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Mississippi State buries Mizzou for first SEC win

Mizzou gets back above .500 with 64-62 win behind Jordan Geist's big shots
Posted at 11:02 PM, Jan 14, 2020
and last updated 2020-01-15 00:02:29-05

STARVILLE, Miss. — Reggie Perry had 23 points and 10 rebounds to lead Mississippi State to an easy 72-45 victory over Missouri. Perry has now collected nine double-doubles this season and has 18 for his career. Tyson Carter had 15 points while Nick Weatherspoon added 11 for Mississippi State, who snapped a three-game losing streak. Missouri was led by Kobe Brown's 14 points and Brown was the only Tiger to finish in double digits. Mississippi State jumped out to a 10-0 lead in the opening four minutes.