LSU Tigers (12-11) vs. Mississippi State Bulldogs (15-8)
Week 14 of the 2022-23 NCAA men’s basketball season is in full swing on Wednesday, February 8, when the LSU Tigers take on the Mississippi State Bulldogs in this SEC clash at the Humphrey Coliseum in Starkville, Mississippi.
This will be the one meeting between these teams this season. LSU defeated Mississippi State last year on February 12, 69-65, and has won the last four meetings between the teams. The Bulldogs were a 6.5-point underdog in the victory with the total going slightly under 136.5. No line or total was set for this contest at the time this analysis was written.
The LSU Tigers (12-11, 8-14-1 ATS) will be looking to snap their 10-game losing streak when they take on Mississippi State. The Tigers lost to Alabama on Saturday, 79-69, and will head to the road where they are winless (0-5). LSU was an 11-point underdog in the loss, giving them the ATS victory, which snapped a string of eight games where the club was 0-7-1 ATS.
Alabama shot 53.3% in the first half while LSU hit 10-36 (27.8%) of their shots and finished at 30.7% from the floor. That included going 7-27 from three-point range (25.9%) it was the free-throw shooting that kept the Tigers in this game, as they hit 24 of 31 attempts, while Alabama had just 15 free-throw attempts, hitting 14. The Tigers were led by Derek Fountain, who had 26 points and seven rebounds. Fountain was the only shooter to hit more than 50% of his shots (6-9).
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LSU is averaging 106.3 points per 100 possessions (155th) while allowing 102.7 points per 100 possessions (120th). The team is averaging 68.6 possessions per game, but has increased that number slightly over their last three, averaging 69.1. The Tigers are averaging 67.1 points per game (295th), while allowing 69.0 points per game (166th). This is a terrible shooting team, ranked 327th in the nation at 41.3%.
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