The #1 ranked Kentucky Wildcats(26-1, 12-0) travel to Starkville to play Mississippi State(19-8, 6-6) at 9pm est on ESPN.
The announcers for tonight’s game are Brad Nessler and Jimmy Dykes. The sideline reporter is Shannon Spake.
Kentucky is favored by 9 points.
The will also be live streamed on [URL=”http://espn.go.com/watchespn/index/_/source/espn3/”]ESPN3.com[/URL] and if there is a stream available you can also watch on Nation of Blue.com.
The background for night’s game:
Mississippi State and Kentucky have split the last six games in this series, with two of
the last three determined in overtime.
The Cats have won six-straight on the road for the irst time since the 2003 season.
MSU coach Rick Stansbury is 22-51 all-time against ranked opponents, including a
9-16 record at Humphrey Coliseum. Against teams ranked No. 1, Stansbury-coached
squads are 0-2, with the two losses coming against Stanford (12-21-99; 76-56) and
Florida (1-24-07; 70-67). He is also 1-8 against ranked Kentucky teams.
Marquis Teague has three-straight games of eight or more assists.
Dee Bost is 4th in the MSU record books with 222 made 3-pointers and 3rd with 649
attempted 3s. He’s also 6th with 384 made free throws and 7th with 529 attempts.
Kentucky is the highest ranked team MSU has played since losing in overtime to the
No. 2-ranked Wildcats in the fi nals of the 2010 SEC Tournament in Nashville, 75-74.
[U][I][B]PROJECTED STARTERS*[/B][/I][/U]
[B]
Kentucky Wildcats[/B]
P # Name Pts. Rebs. Assts
F 3 [B]Terrence Jones[/B] 12.3 6.7 1.9^
• Tallied irst double-double of season vs. Ole Miss
F 14 [B]Michael Kidd-Gilchrist[/B] 12.0 7.7 2.1
• Seven or more rebs. in six of last seven games
G 20 [B]Doron Lamb[/B] 13.8 3.2 1.7
• Averaging 3.25 3-ptrs per game over last four gms.
F 23 [B]Anthony Davis[/B] 13.9 9.7 4.9^
• National Player of the Year candidate
G 25 [B]Marquis Teague[/B] 9.6 2.6 4.8
• Averaging 8.7 assists over last three games
[B]Mississippi State Bulldogs[/B]
P # Name Pts. Rebs. Assts
G 3 [B]Dee Bost[/B] 15.8 3.3 5.0
• Leads team in assists and 3s made (60)
G 4 [B]Rodney Hood [/B]11.1 5.0 2.0
• Shooting 45.9 pct. from the ield
G 22[B] Brian Bryant[/B] 6.7 4.5 2.0
• 2.0 assist-turnover ratio
F 23 [B]Arnett Moultrie[/B] 16.5 10.8 0.9~
• Leads league in rebounding
C 30[B] Wendell Lewis[/B] 4.0 4.2 1.0^
• Team high 27 block
