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Mississippi State defeats South Carolina 70-59
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Fred Thomas scored a career-high 21 points Wednesday night as No. 13 seed Mississippi State defeated No. 12 seed South Carolina 70-59 in the first round of the Southeastern Conference tournament. Mississippi State (10-21) advanced to a second-round game Thursday against No. 5 seed Tennessee (19-11). The Bulldogs have won three of their last four games, though they had lost 13 straight before that.

Mississippi State defeats South Carolina 70-59

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Fred Thomas scored a career-high 21 points Wednesday night as No. 13 seed Mississippi State defeated No. 12 seed South Carolina 70-59 in the first round of the Southeastern Conference tournament.

Mississippi State (10-21) advanced to a second-round game Thursday against No. 5 seed Tennessee (19-11). The Bulldogs have won three of their last four games, though they had lost 13 straight before that.

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Standings - SEC

Teams	W	L	Pct	Conf	GB	L10	Stk
Fla	26	7	.788	16-5	-	6-4	L1
Miss	26	8	.765	15-6	1.0	8-2	W5
Alab	21	12	.636	13-7	2.5	6-4	L1
KY	21	11	.656	12-7	3.0	5-5	L1
Mizzu	23	10	.697	12-8	3.5	6-4	L1
Tenn	20	12	.625	12-8	3.5	8-2	L1
Ark	19	13	.594	10-9	5.0	5-5	L1
LSU	19	12	.613	10-10	5.5	6-4	L1
Vand	16	17	.485	10-11	6.0	7-3	L1
UGA	15	17	.469	9-10	6.0	4-6	L2
TexAM	18	15	.545	8-12	7.5	4-6	L1
MisSt	10	22	.312	5-15	10.5	3-7	L1
SCar	14	18	.438	4-15	11.0	2-8	L2
Aub	9	23	.281	3-16	12.0	0-10	L10

Team Leaders

	Name	Total
Pt/G	Brenton Williams	11.0
Rb/G	Lakeem Jackson	5.9
As/G	Eric Smith	3.1
St/G	Lakeem Jackson	0.8
Blk/G	Lakeem Jackson	0.7
FT%	Brenton Williams	.842
3Pt%	Brenton Williams	.397
Mn/G	Lakeem Jackson	28.7
PF/G	Damien Leonard	0.9

Full Team Stats

Team Rankings

	Total	SEC Rank	Div I Rank
PF/G	66.1	8	208
PA/G	68.9	12	234
Rb/G	39.3	6	104
FG%	.412	10	273
3P/G	6.0	6	182
PF/G	20.0	12	319
St/TO	0.3	13	336

Full NCAAB Team Rankings

Latest Game - Mar 13, 2013

Final	1	2		T
(13) Mississippi State(10-21)	32	38		70
(12) South Carolina(14-18)	21	38		59

	Pts	Reb	Ast
MisSt	Thomas (21)	Johnson (8)	Sword (4)
SCar	Ellington (13)	Steele (7)	Williams (4)

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Mizzou shoots nearly 70 percent in rout
Ole Miss loses at last-place Gamecocks
Kentucky rolls, 1 game out of 1st in SEC
No. 4 Florida routs South Carolina 75-36
Late 3s key No. 22 Missouri's comeback

Mizzou shoots nearly 70 percent in rout

Ole Miss loses at last-place Gamecocks

Kentucky rolls, 1 game out of 1st in SEC

No. 4 Florida routs South Carolina 75-36

Late 3s key No. 22 Missouri's comeback

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Last 5 Games

Date	Team	Result
Wed, Mar 13	Mississippi State	L, 70-59	Boxscore Recap
Sat, Mar 9	@Vanderbilt	L, 74-64	Boxscore Recap
Wed, Mar 6	Mississippi State	W, 79-72	Boxscore Recap
Sat, Mar 2	@Texas A&M	L, 74-56	Boxscore Recap
Thu, Feb 28	Missouri	L, 90-68	Boxscore Recap

