The Alabama Crimson Tide and the Mississippi State Bulldogs meet in college basketball action from the Humphrey Coliseum on Wednesday night.
The Alabama Crimson Tide will try to build on an 84-64 win over Jackson State last time out. Brandon Miller leads the Tide in scoring with 19.3 PPG along with 8.7 RPG while Mark Sears has 14 PPG with 3.8 RPG and 2.8 APG as the only other double-digit scorer for Alabama up to this point in the year. Noah Clowney has 9.5 PPG with a team-high 8.8 RPG to lead the Crimson Tide on the glass while Jahvon Quinerly has a team-high 4.1 APG as well this season. As a team, Alabama is averaging 83.7 PPG on 43.9% shooting from the field, 34% from three and 70.8% from the foul line this season.
The Mississippi State Bulldogs will hope that they can bounce back from a 58-52 loss to Drake in their last game. Tolu Smith leads the Bulldogs in scoring and rebounding with 15.6 PPG and 8.7 RPG as the only double-digit scorer for Mississippi State up to this point in the year. D.J. Jeffries has 9.6 PPG and 5.6 RPG while Dashawn Davis leads Mississippi State in assists with 2.8 APG. As a team, Mississippi State is averaging 68.3 PPG on 42.7% shooting from the field, 30.5% from three and 67.3% from the foul line this season.
Alabama is 10-25-2 ATS in their last 37 games overall and 1-3-1 ATS in their last 5 games against a team with a winning record while the over is 12-4 in their last 16 road games. Mississippi State is 1-6-1 ATS in their last 8 games overall and 3-7-2 ATS in their last 12 games against a team with a winning record while the under is 5-0 in their last 5 games against a team with a winning percentage above .600.
I get how you could look as Mississippi State at home here as the Bulldogs have an underrated home court edge. However, Alabama’s battle tested as they’ve run a gauntlet up to this point and I just don’t see any way that Mississippi State slows down Bama here. The Crimson Tide are solid on both ends of the floor and I just think they get the job done here. I’ll side with Alabama in this one.