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No. 14 Mississippi State runs overtime to South Carolina – Newsbug.info

No. 14 Mississippi State runs overtime to South Carolina – Newsbug.info

Riley Kugel scored 15 points and Keyshaun Murphy had 13 as No. 14 Mississippi State held off South Carolina 65-60 in overtime Saturday afternoon in Columbia, SC. ​​Josh Hubbard added 12 points apiece and Michael Nwoko and Claudell Harris -junior had 11 apiece for for The for The Bulldogs (16-4, 4-3 Southeastern conference) who never gave up. Jamarii Thomas returned from a four-game absence with a knee injury to score 19 points, Arden Conyers had 12 and Collin Murray-Boyce added 10 points and 12 rebounds to lead the Gamecocks (10-10, 0-7), who finished Regulation with a 19-5 run. Harris made a layup to start the overtime scoring, then Conyers made two free throws to tie the game with 2:04 left. The Bulldogs regained the lead when Hubbard made two free throws and Harris added two with 33 seconds left. Thomas made a free throw to cut the Bulldogs’ lead to three, and the Gamecocks had a steal with 8 seconds left. Murray-Boyles missed two free throws and South Carolina rebounded but lost the ball out of bounds. Kugel made four free throws in the final 4 seconds. Nwoko scored the Bulldogs’ first three points of the second half and Murphy added a basket that pushed the lead to 37-27. The Gamecocks scored the next three points, but Murphy converted a three-point play and Kugel followed with a 3-pointer that extended the lead to 43-30. Mississippi State twice led by 14 before Thomas had four points during an 8-0 run that pulled the Gamecocks within six. Harris made a 3-pointer to stop the run, but South Carolina scored seven straight to get within 53-51. MSU scored the first five points of the game en route to a 13-5 lead. South Carolina pulled even, but the Bulldogs scored the next five points. The Gamecocks closed within one point twice before MSU used a 7-0 run to take a 28-20 halftime lead. -The field at field level

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