Next 5 Games

Date	Team	Time

Full Schedule

Guard

#	Name	Ht	Wt	DOB	Age	Exp	Birthplace	High School
23	Ellington, Bruce	5'9"	197	08/22/1991	21	3	Moncks Corner, SC, USA	Berkeley HS
32	Leonard, Damien	6'4"	190		0	2	Greenville, SC, USA	J.L. Mann HS
0	Page, LaShay	6'2"	195	12/24/1989	23	4	Dillon, SC, USA	Southern Miss
55	Phillips, Shane	5'10"	170		0	4	Wheeling, WV, USA	Wheeling Central HS
2	Richardson, Brian	6'4"	175	09/02/1990	22	3	Wilson, NC, USA	Greenfield School
5	Smith, Eric	5'11"	205	09/26/1991	21	3	Mullins, SC, USA	Christ School
1	Williams, Brenton	5'11"	175		0	3	Kissimmee, FL, USA	Santa Fe College

Forward

#	Name	Ht	Wt	DOB	Age	Exp	Birthplace	High School
24	Carrera, Michael	6'5"	212		0	1	Rockville, MD, USA	Montrose Christian School
14	Chatkevicius, Laimonas	6'11"	255		0	1	Klaipeda, Lithuania	South Kent School
12	Constable, Austin	6'	175		0	1	West Chester, PA, USA	Henderson HS
45	Geathers, Carlton	6'10"	255	09/20/1991	21	2	Georgetown, SC, USA	Carvers Bay HS
13	Gill, Anthony	6'8"	229		0	2	Charlotte, NC, USA	Charlotte Christian HS
10	Irwin, Alex	6'4"	175		0	4	Richmond, VA, USA	Sewanee
30	Jackson, Lakeem	6'5"	235	08/10/1990	22	4	Charlotte, NC, USA	Christ School
25	Kacinas, Mindaugas	6'7"	210		0	1	Klaipeda, Lithuania	Word of Life Fire Traditional School
33	Slawson, RJ	6'8"	220	03/30/1992	21	3	Charleston, SC, USA	Fort Dorcester HS
35	Steele, Brian	6'5"	196		0	1	Greenville, SC, USA	Wade Hampton School

Game Information

Average Age: 21.6

Average Height: 6'3.9"

Average Weight: 204.1

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Player	GP	Mn/G	Pt/G	FG/G	FGA/G	FG%	3P/G	3PA/G	3Pt%	FT/G	FTA/G	FT%	ORb/G	DRb/G	Rb/G	As/G	St/G	Blk/G	TO/G	PF/G
Page, LaShay G	9	24.4	11.7	3.6	10.3	.344	1.6	5.0	.311	3.0	3.4	.871	0.4	2.9	3.3	0.9	0.3	0.1	1.6	1.8
Williams, Brenton G	31	21.0	11.0	3.4	7.7	.441	1.6	4.1	.397	2.6	3.1	.842	0.3	1.5	1.8	1.4	0.7	0.1	1.2	1.4
Carrera, Michael F	27	21.1	9.9	3.3	7.4	.443	0.3	0.7	.350	3.1	4.1	.741	3.0	4.3	7.2	0.6	0.3	0.6	1.9	3.1
Ellington, Bruce G	23	32.2	9.9	3.4	10.1	.335	1.0	3.6	.280	2.1	3.2	.649	0.7	1.9	2.6	2.7	1.3	0.2	2.9	2.8
Richardson, Brian G	31	18.2	7.5	2.6	6.5	.399	1.4	3.5	.382	1.0	1.3	.732	0.7	1.5	2.2	1.0	0.5	0.4	1.0	1.6
Jackson, Lakeem F	32	28.7	7.5	3.4	6.1	.556	0.1	0.2	.400	0.7	1.9	.339	2.3	3.6	5.9	1.8	0.8	0.7	1.9	2.3
Smith, Eric G	32	27.7	5.7	1.9	6.0	.323	0.6	2.2	.254	1.2	1.8	.672	0.3	1.4	1.8	3.1	0.6	0.0	2.2	1.4
Kacinas, Mindaugas F	31	19.5	4.9	1.8	3.5	.518	0.1	0.6	.200	1.1	1.6	.680	1.6	2.1	3.7	0.7	0.3	0.5	1.5	2.2
Chatkevicius, Laimonas F	23	13.2	4.4	1.7	3.7	.447	0.1	0.4	.300	1.0	1.6	.611	1.2	2.0	3.2	0.5	0.1	0.6	1.4	1.8
Slawson, RJ F	32	15.8	4.2	1.4	3.2	.455	0.1	0.5	.188	1.2	1.8	.679	1.6	1.7	3.3	0.5	0.5	0.6	1.1	3.4
Leonard, Damien G	28	14.8	4.0	1.4	4.4	.315	0.8	2.7	.293	0.5	0.6	.765	0.7	1.3	1.9	0.6	0.3	0.0	1.0	0.9
Steele, Brian F	7	11.3	2.3	0.7	2.7	.263	0.6	2.0	.286	0.3	0.4	.667	0.6	1.6	2.1	1.1	0.4	0.0	0.7	1.7
Phillips, Shane G	11	2.8	0.4	0.2	0.5	.400	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.3	0.5
Constable, Austin F,G	4	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0

