VANDY

MISSST

Smith, Molinar lift Mississippi State past Vandy 74-69

AP
Feb 26, 2022

STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) Tolu Smith scored 22 points, Iverson Molinar added 20 and Mississippi State Bulldogs held off Vanderbilt Commodores 74-69 on Saturday.

The Bulldogs made 7 of 8 free throws in the final minute to hold off the Commodores and Scotty Pippen Jr., who had 32 points.

Molinar set a school record by scoring in double figures in 29 straight games for the Bulldogs (17-12, 8-8 Southeastern Conference). Tony Watts scored in all 28 games for MSU in 1991-92. Smith matched his season high.

In adding to Pippen's fourth 30-point game and fifth straight game with 20 points, Jordan Wright and Quentin Millora-Brown scored 10 points apiece for Vanderbilt (14-14, 6-10).

Vanderbilt erased an eight-point deficit in the first half by making nine straight shots before a halftime heave missed, leaving the Commodores up 32-30.

Andersson Garcia had six points in an 11-0 run that erased Vanderbilt's last lead and the Bulldogs turned that into a 16-2 surge for the biggest lead of the game at 57-46 with 8:41 to play.

Pippen hit three 3-pointers and the Commodores three times got the deficit to one possession. Wright's offensive putback made it 71-69 but Molinar made two clutch free throws with 11.7 seconds to play came after Vandy's last miss and then the Commodores lost the ball.

Mississippi State was 19 of 24 from the foul line in the second half, outscoring Vanderbilt by 10.

MSU shot 50% but was just 1 of 6 on 3-pointers, compared to the Commodores 9 of 29.

Vanderbilt is home against Florida on Tuesday and closes the regular season at Ole Miss on Saturday. No. 3 Auburn visits Mississippi State on Wednesday before the Bulldogs finish at Texas A&M on Saturday.

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1st Half
VANDY
Commodores
32
MSST
Bulldogs
30

