SEC Basketball Preview/Prediction: Missouri at Mississippi State

February 25, 2019 SEC News
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Missouri plays at Mississippi State on Tuesday in a key SEC basketball matchup. Look inside for a preview of the game along with a final score prediction.

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Team Statistical Comparison

FG% 3PT% FT% ORB TRB AST STL BLK TO
Missouri 0.429 0.366 0.698 277 903 288 123 44 372
Missouri OPP 0.436 0.324 0.715 225 833 307 155 85 325
Mississippi State 0.475 0.375 0.730 313 965 385 226 142 358
Mississippi State OPP 0.438 0.353 0.712 274 860 332 144 96 377

Statistical Leaders

Missouri Scoring Leaders

PLAYER PPG FGM FTM 3PTM
Jordan Geist 14.2 120 73 55
Jeremiah Tilmon 10.6 106 52 0
Javon Pickett 8.6 88 18 30
Kevin Puryear 7.0 65 36 17
Xavier Pinson 6.4 47 44 22
Torrence Watson 5.3 47 13 32
Reed Nikko 2.9 32 11 0
Mitchell Smith 2.4 20 12 7
Ronnie Suggs 1.9 11 12 6

Missouri Rebounding Leaders

PLAYER OR DR TR RPG
Jeremiah Tilmon 55 88 143 5.7
Kevin Puryear 43 89 132 5.1
Jordan Geist 24 97 121 4.7
Mark Smith 13 86 99 5.2
Javon Pickett 30 47 77 3.0
Xavier Pinson 20 48 68 2.7
Mitchell Smith 15 40 55 2.2
Reed Nikko 22 27 49 1.9
Torrence Watson 8 27 35 1.3
K.J. Santos 5 24 29 1.7
Ronnie Suggs 8 18 26 1.2

Mississippi State Scoring Leaders

PLAYER PPG FGM FTM 3PTM
Quinndary Weatherspoon 18.6 172 114 43
Lamar Peters 12.0 108 40 68
Aric Holman 9.6 94 37 35
Reggie Perry 9.6 93 64 9
Nick Weatherspoon 9.6 89 33 20
Tyson Carter 9.3 96 21 39
Abdul Ado 5.4 44 41 0
Robert Woodard II 4.9 50 22 10

Mississippi State Rebounding Leaders

PLAYER OR DR TR RPG
Reggie Perry 63 115 178 6.6
Aric Holman 58 113 171 6.3
Quinndary Weatherspoon 41 93 134 5.0
Abdul Ado 49 65 114 4.8
Robert Woodard II 30 69 99 3.7
Nick Weatherspoon 5 63 68 2.8
Tyson Carter 4 47 51 1.9
Lamar Peters 13 37 50 1.9
KeyShawn Feazell 6 13 19 1.1
E.J. Datcher 0 5 5 1.0

NCAA RPI

Missouri: 91
Mississippi State: 25

Missouri Roster

NO NAME POS HT WT CLASS HOMETOWN
#0 Torrence Watson G 6′-5″ 200 FR St. Louis, MO
#1 Xavier Pinson G 6′-2″ 170 FR Chicago, IL
#2 K.J. Santos G 6′-8″ 220 SO Geneva, IL
#3 Ronnie Suggs G 6′-6″ 190 JR Washington, MO
#4 Javon Pickett G 6′-4″ 207 FR Belleville, IL
#5 Mitchell Smith F 6′-10″ 215 SO Van Buren, AR
#10 Evan Yerkes G 6′-3″ 180 FR Tinley Park, IL
#11 Jontay Porter F 6′-11″ 240 SO Columbia, MO
#12 Dru Smith G 6′-3″ 200 JR Evansville, IN
#13 Mark Smith G 6′-4″ 220 SO Edwardsville, IL
#14 Reed Nikko F 6′-10″ 250 JR Maple Grove, MN
#15 Jordan Geist G 6′-2″ 180 SR Fort Wayne, IN
#23 Jeremiah Tilmon F 6′-10″ 252 SO East Saint Louis, IL
#24 Kevin Puryear F 6′-7″ 238 SR Blue Springs, MO
#25 Brooks Ford G 6′-0″ 170 FR St. Louis, MO
#32 Adam Wolf F 6′-7″ 219 SR Beaver Dam, WI
#33 Cullen VanLeer G 6′-4″ 208 SR Pacific, MO
#42 Parker Braun F 6′-8″ 205 FR Overland Park, KS
#55 Christian Guess G 6′-5″ 180 FR Cleveland, OH

