Mississippi State men’s basketball travels to Alabama to face No. 18 Crimson Tide
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The Mississippi Point out men’s basketball staff begins a two-recreation road trip on Saturday when it faces the No. 18 Alabama Crimson Tide inside of Coleman Coliseum. Suggestion time for the contest is established for 5 p.m. CT and will air on SEC Network.
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The Bulldogs sit at 9-6 in general and 4-3 in Southeastern Meeting perform next Tuesday’s 64-46 household decline to rival Ole Skip. In that sport, redshirt sophomore guard D.J. Stewart Jr. scored 18 points to direct MSU. Redshirt sophomore ahead Tolu Smith was the only other Bulldog to score in double figures as he concluded with 10 points.
Stewart and sophomore guard Iverson Molinar are the SEC’s top scoring duo in averaging 17.4 points for every match apiece. Smith is averaging 13.5 points and a group-higher 8.8 rebounds.
MSU enters its activity at Alabama owning won 6 of its past nine video games, which include a great 2- history in SEC street games. The Bulldogs are 5- when they make eight or much more 3-ideas and 4-6 when they hit fewer than eight.
Alabama enters the contest with a 12-3 over-all report and a excellent 7- report in SEC participate in soon after Tuesday’s 105-75 win at LSU. The purple-hot Crimson Tide has won 8 straight games and 9 of their final 10. They have received five of their 7 SEC choices by 10-as well as details.
Alabama is led by four players who average double-digit factors. Senior guard John Petty Jr. potential customers the squad with 14.3 points. Sophomore guard Jahvon Quinerly is 2nd on the workforce with 13.3, while sophomore guard Jaden Shackelford averages 13.1 and senior ahead Herbert Jones is at 12.6.
The Crimson Tide has made 11. 3-ideas for every match this season, which ranks sixth among Division I teams. Alabama has averaged 13. triples for each match in excess of its 8-activity successful streak.
Saturday’s contest will be the 204th meeting involving the two programs on the hardwood. Alabama retains a 126-77 direct in the sequence, such as an 81-15 mark in Tuscaloosa. The household crew has won the final 7 meetings in the collection.