The Official #16 Tennessee @ Mississippi State Game Thread, 7:00 PM ET, SEC Network

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#16 Tennessee Volunteers: 21-7 (11-5 SEC)

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Mississippi State Bulldogs: 21-8 (9-7 SEC)

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FEB. 27 » HUMPHREY COLISEUM » STARKVILLE, MISS. » 6:01 PM CT


Line: UT +1.5
O/U: 137


TV: SEC Network
Radio: Vol Network
Satellite Radio: Sirius: 138, XM: 191
Online: WatchESPN.com


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Overall: UT leads, 81-43

In Knoxville: UT leads, 45-11

In Starkville: UT leads, 29-28

Neutral Sites: UT leads, 7-4

Current Streak: Mississippi State
has won one

Last Meeting: MSU won, 64-59,
in Starkville, 2/4/17

Barnes vs. Mississippi State: 5-1

Barnes vs. Howland: Barnes
leads, 5-2
 
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• The Vols are rated No. 12 in the NCAA RPI. MSU is No. 62.

• Co-SEC Player of the Week Admiral Schofield averaged 20.5 points, 7.5 rebounds and 3.0 assists in UT's two wins last week.

• The Vols are shooting .353 from 3-point range in SEC road games and average 6.8 makes.

• KenPom.com rates Tennessee's strength-of-schedule fourth nationally.

• True freshman forward Derrick Walker posted an outstanding +26 plus-minus rating in Saturday's win at Ole Miss. He played 22 minutes off the bench
 
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• Give the Vols 12 SEC victories for the first time since 2007-08.

• Give the Vols at least six victories during the month of February for the first time since 2013.

• Give Tennessee four wins in their last five trips to Starkville.

• Be Tennessee's 10th regular-season win away from Knoxville; that would be the most for the Vols since 2007-08 (11).
 
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• In his third season at the helm, veteran coach Ben Howland has done an incredible job leading the Bulldogs (21-8, 9-7 SEC) this season. Considered one of the hottest teams in the SEC right now, Mississippi State is 7-2 over the last month.

• During that stretch, the Bulldogs have won games against Alabama, Georgia, Missouri and Texas A&M.

• Junior All-SEC performer Quinndary Weatherspoon has been State's best player this season, averaging 14.7 ppg, 6.0 rpg, 3.7 apg and 1.5 spg. The 6-4 guard ranks third in the SEC this season in shooting percentage (.495) and fifth in steals (44).

• Quinndary and his younger brother, Nick Weatherspoon, are the only two players to start every game for the Bulldogs this season. Nick is posting 11.1 ppg while shooting 48 percent overall.

• Mississippi State boasts one of the tallest squads in the league this season, anchored by 6-11 forward Abdul Ado (8.1 ppg, 6.8 rpg, 2.0 bpg) and 6-10 forward Aric Holman (10.9 ppg, 6.6 rpg, 1.5 bpg) in the frontcourt.

• MSU ranks second in the SEC in scoring defense (67.1 ppg), trailing Tennessee's 66.9 points allowed, and third in field-goal percentage (.470).

• In their last outing, the Bulldogs erased a 13-point deficit to force overtime at home against South Carolina on Saturday. MSU never trailed in overtime en route to a 72-68 win. Lamar Peters led the way with 19 points, five assists, four boards and four steals.

• Between its men's (18-1) and women's (16-0) teams, Mississippi State basketball owns a combined record of 34-1 at Humphrey Coliseum this season.
 
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wouldn't doubt these next two games will be battle royals...not for the weak of heart...:)

GO VOLS!
 
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Seems like everytime we’ve had an opportunity to capitalize on some losses around us we haven’t been able to take advantage, hoping tonight is different. Not gonna be easy at all, if we win it’s going to take a very good effort on both ends of the court, probably need one of our better games of the season for a full 40 minutes. Much like the Bama game we need to keep this an efficient half court game, make State score in the half court and not in transition, that’s where they excel. We also need to do a better job on the boards and limit their 2nd chance points, that’s been a weakness of ours lately.

GBO!!!
 
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Our 3’s are going to have to be falling tonight at 50’percent plus to win tonight IMO. Still a path to victory but Alexander and Walker need big games. Williams won’t be able to carry us tonight against their bigs.
 
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Go Big Orange!!!
We need everyone to show up tonight.
A win tonight and Saturday could make this a very special season as SEC regular season champs.

Go Vols!!!
 
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One of the biggest contests of the year, IMO. Can’t wait to stomp a mud hole in the turdherders tonight!
 
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Hopefully I am poor guy when I go to bed tonight as I making a hefty wager on State tonight.

State 75
Vols 63
 
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Alexander needs to give UT some points as well as defend and rebound to help GW and AS with an inside scoring prescence while getting Holman and Ado in foul trouble.
 
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I also am in the State wins this one crowd...I’ve stayed away from game day score predictions so hopefully I’ll be wrong....

Mississippi State 74 Tennessee 67
 
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sport3500 said:
Alexander needs to give UT some points as well as defend and rebound to help GW and AS with an inside scoring prescence while getting Holman and Ado in foul trouble.
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Yep, he and/or Walker need to be aggressive tonight.
 
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