Mississippi State at Vanderbilt 1/19/19 - CBB Picks & Predictions

The No. 24 ranked Mississippi State Bulldogs visit Memorial Gymnasium in Nashville, Tennessee on Saturday to play the Vanderbilt Commodores. The Bulldogs improved to 13-3 on the season with a 71-68 win over Florida on Tuesday. Mississippi State’s Quinndary Weatherspoon converted a three-point play with just 3.4 seconds remaining to give the Bulldogs the win.

Vanderbilt fell to 9-7 on the season following its 74-71 loss to the South Carolina Gamecocks. The Commodores squandered a 12-point second half lead in the loss. Vanderbilt dropped to 0-4 in SEC play for the first time since the basketball program began. Quinndary Weatherspoon leads four players scoring in double figures for Mississippi State with an average of 16.6 points per game. Aric Holman leads the team in rebounds with an average of 8.0 per game, while Lamar Peters is the leader in assists with an average of 6.1 per game. Mississippi State is shooting 48.2% from the field and 38.9% from 3-point territory.

Simisola Shittu is leading Vanderbilt in scoring and rebounding with averages of 14.1 points and 7.8 rebounds per game. Two other Vanderbilt players are averaging double figures in scoring. The leader in assists is Saben Lee with an average of 3.7 per game. Vanderbilt is shooting 45.5% from the field and 33.7% from 3-point territory.