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Hubbard scores 19, Mississippi State holds off Arkansas, 71-67

AP
Feb 17, 2024

STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) Josh Hubbard scored 19 points and Mississippi State picked up its third straight win, holding off Arkansas 71-67 on Saturday afternoon.

Mississippi State has now won its last three straight, including its first Southeastern Conference road win a week ago at Missouri.

Hubbard hit 6 of 18 from the field, including 3 of 10 from distance and Matthews hit 6 of 7 from the floor and was 5 of 10 from the line to add 17 points and 10 rebounds for the Bulldogs (17-8, 6-6).

Makhi Mitchell finished with 21 points and nine rebounds to lead Arkansas (12-13, 3-9). Khalif Battle added 18 points.

Arkansas took a 67-65 lead with 1:07 left on a layup by El Ellis, but Hubbard put the Bulldogs in front for good nine seconds later with a 3-pointer.

The Razorbacks missed multiple shot attempts trying to tie it. Tolu Smith blocked a Chandler Lawson layup attempt with 29 seconds left and, after an Arkansas time out, Shakeel Moore got a steal with 10 seconds left, was immediately fouled and made both free throws to push the lead to three. Ellis missed two free throws with a second left for the Razorbacks and Cameron Matthews added a free throw for the Bulldogs to end it.

Shawn Jones Jr.’s jumper with eight minutes left in the first half gave Mississippi State its largest lead, 25-17 and the Bulldogs held a 34-29 advantage at the break. Neither team could sustain a lead through most of the second half. The game featured nine times and five lead changes.

Mississippi State has six games left in its regular season, including three against ranked opponents, starting Wednesday at home against Mississippi.

Arkansas travels to face Texas A&M Tuesday.

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1st Half
ARK
Razorbacks
29
MSST
Bulldogs
34

