SEC Basketball Preview/Prediction: Missouri at Mississippi State

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The Missouri Tigers visit the Mississippi State Bulldogs on Friday in Starkville in a key SEC basketball matchup. Look inside for a preview of the game including key players, a statistical comparison, team schedules, injury reports, game TV information and a final score prediction.

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Team Statistical Comparison

Missouri scores an average of 66.0 points per game while allowing opposing teams to score an average of 70.6 points per contest. Mississippi State scores an average of 72.8 points per game while allowing opposing teams to score an average of 67.2 points per contest.

	FG%	3PT%	FT%	ORB	RBM	SPG	BPG	APG	TOPG
Missouri	0.430	0.285	0.717	11.20	+1.16	6.76	4.04	11.96	14.12
Mississippi State	0.464	0.318	0.726	11.20	+6.44	7.88	3.64	13.80	12.92
	Opp FG%	Opp 3PT%	RB Off	RB Def	OFRB%	Scor. M	3ptMPG	TM PPG	Opp PPG
Missouri	0.441	0.285	35.00	33.84	0.33	-4.60	5.28	66.0	70.6
Mississippi State	0.433	0.318	36.52	30.08	0.34	+5.52	5.44	72.8	67.2

Key

FG%– Field goal shootage percentage.
3PT%– Three point field goal shootage percentage.
FT%– Free throw shooting percentage.
OREB– Offensive rebounds per game.
RBM– Average rebounding margin per game.
SPG– Steals per game.
BPG– Blocks per game.
APG– Assists per game.
TOPG– Turnovers per game.

Opp FG%– Opponent field goal percentage made.
Opp 3PT%– Opponent 3-point field goal percentage made.
RB Off– Rebounding Offense.
RB Def– Rebounding defense.
OFRB%– Offensive rebounding percentage.
Scor. M– Average game scoring margin.
3ptMPG– Three point shots made per game.
TM PPG– Team’s average points scored per game.
Opp PPG– Average points scored by opponents per game.

Statistical Leaders

Scoring
SEC Rnk/Player	Team	Games	FG	3PTFG	FTs	Points	Avg.
3. Molinar, Iverson	MSU	25	160	26	118	464	18.56
17. Brown, Kobe	Mizzou	25	112	10	82	316	12.64

Field Goal %
SEC Rnk/Player	Team	Games	FGM	FGA	FG%
5. Molinar, Iverson	MSU	25	160	335	0.478

3-point made per game
SEC Rnk/Player	Team	Games	3PT Made	Avg. Per Game

Free Throw %
SEC Rnk/Player	Team	Games	FT Att.	FT Made	FT%
1. Molinar, Iverson	MSU	25	118	132	0.89
8. Brown, Kobe	Mizzou	25	82	104	0.79

Rebounding
SEC Rnk/Player	Team	Games	Off	Def	Total	Avg. Per Game
5. Brown, Kobe	Mizzou	25	58	141	199	7.96
9. Brooks, Garrison	MSU	25	62	109	171	6.84
17. Millora-Brown, Quentin	Brown,	25	59	83	142	5.68
19. James, Josiah-Jordan	Jordan	22	29	94	123	5.59

Missouri vs. Mississippi State Basketball Series History

Mississippi State leads 10-5

Missouri Roster

NO	NAME	POS	HT	WT	CLASS
0	Anton Brookshire	G	6′-1″	170	FR
1	Amari Davis	G	6′-2″	175	JR
2	Sean Durugordon	F	6′-5″	210	FR
4	Javon Pickett	G	6′-5″	215	SR
5	Jarron Coleman	G	6′-5″	210	JR
11	Yaya Keita	F	6′-8″	240	FR
12	DaJuan Gordon	G	6′-3″	185	JR
13	Kaleb Brown	G	6′-6″	265	FR
21	Ronnie DeGray III	F	6′-6″	225	SO
23	Trevon Brazile	F	6′-9″	215	FR
24	Kobe Brown	F	6′-8″	255	JR
32	Jordan Wilmore	F	7′-3″	300	SO

Mississippi State Roster

NO	NAME	POS	HT	WT	CLASS
0	Rocket Watts	G	6′-2″	185	JR
1	Iverson Molinar	G	6′-3″	190	JR
2	Javian Davis	F	6′-9″	240	JR
3	Shakeel Moore	G	6′-1″	185	SO
4	Cameron Matthews	G	6′-7″	225	SO
5	Cam Carter	G	6′-3″	185	FR
10	Garrison Brooks	F	6′-9″	230	SR
11	Andersson Garcia	G	6′-7″	210	SO
12	Keshawn Murphy	F	6′-10″	245	FR
13	D.J. Jeffries	F	6′-7″	225	JR
20	Derek Fountain	F	6′-9″	225	SO
21	Justin Rumph	G	6′-5″	215	SR
24	Tyler Brumfield	G	6′-1″	180	FR
25	Isaac Stansbury	G	6′-1″	160	JR
35	Tolu Smith	F	6′-11″	245	JR
44	Alden Applewhite	F	6′-7″	200	FR

