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Postgame Notes: State at Ole Miss
February 14, 2026 | Men's Basketball
TEAM NOTES
- Mississippi State led wire-to-wire to claim a 90-78 victory over Ole Miss on Saturday evening at the Sandy and John Black Pavilion at Ole Miss.
- The Bulldogs have won four of the last five, six of the last eight and eight of the last 11 meetings over the Rebels. Overall, State possesses a 153-121 series advantage.
- State rode Achor Achor in the early going. He made his first four shot attempts and scored the Bulldogs first 11 points as the Maroon and White fired out to a 13-3 advantage during the opening 4:41 of the contest.
- State bookended the first half with a 16-2 spurt over the last 4:14 to take a 47-28 lead into the locker room.
- State is 9-2 this season and 57-19 over the last four seasons under Coach Jans when leading at the half.
- State is 12-6 this season and 57-22 over the last four seasons under Coach Jans when scoring 70 or more points. When upping the score to 90 points, the Bulldogs are 2-0 this season and 6-2 under Coach Jans.
- State is 9-4 this season and 57-19 over the last four seasons under Coach Jans when outrebounding its opponent.
- State sank 33-of-57 from the floor (57.9 percent), hit on 11-of-24 from three-point territory (45.8 percent) and connected on a 13-of-22 clip at the free throw line (59.1 percent).
- State is 4-1 this season and 25-7 under Coach Jans when shooting 50 percent or higher from the field.
- The Bulldogs have posted a 10-2 mark this season and a 63-11 clip with Coach Jans at the helm when shooting a higher field goal percentage than their opponent.
- State's 57.9 field goal percentage marks a new season's best shooting from the field.
- The Bulldog's 11 three-pointers tied the most three-pointers made this season.
- State is 6-1 this season and 18-7 over the last four seasons under Coach Jans when knocking down at least 10 or more three-pointers in a game.
- Conversely, Ole Miss recorded a 27-of-65 shooting effort (41.5 percent), made 8-of-26 on its three-pointers (30.8 percent) and tallied a 16-for-21 mark at the charity stripe (76.2 percent).
PLAYER NOTES
Josh Hubbard
- Started his 75th consecutive game over the past three seasons (01/27/2024-02/14/2026) where he has led State in scoring during 50 of those 75 outings.
- Exploded for 32 points where he shot 12-of-16 from the field, 4-of-6 from three-point territory and 4-of-7 at the charity stripe.
- Notched double figures for a team-leading 23rd time this season and for the 86th time over his 94 career games.
- The 86 games with 10+ points allowed Hubbard to pass Jamont Gordon (2006-07-08) for 7th place in the State record book.
- Amassed 30+ points for a SEC-leading 5th time this season and has dialed up 8 of his 9 career games of 30+ points are against SEC teams.
- Piled up 30+ points in consecutive games for the 2nd time this season and for the 3rd time in his career.
- The four treys enabled Hubbard to break Barry Stewart's (2007-08-09-10) program record. He now has 284 career three-pointers and is 23 triples shy of entering the SEC's top 10.
- Drained multiple three's for the 17th time this season and the 76th time in his career.
- The junior guard now has 1776 career points and sits 63 points shy from passing Rickey Brown (1976-77-78-79) for 5th place on the program's all-time list.
- The 1776 points also allowed Hubbard to remain in 9th place on the SEC scoring list for players after their junior season. He enters the Auburn game 9 points shy of eclipsing Vernon Maxwell (Florida).
- Made 10+ field goals for the 6th time this season and the 10th time in his career.
- Dished out 5+ assists for the 8th time this season and the 18th time in his career.
- State has won 4 of 5 games when Hubbard has 25+ points and 5+ assists this season.
- Made 16th start this season and his 77th start between Illinois, Georgetown and State.
- Provided 12 points, a career-high 7 rebounds and 3 assists.
- Recorded double-digits for the 17th time in his last 21 outings and for the 79th time during his career.
- Made 5+ free throws for the 5th time this season and the 25th time this season.
- Grabbed 5+ rebounds for the 3rd time this season and the 6th time in his career.
- Dished out multiple assists for the 12th time this season and the 65th time in his career.
- Appeared in State's starting five for the 22nd time in 25 games this season and for the 35th time of his career.
- Added 4 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists.
- Led the Bulldogs in rebounding for the 2nd time this season and the 5th time in his career.
- Grabbed 5+ rebounds for the 10th time this season and the 20th time in his career.Dished out multiple assists for the 10th time this season and the 28th time in his career.
- Started in his 20th game this season and for the 54th time at the Division I level between Samford, Kansas State and Mississippi State.
- Opened up scoring for the Bulldogs by draining a corner three-ball and ripped off State's first 11 points of the game.
- Scored a season-high 18 points where he connected on 6-fof-8 from the field, 3-of-4 from beyond the three-point line and 3-of-4 from the charity stripe.
- Secured double digits for the 5th time this season and the 39th time in his career.
- Teams that Achor are part of are 31-8 when he secures double-digit points.
- The 3 triples are a season's best for Achor. It marked his 1st time this season and the 7th career games with multiple three-pointers.
- Grabbed 5+ rebounds for the 17th time this season and the 50th time in his career.
- Started for the 21st time this season and for the 88th time in his last 92 games over the last three seasons between Mississippi State and Wichita State.
- Provided 6 points, 4 rebounds and 1 block.
- Recorded a block in 17 of his last 23 games and in 71 of 92 games in the last three seasons.
- Ja'Borri McGhee, Sergej Macura and Jamarion Davis-Fleming accounted for all 18 of State's points off the bench.
- McGhee notched a team-leading 7 points and distributed 2 assists.
- Dished out multiple assists for the 12th time this season and the 38th time in his career.
- Sergej Macura chipped in 5 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists.
- Handed out multiple assists for the 6th time this season.
- Jamarion Davis-Fleming garnered 6 points and 5 rebounds.
- Grabbed 5+ rebounds for the 13th time this season.
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