SEC Basketball Preview/Prediction: Mississippi State at Vanderbilt

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Mississippi St visits Vanderbilt on Saturday in a key SEC basketball matchup. Look inside for a preview of the game including key players, a statistical comparison, team schedules, team ratings, injury reports, game TV information and a final score prediction.

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Team Statistical Comparison

Mississippi State scores an average of 74.4 points per game while allowing opposing teams to score an average of 65.6 points per contest. Vanderbilt scores an average of 73.1 points per game while allowing opposing teams to score an average of 69.0 points per contest.

	FG%	3PT%	FT%	ORB	RBPG	SPG	BPG	APG	TOPG
Mississippi State	45.7	38.3	63.0	155.0	43.7	6.1	4.7	13.3	13.5
Mississippi State OPP	40.2	35.3	72.4	101.0	34.3	5.3	3.0	14.2	12.7
	FG%	3PT%	FT%	ORB	RBPG	SPG	BPG	APG	TOPG
Vanderbilt	43.1	33.8	75.8	95.0	40.8	6.0	2.6	13.9	13.5
Vanderbilt OPP	43.8	31.3	69.4	73.0	35.8	6.8	4.5	11.6	12.8

Key: ORB=Offensive rebounds; RBPG=Rebounds per game; SPG=Steals per game; BPG=Blocked shots per game; APG=Assists per game; TOPG=Turnovers per game.

Statistical Leaders

SCORING
F.Name	L.Name	Team	PPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%
Scotty	Pippen	VAN	22.0	45.7	37.0	81.1
D.J.	Stewart	MSU	18.8	47.6	43.5	67.4
Iverson	Molinar	MSU	18.6	48.3	51.6	82.6
Tolu	Smith	MSU	12.7	53.7	—	61.3
Dylan	Disu	VAN	12.3	44.4	35.3	63.6
STEALS
F.Name	L.Name	Team	STLs	SPG
Scotty	Pippen	VAN	13	1.6
Cameron	Matthews	MSU	14	1.3
Iverson	Molinar	MSU	9	1.1
Deivon	Smith	MSU	11	1.0
Jordan	Wright	VAN	6	1.0
Abdul	Ado	MSU	10	0.9
Dylan	Disu	VAN	7	0.9
BLOCKS
F.Name	L.Name	Team	BLKs	BPG
Abdul	Ado	MSU	20	1.8
Tolu	Smith	MSU	13	1.2
Dylan	Disu	VAN	8	1.0
Quentin	Millora-Brown	VAN	4	0.5
Cameron	Matthews	MSU	4	0.4
Scotty	Pippen	VAN	3	0.4
Quinten	Post	MSU	4	0.4
Iverson	Molinar	MSU	2	0.3
REBOUNDS
F.Name	L.Name	Team	DREBs	REBs	RPG
Dylan	Disu	VAN	58.0	72	9.0
Tolu	Smith	MSU	55.0	98	8.9
Abdul	Ado	MSU	44.0	69	6.3
Javian	Davis	MSU	31.0	54	5.4
Jordan	Wright	VAN	19.0	26	4.3
Quentin	Millora-Brown	VAN	14.0	32	4.0
Iverson	Molinar	MSU	27.0	32	4.0
D.J.	Stewart	MSU	35.0	41	3.7

Mississippi State vs. Vanderbilt Basketball Series History

Vanderbilt leads 79-51.

College Basketball Ratings

Source	Mississippi State	Vanderbilt
NCAA NET	88	176
Sagarin	75	133
ESPN BPI	54	115
Ken Pomeroy	64	136
Massey Composite	80	146

Mississippi State Roster

NO	NAME	POS	HT	WT	CLASS
0	Jalen Johnson	F	6′-6″	210	SR
1	Iverson Molinar	G	6′-3″	190	SO
2	Javian Davis	F	6′-9″	245	SO
3	D.J. Stewart Jr.	G	6′-6″	205	SO
4	Cameron Matthews	G	6′-7″	220	FR
5	Deivon Smith	G	6′-1″	165	FR
11	Andersson Garcia	G	6′-7″	205	FR
20	Derek Fountain	F	6′-9″	210	FR
21	Justin Rumph	G	6′-5″	215	JR
24	Abdul Ado	F	6′-11″	255	SR
25	Isaac Stansbury	G	6′-1″	160	SO
30	Andrew Junkin	F	6′-11″	240	SO
32	Quinten Post	F	7′-0″	240	SO
33	Reggie Morris	G	6′-1″	160	FR
35	Tolu Smith	F	6′-10″	245	SO
55	Keondre Montgomery	G	6′-7″	200	FR

