SEC Basketball Preview/Prediction: Mississippi State at Missouri

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Mississippi State visits Missouri on Saturday in a key SEC basketball matchup. Look inside for a preview of the game along with a prediction of the game’s final score.

By 14Powers Hoops

Team Statistical Comparison

	FG%	3PT%	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TO
Mississippi State	0.469	0.339	0.754	340	1050	382	159	141	399
Mississippi State OPP	0.428	0.320	0.730	277	845	343	202	79	330
Missouri	0.413	0.304	0.775	294	975	318	188	89	400
Missouri OPP	0.406	0.290	0.728	267	936	290	166	96	400

Statistical Leaders

Mississippi State Scoring Leaders

PLAYER	TEAM	GP	PPG	FGM	FTM	3PTM
PLAYER	TEAM	GP	PPG	FGM	FTM	3PTM
Reggie Perry	Mississippi State	28	17.4	167	131	22
Tyson Carter	Mississippi State	28	13.7	123	88	49
Robert Woodard II	Mississippi State	28	11.5	125	44	29
D.J. Stewart Jr.	Mississippi State	28	8.8	91	40	25
Iverson Molinar	Mississippi State	28	6.1	61	37	13
Abdul Ado	Mississippi State	28	5.8	62	37	0
KeyShawn Feazell	Mississippi State	21	1.5	11	5	4

Mississippi State Rebounding Leaders

PLAYER	TEAM	OR	DR	TR	RPG
PLAYER	TEAM	OR	DR	TR	RPG
Reggie Perry	Mississippi State	84	192	276	9.9
Robert Woodard II	Mississippi State	64	127	191	6.8
Abdul Ado	Mississippi State	97	91	188	6.7
Tyson Carter	Mississippi State	4	68	72	2.6
D.J. Stewart Jr.	Mississippi State	8	60	68	2.4
KeyShawn Feazell	Mississippi State	10	33	43	2.0
Iverson Molinar	Mississippi State	6	22	28	1.0

Missouri Scoring Leaders

PLAYER	TEAM	GP	PPG	FGM	FTM	3PTM
PLAYER	TEAM	GP	PPG	FGM	FTM	3PTM
Dru Smith	Missouri	28	12.5	107	113	22
Xavier Pinson	Missouri	28	10.7	93	87	26
Mark Smith	Missouri	21	10.6	69	35	49
Javon Pickett	Missouri	28	7.1	78	27	15
Kobe Brown	Missouri	27	6.0	59	27	18
Reed Nikko	Missouri	27	5.0	51	33	0
Mitchell Smith	Missouri	27	4.8	40	33	17
Torrence Watson	Missouri	28	4.8	42	18	33
Tray Jackson	Missouri	23	3.1	25	16	6
Parker Braun	Missouri	22	1.5	15	3	0

Missouri Rebounding Leaders

PLAYER	TEAM	OR	DR	TR	RPG
PLAYER	TEAM	OR	DR	TR	RPG
Mitchell Smith	Missouri	38	98	136	5.0
Dru Smith	Missouri	31	85	116	4.1
Mark Smith	Missouri	6	81	87	4.1
Javon Pickett	Missouri	38	73	111	4.0
Kobe Brown	Missouri	29	68	97	3.6
Reed Nikko	Missouri	46	48	94	3.5
Xavier Pinson	Missouri	17	54	71	2.5
Tray Jackson	Missouri	11	35	46	2.0
Torrence Watson	Missouri	5	33	38	1.4
Parker Braun	Missouri	7	17	24	1.1