Player	GP	Mn/G	Eff	As/TO	St/TO	PPS	2D	TF
Page, LaShay G	9	24.4	7.556	0.57	0.21	1.13	0	0
Williams, Brenton G	31	21.0	9.000	1.14	0.59	1.43	0	0
Leonard, Damien G	28	14.8	2.643	0.55	0.28	0.91	0	0
Jackson, Lakeem F	32	28.7	10.781	0.97	0.40	1.23	3	0
Chatkevicius, Laimonas F	23	13.2	4.783	0.38	0.09	1.19	0	0
Carrera, Michael F	27	21.1	11.630	0.33	0.18	1.33	5	1
Richardson, Brian G	31	18.2	6.226	0.94	0.47	1.15	0	0
Phillips, Shane G	11	2.8	.364	1.33	0.67	0.80	0	0
Slawson, RJ F	32	15.8	5.750	0.47	0.47	1.32	0	0
Smith, Eric G	32	27.7	4.344	1.42	0.29	0.94	0	0
Steele, Brian F	7	11.3	3.143	1.60	0.60	0.84	0	0
Ellington, Bruce G	23	32.2	5.870	0.94	0.44	0.97	0	1
Constable, Austin F,G	4	1.5	-.500	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0
Kacinas, Mindaugas F	31	19.5	6.419	0.46	0.22	1.38	1	0

