Louisiana State |
|
Josh Hubbard 32 |
Scoring |
Trae Hannibal 22 |
|
Dashawn Davis 3 |
Assists |
Trae Hannibal 2 |
|
Keshawn Murphy 9 |
Rebounds |
Trae Hannibal 6 |
|
Josh Hubbard 8 |
Free Throws Made |
Jordan Wright 7 |
|
Shakeel Moore 2 |
Steals |
Mike Williams III 3 |
|
Tolu Smith 2 |
Blocks |
Will Baker 2 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Mississippi State
|
87 |
46.2 |
10-21 |
17-22 |
14 |
31 |
6 |
8 |
12 |
| Louisiana State
|
67 |
41.4 |
3-17 |
16-22 |
4 |
31 |
7 |
8 |
15 |
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