NCAA NET

Mississippi State: 54

Missouri: 86

Mississippi State Roster

No.	Name	Pos.	HT	WT	Class	City-State
0	Nick Weatherspoon	G	6′-2″	185	JR	Canton, MS
1	Reggie Perry	F	6′-10″	250	SO	Thomasville, GA
2	Elias King	F	6′-8″	205	FR	Suwanee, GA
3	D.J. Stewart Jr.	G	6′-6″	200	FR	Grace, MS
4	Devin Butts	G	6′-5″	180	FR	Macon, GA
5	Iverson Molinar	G	6′-3″	195	FR	Marietta, GA
10	Tate Clayton	G	6′-2″	170	JR	Tupelo, MS
12	Robert Woodard II	G	6′-7″	230	SO	Columbus, MS
13	Reggie Miller	G	6′-5″	185	SR	Saltillo, MS
15	Prince Oduro	F	6′-8″	250	SO	Toronto, ON
20	Mitch Storm	F	6′-7″	200	SR	Madison, MS
21	Justin Rumph	G	6′-5″	215	JR	Birmingham, AL
22	KeyShawn Feazell	F	6′-8″	225	JR	Newhebron, MS
23	Tyson Carter	G	6′-4″	175	SR	Starkville, MS
24	Abdul Ado	F	6′-11″	255	JR	Lagos, Nigeria
25	Isaac Stansbury	G	6′-1″	160	FR	Bowling Green, KY
30	Andrew Junkin	F	6′-11″	240	FR	New Hope, MS
32	Quinten Post	F	7′-0″	225	FR	Amsterdam, The Netherlands
35	Tolu Smith	F	6′-10″	240	SO	Bay Saint Louis, MS
45	E.J. Datcher	C	6′-10″	255	SR	Harpersville, AL

Missouri Roster

No.	Name	Pos.	HT	WT	Class	City-State
0	Torrence Watson	G	6′-5″	205	SO	St. Louis, MO
1	Xavier Pinson	G	6′-2″	170	SO	Chicago, IL
2	Tray Jackson	F	6′-8″	215	FR	Detroit, MI
4	Javon Pickett	G	6′-5″	220	SO	Belleville, IL
5	Mitchell Smith	F	6′-10″	221	JR	Van Buren, AR
10	Evan Yerkes	G	6′-3″	187	SO	Tinley Park, IL
11	Mario McKinney Jr.	G	6′-2″	185	FR	St. Louis, MO
12	Dru Smith	G	6′-3″	203	JR	Evansville, IN
13	Mark Smith	G	6′-5″	220	JR	Edwardsville, IL
14	Reed Nikko	F	6′-10″	240	SR	Maple Grove, MN
15	Axel Okongo	F	7′-0″	240	JR	Saacy-sur-Marne, France
23	Jeremiah Tilmon	F	6′-10″	260	JR	East Saint Louis, IL
24	Kobe Brown	F	6′-7″	240	FR	Huntsville, AL
25	Brooks Ford	G	6′-0″	187	SO	St. Louis, MO
42	Parker Braun	F	6′-8″	217	FR	Overland Park, KS

Scouting Report

Missouri and Mississippi State meet in Columbia. Mizzou seems to have improved of late. They appear to be out of the race for an NCAA bid but, hey, they’ve won four of their last six. If they can surprise a solid Mississippi State squad on Saturday, they have a winnable game at Ole Miss next followed by a home game with Alabama. If they win these last three games they enter the SECT with a 17-14 (9-9 SEC) record. Then anything can happen in the SECT. Mississippi State (9-6, 18-10 SEC) is in decent shape for a trip to the NCAAs but the Bulldogs can’t afford to lose to Missouri, that would put them on the bubble for sure, if that. After Mizzou there’s trip to South Carolina, a team that would love to deal a blow to State’s tourney hopes. Mizzou hangs its hat on defense, they are only allowing about 65 points per game. By contrast, the Tigers only score 67 points a contest. Dru Smith is a big reason the Tigers are so sound defensively. Right now he has 58 steals which is four more than the second place steal artist in the SEC, Kentucky guard Ashton Hagans. The Bulldogs ride their beast man, Reggie Perry, who averages nearly a double-double a game (17.4 ppg, 9.9 rpg).

This is a hard one to pick. Mizzou has played really well at home, defeating Auburn and others. They probably have the edge playing at home.

Mississippi State-Missouri Prediction

Missouri 69, Mississippi State 68

Saturday‘s game tips off at 3:30 p.m. ET. TV: SEC Network.