Date	Opponent	Result	Pts Leader	Rebs Leader	Asst Leader	Game Info
Sun Nov 11	Wisconsin-Milwaukee	W, 82-75	Page (28)	Carrera (10)	Smith (6)	Recap \| Boxscore
Fri Nov 16	Morgan State	W, 87-71	Page (20)	Jackson (5)	Jackson (6)	Recap \| Boxscore
Mon Nov 19	Rider	W, 88-76	Williams (26)	Jackson (8)	Richardson (4)	Recap \| Boxscore
Wed Nov 21	Elon	L, 65-53	Jackson (17)	Jackson (7)	Richardson (5)	Recap \| Boxscore
Sat Nov 24	Missouri State	W, 74-67	Page (17)	Page (8)	Smith (3)	Recap \| Boxscore
Sun Nov 25	@Arkansas-Little Rock	W, 74-62	Williams (17)	Jackson (15)	Jackson (5)	Recap \| Boxscore
Thu Nov 29	@St. John's	L, 89-65	Carrera (11)	Carrera (11)	Richardson (2)	Recap \| Boxscore
Sun Dec 2	Clemson	L, 64-55	Williams (16)	Jackson (8)	Smith (4)	Recap \| Boxscore
Fri Dec 7	Jacksonville	W, 91-74	Carrera (17)	Carrera (9)	Smith (5)	Recap \| Boxscore
Wed Dec 19	Appalachian State	W, 74-69	Jackson (16)	Kacinas (8)	Smith (7)	Recap \| Boxscore
Sat Dec 22	@Manhattan	W, 63-57	Williams (17)	Jackson (11)	Jackson (3)	Recap \| Boxscore
Sat Dec 29	Presbyterian	W, 76-60	Richardson (19)	Leonard (7)	Smith (4)	Recap \| Boxscore
Sat Jan 5	South Carolina State	W, 80-69	Jackson (24)	Kacinas (14)	Smith (6)	Recap \| Boxscore
Wed Jan 9	@Mississippi State	L, 56-54	Richardson (20)	Richardson (8)	Smith (5)	Recap \| Boxscore
Sat Jan 12	Auburn	L, 74-71	Ellington (17)	Leonard (10)	Ellington (7)	Recap \| Boxscore
Wed Jan 16	@Louisiana State	W, 82-73	Carrera (23)	Jackson (11)	Jackson (4)	Recap \| Boxscore
Sat Jan 19	Vanderbilt	L, 58-51	Williams (12)	Jackson (8)	Ellington (4)	Recap \| Boxscore
Tue Jan 22	@Missouri	L, 71-65	Williams (16)	Ellington (9)	Ellington (3)	Recap \| Boxscore
Sat Jan 26	Arkansas	W, 75-54	Richardson (22)	Chatkevicius (13)	Ellington (4)	Recap \| Boxscore
Wed Jan 30	@Florida	L, 75-36	Carrera (13)	Carrera (9)	Ellington (3)	Recap \| Boxscore
Sat Feb 2	Georgia	L, 67-56	Carrera (19)	Carrera (7)	Ellington (6)	Recap \| Boxscore
Tue Feb 5	@Kentucky	L, 77-55	Carrera (18)	Leonard (6)	Leonard (2)	Recap \| Boxscore
Sun Feb 10	Tennessee	L, 66-61	Carrera (20)	Carrera (10)	Ellington (5)	Recap \| Boxscore
Thu Feb 14	Louisiana State	L, 64-46	Jackson (30)	Carrera (10)	Jackson (8)	Recap \| Boxscore
Sat Feb 16	@Alabama	L, 68-58	Williams (14)	Jackson (9)	Ellington (3)	Recap \| Boxscore
Wed Feb 20	Mississippi	W, 63-62	Carrera (19)	Carrera (13)	Smith (3)	Recap \| Boxscore
Sat Feb 23	@Georgia	L, 62-54	Ellington (11)	Chatkevicius (10)	Ellington (3)	Recap \| Boxscore
Thu Feb 28	Missouri	L, 90-68	Leonard (24)	Kacinas (5)	Ellington (9)	Recap \| Boxscore
Sat Mar 2	@Texas A&M	L, 74-56	Carrera (16)	Carrera (9)	Ellington (6)	Recap \| Boxscore
Wed Mar 6	Mississippi State	W, 79-72	Williams (20)	Jackson (6)	Ellington (4)	Recap \| Boxscore
Sat Mar 9	@Vanderbilt	L, 74-64	Williams (17)	Carrera (13)	Smith (4)	Recap \| Boxscore
Wed Mar 13	Mississippi State	L, 70-59	Ellington (21)	Steele (8)	Williams (4)	Recap \| Boxscore

