National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Mississippi St. 76, Tenn-Martin 50
When: 8:00 PM ET, Friday, November 25, 2011
Where: Humphrey Coliseum, Starkville, Mississippi
Officials: # Don Daily, # Marc Ellard, # Mike Thibodeaux
Attendance: 8378
Where: Humphrey Coliseum, Starkville, Mississippi
Officials: # Don Daily, # Marc Ellard, # Mike Thibodeaux
Attendance: 8378
Dee Bost and Rodney Hood scored 17 points apiece as Mississippi State routed visiting Tennessee-Martin 76-50 on Friday for its fifth consecutive win.
Center Wendell Lewis added 11 points and 11 rebounds for Mississippi State (6-1), which shot 59.3 percent from the floor and held a 57-37 lead with 11 minutes remaining.
The Bulldogs went with a four-guard lineup as Arnett Moultrie and Renardo Sidney missed their second straight game nursing nagging injuries.
Hood, the most recent SEC Freshman of the Week honoree, has scored in double digits in six of his seven games.
Dane Smith scored 17 points for the Skyhawks (1-5), who remain winless against fellow Division I teams this season.
Myles Taylor added 12 points for Tennessee-Martin, which shot only 37.9 percent from the field and got outrebounded despite the absence of Moultrie and Sidney.
Top Game Performances
| Tenn-Martin | Mississippi St. | |
| Dane Smith 17 | Scoring | Dee Bost 17 |
| Chris Richardson 2 | Assists | Deville Smith 3 |
| Mike Liabo 6 | Rebounds | Wendell Lewis 11 |
| Dane Smith 3 | Free Throws Made | Dee Bost 3 |
| Dane Smith 2 | Steals | Dee Bost 3 |
| Myles Taylor 1 | Blocks | Rodney Hood 4 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team | Points | FG% | 3PM-3PA | FTM-FTA | Assists | Rebounds | Blocks | Steals | Turnovers |
| Tenn-Martin | 50 | 37.9 | 3-12 | 3-7 | 8 | 28 | 1 | 10 | |
| Mississippi St. | 76 | 59.3 | 4-16 | 8-17 | 10 | 32 | 7 | 5 |