SE Louisiana Lions at Mississippi State Bulldogs
· NCAA Men's Basketball
Josh Hubbard scores 23 points, Mississippi State beats SE Louisiana 80-59
Kanye Clary added 12 points and KeShawn Murphy scored 10 for Mississippi State (3-0). Cameron Matthews had 13 rebounds to go with seven points, four assists and three steals.
Shawn Jones Jr. threw down a dunk that gave that made it 16-14 with 12:01 left in the first half and the Bulldogs led the rest of the way. Hubbard hit a 3-pointer that stretched the lead into double figures with 5:34 to go but the Lions made four 3-pointers — including three by Kam Burton — from there to trim their deficit to 40-37 at the break.
Southeastern Louisiana made just one of its first 12 second-half shots and a 12-0 run gave the Bulldogs a 15-point lead with 13:20 to go.
Burton made 5 of 10 from behind the arc and led the Lions with 17 points. Sam Hines, Jr. added 14 points, six rebounds and five assists.
Southeastern Louisiana, which went scoreless after Burton made a layup with 4:18 to go, shot just 29.6% (8 of 27) from the field and was outscored 40-22 in the second half.
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| 2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 59 - 80 |
| 2nd 0:00 | End of 2nd half | 59 - 80 |
| 2nd 0:00 | Cameron Matthews Defensive Rebound. | 59 - 80 |
| 2nd 0:00 | CJ Booker missed Three Point Jumper. | 59 - 80 |
| 2nd 0:00 | Thomas Tut Defensive Rebound. | 59 - 80 |
Statistics
 SELA |
 MSST |
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|---|---|---|
| 19-54 | FG | 27-62 |
| 35 | Field Goal % | 44 |
| 9-25 | 3PT | 7-28 |
| 36 | Three Point % | 25 |
| 12-17 | FT | 19-26 |
| 71 | Free Throw % | 73 |
| 37 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 9 | Offensive Rebounds | 13 |
| 28 | Defensive Rebounds | 28 |
| 12 | Assists | 15 |
| 5 | Steals | 9 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 3 | Team Turnovers | 1 |
| 19 | Total Turnovers | 11 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 7 | Points Off Turnovers | 16 |
| 5 | Fast Break Points | 14 |
| 16 | Points in Paint | 38 |
| 22 | Fouls | 13 |
| 2 | Largest Lead | 21 |
Game Information
Location: Starkville, MS
Attendance: 8,744 | Capacity:
2025-26 Southland Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen F. Austin | 20-2 | - | 28-6 |
| McNeese | 19-3 | 1 | 28-6 |
| UT Rio Grande Valley | 14-8 | 6 | 19-14 |
| Texas A&M-Corpus Christi | 13-9 | 7 | 18-15 |
| New Orleans | 12-10 | 8 | 15-18 |
| Nicholls | 12-10 | 8 | 14-19 |
| Houston Christian | 8-14 | 12 | 12-20 |
| Northwestern State | 8-14 | 12 | 10-22 |
| Incarnate Word | 7-15 | 13 | 12-19 |
| Lamar | 7-15 | 13 | 12-19 |
| East Texas A&M | 6-16 | 14 | 11-21 |
| SE Louisiana | 6-16 | 14 | 9-22 |
2025-26 Southeastern Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | 16-2 | - | 27-8 |
| Arkansas | 13-5 | 3 | 28-9 |
| Alabama | 13-5 | 3 | 25-10 |
| Vanderbilt | 11-7 | 5 | 27-9 |
| Tennessee | 11-7 | 5 | 25-12 |
| Texas A&M | 11-7 | 5 | 22-12 |
| Georgia | 10-8 | 6 | 22-11 |
| Kentucky | 10-8 | 6 | 22-14 |
| Missouri | 10-8 | 6 | 20-13 |
| Texas | 9-9 | 7 | 21-15 |
| Oklahoma | 7-11 | 9 | 19-15 |
| Auburn | 7-11 | 9 | 20-16 |
| Mississippi State | 5-13 | 11 | 13-19 |
| Ole Miss | 4-14 | 12 | 15-20 |
| South Carolina | 4-14 | 12 | 13-19 |
| LSU | 3-15 | 13 | 15-17 |