Hot-shooting Missouri beats South Carolina 90-68

Feb 28, 11:30PM

Smith's 3 leads South Carolina past Ole Miss 63-62

Feb 20, 9:44PM

Kentucky blows out South Carolina 77-55

Feb 5, 11:24PM

No. 4 Florida thumps South Carolina 75-36

Jan 30, 11:06PM

No. 22 Missouri rallies past South Carolina

Jan 23, 1:03AM

McDaniels scores 16 to lead Clemson

Dec 2, 2:44PM

St. John's cruises by South Carolina 89-65

Nov 29, 11:27PM

South Carolina G Williams injured

Nov 29, 9:21PM

Gamecocks 2-sport star Ellington back on the court

Nov 28, 5:56PM

Martin wins Gamecocks debut in OT 82-75

Nov 11, 7:06PM

South Carolina's Chatkevicius to miss 6 games

Nov 11, 3:21PM

Coach Frank Martin making mark at South Carolina

Jun 29, 4:06AM

Martin: "I didn't run away from Kansas State"

Apr 24, 5:54PM

Martin eager to take on South Carolina challenge

Mar 27, 5:00PM

South Carolina hires Martin for basketball coach

Mar 27, 11:08AM

AP Sources: Frank Martin takes South Carolina job

Mar 26, 5:00PM

South Carolina fires men's basketball coach Horn

Mar 13, 3:33PM

SC's Ellington says he's done with football

Mar 12, 5:33PM

Davis leads No. 1 Kentucky past SCarolina 86-52

Feb 4, 8:23PM

No. 12 Florida tops Gamecocks for 6th straight win

Feb 3, 12:12AM

Jones scores 20 as Kentucky rolls over Gamecocks

Jan 7, 7:37PM

No. 2 Ohio State tops SC 74-66 behind Thomas' 30

Dec 17, 3:25PM

Ellington, South Carolina beats Presbyterian 66-58

Dec 13, 10:14PM

Henton's 18 points lead Providence to 76-67 win

Dec 1, 9:29PM

Barnes scores 21 points, No. 1 Tar Heels roll

Nov 26, 1:40AM

Tennessee State stuns South Carolina 64-63

Nov 20, 9:24PM

Harris has 25 in Tennessee win over South Carolina

Mar 3, 9:29PM

No. 22 Kentucky dominates South Carolina 90-59

Feb 19, 8:00PM

Walker, 17th-ranked Gators shoot down SC 79-60

Feb 9, 11:13PM

No. 24 Vanderbilt downs S. Carolina 78-60

Feb 5, 5:08PM

Knight scores 23, No. 12 Kentucky beats Gamecocks

Jan 22, 10:57PM

BC gets 8th win in 9 games against South Carolina

Jan 1, 7:38PM

Sullinger's 30 points lead No. 2 Buckeyes, 79-57

Dec 18, 6:33PM

Ellington, South Carolina beat Clemson 64-60

Dec 5, 9:08PM

No. 2 Michigan State beats South Carolina 82-73

Nov 17, 1:21AM

Alabama rallies from 18, beats S. Carolina 68-63

Mar 11, 3:30PM

South Carolina upsets No. 13 Vanderbilt 77-73

Mar 6, 5:24PM

No. 2 Kentucky avenges loss to Gamecocks, 82-61

Feb 26, 12:27AM

No. 20 Tennessee get 20th win over South Carolina

Feb 20, 5:08PM

No. 14 Tennessee routs South Carolina 79-53

Feb 6, 9:51PM

South Carolina's win over Kentucky to cost $25K

Jan 27, 6:46PM

SC's Downey scores 30 to take down No. 1 Kentucky

Jan 27, 12:48AM

Downey's 33 leads South Carolina past Auburn 80-71

Jan 9, 4:09PM

Baylor beats South Carolina 85-74

Jan 2, 2:56PM

Baylor beats South Carolina 85-74

Jan 2, 2:19PM

SCarolina kicks junior forward Holmes off team

Jan 1, 3:12PM

Wofford beats South Carolina 68-61

Dec 19, 9:36PM

SCarolina's Horn gets 2 more years; pay now $1.1M

Dec 14, 1:40PM