Time		Play	Score
20:00		Liam Robbins vs. Garrison Brooks (Bulldogs gains possession)
19:38		Javian Davis misses two point dunk
19:36		Jordan Wright defensive rebound
19:17		Quentin Millora-Brown turnover (traveling)
19:01		Shakeel Moore misses two point layup
18:59		Liam Robbins defensive rebound
18:32		Jordan Wright misses three point jump shot
18:30		Iverson Molinar defensive rebound
18:26		Iverson Molinar misses two point pullup jump shot
18:24		Liam Robbins defensive rebound
18:24		Javian Davis personal foul (Liam Robbins draws the foul)
18:09		Jordan Wright misses three point jump shot
18:07		D.J. Jeffries defensive rebound
17:57		Iverson Molinar misses three point jump shot
17:55		Tyrin Lawrence defensive rebound
17:47		Scotty Pippen Jr. misses three point jump shot
17:45		Garrison Brooks defensive rebound
17:36		Liam Robbins blocks Javian Davis's two point hook shot
17:34		Liam Robbins defensive rebound
17:30		Liam Robbins turnover (bad pass) (Javian Davis steals)
17:16		Official timeout
17:07	+2	Garrison Brooks makes two point pullup jump shot (Iverson Molinar assists)	0-2
16:45	+3	Liam Robbins makes three point jump shot (Tyrin Lawrence assists)	3-2
16:23	+2	Iverson Molinar makes two point floating jump shot (Garrison Brooks assists)	3-4
16:00		Liam Robbins misses two point hook shot
15:58		Shakeel Moore defensive rebound
15:49		Shakeel Moore misses three point jump shot
15:47		Jordan Wright defensive rebound
15:35		Liam Robbins misses three point jump shot
15:33		Garrison Brooks defensive rebound
15:32		Tyrin Lawrence shooting foul (Iverson Molinar draws the foul)
15:32		TV timeout
15:32		Iverson Molinar misses regular free throw 1 of 2
15:32	+1	Iverson Molinar makes regular free throw 2 of 2	3-5
15:11		Scotty Pippen Jr. misses three point jump shot
15:09		Andersson Garcia defensive rebound
14:53	+2	Tolu Smith makes two point layup (Iverson Molinar assists)	3-7
14:30		Quentin Millora-Brown misses two point hook shot
14:28		Quentin Millora-Brown offensive rebound
14:25		Quentin Millora-Brown misses two point putback layup
14:23		Cam Carter defensive rebound
14:08		Garrison Brooks misses two point pullup jump shot
14:06		Trey Thomas defensive rebound
13:57	+2	Quentin Millora-Brown makes two point layup (Scotty Pippen Jr. assists)	5-7
13:30		Tolu Smith misses two point layup
13:28		Andersson Garcia offensive rebound
13:29		Andersson Garcia turnover (traveling)
13:13		Myles Stute misses three point jump shot
13:11		Tolu Smith defensive rebound
13:00		Cam Carter turnover (bad pass) (Liam Robbins steals)
12:56	+2	Scotty Pippen Jr. makes two point layup (Liam Robbins assists)	7-7
12:33	+2	Tolu Smith makes two point dunk (Andersson Garcia assists)	7-9
12:22		Scotty Pippen Jr. turnover (bad pass)
12:05	+2	Tolu Smith makes two point reverse layup	7-11
12:05		Liam Robbins shooting foul (Tolu Smith draws the foul)
12:06		Tolu Smith misses regular free throw 1 of 1
12:06		Liam Robbins defensive rebound
11:45		TV timeout
11:37		Cameron Matthews blocks Trey Thomas's three point jump shot
11:36		Commodores offensive rebound
11:25	+2	Tolu Smith makes two point driving layup (Andersson Garcia assists)	7-13
11:13		Trey Thomas turnover (lost ball) (Andersson Garcia steals)
11:09	+2	Andersson Garcia makes two point driving dunk	7-15
11:09		Jordan Wright shooting foul (Andersson Garcia draws the foul)
11:09		Andersson Garcia misses regular free throw 1 of 1
11:09		Liam Robbins defensive rebound
10:49		Tyrin Lawrence turnover (bad pass)
10:22		Garrison Brooks misses two point hook shot
