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Mississippi State defeats Ole Miss 71-63
Feb 12, 2010 - 4:25 AM By CHRIS TALBOTT Associated Press WriterSTARKVILLE, Miss.(AP) -- Ravern Johnson scored 18 points and Mississippi State swept the season series with archrival Mississippi for the fourth time in seven years with a 71-63 win on Thursday night.
Johnson hit four 3-pointers and combined with Kodi Augustus on a 14-7 run to open the second half and help the Bulldogs (17-7, 5-4 Southeastern Conference) to their third straight win over the Rebels (17-7, 5-5) - the longest streak since winning eight from 2002-05.
It was the third loss in four games for Ole Miss, which dropped out of the Top 25 this week.
The Bulldogs won for the 23rd time in 26 games against the Rebels in Starkville by holding the SEC's No. 2 scoring team nearly 18 points below its average.
Barry Stewart scored 12 and Jarvis Varnado and Dee Bost had 11 each for Mississippi State.
Eniel Polynice led Ole Miss with 14.
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FINAL 1ST 2ND TOTAL
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MISSISSIPPI 29 34 63
MISSISSIPPI STATE 33 38 71 FINAL
HIGH SCORERS: MISSISSIPPI - ENIEL POLYNICE 14, TERRICO WHITE 13,
ZACH GRAHAM 11
MISSISSIPPI STATE - RAVERN JOHNSON 18, BARRY STEWART 12, TWO
PLAYERS WITH 11
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HALFTIME 1ST 2ND TOTAL
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MISSISSIPPI 29 29
MISSISSIPPI STATE 33 33 HALFTIME
HIGH SCORERS AT HALFTIME
MISSISSIPPI - TREVOR GASKINS 8, MURPHY HOLLOWAY 6,
TERRICO WHITE 6
MISSISSIPPI STATE - BARRY STEWART 11, DEE BOST 9,
RAVERN JOHNSON 8
Feb 11 9:50 PM
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