Box score
LSU 80, Mississippi State 68
MISSISSIPPI STATE (7-17, 2-10 SEC)
Player M FG-A FT-A R F TP
Borchert 30 5-12 0-0 4 2 11
Ware 25 5-8 0-2 7 4 10
Thomas 27 2-6 0-0 1 3 5
Bloodman 33 0-8 5-6 3 0 5
Sword 26 9-14 7-10 0 2 25
Price 12 0-1 0-0 1 1 0
Cunningham 22 2-4 0-0 1 0 6
Johnson 25 3-3 0-1 3 2 6
TOTALS 200 26-56 12-19 24 14 68
LSU (15-8, 6-6 SEC)
Player M FG-A FT-A R F TP
O’Bryant 36 5-7 0-0 11 2 10
Del Piero 25 5-6 3-5 4 2 13
Hickey 33 3-8 1-2 2 3 10
Stringer 34 4-9 0-0 3 1 10
Morgan 20 2-5 0-0 7 1 5
Carmouche 23 8-11 0-0 5 3 21
Courtney 6 1-2 0-0 3 0 2
Collins 6 0-0 0-1 0 1 0
Coleman 13 2-7 2-2 1 2 7
Hammink 2 0-0 2-2 0 0 2
Williams 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Badeaux 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
TOTALS 200 30-55 8-12 36 15 80
Halftime score: LSU 41, Mississippi State 28
3-point goals: Mississippi State 4-17 (Cunningham 2-3, Borchert 1-7, Thomas 1-4, Sword 0-2, Bloodman 0-1). LSU 12-22 (Carmouche 5-8, Hickey 3-6, Stringer 2-4, Morgan 1-2, Coleman 1-2).
Assists: Mississippi State 9 (Sword 4, Borchert 2, Ware 1, Price 1, Johnson ). LSU 24 (O’Bryant 8, Hickey 6, Morgan 5, Stringer 2, Carmouche 1, Collins 1, Coleman 1).
Turnovers: Mississippi State 9 (Borchert 2, Bloodman 2, Sword 2, Johnson 2, Cunningham 1). LSU 10 (O’Bryant 2, Morgan 2, Carmouche 2, Del Piero 1, Hickey 1, Collins 1, Badeaux 1).
Blocked shots: Mississippi State 7 (Borchert 3, Sword 2, Ware 1, Thomas 1). LSU 5 (Del Piero 3, O’Bryant 1, Collins 1).
Steals: Mississippi State 6 (Borchert 4, Bloodman 2). LSU 5 (Hickey 2, Stringer 1, Morgan 1, Coleman 1).
Team rebounds: Mississippi State 4. LSU 0.
Deadball rebounds: Mississippi State 2. LSU 4
Technical fouls: None.
Officials: Thibodeaux, Heatly, Barker.
Attendance: 9,720
SEC men’s standings
Conference All Games
W L PCT W L PCT
Florida 11 1 .917 21 3 .875
Alabama 9 3 .750 17 8 .680
Kentucky 8 4 .667 17 8 .680
Ole Miss 8 4 .667 19 6 .760
Missouri 7 5 .583 18 7 .720
Arkansas 7 5 .583 16 9 .640
LSU 6 6 .500 15 8 .652
Tennessee 6 6 .500 14 10 .583
Georgia 6 6 .500 12 13 .480
Texas A&M 5 7 .417 15 10 .600
Vanderbilt 4 8 .333 10 14 .417
Auburn 3 9 .250 9 16 .360
South Carolina 2 10 .167 12 13 .480
Mississippi St. 2 10 .167 7 17 .292
Saturday’s games
Tennessee 88, Kentucky 58
Florida 83, Auburn 52
Arkansas 73, Missouri 71
Alabama 68, South Carolina 58
LSU 80, Mississippi State 68
Vanderbilt 63, Texas A&M 56
Ole Miss 84, Georgia 74, OT
Tuesday’s games
LSU at Tennessee, 6 p.m., ESPNU
Florida at Missouri, 8 p.m., ESPN
Wednesday’s games
Ole Miss at South Carolina, 6 p.m.
Mississippi State at Alabama, 7 p.m.
Texas A&M at Auburn, 7 p.m.
Vanderbilt at Kentucky, 7 p.m.
Thursday’s game
Georgia at Arkansas, 6 p.m., ESPN
Saturday, Feb. 23
Alabama at LSU, 12:30 p.m.
Vanderbilt at Mississippi State, 12:30 p.m.
South Carolina at Georgia, 1 p.m., CBS Sports
Tennessee at Texas A&M, 3 p.m.
Auburn at Ole Miss, 4 p.m., FSNO
Arkansas at Florida, 6 p.m., ESPNU
Missouri at Kentucky, 8 p.m., ESPN