10:20		Jordan Wright defensive rebound
9:59	+3	Jordan Wright makes three point jump shot (Tyrin Lawrence assists)	10-15
9:11		D.J. Jeffries shooting foul (Jordan Wright draws the foul)
9:10	+3	Scotty Pippen Jr. makes three point jump shot (Jordan Wright assists)	13-17
8:45		Tolu Smith misses two point layup
8:43		Scotty Pippen Jr. defensive rebound
8:35		Scotty Pippen Jr. turnover (lost ball) (Tolu Smith steals)
8:29		Iverson Molinar misses two point dunk
8:27		Myles Stute defensive rebound
8:15		Jordan Wright turnover (lost ball) (Iverson Molinar steals)
8:08		Iverson Molinar misses two point pullup jump shot
8:06		Scotty Pippen Jr. defensive rebound
7:50	+2	Scotty Pippen Jr. makes two point driving layup	15-17
7:28	+2	Shakeel Moore makes two point finger roll layup (Tolu Smith assists)	15-19
7:21		Iverson Molinar personal foul (Drew Weikert draws the foul)
7:04	+2	Drew Weikert makes two point floating jump shot (Gabe Dorsey assists)	17-19
7:04	+2	Drew Weikert makes two point floating jump shot (Gabe Dorsey assists)	17-19
6:42	+2	Garrison Brooks makes two point jump shot (Tolu Smith assists)	17-21
6:08	+2	Gabe Dorsey makes two point pullup jump shot (Scotty Pippen Jr. assists)	19-21
5:51	+2	D.J. Jeffries makes two point jump shot (Garrison Brooks assists)	19-23
5:31		D.J. Jeffries personal foul (Scotty Pippen Jr. draws the foul)
5:30		Quentin Millora-Brown turnover (lost ball) (Iverson Molinar steals)
5:18		Iverson Molinar misses three point jump shot
5:16		Javian Davis offensive rebound
5:15		Terren Frank shooting foul (Javian Davis draws the foul)
5:15		Javian Davis misses regular free throw 1 of 2
5:15	+1	Javian Davis makes regular free throw 2 of 2	19-24
5:15	+1	Javian Davis makes regular free throw 2 of 2	19-24
5:02	+3	Terren Frank makes three point jump shot (Drew Weikert assists)	22-24
4:45		Javian Davis offensive foul (Drew Weikert draws the foul)
4:45		Javian Davis turnover
4:16		Quentin Millora-Brown turnover (lost ball) (Iverson Molinar steals)
4:06		Garrison Brooks misses three point jump shot
4:04		Quentin Millora-Brown defensive rebound
3:53	+3	Drew Weikert makes three point jump shot (Scotty Pippen Jr. assists)	25-24
3:33	+2	Iverson Molinar makes two point driving layup	25-26
3:12	+2	Drew Weikert makes two point layup (Quentin Millora-Brown assists)	27-26
2:46		Garrison Brooks misses two point jump shot
2:44		Quentin Millora-Brown defensive rebound
2:27		Scotty Pippen Jr. turnover (out of bounds)
2:27		TV timeout
2:09	+2	Tolu Smith makes two point layup (Shakeel Moore assists)	27-28
1:42		Drew Weikert turnover (out of bounds)
1:33		Scotty Pippen Jr. shooting foul (Iverson Molinar draws the foul)
1:33	+1	Iverson Molinar makes regular free throw 1 of 2	27-29
1:33	+1	Iverson Molinar makes regular free throw 2 of 2	27-30
1:16		Iverson Molinar shooting foul (Scotty Pippen Jr. draws the foul)
1:16	+1	Scotty Pippen Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 3	28-30
1:16	+1	Scotty Pippen Jr. makes regular free throw 2 of 3	29-30
1:16	+1	Scotty Pippen Jr. makes regular free throw 3 of 3	30-30
0:56		Shakeel Moore turnover (bad pass) (Scotty Pippen Jr. steals)
0:38	+2	Scotty Pippen Jr. makes two point layup	32-30
0:06		Drew Weikert defensive rebound
0:09		Gabe Dorsey personal foul (Cameron Matthews draws the foul)
0:08		Tolu Smith misses two point jump shot
0:06		Drew Weikert defensive rebound
0:01		Quentin Millora-Brown misses two point jump shot
0:00		Garrison Brooks defensive rebound
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
VANDY
Commodores
37
MSST
Bulldogs
44

