Utah Utes face the Mississippi State Bulldogs

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Mississippi State Bulldogs (4-5) vs. Utah Utes (7-3)

Salt Lake City; Saturday, 10 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Mississippi State and Utah square off in Salt Lake City, Utah.

The Utes are 7-3 in non-conference play. Utah has a 2-0 record in games decided by less than 4 points.

The Bulldogs are 4-5 in non-conference play. Mississippi State is ninth in the SEC with 10.3 offensive rebounds per game led by Shawn Jones Jr. averaging 2.3.

Utah makes 46.3% of its shots from the field this season, which is 4.6 percentage points higher than Mississippi State has allowed to its opponents (41.7%). Mississippi State has shot at a 44.2% clip from the field this season, 1.4 percentage points less than the 45.6% shooting opponents of Utah have averaged.

TOP PERFORMERS: Terrence Brown is scoring 21.6 points per game and averaging 2.0 rebounds for the Utes. Don McHenry is averaging 2.1 made 3-pointers.

Josh Hubbard is scoring 21.2 points per game and averaging 2.8 rebounds for the Bulldogs. Jayden Epps is averaging 15.7 points and 1.7 rebounds.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.