Time		Play	Score
20:00		Tramon Mark vs. Tolu Smith III (Razorbacks gains possession)
19:53	+2	Khalif Battle makes two point layup	2-0
19:30		Tolu Smith III misses two point jump shot
19:28		Tolu Smith III offensive rebound
19:19		Tolu Smith III misses two point jump shot
19:17		El Ellis defensive rebound
19:07	+2	Davonte Davis makes two point jump shot	4-0
19:07		Josh Hubbard shooting foul (Davonte Davis draws the foul)
19:07		Davonte Davis misses regular free throw 1 of 1
19:07		Tolu Smith III defensive rebound
18:57	+2	Tolu Smith III makes two point layup (Josh Hubbard assists)	4-2
18:57		Chandler Lawson shooting foul (Tolu Smith III draws the foul)
18:57	+1	Tolu Smith III makes regular free throw 1 of 1	4-3
18:35		Josh Hubbard personal foul
18:25		Jump ball. El Ellis vs. Dashawn Davis (Bulldogs gains possession)
18:25		El Ellis turnover (lost ball) (Dashawn Davis steals)
18:13	+2	Shakeel Moore makes two point layup (Shawn Jones Jr. assists)	4-5
17:47		Tramon Mark turnover (bad pass)
17:29	+2	Cameron Matthews makes two point layup	4-7
17:16		Tramon Mark misses three point jump shot
17:14		Shawn Jones Jr. defensive rebound
17:08		Davonte Davis shooting foul (Tolu Smith III draws the foul)
17:08		Tolu Smith III misses regular free throw 1 of 2
17:08	+1	Tolu Smith III makes regular free throw 2 of 2	4-8
16:53		Khalif Battle misses three point jump shot
16:51		Dashawn Davis defensive rebound
16:34	+2	Shawn Jones Jr. makes two point layup (Cameron Matthews assists)	4-10
16:04		Jeremiah Davenport misses three point jump shot
16:02		Dashawn Davis defensive rebound
15:50		Cameron Matthews turnover (bad pass)
15:50		TV timeout
15:33		Makhi Mitchell misses two point layup
15:31		Makhi Mitchell offensive rebound
15:23	+2	Makhi Mitchell makes two point layup	6-10
15:12	+2	Shakeel Moore makes two point layup (Cameron Matthews assists)	6-12
14:57		Davonte Davis turnover (lost ball) (Dashawn Davis steals)
14:46	+2	Dashawn Davis makes two point layup	6-14
14:30	+3	Davonte Davis makes three point jump shot (Makhi Mitchell assists)	9-14
14:19		Dashawn Davis turnover (traveling)
14:01		Tramon Mark turnover (double dribble)
13:45		Makhi Mitchell personal foul
13:44		Shawn Jones Jr. turnover (lost ball)
13:22		Layden Blocker misses three point jump shot
13:20		Shakeel Moore defensive rebound
13:05	+2	Tolu Smith III makes two point layup (Shakeel Moore assists)	9-16
12:56	+2	Makhi Mitchell makes two point layup	11-16
12:24	+2	Dashawn Davis makes two point layup (Shawn Jones Jr. assists)	11-18
12:24		Layden Blocker shooting foul (Dashawn Davis draws the foul)
12:24		Dashawn Davis misses regular free throw 1 of 1
12:24		Makhi Mitchell defensive rebound
11:53		Razorbacks turnover (shot clock violation)
11:53		TV timeout
11:37		Davonte Davis personal foul
11:24		Cameron Matthews turnover (bad pass)
11:11		Tolu Smith III blocks Chandler Lawson's two point layup
11:09		Shakeel Moore defensive rebound
11:05		Josh Hubbard misses three point jump shot
11:03		KeShawn Murphy offensive rebound
11:03		Khalif Battle personal foul
10:55		KeShawn Murphy turnover (bad pass) (Makhi Mitchell steals)
10:45	+2	El Ellis makes two point jump shot	13-18
10:37		Tramon Mark shooting foul (Josh Hubbard draws the foul)
10:37	+1	Josh Hubbard makes regular free throw 1 of 2	13-19
10:37	+1	Josh Hubbard makes regular free throw 2 of 2	13-20
10:12	+2	Khalif Battle makes two point jump shot	15-20
9:49	+2	Cameron Matthews makes two point jump shot	15-22
9:35		El Ellis misses two point jump shot
9:33		Makhi Mitchell offensive rebound
9:25		Makhi Mitchell misses three point jump shot
9:23		Josh Hubbard defensive rebound
9:05		Makhi Mitchell personal foul (Tolu Smith III draws the foul)