Mississippi State Roster

NO NAME POS HT WT CLASS HOMETOWN
#0 Nick Weatherspoon G 6′-2″ 195 SO Canton, MS
#1 Reggie Perry F 6′-10″ 245 FR Thomasville, GA
#2 Lamar Peters G 6′-0″ 185 JR New Orleans, LA
#3 D.J. Stewart G 6′-6″ 195 FR Grace, MS
#4 T.J. Gray G 6′-0″ 165 JR Columbus, MS
#5 Mitch Storm F 6′-7″ 202 JR Madison, MS
#10 Tate Clayton G 6′-2″ 170 SO Tupelo, MS
#11 Quinndary Weatherspoon G 6′-4″ 205 SR Canton, MS
#12 Robert Woodard G 6′-7″ 230 FR Columbus, MS
#15 Prince Oduro F 6′-8″ 255 SO Toronto, ON
#22 KeyShawn Feazell F 6′-8″ 238 SO Newhebron, MS
#23 Tyson Carter G 6′-4″ 168 JR Starkville, MS
#24 Abdul Ado F 6′-11″ 255 SO Lagos, Nigeria
#30 Andrew Junkin F 6′-11″ 240 FR Columbus, MS
#35 Aric Holman F 6′-10″ 225 SR Owensboro, KY
#42 Jethro Tshisumpa F 6′-10″ 260 JR Lubumbashi, Congo
#45 E.J. Datcher C 6′-10″ 250 JR Harpersville, AL

Missouri Schedule/Results

DATE OPPONENT SCORE
6-Nov vs Cent Arkansas W 68-55
9-Nov at Iowa State L 76-59
Nov 16* vs Kennesaw State W 55-52
27-Nov vs Temple W 79-77
2-Dec vs UCF W 64-62
4-Dec vs UT Arlington W 65-45
7-Dec vs Oral Roberts W 80-64
18-Dec vs Xavier W 71-56
Dec 22* vs Illinois W 79-63
29-Dec vs Morehead State W 75-61
8-Jan vs Tennessee L 87-63
13-Jan at South Carolina L 85-75
16-Jan vs Alabama L 70-69
19-Jan at Texas A&M W 66-43
23-Jan at Arkansas L 72-60
26-Jan vs LSU L 86-80
30-Jan at Auburn L 92-58
2-Feb vs Vanderbilt W 77-67
5-Feb at Tennessee L 72-60
9-Feb vs Texas A&M L 68-59
12-Feb vs Arkansas W 79-78
16-Feb at Ole Miss L 75-65
19-Feb vs Kentucky L 66-58
23-Feb at Florida L 64-60
26-Feb at Mississippi State
2-Mar vs South Carolina
6-Mar at Georgia
9-Mar vs Ole Miss

Mississippi State Schedule/Results

DATE OPPONENT SCORE
9-Nov vs Austin Peay W 95-67
11-Nov vs Hartford W 77-59
16-Nov vs Long Beach St W 79-51
Nov 19* at Arizona State L 72-67
Nov 21* vs. St. Mary’s W 61-57
26-Nov vs Alcorn State W 88-65
30-Nov at Dayton W 65-58
4-Dec vs McNeese W 90-77
Dec 8* at Clemson W 82-71
15-Dec vs Cincinnati W 70-59
19-Dec vs Wofford W 98-87
22-Dec vs Wright State W 67-63
29-Dec vs BYU W 103-81
8-Jan at South Carolina L 87-82
12-Jan vs Ole Miss L 81-77
15-Jan vs Florida W 71-68
19-Jan at Vanderbilt W 71-55
22-Jan at Kentucky L 76-54
26-Jan vs Auburn W 92-84
29-Jan at Alabama L 83-79
2-Feb at Ole Miss W 81-75
6-Feb vs LSU L 92-88
9-Feb vs Kentucky L 71-67
12-Feb vs Alabama W 81-62
16-Feb at Arkansas W 77-67
20-Feb at Georgia W 68-67
23-Feb vs South Carolina W 76-61
26-Feb vs Missouri
2-Mar at Auburn
5-Mar at Tennessee
9-Mar vs Texas A&M

Missouri-Mississippi State Prediction

The Mississippi State Bulldogs appear to be on their way to the NCAA Tournament. Ben Howland was given time to reshape this program, and patience from the school has paid off this season. MSU hasn’t been able to defeat the very best teams in the SEC, but it has improved on the road in recent weeks and evolved on defense. Mississippi State is now playing for seeding instead of NCAA Tournament selection. This game against Missouri won’t improve the Bulldogs’ seeding, but a loss to a bottom-tier SEC opponent would cost them one seed line, possibly two. Missouri has played hard for Cuonzo Martin throughout a season marred by the injury to Jontay Porter in early autumn. Mizzou was never going to have the horses needed to compete in the SEC once that happened. The Tigers will give it their best, but they will fall short again. Mississippi State 74, Missouri 62. (Matt Zemek)

This game tips off at 6:00 PM CT (7:00 PM ET). TV: SEC NETWORK.

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