National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Mississippi St. 78, Louisiana-Monroe 63
When: 8:00 PM ET, Monday, November 21, 2011
Where: Humphrey Coliseum, Starkville, Mississippi
Officials: # Patrick Adams, # Ed Corbett, # Mike Stuart
Attendance: 7547
Where: Humphrey Coliseum, Starkville, Mississippi
Officials: # Patrick Adams, # Ed Corbett, # Mike Stuart
Attendance: 7547
Dee Bost scored 21 points and Mississippi State, which was missing two key offensive weapons, shook off a sluggish start to down visiting Louisiana-Monroe 78-63 on Monday.
The Bulldogs (5-1) played without two key frontcourt players. Arnett Moultrie, who posted a double-double in the Bulldogs’ victory over Arizona in the 2K Sports Classic benefiting Coaches vs. Cancer title game, has tendinitis in both knees and Renardo Sidney has a hand injury.
Louisiana-Monroe (0-5) led 11-5 after four minutes and took a 41-39 lead on Marcelis Hansberry’s jumper with 14:13 to go in the second half. But the Bulldogs scored the next 12 points, including five points from SEC Freshman of the Week Rodney Hood to make it 51-41 with 12:30 remaining.
Despite missing Moultrie and Sidney, the Bulldogs outrebounded Louisiana-Monroe 31-24 and hit a season-high 10 3-pointers.
Hood added 20 points, and Brian Bryant scored 17 points with 10 rebounds. Bost was 4-for-9 from 3-point range.
Fred Brown scored 21 points to lead the Warhawks.
Top Game Performances
| Louisiana-Monroe | Mississippi St. | |
| Fred Brown 21 | Scoring | Dee Bost 21 |
| Trent Mackey 3 | Assists | Dee Bost 5 |
| Hugh Mingo 5 | Rebounds | Brian Bryant 10 |
| Fred Brown 4 | Free Throws Made | Dee Bost 3 |
| Fred Brown 2 | Steals | Dee Bost 3 |
| Fabio Ribeiro 1 | Blocks | Brian Bryant 3 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team | Points | FG% | 3PM-3PA | FTM-FTA | Assists | Rebounds | Blocks | Steals | Turnovers |
| Louisiana-Monroe | 63 | 49.0 | 6-16 | 7-9 | 11 | 24 | 1 | 6 | |
| Mississippi St. | 78 | 50.8 | 10-27 | 6-8 | 20 | 31 | 3 | 8 |