9:05	+1	Tolu Smith III makes regular free throw 1 of 2	15-23
9:05		Tolu Smith III misses regular free throw 2 of 2
9:05		Tramon Mark defensive rebound
8:48	+2	Makhi Mitchell makes two point layup	17-23
8:35		Dashawn Davis misses two point jump shot
8:33		Chandler Lawson defensive rebound
8:33		KeShawn Murphy personal foul
8:19		Tramon Mark misses two point jump shot
8:17		Jimmy Bell Jr. defensive rebound
8:04	+2	Shawn Jones Jr. makes two point jump shot	17-25
7:43	+2	Tramon Mark makes two point layup (Chandler Lawson assists)	19-25
7:43		Shawn Jones Jr. shooting foul (Tramon Mark draws the foul)
7:43		TV timeout
7:43	+1	Tramon Mark makes regular free throw 1 of 1	20-25
7:19		Jimmy Bell Jr. offensive foul
7:19		Jimmy Bell Jr. turnover (offensive foul)
7:09		Jeremiah Davenport misses three point jump shot
7:07		Josh Hubbard defensive rebound
6:47		Shawn Jones Jr. misses two point layup
6:45		Jeremiah Davenport defensive rebound
6:29		Layden Blocker misses three point jump shot
6:27		Josh Hubbard defensive rebound
6:24		Layden Blocker personal foul (Josh Hubbard draws the foul)
6:24		Josh Hubbard misses regular free throw 1 of 1
6:24		Chandler Lawson defensive rebound
6:03		Shawn Jones Jr. shooting foul (Khalif Battle draws the foul)
6:03	+1	Khalif Battle makes regular free throw 1 of 2	21-25
6:03	+1	Khalif Battle makes regular free throw 2 of 2	22-25
5:44		Shakeel Moore turnover (bad pass) (Tramon Mark steals)
5:18	+2	Khalif Battle makes two point layup (Chandler Lawson assists)	24-25
5:03		KeShawn Murphy misses three point jump shot
5:01		Jimmy Bell Jr. offensive rebound
4:59	+2	Jimmy Bell Jr. makes two point layup	24-27
4:59		Chandler Lawson shooting foul (Jimmy Bell Jr. draws the foul)
4:59		Jimmy Bell Jr. misses regular free throw 1 of 1
4:59		Khalif Battle defensive rebound
4:43	+2	El Ellis makes two point layup	26-27
4:31		KeShawn Murphy misses two point dunk
4:29		Jimmy Bell Jr. offensive rebound
4:29		Jump ball. Jimmy Bell Jr. vs. Chandler Lawson (Razorbacks gains possession)
4:29		Jimmy Bell Jr. turnover (lost ball) (Chandler Lawson steals)
4:14		Jeremiah Davenport misses two point jump shot
4:12		KeShawn Murphy defensive rebound
3:44		Tolu Smith III misses two point layup
3:42		Chandler Lawson defensive rebound
3:24		Khalif Battle misses three point jump shot
3:22		Cameron Matthews defensive rebound
3:16		Jeremiah Davenport personal foul (Cameron Matthews draws the foul)
3:16		TV timeout
3:16	+1	Cameron Matthews makes regular free throw 1 of 2	26-28
3:16	+1	Cameron Matthews makes regular free throw 2 of 2	26-29
3:02	+3	Tramon Mark makes three point jump shot (El Ellis assists)	29-29
2:32	+3	Josh Hubbard makes three point jump shot (KeShawn Murphy assists)	29-32
2:04		Baye Fall turnover (traveling)
1:43		Josh Hubbard misses three point jump shot
1:41		Tolu Smith III offensive rebound
1:40		Tramon Mark blocks Josh Hubbard's two point layup
1:38		Tramon Mark defensive rebound
1:31		Jeremiah Davenport misses two point layup
1:29		Tolu Smith III defensive rebound
1:13		Josh Hubbard misses three point jump shot
1:11		Cameron Matthews offensive rebound
1:11		Baye Fall blocks Josh Hubbard's two point jump shot
1:09		KeShawn Murphy offensive rebound
1:07	+2	KeShawn Murphy makes two point layup	29-34
1:07		Bulldogs 30 second timeout
1:02		Tramon Mark misses three point jump shot
1:00		KeShawn Murphy defensive rebound
0:33		Tramon Mark blocks KeShawn Murphy's two point layup
0:31		Bulldogs offensive rebound
0:29		KeShawn Murphy turnover (bad pass)
0:04		El Ellis misses two point layup
0:02		KeShawn Murphy defensive rebound
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
ARK
Razorbacks
38
MSST
Bulldogs
37

