TL; DR The Alabama Crimson Tide went on the roadway to Starkville Saturday night and continued their mastery over the Mississippi State Bulldogs. The Trend defeated the Pets 82-74 to improve to 11-5 total and 3-0 in the SEC. MSU dropped to 12-4 overall and 2-1 busy play. Mississippi State has among the ideal huge males in the seminar in the existence of Tolu Smith, and are additionally is among both most physical groups in the league. This is specifically the kind of teams that have actually offered Nate Oats groups fits, and specifically this year's version of the Crimson Tide. 'Bama did their best to match the Canines' physicality, and unbelievably held their own. Mark Sears, Latrell Wrightsell, Jr, and Rylan Griffen did the bulk of the racking up, however Grant Nelson, specifically, did a far better job of playing harder-- something Train Oats had actually mentioned following 'Bama's dominating win over South win is a great one for the Trend's postseason hopes-- the Bulldogs are ranked 28th in the NET, and this a solid Q1 resume-padder versus the sort of squad that has flummoxed 'Bama all Mohamed Wague still nursing a foot injury, Nick Pringle replaced him in the beginning schedule again tonite, signing up with Sears, Griffen, Nelson, and Aaron Estrada. Wague was able to play some, and logged 10 , issues almost promptly emerged, as foul-happy Nick Pringle really placed on his magnum opus: playing just six minutes prior to fouling out. The lankier Grant Nelson was pressed right into lugging a bigger lots at the center area against the Bulldogs that struck him all night. Bama started out slowly, and fell behind 8-2 in the very first two mins. The Bulldogs raised their result in 15-6 at the 14:18 mark before the Tide jumped on a roll. Griffen struck 2 of two at the charity line to lastly draw the Tide also at 15 with 11:26 continuing to be in the fifty percent. Wrightsell hit a set from behind the arc for Bama's very first lead of the video game, 23-21, with 8:09 left. For the very first time this period Sears entered a little nasty difficulty, drawing two early phone calls. Griffen scored twice on wonderful drives to the basket to maintain a tiny lead for Bama. Train Nate Oats chanced and put Sears back in with about 5 minutes left, who fortunately did not choose up a 3rd. Then Nelson banked in a three-pointer; and, cold as he has actually been, we will gladly take it without also calling "glass." When the halftime buzzer sounded, Alabama had a slim 40-38 the initial fifty percent, the Trend shot 12-28 for 43%, consisting of 5-14 for 36% from deep, and 11-15 for 73% from the line. Bama had 21 rebounds, an uncharacteristically low 4 assists, one block JC Latham Jersey, 2 takes, and an unpleasant eight turn overs. Wrightsell had 11 and Griffen had 10 to lead the Tide scorers. MSU outshot the Trend in the very first half with an awesome 15-28 for 54%, with 4-6 from deep, however made just 4-10 from the charity red stripe. Today, we explained that 'State is the most awful complimentary toss shooting team in the organization, and their difficulties this evening at the stripe assisted cost them the video game. The 'Pet dogs had 18 rebounds, seven assists, 3 blocks, and six turnovers. Smith and DJ Jeffries led the home team with 7 factors Oats sent out the very same beginners for the second fifty percent. And, like the first frame, the Bulldogs came barking out of the storage locker area, racking up the first 5 factors of the half and taking 43-40 lead-- before the Trend went on a run of their very own. Griffen struck a 3 to claim a 45-43 'Bama lead, and Estrada followed up with a pair of cost-free tosses. When Nelson made a steal and dished a great assist, Bama lead by six. Sears scored 8 straight factors for the Trend to stretch the lead out to 59-49 with 12:40 left in the video game. Alabama kept the lead at 10 for a few mins prior to the Canines staged a return. To help in the comeback, Bama missed a number of bunnies right at the basket. With 7:25 left the Tide held onto a five-point lead prior to going ice cold. Bama fans have seen this manuscript in the past, and as Yogi Berra as soon as claimed, it resembled "deja vu throughout again."With 4:40 on the clock MSU took the lead back at 70-69. Nevertheless Griffen and Sears declined to let Bama shed. The video game was connected 74-74 with 2:39 left before Sears drove and scored at the rim. The Trend gained from some cost-free throw luck, as State missed six straight over the last three mins. Those vital