Vanderbilt Roster

NO	NAME	POS	HT	WT	CLASS
0	Tyrin Lawrence	G	6′-4″	190	FR
1	Dylan Disu	F	6′-9″	220	SO
2	Scotty Pippen Jr.	G	6′-1″	170	SO
3	Maxwell Evans	G	6′-2″	190	SR
4	Jordan Wright	G	6′-5″	226	SO
5	D.J. Harvey	G	6′-6″	235	SR
10	Myles Stute	F	6′-7″	215	FR
11	Braelee Albert	G	6′-5″	220	SO
12	Trey Thomas	G	5′-11″	165	FR
13	Issac McBride	G	6′-1″	190	FR
14	Isaiah Rice	G	5′-11″	189	SR
15	Clevon Brown	F	6′-8″	232	SR
20	Max Adelman	G	6′-5″	210	FR
33	Drew Weikert	G	6′-0″	170	JR
34	Akeem Odusipe	F	6′-9″	230	FR
42	Quentin Millora-Brown	F	6′-10″	229	JR
50	Ejike Obinna	F	6′-10″	243	SR

Mississippi State Schedule/Results

Date	Visitor	Points	Home	Points
11/25/2020*	Mississippi St	42	Clemson	53
11/26/2020*	Liberty	84	Mississippi St	73
11/30/2020	Texas State	51	Mississippi St	68
12/4/2020	North Texas	63	Mississippi St	69
12/8/2020	Jackson State	59	Mississippi St	82
12/12/2020	Mississippi St	82	Dayton	85
12/16/2020	Cent Arkansas	65	Mississippi St	81
12/21/2020	Mississippi Valley	48	Mississippi St	87
12/30/2020	Mississippi St	83	Georgia	73
1/2/2021	Kentucky	78	Mississippi St	73
1/5/2021	Missouri	63	Mississippi St	78
1/9/2021	Mississippi St		Vanderbilt
1/13/2021	Texas A&M		Mississippi St
1/16/2021	Florida		Mississippi St
1/19/2021	Ole Miss		Mississippi St
1/23/2021	Mississippi St		Alabama
1/26/2021	Mississippi St		Tennessee
1/30/2021	Iowa State		Mississippi St
2/2/2021	Mississippi St		Arkansas
2/6/2021	Mississippi St		South Carolina
2/10/2021	LSU		Mississippi St
2/13/2021	Vanderbilt		Mississippi St
2/16/2021	Mississippi St		Auburn
2/20/2021	Mississippi St		Ole Miss
2/24/2021	South Carolina		Mississippi St
2/27/2021	Alabama		Mississippi St
3/3/2021	Mississippi St		Texas A&M

Vanderbilt Schedule/Results

Date	Visitor	Points	Home	Points
11/27/2020	Valparaiso	71	Vanderbilt	77
12/8/2020	Vanderbilt	PPD	SMU	PPD
12/11/2020	NC Central	PPD	Vanderbilt	PPD
12/13/2020	Miss Valley St	41	Vanderbilt	84
12/16/2020	Richmond	78	Vanderbilt	67
12/19/2020	Radford	50	Vanderbilt	59
12/22/2020	Vanderbilt	65	Davidson	85
12/27/2020	Vanderbilt	87	Alcorn State	59
12/30/2020	Florida	91	Vanderbilt	72
1/5/2021	Vanderbilt	74	Kentucky	77
1/9/2021	Mississippi St		Vanderbilt
1/12/2021	Vanderbilt		Missouri
1/16/2021	Vanderbilt		Tennessee
1/20/2021	Texas A&M		Vanderbilt
1/23/2021	Arkansas		Vanderbilt
1/27/2021	Vanderbilt		Florida
1/30/2021	South Carolina		Vanderbilt
2/3/2021	Vanderbilt		Texas A&M
2/6/2021	Vanderbilt		Georgia
2/9/2021	Auburn		Vanderbilt
2/13/2021	Vanderbilt		Mississippi St
2/17/2021	Kentucky		Vanderbilt
2/20/2021	Vanderbilt		Alabama
2/24/2021	Tennessee		Vanderbilt
2/27/2021	Ole Miss		Vanderbilt
3/2/2021	Vanderbilt		LSU

Injuries and Suspensions

Mississippi State

None reported.

Vanderbilt

[F] 12/31/2020 – Clevon Brown is out indefinitely (Abdominal)
[G] 12/31/2020 – Braelee Albert is OUT 2-3 weeks (Ankle)

Source: statfox.com

Mississippi State-Vanderbilt Prediction

Mississippi State 68, Vanderbilt 62

Saturday‘s game tips off at 1:00 PM ET. TV: SEC NETWORK.

SEC Basketball Preview/Prediction: Mississippi State at Vanderbilt

Team Statistical Comparison

Statistical Leaders

SCORING

STEALS

BLOCKS

REBOUNDS