Smith leads No. 23 Mississippi State against Minnesota after 24-point outing

Published Dec. 10, 2022 2:42 a.m. ET

Associated Press

Mississippi State Bulldogs (8-0) at Minnesota Golden Gophers (4-5, 0-2 Big Ten)

Minneapolis; Sunday, 8:30 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: No. 23 Mississippi State plays the Minnesota Golden Gophers after Tolu Smith scored 24 points in Mississippi State's 82-52 win against the Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils.

The Golden Gophers are 3-2 on their home court. Minnesota allows 69.0 points to opponents and has been outscored by 4.6 points per game.

The Bulldogs play their first true road game after going 8-0 to begin the season. Mississippi State is third in the SEC with 26.3 defensive rebounds per game led by Smith averaging 6.1.

TOP PERFORMERS: Dawson Garcia is scoring 13.2 points per game and averaging 5.3 rebounds for the Golden Gophers. Ta'Lon Cooper is averaging 11.6 points and 4.4 rebounds while shooting 45.3% for Minnesota.

Smith is scoring 16.3 points per game and averaging 10.0 rebounds for the Bulldogs. D.J. Jeffries is averaging 9.8 points and 5.0 rebounds for Mississippi State.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.