Missouri Schedule/Results

Date	Visitor	Points	Home	Points
11/9/2021	C Michigan	68	Missouri	78
11/15/2021	Kansas City	80	Missouri	66
11/18/2021	N Illinois	37	Missouri	54
11/21/2021	Missouri	80	SMU	75
11/22/2021	Florida State	81	Missouri	58
11/26/2021	Wichita State	61	Missouri	55
11/29/2021	Paul Quinn	59	Missouri	91
12/2/2021	Missouri	45	Liberty	66
12/7/2021	E Illinois	44	Missouri	72
12/11/2021	Missouri	65	Kansas	102
12/18/2021	Utah	75	Missouri	83
12/22/2021	Illinois	88	Missouri	63
12/29/2021	Missouri	56	Kentucky	83
1/5/2022	Mississippi State	PPD	Missouri	PPD
1/8/2022	Alabama	86	Missouri	92
1/12/2022	Missouri	87	Arkansas	43
1/15/2022	Texas A&M	67	Missouri	64
1/18/2022	Missouri	78	Ole Miss	53
1/22/2022	Missouri	76	Alabama	86
1/25/2022	Auburn	55	Missouri	54
1/29/2022	Missouri	50	Iowa State	67
2/2/2022	Florida	66	Missouri	65
2/5/2022	Missouri	70	Texas A&M	66
2/8/2022	Missouri	62	Vanderbilt	70
2/12/2022	Ole Miss	68	Missouri	74
2/15/2022	Arkansas	76	Missouri	57
2/19/2022	Missouri		Mississippi State
2/22/2022	Tennessee		Missouri
2/26/2022	Missouri		LSU
3/1/2022	Missouri		South Carolina
3/5/2022	Georgia		Missouri

Mississippi State Schedule/Results

Date	Visitor	Points	Home	Points
11/10/2021	North Alabama	49	Mississippi State	75
11/13/2021	Montana	49	Mississippi State	86
11/17/2021	Detroit Mercy	64	Mississippi State	77
11/21/2021	Morehead State	46	Mississippi State	66
11/25/2021	Mississippi State	58	Louisville	72
11/27/2021	Mississippi State	82	Richmond	71
12/2/2021	Lamar	60	Mississippi State	75
12/5/2021	Minnesota	81	Mississippi State	76
12/11/2021	Mississippi State	63	Colorado State	66
12/14/2021	Georgia State	50	Mississippi State	79
12/17/2021	Furman	66	Mississippi State	69
12/21/2021	Winthrop	63	Mississippi State	84
12/29/2021	Arkansas	68	Mississippi State	81
1/5/2022	Mississippi State	PPD	Missouri	PPD
1/8/2022	Mississippi State	72	Ole Miss	82
1/12/2022	Georgia	72	Mississippi State	88
1/15/2022	Alabama	76	Mississippi State	78
1/19/2022	Mississippi State	72	Florida	80
1/22/2022	Ole Miss	60	Mississippi State	78
1/25/2022	Mississippi State	74	Kentucky	82
1/29/2022	Mississippi State	50	Texas Tech	76
2/1/2022	South Carolina	64	Mississippi State	78
2/5/2022	Mississippi State	55	Arkansas	63
2/9/2022	Tennessee	72	Mississippi State	63
2/12/2022	Mississippi State	65	LSU	69
2/16/2022	Mississippi State	75	Alabama	80
2/19/2022	Missouri		Mississippi State
2/23/2022	Mississippi State		South Carolina
2/26/2022	Vanderbilt		Mississippi State
3/2/2022	Auburn		Mississippi State
3/5/2022	Mississippi State		Texas A&M

Injuries and Suspensions

Missouri

[G] 02/17/2022 – Anton Brookshire is “?” Friday vs Mississippi St (Wrist)
[F] 02/17/2022 – Jordan Wilmore is “?” Friday vs Mississippi St (Back)
[F] 02/18/2022 – Yaya Keita is out indefinitely (Knee)

Mississippi State

[G] 02/17/2022 – Rocket Watts is “?” Friday vs Missouri (Arm)
[F] 12/01/2021 – Keshawn Murphy is out for season (Redshirt)

Source: statfox.com

Missouri-Mississippi State Prediction

Mississippi State 78, Missouri 71

Saturday‘s game tips off at 8:30 PM ET. TV: SEC Network.

SEC Basketball Preview/Prediction: Missouri at Mississippi State

Team Statistical Comparison

Key

Statistical Leaders

Scoring

Field Goal %

3-point made per game

Free Throw %

Rebounding