STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) Caleb Grill shot 6 for 11 from 3-point range and scored 20 points as No. 20 Missouri beat No. 14 Mississippi State 88-61 on Saturday.
Tamar Bates scored 14 points and Josh Gray added 10 for Missouri (17-4, 6-2 SEC), which hit 15 of 32 shots from distance.
Josh Hubbard scored 24 points for Mississippi State (16-6, 4-5). KeShawn Murphy had 16 points and nine rebounds.
Missouri led by 14 points at halftime and used a 15-0 run early in the second half to put the game out of reach.
Missouri: The Tigers broke an eight-game losing streak in road games at Mississippi State.
Mississippi State: The Bulldogs have dropped consecutive games for the second time in SEC play.
Missouri closed out the first half with a 12-1 run and led 45-31 at the break. The Tigers shot 52% in the opening half and made 9 of 19 shots from distance. Missouri also outrebounded Mississippi State 20-14 in the first half, including seven offensive boards.
Missouri shot 55% from the field and was 7 for 10 from the foul line in the game. The Tigers finished with a 39-31 rebounding edge. Mississippi State shot 36% in the game and made eight of 26 shots from 3-point range.
Missouri is at Tennessee on Wednesday, while Mississippi State travels to Georgia on Saturday.
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TOP SCORERS | |||||
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C. Grill G | 20PTS | 1REB | 2AST | |
12
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J. Hubbard G | 24PTS | 0REB | 2AST |
STARTERS | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
T. Bates | 14 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
T. Pierce | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 |
T. Perkins | 8 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
M. Mitchell | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
A. Robinson II | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
BENCH | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
C. Grill | 20 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
J. Gray | 10 | 11 | 0 | 1 |
J. Crews | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
A. Boateng | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
P. Marshall | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
M. Warrick | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
A. Shaw | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
T. Barrett | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
D. Stephens | – | – | – | – |
J. Brown | – | – | – | – |
M. Allen | – | – | – | – |
J. Sanchez | – | – | – | – |
Total | 88 | 34 | 18 | 18 |
STARTERS | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
J. Hubbard | 24 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
C. Harris Jr. | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
C. Matthews | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
R. Melendez | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
M. Nwoko | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
BENCH | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
K. Murphy | 16 | 9 | 0 | 1 |
S. Jones Jr. | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
M. Russell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
R. Kugel | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
H. Alexander | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
G. Chol | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
D. Warren | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
J. Foumena | – | – | – | – |
A. Myers | – | – | – | – |
T. Jackson III | – | – | – | – |
E. Paymon | – | – | – | – |
Total | 61 | 30 | 11 | 11 |