Final
for this game
Mississippi State beats Georgia 72-69
Jan 16, 2010 - 10:28 PM STARKVILLE, Miss.(AP) -- Dee Bost and Phil Turner each scored 15 points to lead Mississippi State to a 72-69 victory over Georgia on Saturday.Mississippi State (15-3, 3-0 Southeastern Conference) overcame two separate double-digit deficits in the game.
Georgia (8-8, 0-3) led 41-30 at halftime and led 64-51 late in the second half.
Bost hit a running jumper in the lane with 39 seconds left to give Mississippi State a 72-69 edge after a 16-3 run got Mississippi State back into the game.
Barry Stewart blocked Ricky McPhees game-tying 3-point attempt with 10 seconds remaining. A similar shot by Dustin Ware was no good at the buzzer.
Jarvis Varnado scored 14 points and 14 rebounds for Mississippi State, while Barry Stewart chipped in 10.
Trey Thompkins had a game-high 18 points, Travis Leslie had 14 and Albert Jackson added 11 for Georgia.
- NCAA BB
FINAL 1ST 2ND TOTAL
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GEORGIA 41 28 69
MISSISSIPPI STATE 30 42 72 FINAL
HIGH SCORERS: GEORGIA - TREY THOMPKINS 18, TRAVIS LESLIE 14,
ALBERT JACKSON 11
MISSISSIPPI STATE - DEE BOST 15, PHIL TURNER 15, JARVIS
VARNADO 14
Jan 16 5:10 PM - 106
roots - 45
roots - NCAA BB
HALFTIME 1ST 2ND TOTAL
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GEORGIA 41 41
MISSISSIPPI STATE 30 30 HALFTIME
HIGH SCORERS AT HALFTIME
GEORGIA - TRAVIS LESLIE 12, ALBERT JACKSON 6, TREY
THOMPKINS 6
MISSISSIPPI STATE - DEE BOST 10, JARVIS VARNADO 10, KODI
AUGUSTUS 5
Jan 16 3:57 PM
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