Time		Play	Score
19:35	+2	Jordan Wright makes two point driving layup	34-30
19:22	+2	Shakeel Moore makes two point pullup jump shot	34-32
18:50	+3	Jordan Wright makes three point jump shot (Tyrin Lawrence assists)	37-32
18:28	+3	Shakeel Moore makes three point jump shot (D.J. Jeffries assists)	37-35
17:59		Tyrin Lawrence misses three point jump shot
17:57		Quentin Millora-Brown offensive rebound
17:57		Shakeel Moore personal foul (Quentin Millora-Brown draws the foul)
17:53		Shakeel Moore personal foul (Scotty Pippen Jr. draws the foul)
17:51		Liam Robbins turnover (lost ball) (Shakeel Moore steals)
17:35		Liam Robbins shooting foul (Tolu Smith draws the foul)
17:35	+1	Tolu Smith makes regular free throw 1 of 2	37-36
17:35		Tolu Smith misses regular free throw 2 of 2
17:35		Liam Robbins defensive rebound
17:26		Jordan Wright turnover (bad pass) (Shakeel Moore steals)
17:22	+2	Iverson Molinar makes two point driving layup	37-38
17:22		Liam Robbins shooting foul (Iverson Molinar draws the foul)
17:22	+1	Iverson Molinar makes regular free throw 1 of 1	37-39
17:09		Myles Stute misses three point jump shot
17:07		Tolu Smith defensive rebound
17:00		Shakeel Moore turnover (lost ball)
16:56		Scotty Pippen Jr. turnover (lost ball) (D.J. Jeffries steals)
16:30		Shakeel Moore offensive foul (Tyrin Lawrence draws the foul)
16:30		Shakeel Moore turnover
16:23	+2	Scotty Pippen Jr. makes two point layup (Quentin Millora-Brown assists)	39-39
16:23		Andersson Garcia shooting foul (Scotty Pippen Jr. draws the foul)
16:23	+1	Scotty Pippen Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 1	40-39
16:06	+2	Tolu Smith makes two point layup (Andersson Garcia assists)	40-41
15:47		Andersson Garcia personal foul (Scotty Pippen Jr. draws the foul)
15:47		TV timeout
15:32	+2	Scotty Pippen Jr. makes two point driving layup	42-41
15:20		Tolu Smith misses two point hook shot
15:18		Tolu Smith offensive rebound
15:18		Myles Stute personal foul (Tolu Smith draws the foul)
15:04		Tolu Smith misses two point jump shot
15:02		Andersson Garcia offensive rebound
15:02		Andersson Garcia misses two point putback layup
15:00		Myles Stute defensive rebound
14:56		Myles Stute turnover (bad pass) (Andersson Garcia steals)
14:37		Cameron Matthews misses two point jump shot
14:35		Commodores defensive rebound
14:14		Myles Stute misses three point jump shot
14:12		D.J. Jeffries defensive rebound
13:53		Iverson Molinar turnover (lost ball) (Drew Weikert steals)
13:48	+2	Scotty Pippen Jr. makes two point layup (Jordan Wright assists)	44-41
13:47		Bulldogs 30 second timeout
13:47		TV timeout
13:18		Iverson Molinar misses two point floating jump shot
13:16		Andersson Garcia offensive rebound
13:17	+2	Andersson Garcia makes two point putback layup	44-43
12:56		Jordan Wright misses three point jump shot
12:54		Cameron Matthews defensive rebound
12:48		Shakeel Moore misses two point pullup jump shot
12:46		Andersson Garcia offensive rebound
12:46	+2	Andersson Garcia makes two point tip shot	44-45
12:25		Andersson Garcia personal foul (Jordan Wright draws the foul)
12:04		Terren Frank offensive foul (Shakeel Moore draws the foul)
12:04		Terren Frank turnover
11:51		Cameron Matthews turnover (bad pass) (Drew Weikert steals)
11:38		Liam Robbins misses three point jump shot
11:36		D.J. Jeffries defensive rebound
11:29		Liam Robbins shooting foul (Garrison Brooks draws the foul)
11:29		TV timeout
11:29	+1	Garrison Brooks makes regular free throw 1 of 2	44-46
11:29	+1	Garrison Brooks makes regular free throw 2 of 2	44-47
11:17		Drew Weikert misses three point jump shot
11:15		Garrison Brooks defensive rebound
11:09		Scotty Pippen Jr. personal foul (D.J. Jeffries draws the foul)
10:53	+2	D.J. Jeffries makes two point jump shot	44-49
10:53		Gabe Dorsey shooting foul (D.J. Jeffries draws the foul)
10:53	+1	D.J. Jeffries makes regular free throw 1 of 1	44-50
10:42		Shakeel Moore personal foul (Jordan Wright draws the foul)
10:42		Jordan Wright misses regular free throw 1 of 1
10:42		Commodores offensive rebound
10:33		Jordan Wright misses two point jump shot
10:31		Andersson Garcia defensive rebound
10:32		Quentin Millora-Brown personal foul (Andersson Garcia draws the foul)
10:32	+1	Andersson Garcia makes regular free throw 1 of 2	44-51
10:32	+1	Andersson Garcia makes regular free throw 2 of 2	44-52
10:20		Scotty Pippen Jr. misses three point step back jump shot
10:18		Terren Frank offensive rebound
10:18	+2	Terren Frank makes two point putback layup	46-52
9:50	+2	Tolu Smith makes two point jump shot (Garrison Brooks assists)	46-54
9:26		Jordan Wright misses three point jump shot
9:24		Tolu Smith defensive rebound
9:16	+2	Iverson Molinar makes two point floating jump shot	46-56
9:07		Commodores 30 second timeout
8:53		Jordan Wright turnover (bad pass)
8:42		Jordan Wright personal foul (Tolu Smith draws the foul)
8:42	+1	Tolu Smith makes regular free throw 1 of 2	46-57
8:42		Tolu Smith misses regular free throw 2 of 2