Time		Play	Score
19:46	+2	Chandler Lawson makes two point jump shot (Khalif Battle assists)	31-34
19:34		Josh Hubbard misses two point jump shot
19:32		Tolu Smith III offensive rebound
19:31		Khalif Battle shooting foul (Tolu Smith III draws the foul)
19:31	+1	Tolu Smith III makes regular free throw 1 of 2	31-35
19:31		Tolu Smith III misses regular free throw 2 of 2
19:31		Khalif Battle defensive rebound
19:11		Shakeel Moore personal foul
18:51		Davonte Davis misses two point layup
18:49		Cameron Matthews defensive rebound
18:44		Tolu Smith III offensive foul
18:44		Tolu Smith III turnover (offensive foul)
18:16		Tramon Mark misses two point jump shot
18:14		Tolu Smith III defensive rebound
17:49		Chandler Lawson blocks Tolu Smith III's two point layup
17:47		Tramon Mark defensive rebound
17:40	+2	Khalif Battle makes two point layup	33-35
17:40		Cameron Matthews shooting foul (Khalif Battle draws the foul)
17:40	+1	Khalif Battle makes regular free throw 1 of 1	34-35
17:12		Tolu Smith III turnover (lost ball)
17:09		Tolu Smith III personal foul
17:01		Tramon Mark misses two point jump shot
16:59		Tolu Smith III defensive rebound
16:42	+2	Cameron Matthews makes two point layup	34-37
16:42		Khalif Battle shooting foul (Cameron Matthews draws the foul)
16:42		Cameron Matthews misses regular free throw 1 of 1
16:42		Chandler Lawson defensive rebound
16:11		Razorbacks turnover (shot clock violation)
15:51	+3	Josh Hubbard makes three point jump shot (Cameron Matthews assists)	34-40
15:31	+3	Davonte Davis makes three point jump shot (El Ellis assists)	37-40
15:17		Tramon Mark personal foul
15:17		TV timeout
14:58		Josh Hubbard misses two point jump shot
14:56		Shawn Jones Jr. offensive rebound
14:49		Josh Hubbard misses three point jump shot
14:47		Cameron Matthews offensive rebound
14:31		Tramon Mark personal foul
14:17	+2	Cameron Matthews makes two point layup (Josh Hubbard assists)	37-42
13:54	+2	Khalif Battle makes two point jump shot	39-42
13:42	+2	Josh Hubbard makes two point layup	39-44
13:33		Jimmy Bell Jr. personal foul
13:22	+2	Makhi Mitchell makes two point layup (Khalif Battle assists)	41-44
13:12		Davonte Davis personal foul
13:09		Tolu Smith III offensive foul (Makhi Mitchell draws the foul)
13:09		Tolu Smith III turnover (offensive foul)
12:57		Tolu Smith III shooting foul (Makhi Mitchell draws the foul)
12:57	+1	Makhi Mitchell makes regular free throw 1 of 2	42-44
12:57	+1	Makhi Mitchell makes regular free throw 2 of 2	43-44
12:45		Tramon Mark shooting foul (Shawn Jones Jr. draws the foul)
12:45	+1	Shawn Jones Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 2	43-45
12:45	+1	Shawn Jones Jr. makes regular free throw 2 of 2	43-46
12:28	+2	Makhi Mitchell makes two point layup	45-46
12:28		Jimmy Bell Jr. shooting foul (Makhi Mitchell draws the foul)
12:28	+1	Makhi Mitchell makes regular free throw 1 of 1	46-46
12:09		Makhi Mitchell blocks Dashawn Davis's two point jump shot
12:07		Makhi Mitchell defensive rebound
11:58	+2	Makhi Mitchell makes two point layup (El Ellis assists)	48-46
11:44	+2	Cameron Matthews makes two point layup	48-48
11:15		Khalif Battle misses three point jump shot
11:13		Dashawn Davis defensive rebound
10:58		KeShawn Murphy misses three point jump shot
10:56		Shawn Jones Jr. offensive rebound
10:51		Dashawn Davis misses three point jump shot
10:49		Cameron Matthews offensive rebound
10:36		Cameron Matthews turnover (bad pass) (Makhi Mitchell steals)
10:19		Cameron Matthews blocks Makhi Mitchell's two point dunk
10:17		Makhi Mitchell offensive rebound
10:08		Davonte Davis misses three point jump shot
10:06		Cameron Matthews defensive rebound
9:54		TV timeout
9:50		Josh Hubbard misses three point jump shot
9:48		Jeremiah Davenport defensive rebound
9:31		Cameron Matthews shooting foul (Khalif Battle draws the foul)
9:31		Khalif Battle misses regular free throw 1 of 2
9:31	+1	Khalif Battle makes regular free throw 2 of 2	49-48
9:11		Josh Hubbard misses three point jump shot
9:09		Cameron Matthews offensive rebound
9:06		Khalif Battle shooting foul (Shawn Jones Jr. draws the foul)
9:06		Shawn Jones Jr. misses regular free throw 1 of 2
9:06	+1	Shawn Jones Jr. makes regular free throw 2 of 2	49-49
8:47		Khalif Battle misses three point jump shot
8:45		Jimmy Bell Jr. defensive rebound
8:38	+2	Josh Hubbard makes two point layup	49-51
