National Basketball Association
Mississippi St. 66, Utah St. 64
When: 3:00 PM ET, Saturday, December 31, 2011
Where: Humphrey Coliseum, Starkville, Mississippi
Officials:
# Doug Shows, # JB Caldwell, # Jeff Smith
Attendance:
7385
By SportsDirect Inc.
Arnett Moultrie had the tying layup and Dee Bost the game-winning free throws as No. 14 Mississippi State slipped by Utah State, 66-64 at Humphrey Coliseum.
Utah State (8-6), which had its four-game winning streak snapped, took a 64-62 lead with 2:42 on a jumper by Kyisean Reed, but the Aggies went scoreless for the remainder of the game.
That allowed the Bulldogs (13-2) to pull off the win, and Moultrie, who led all scorers with 15 points, tied the game with 1:30 left. After a turnover by Utah State guard Brockeith Pane, Bost calmly stepped to the free-throw line and put Mississippi State ahead for good.
Utah State led for much of the first half, including at 15-6 after an early, 11-0 run. Mississippi State missed 13 of its first 17 shots and Bost picked up a technical foul with three minutes to go until halftime, but that seemed to energize the hosts.
Trailing 29-24 after Preston Medlin hit two technical foul shots, the Bulldogs scored the final eight points of the half, six on 3-pointers from Jalen Steele and Renardo Sidney (part of a 5-for-8 team effort from three in the first half), to grab a 32-29 lead at the break.
Medlin led the Aggies with 15 points, though just six came in the second half.
Top Game Performances
Utah St. |
|
Mississippi St. |
Preston Medlin 15 |
Scoring |
Rodney Hood 16 |
Morgan Grim 3 |
Assists |
Dee Bost 4 |
Ben Clifford 7 |
Rebounds |
Arnett Moultrie 10 |
Preston Medlin 4 |
Free Throws Made |
Arnett Moultrie 3 |
Brockeith Pane 1 |
Steals |
Dee Bost 1 |
N/A |
Blocks |
Arnett Moultrie 2 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Utah St.
|
64 |
48.2 |
4-11 |
6-9 |
9 |
30 |
0 |
2 |
9 |
Mississippi St.
|
66 |
43.3 |
7-16 |
7-12 |
14 |
34 |
3 |
2 |
9 |