Mississippi State Bulldogs guard Riley Kugel (2) drives to the basket versus Memphis Tigers forward Nicholas Jourdain (2) throughout the very first half at FedExForum. Wesley Hale-Imagn Images
The Mississippi State Bulldogs marched into FedExForum and controlled No. 21 Memphis from start to end up in a 79-66 triumph on Saturday.
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— Mississippi State Men's Basketball (@HailStateMBK) December 21, 2024
The win for Mississippi State enhanced its record to 11-1, and the Bulldogs need to be ranked in the brand-new AP survey on Monday afternoon.
Memphis dropped to 9-3 on the season and will wait for the rankings to see if it stays in the leading 25.
Mississippi State's bench outscored its beginners, 41-38. That was headlined by Riley Kugel's 19 points on an effective 8-for-13 shooting from the field. KeShawn Murphy included a near double-double off of the bench with 13 points and 9 rebounds.
In spite of an off video game shooting-wise for Claudell Harris Jr, he contributed significantly with 6 points, 8 rebounds, 3 helps and 5 takes.
— Mississippi State Men's Basketball (@HailStateMBK) December 21, 2024
PJ Haggerty continued his exceptional season for Memphis. He scored 24 points on 7-for-13 shooting from the field. Tyrese Hunter had a great video game with 19 points, 4 rebounds and 3 helps.
— Memphis Basketball (@Memphis_MBB) December 21, 2024
Memphis stays among the most complicated groups in college basketball. Cent Hardaway's lot are now 3-3 in their last 6 video games with losses to Auburn, Arkansas State and now Mississippi State.
Memphis has wins over Louisiana Tech, Clemson and Virginia in that stretch.
Memphis will not win lots of video games with 2 of its gamers scoring 43 points. The Tigers will require gamers such as Dain Dainja (11 points, 6.7 rebounds per video game) and Colby Rogers (12.5 points per video game) to produce on a nighttime basis if this group has any goals of making a deep run in March.
Mississippi State head coach Chris Jans has actually developed an outstanding culture in Starkville, and his Bulldogs are primed to make sounds in an elite SEC this season.
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