8:10		Davonte Davis misses two point jump shot
8:08		Jeremiah Davenport offensive rebound
8:02	+2	Jeremiah Davenport makes two point layup	51-51
7:37		Josh Hubbard misses three point jump shot
7:35		Shakeel Moore offensive rebound
7:20	+3	Shakeel Moore makes three point jump shot (Josh Hubbard assists)	51-54
6:59		El Ellis misses three point jump shot
6:57		Jeremiah Davenport offensive rebound
6:55		Jimmy Bell Jr. personal foul (Jeremiah Davenport draws the foul)
6:55		TV timeout
6:55	+1	Jeremiah Davenport makes regular free throw 1 of 2	52-54
6:55	+1	Jeremiah Davenport makes regular free throw 2 of 2	53-54
6:42		Makhi Mitchell blocks KeShawn Murphy's two point jump shot
6:40		KeShawn Murphy offensive rebound
6:33	+2	KeShawn Murphy makes two point layup	53-56
6:13	+2	Khalif Battle makes two point jump shot	55-56
6:13		Cameron Matthews shooting foul (Khalif Battle draws the foul)
6:13		Khalif Battle misses regular free throw 1 of 1
6:13		Cameron Matthews defensive rebound
5:47		Jeremiah Davenport shooting foul (Cameron Matthews draws the foul)
5:47	+1	Cameron Matthews makes regular free throw 1 of 2	55-57
5:47	+1	Cameron Matthews makes regular free throw 2 of 2	55-58
5:23	+2	Khalif Battle makes two point jump shot (Jeremiah Davenport assists)	57-58
5:03		Makhi Mitchell personal foul (Jimmy Bell Jr. draws the foul)
5:03	+1	Jimmy Bell Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 2	57-59
5:03		Jimmy Bell Jr. misses regular free throw 2 of 2
5:03		Makhi Mitchell defensive rebound
4:44		Khalif Battle misses two point layup
4:42		Jeremiah Davenport offensive rebound
4:35		Jeremiah Davenport misses three point jump shot
4:33		KeShawn Murphy defensive rebound
4:06		Cameron Matthews misses three point jump shot
4:04		Razorbacks defensive rebound
3:42		Cameron Matthews shooting foul (Makhi Mitchell draws the foul)
3:42		TV timeout
3:42	+1	Makhi Mitchell makes regular free throw 1 of 2	58-59
3:42	+1	Makhi Mitchell makes regular free throw 2 of 2	59-59
3:34		Tramon Mark personal foul (Josh Hubbard draws the foul)
3:34	+1	Josh Hubbard makes regular free throw 1 of 2	59-60
3:34	+1	Josh Hubbard makes regular free throw 2 of 2	59-61
3:13	+2	Makhi Mitchell makes two point dunk (El Ellis assists)	61-61
2:47		Josh Hubbard misses two point jump shot
2:45		Tolu Smith III offensive rebound
2:42		Tolu Smith III turnover (lost ball)
2:25		Khalif Battle misses two point jump shot
2:23		Makhi Mitchell offensive rebound
2:15	+2	Makhi Mitchell makes two point layup	63-61
2:00	+2	Cameron Matthews makes two point layup	63-63
2:00		Khalif Battle shooting foul (Cameron Matthews draws the foul)
2:00		Cameron Matthews misses regular free throw 1 of 1
2:00		Makhi Mitchell defensive rebound
1:49		Josh Hubbard personal foul (El Ellis draws the foul)
1:49	+1	El Ellis makes regular free throw 1 of 2	64-63
1:49	+1	El Ellis makes regular free throw 2 of 2	65-63
1:38	+2	Josh Hubbard makes two point layup	65-65
1:08	+2	El Ellis makes two point layup	67-65
0:58	+3	Josh Hubbard makes three point jump shot	67-68
0:58		Bulldogs 30 second timeout
0:58		TV timeout
0:35		Makhi Mitchell misses two point hook shot
0:33		Chandler Lawson offensive rebound
0:33		Tolu Smith III blocks Chandler Lawson's two point layup
0:31		Cameron Matthews defensive rebound
0:29		Makhi Mitchell personal foul (Cameron Matthews draws the foul)
0:29		Cameron Matthews misses regular free throw 1 of 2
0:29		Cameron Matthews misses regular free throw 2 of 2
0:29		Makhi Mitchell defensive rebound
0:23		Razorbacks 30 second timeout
0:11		Makhi Mitchell turnover (lost ball) (Shakeel Moore steals)
0:07		Jeremiah Davenport personal foul (Shakeel Moore draws the foul)
0:07	+1	Shakeel Moore makes regular free throw 1 of 2	67-69
0:07	+1	Shakeel Moore makes regular free throw 2 of 2	67-70
0:07		Bulldogs 30 second timeout
0:03		Josh Hubbard personal foul (El Ellis draws the foul)
0:03		El Ellis misses regular free throw 1 of 2
0:03		El Ellis misses regular free throw 2 of 2
0:03		Cameron Matthews defensive rebound
0:01		Makhi Mitchell personal foul (Cameron Matthews draws the foul)
0:01	+1	Cameron Matthews makes regular free throw 1 of 2	67-71
0:01		Cameron Matthews misses regular free throw 2 of 2
0:01		Chandler Lawson defensive rebound
0:00		End of period

Chandler Lawson defensive rebound