bricks helped the Trend resist the Bulldogs. Sears, meanwhile, made four releases straight, and Wrighsell finished things off with 2 of his own to offer Alabama the 82-74 win. StatsThe Trend fired 13-30 in the second fifty percent with 5-14 from three factor range again, and struck an extremely crucial 11-11 at the charity line after the break. On the whole, Bama shot 25-58 for 43%, 10-29 for 36 from deep, and 22-26 from the line for 85%. The Tide do with 36 rebounds, 9 assists, 5 blocks, seven steals, and 13 turnovers. Sears once again put the group on his pull back the stretch and led the game with 22 points on 6-12 capturing and 8-8 made complimentary tosses. Wrightsell, Jr, continued his stellar play off the bench and hit 5-9 three reminders for 19 factors. Griffen shot 6-12 and racked up 17 points with 6 rebounds https://www.crimsontidesportapparel.com/collections/marcus-early-jr-jersey, and two helps. Nelson has actually been having a hard time offensively, however he was very useful tonight. The slender transfer scored nine factors, got hold of nine huge rebounds, had 3 swipes, was attributed with 3 blocks-- I feel he had much more-- and transformed a number of other attempts. You can not say adequate regarding his durability breaking a number of gamers that outweight him by 50-60 extra pounds. Estrada included 9 points and added 5 rebounds. MSU shot 11-33 for 33% in the half, with just 3-11 from behind the arc. The Bulldogs made just 11-17 from the charity line in the half. In general, the Bulldogs fired 26-61 for 43%, 7-17 for 41% from three, and fired themselves in the foot by making only 15-27 complimentary throws. State did finish up winning the fight of the boards by one, 37-36, had 12 assists, seven blocks, seven swipes, and dedicated 12 turn overs. Smith had a double-double with 15 points and 10 rebonds, however fired only 5-15 from the field and 5-10 at the line. Freshman Josh Hubbard included 14, Shakeel Moore scratched 13 and Cameron Matthews included 12 points. TakeawaysWhat a tough, gritty win by the Tide. With Wague's injury and Pringle's foul problem, the team was without their two big individuals for much of the game. The two integrated to play just 16 minutes https://www.crimsontidesportapparel.com/collections/devonta-smith-jersey, and together racked up a pitiful 2 factors and got hold of one dismal rebound. Sears, Griffen, Nelson, and Estrada all played between 30-35 minutes, and Wrightsell, Jr saw 27 mins of action off the bench. Sam Walters and Wague were the only various other gamers in dual number mins with 10 each. Jarin Stevenson and Mouhamed Dioubate both logged eight mins. Sears is playing like the most effective gamer in the conference, and potentially in the entire country. Video game after game the elderly from Muscle mass Shoals has actually placed the team on his back. Griffen has stepped his contributions up over the last numerous games, and Wrightsell, Jr brings back memories of old institution NBA player Vinnie "The Microwave" Johnson, formally of the Detroit Pistons. Oats utilized Dioubate once again to provide the team a shock of power, as his function has actually increased dramatically over the last three video games. The Trend did play far better defense tonight, however the Canines will certainly never be perplexed with an offensive juggernaut. Likewise depending on groups to fire horribly at the totally free toss line isn't a strategy to hang your hat on. Still, Alabama followers-- and the Bama players-- have to enjoy with shutting this one out. In so several of 'Bama's losses this year, the Tide have not been able to weather late cool stretches. They require the play, have poor turn overs, get lost defensively and outhustled in the article. That did not take place tonite, when it really conveniently could in a sold-out aggressive sector against a quality challenger that plays a kind of sphere that has actually been 'Bama's kryptonite. There were mistakes to be certain, and plenty to clean up, but there were a great deal of positives to improve as well-- particularly the introduction of a tougher Grant Nelson. Up NextNext up is a home game on Tuesday night against the battling Missouri Tigers. The Tide requires to function and reach 4-0 before taking a trip to Tennessee on Saturday the 20th, adhered to by a home game against the Auburn Tigers on Wednesday, January 24th. The Mizzou game is at 6 p.m and will certainly be revealed on the SEC and OatsRoll Tide!

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