Starkville Dispatch

The Commercial Dispatch's Starkville Bureau covers Starkville, Oktibbeha County and Mississippi State University.

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"Overall, I'm proud of what our guys did this year."

Inside Mississippi State's season finale, a 77-64 loss to Memphis in the NIT championship.
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Mississippi State is headed to its first-ever NIT title game after dismantling Louisiana Tech 84-62 Saturday.
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"I chose to go for the win."

Inside Mississippi State's thrilling 68-67 NIT quarterfinal victory over Richmond.
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“To get beat this badly was really a bitter pill.”

Inside a 85-48 Mississippi State loss where nothing went right, and an early look ahead to 2021-2022.
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The all too familiar script finally flipped Thursday.

Mississippi State knocked off Kentucky for the first time since 2009 and extended its season for at least one more day.

Inside a wild opening round SEC tournament contest.
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Mississippi State dropped its regular season finale to Auburn today, 78-71.

The Bulldogs will face Kentucky in the first round of the SEC tournament on Thursday.
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Alabama clinched its first regular season SEC title since 2002 after beating Mississippi State 64-59 at Humphrey Coliseum Saturday.

The Bulldogs trailed by 13 at halftime, trimmed the deficit to 3, but couldn't pull it out.
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Mississippi State dominated South Carolina defensively, holding the Gamecocks to 29 percent from the floor en route to the Bulldogs' second straight victory.
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Mississippi State played spoiler to Ole Miss Saturday evening, splitting the season series with the Rebels after a 66-56 win in Oxford.
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He used to be called "little D" until he grew nine inches. When he wasn't playing basketball, he was sleeping.

Now, he's a key part of Mississippi State rotation. A look inside Derek Fountain's journey.
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"Our guys are very dejected and disappointed right now."

Inside a 21-point Mississippi State loss to SEC bottom feeder Vanderbilt Saturday.

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A 29-point performance from D.J. Stewart and nine points off the bench from Derek Fountain halted a four-game SEC losing streak from Mississippi State as the Bulldogs bested South Carolina 75-59.

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Mississippi State snapped a three-game skid with its most complete effort of the season, throttling Iowa State 95-56.

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Mississippi State cut No. 18 Alabama’s lead to 3 with just more than 30 seconds remaining Saturday, but couldn’t find a way to pull off the road upset.
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The first of two matchups with Ole Miss begins tonight for Mississippi State.

Bulldogs are seeking their first 5-2 start to SEC play since the 2008-2009 season.
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Tolu Smith’s career night led Mississippi State to a bounce back win over Florida Saturday evening.
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Vanderbilt made 15 3-pointers Saturday, but Mississippi State countered with a strong inside output and 24 points from Iverson Molinar in the Bulldogs' 84-81 road victory.
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D.J. Stewart and Iverson Molinar spearheaded a comeback against No. 13 Missouri that left Ben Howland calling the win a shot in the arm for his team and left Missouri coach Cuonzo Martin wondering what happened.
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FINAL: Mississippi State 28, Tulsa 26.

Bulldogs end their season with an Armed Forces Bowl victory. The final Bulldog Bullets of the season are live.

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FINAL: Mississippi State 51, Missouri 32

Most complete game of the season for the Bulldogs, who overwhelmed Missouri offensively.

Bulldog Bullets are live.
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