8:42		Jordan Wright defensive rebound
8:34		Tolu Smith personal foul (Quentin Millora-Brown draws the foul)
8:34	+1	Quentin Millora-Brown makes regular free throw 1 of 2	47-57
8:34	+1	Quentin Millora-Brown makes regular free throw 2 of 2	48-57
8:25		Andersson Garcia turnover (bad pass)
8:15	+3	Scotty Pippen Jr. makes three point jump shot (Liam Robbins assists)	51-57
7:54		Shakeel Moore turnover (bad pass)
7:32		D.J. Jeffries personal foul (Liam Robbins draws the foul)
7:32		TV timeout
7:32		Liam Robbins misses regular free throw 1 of 1
7:32		Andersson Garcia defensive rebound
7:08		Garrison Brooks misses two point jump shot
7:06		Scotty Pippen Jr. defensive rebound
6:58		Scotty Pippen Jr. misses two point pullup jump shot
6:56		Liam Robbins offensive rebound
6:37		Liam Robbins misses three point jump shot
6:35		Tolu Smith defensive rebound
6:16	+2	Tolu Smith makes two point reverse layup (Garrison Brooks assists)	51-59
5:57	+3	Scotty Pippen Jr. makes three point jump shot (Jordan Wright assists)	54-59
5:24		Liam Robbins shooting foul (Tolu Smith draws the foul)
5:24	+1	Tolu Smith makes regular free throw 1 of 2	54-60
5:24		Tolu Smith misses regular free throw 2 of 2
5:24		Myles Stute defensive rebound
5:07	+2	Quentin Millora-Brown makes two point layup (Jordan Wright assists)	56-60
4:51	+2	Iverson Molinar makes two point floating jump shot (Shakeel Moore assists)	56-62
4:50		Bulldogs 30 second timeout
4:31		Myles Stute misses three point jump shot
4:29		Quentin Millora-Brown offensive rebound
4:25	+3	Scotty Pippen Jr. makes three point jump shot (Quentin Millora-Brown assists)	59-62
3:54		Quentin Millora-Brown personal foul (Tolu Smith draws the foul)
3:55		TV timeout
3:55	+1	Tolu Smith makes regular free throw 1 of 2	59-63
3:55		Tolu Smith misses regular free throw 2 of 2
3:55		Tyrin Lawrence defensive rebound
3:34		Tyrin Lawrence misses two point floating jump shot
3:32		Tyrin Lawrence offensive rebound
3:21	+2	Quentin Millora-Brown makes two point layup (Scotty Pippen Jr. assists)	61-63
2:59		Garrison Brooks misses two point pullup jump shot
2:57		Tolu Smith offensive rebound
2:57		Jordan Wright personal foul (Tolu Smith draws the foul)
2:57	+1	Tolu Smith makes regular free throw 1 of 2	61-64
2:57	+1	Tolu Smith makes regular free throw 2 of 2	61-65
2:47		D.J. Jeffries personal foul (Myles Stute draws the foul)
2:47		Myles Stute misses regular free throw 1 of 2
2:47		Myles Stute misses regular free throw 2 of 2
2:47		Tolu Smith defensive rebound
2:26		Garrison Brooks misses three point jump shot
2:24		Jordan Wright defensive rebound
2:17		Tolu Smith shooting foul (Quentin Millora-Brown draws the foul)
2:17	+1	Quentin Millora-Brown makes regular free throw 1 of 2	62-65
2:17	+1	Quentin Millora-Brown makes regular free throw 2 of 2	63-65
1:49		Iverson Molinar turnover (lost ball) (Scotty Pippen Jr. steals)
1:23		Tyrin Lawrence misses three point jump shot
1:21		Scotty Pippen Jr. offensive rebound
1:14		Scotty Pippen Jr. misses three point step back jump shot
1:12		Tolu Smith defensive rebound
0:57	+2	Iverson Molinar makes two point floating jump shot	63-67
0:56		Bulldogs 60 second timeout
0:43		Jordan Wright misses two point finger roll layup
0:41		D.J. Jeffries defensive rebound
0:41		Scotty Pippen Jr. personal foul (D.J. Jeffries draws the foul)
0:41	+1	D.J. Jeffries makes regular free throw 1 of 2	63-68
0:41	+1	D.J. Jeffries makes regular free throw 2 of 2	63-69
0:38		D.J. Jeffries personal foul (Scotty Pippen Jr. draws the foul)
0:38	+1	Scotty Pippen Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 2	64-69
0:38	+1	Scotty Pippen Jr. makes regular free throw 2 of 2	65-69
0:26		Scotty Pippen Jr. personal foul (Shakeel Moore draws the foul)
0:26	+1	Shakeel Moore makes regular free throw 1 of 2	65-70
0:26	+1	Shakeel Moore makes regular free throw 2 of 2	65-71
0:24		Commodores 30 second timeout
0:23		Iverson Molinar shooting foul (Scotty Pippen Jr. draws the foul)
0:21		Scotty Pippen Jr. misses regular free throw 1 of 3
0:21	+1	Scotty Pippen Jr. makes regular free throw 2 of 3	66-71
0:21	+1	Scotty Pippen Jr. makes regular free throw 3 of 3	67-71
0:21		Cameron Matthews turnover (bad pass)
0:19		Scotty Pippen Jr. misses three point jump shot
0:17		Quentin Millora-Brown offensive rebound
0:17	+2	Jordan Wright makes two point layup (Quentin Millora-Brown assists)	69-71
0:11		Jordan Wright personal foul (Iverson Molinar draws the foul)
0:11	+1	Iverson Molinar makes regular free throw 1 of 2	69-72
0:11	+1	Iverson Molinar makes regular free throw 2 of 2	69-73
0:09		Commodores 60 second timeout
0:03		Scotty Pippen Jr. turnover (bad pass) (Tolu Smith steals)
0:01		Quentin Millora-Brown personal foul (Cameron Matthews draws the foul)
0:01		Cameron Matthews misses regular free throw 1 of 2
0:01	+1	Cameron Matthews makes regular free throw 2 of 2	69-74
0:00		End of period

+ 1

Cameron Matthews makes regular free throw 2 of 2