The Mississippi State Bulldogs marched into FedExForum and dominated No. 21 Memphis from begin to end in a 79-66 victory on Saturday.
The win for Mississippi State improved its report to 11-1, and the Bulldogs must be ranked within the new AP ballot on Monday afternoon.
Memphis dropped to 9-3 on the season and can await the rankings to see if it stays within the high 25.
Mississippi State’s bench outscored its starters, 41-38. That was headlined by Riley Kugel’s 19 factors on an environment friendly 8-for-13 taking pictures from the sphere. KeShawn Murphy added a close to double-double off of the bench with 13 factors and 9 rebounds.
Regardless of an off sport shooting-wise for Claudell Harris Jr, he contributed enormously with six factors, eight rebounds, three assists and 5 steals.
PJ Haggerty continued his glorious season for Memphis. He scored 24 factors on 7-for-13 taking pictures from the sphere. Tyrese Hunter had a pleasant sport with 19 factors, 4 rebounds and three assists.
Memphis stays one of the vital complicated groups in school basketball. Penny Hardaway’s bunch at the moment are 3-3 of their final six video games with losses to Auburn, Arkansas State and now Mississippi State.
Memphis has wins over Louisiana Tech, Clemson and Virginia in that stretch as nicely.
Memphis won’t win many video games with two of its gamers scoring 43 factors. The Tigers will want gamers resembling Dain Dainja (11 factors, 6.7 rebounds per sport) and Colby Rogers (12.5 factors per sport) to provide on a nightly foundation if this staff has any aspirations of creating a deep run in March.
Mississippi State head coach Chris Jans has constructed a wonderful tradition in Starkville, and his Bulldogs are primed to make noise in an elite SEC this season.
