--Mississippi State had a hard time containing Vanderbilt G John Jenkins. He scored 29 points and made 10-of-17 shots. But the Bulldogs aren't alone. Jenkins led the league in scoring this season.

--Mississippi State lost despite shooting 50.8 percent from the floor.

--G Dee Bost had a 16 points and 11 assists.

--Mississippi State earned a first-round bye in the SEC tournament for the second straight season.

--State's Feb. 26 win at Tennessee was its first in Thompson-Boling Arena since 1999.

BY THE NUMBERS
12 -- Bench points in the past two games, both wins, for the Bulldogs. That'll need to improve if State is to win three games in three days at the SEC tournament.

QUOTE TO NOTE
"I'm awful proud of our team for this reason: We had to play against a zone today, for basically 40 minutes." -- Coach Rick Stansbury, to The Clarion-Ledger, on his team's 60-58 win over South Carolina.

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