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63
Winthrop Win 6-6,0-0 Big South
84
Winner Mississippi St. MSU 9-3,0-0 SEC
Winthrop Win
6-6,0-0 Big South
63
Final
84
Mississippi St. MSU
9-3,0-0 SEC
Winner
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Team 1 2 F
Winthrop Win 28 35 63
Mississippi St. MSU 47 37 84

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Burns Jr. Scores 20 To Lead Eagles In Loss To Mississippi State Tuesday Night

Jackson, Miss. – D.J. Burns Jr. scored 20 points to lead Winthrop in an 84-63 loss to Mississippi State, Tuesday night at the Mississippi Coliseum.

WINTHROP (6-6)
SCORING LEADERS
MISSISSIPPI STATE (9-3)
SCORING LEADERS
  • D.J. Jeffries (19 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists)
  • Iverson Molinar (22 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 block)
  • Garrison Brooks (15 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block)

FIRST HALF
  • Bulldogs opened the game with four quick points as Iverson Molinar got to the rim twice
  • Bulldogs led 7-1 just shy of two minutes in when Cory Hightower dropped in a three and then D.J. Burns Jr. hit a turn-around 15-foot jumper to cut the deficit to 10-6
  • Eagles were within three at 12-9, but six straight points by the Bulldogs doubled their lead at 18-9 with 12:07 left
  • Mississippi State pushed the lead to double-figures at 24-14 with just over 10 to play after Molinar knocked down a jumper
  • The Bulldogs opened the game 11-of-16 from the field to build its 10-point advantage
  • The lead extended to 13 points after D.J. Jeffries hit a tough jumper followed by a three from Shakeel Moore in transition, forcing the Eagles to call timeout
  • Out of the timeout Burns Jr. scored at the rim, but Jeffries answered right back and then off a Winthrop turnover Jeffries drilled a three for a 34-18 lead
  • Bulldogs outscored the Eagles 21-12 over the final 7:11 as they hit nine consecutive shots which included five triples to build a 47-28 lead at the break
  • Mississippi State shot 67 percent from the floor while the Eagles were shot 46 percent

SECOND HALF
  • Eagles opened the second half with a strong defensive effort, holding Mississippi State 2-of-10 from the floor in the first eight minutes
  • The Bulldogs pushed the lead back to 20 points at 59-39 with 10:55 to play, but the Eagles reeled off five straight to force a timeout
  • The run started with a Drew Buggs free throw, who then stole the ball about 20 seconds later that led to a Chase Claxton layup and then Anumba finished at the rim to make it a 15 point deficit
  • Eagles held the Bulldogs to 1-of-10 shooting from the field for over five minutes, but were only able to slightly dig into the deficit as the Bulldogs were 11-of-14 at the foul line
  • Bulldogs used the foul line to maintain their consistent 15-20 point lead as they were 16-of-20 in the second half alone

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
  • Eagles held the Bulldogs to 39 percent shooting in the second half, but the Bulldogs shot 55 percent for the game
  • Winthrop finished at 45 percent from the floor and just 5-of-20 from three (25%)
  • Eagles committed 13 turnovers the Bulldogs turned into 18 points
  • Mississippi State had a 31-22 advantage on the glass and turned six offensive rebounds into 12 second chance points

NOTABLES
  • Burns Jr. posted 20 points for the second straight game, his first back-to-back games of 20 or more in his career
  • Anumba made his 100th appearance as an Eagle and also reached 400 career rebounds in the process
  • Talford has been in double-figures in three of the last four games and for a 5th time this season
  • Winthrop finished with 17 assists on 22 field goals, tying its second-highest total of assists in a game this season

UP NEXT
Eagles have 10 days until their next contest when they wrap-up the non-conference schedule on Friday, Dec. 31 at 1 p.m. against Converse College.  
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