National Basketball Association
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
By SportsDirect Inc.
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 |
|