Mississippi State welcomed a Southern Conference program into their building Wednesday night and took an ‘L.’
The Bulldogs lost to East Tennessee State, 67-65, when the Buccaneers’ Hanner Mosquera-Perea tipped in the game-winning bucket with 1.4 seconds remaining.
The reaction of the woman behind the hoop is epic as @ETSU_MBB finishes off Mississippi St. Deserved that win never trailed the last 35 min! pic.twitter.com/uRv6zUy67r
— chris timmerman (@ctimmerman35) December 15, 2016
Steve Forbes’ ETSU squad now sits 8-2 with a win over an SEC team and losses only against UNC-Wilmington and Dayton on the season with a matchup against Tennessee still on the schedule for next week ahead of league play.
The story here, though, may be Ben Howland’s Bulldogs suffering a loss to the likes of ETSU, at home no less. Mississippi State already lost in Starkville to Lehigh this season and Central Florida on a neutral. They’ve fallen well outside the KenPom top-100.
It’s still early, but at this point it certainly wouldn’t be surprising to see MSU scrapping with Missouri to stay out of the bottom of the SEC.