Southeastern foes will collide when the Missouri Tigers (8-12) face the Mississippi State Bulldogs (8-11) at Mizzou Arena. Action begins at 8:30 pm ET on Saturday, Jan. 30 and can be seen on SEC and ES3.
The Tigers were blown out by Kentucky 88-54 on Wednesday. K.J. Walton had a good outing for Missouri, recording 10 points and six rebounds. The Bulldogs, meanwhile, are coming off an 84-74 loss to South Carolina on Tuesday. I.J. Ready had a team-high 20 points.
Mississippi State is a slim two-point favorite over Missouri. The teams combine to set the Over/Under (O/U) at 143 points. The Tigers enter the game with records of 8-12 Straight Up (SU) and 9-7-1 Against The Spread (ATS).
In the other locker room, the Bulldogs have records of 10-6 ATS and 8-11 SU. The Bulldogs are shooting lights out from the foul line so far, with a .745 free throw percentage that ranks 27th in Division I.
The conference rivals will be facing off in their first head-to-head contest of the season. When they last met the Bulldogs were winners, bringing the head-to-head record to an even 3-3 SU. They are even ATS as well (3-3).
Predictions: SU Winner – MissSt, ATS Winner – MissSt, O/U – Over
Notes
Missouri is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games.
Missouri is 10-3 SU in its last 13 games at home.
Both Missouri and Mississippi State are a poor 1-6 SU against conference foes.
With 68.1 possessions and .985 points per possession, the Missouri Tigers perform worse on both metrics than the Mississippi State Bulldogs. Mississippi State averages 70.2 possessions and 1.089 points per possession.
The Missouri Tigers average an effective field goal percentage of 46.9% this season. The Mississippi State Bulldogs have a subpar record of 4-9 when opponents have an eFG% of 46.9% or greater.
On average, Missouri attempts 17.0 three pointers and Mississippi State attempts 22.0. In games where they have 20 or more three point attempts, the Missouri Tigers are winless at 0-2, while the Mississippi State Bulldogs have a losing 4-9 record.
On average, Mississippi State makes 6.3 steals per game. Missouri is a poor 4-8 when it allows at least 6 steals.
