MBB Preview: Arkansas at Mississippi State

February 16, 2024

Who: Arkansas Razorbacks (12-12, 3-8 SEC) at Mississippi State Bulldogs (16-8, 5-6 SEC)
What: Arkansas hits the road for the first of two consecutive road games.
When: Saturday – Feb. 17 – 1:00 pm (CT)
Where: Starkville, Miss. • Humphrey Coliseum – Adkerson Court (9,100)
How (to follow):
– TV/Stream: ESPNU/Watch ESPN (Kevin Fitzgerald and Daymeon Fishback)
– Radio: Learfield Razorback Sports Network (Chuck Barrett and Matt Zimmerman)
– Sirius/XM: 388 Sirius / 399 XM / 978 SXM App
– Miss State Live Stats
– Razorback Gameday App

– Arkansas Game Notes
– Miss State Game Notes
– SEC Notes/Stats

FAYETTEVILLE – Arkansas hits the road for the first of back-to-back road games starting Saturday (Feb. 17) at Mississippi State. Tipoff is set for 1 pm (CT) and the game will be televised on ESPNU.

Arkansas stays on the road to play at Texas A&M on Tuesday (Feb. 20).

NOTES:

Arkansas and Mississippi State have met on 68 previous occasions. Arkansas holds a slight 35-33 advantage all-time but is just 6-21 in Starkville. Arkansas has lost four straight at The Hump with its last win there coming on Feb. 21, 2005. The #18 Hogs got 16 points from Rashad Madden, 14 from Michael Qualls and 13 from Bobby Portis to win, 65-61.
In a twist from the last game where 7 of the last 11 regular-season games versus Tennessee were played in Knoxville, Mississippi State has had to come to Fayetteville in 8 of the last 13 meetings in the series.
Arkansas ranks 255th in the NCAA and 13th in the SEC in steals with an average of 5.9 per game. However, the Razorbacks have been successful in getting steals over its last four contests. In the Razorbacks’ first seven SEC games, Arkansas had 31 steals (4.4 average). Over the last four, Arkansas had 39 steals (9.75 average).

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