Michigan State vs. Mississippi State: First Round NCAA tournament extended highlights

No. 9 Michigan State defeated No. 8 Mississippi State, 69-51, led by Tyson Walker’s 19 points in the first round of the 2024 NCAA tournament. Watch the full game highlights here.

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THREE-POINT LINE WILL BE A KEY HERE TODAY.

AKINS GETS UP THE FIRST SHOT. AKINS. HE’S BEEN IN A SHOOTING SLUMP, JIM, BUT HE WAS COOKING LAST

THAT TIME. CAMERON MATTHEWS TO THE BASELINE, ABLE TO CUT IT OFF. EXPERIENCE IS GOING TO PLAY A

ROLE IN THIS GAME, MICHIGAN STATE OPERATING OFFENSIVELY WITH THE BACKDOOR CUTS BECAUSE THEY’VE BEEN THERE

VISION ON THAT PASS. MISSISSIPPI STATE LOOKING FOR

THE FIRST BASKET OF THE GAME. JEFFRIES.

MATTHEWS GETS TO THE PAINT, LOOKING FOR HELP.

THREE TO SHOOT. DRIVING IS DAVIS.

GOOD CUT TO THE BASKET AND THE BULLDOGS ARE ON THE BOARD FOR >> Brian: MISSISSIPPI STATE HAS NOT BEEN BACK AND NCAA

TOURNAMENT SINCE 2008. DAVIS DRIVES. THE LITTLE FLOATER IS GOOD. DASHAWN DAVIS WITH THE FIRST TWO

IS THEY ARE IN PLACE. NICOLE WAS LOOKING TO PASS IT

OUT. ONCE YOU SLAP DOWN, AND EASY

CALL. >> Brian: A.J. HOGGARD HEADSET

VERY IMPORTANT. HAS AN IDEA OF GAME PLANNING

TYSON WALKER’S COUNTER THAT RIGHT THERE.

ABLE TO FINISH THAT STEAL OFTEN TRANSITION. HUBBARD TRYING TO GET HIS SHOT DOWN, AND A LOT OF ATTENTION.

COMING OFF THE BENCH. JEFFRIES WITH HOGGARD IN THE

AIR. D.J. JEFFRIES, WHO PLAYED

HIGH SCHOOL BALL WITH CAMERON MATTHEWS, OLIVE BRANCH, MISSISSIPPI. MISSISSIPPI STATE TRIES TO

SETTLE IN HERE. AND NOW POKED AWAY BY MURPHY, FORCES THE TURNOVER, AND HUBBARD LAYS IT IN, SO THERE IS THE

DEFENSE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT. A LOT OF EASY BASKETS OFF THEIR GRADER IN MISSISSIPPI. ALL-TIME LEADING SCORER.

JUST ONTO THE FLOOR, PICKS UP HIS FIRST REBOUND.

WANTS TO PUSH IT. DOUBLE QUICKLY.

THAT IS SISSOKO WITH A TWO-HANDED JIM!

>> Jim: THAT IS MICHIGAN STATE’S FORTE.

>> Brian: SHAKEEL MOORE. WALKER.

A HIGH FLYER, LITTLE TROUBLE SHAKING WALKER, THOUGH. KESHAWN MURPHY MISSES THE THREE. SISSOKO WITH ANOTHER REBOUND. MICHIGAN STATE HAS ASSISTS ON ALL OF THEIR MADE BASKET’S THUS

FAR. FIVE FIELD GOALS MADE, AND

ADDING ONE TO IT. THREE-POINTER IS DOWN FOR TYSON

WALKER! >> Jim: EXCELLENT BALL

SEC IN HIS FIFTH YEAR. MICHIGAN STATE CUTS OFF ANOTHER TRIP TO THE PAINT. NOW JEFFRIES OFF HIS FOOT.

WALKER IN TRANSITION. THREE-POINTER IS GOOD!

[WHISTLE BLOWING] THREE-POINTER NUMBER 4!

CHRIS JANS WANTS TO TALK IT OVER.

IT IS AN 8-0 SPARTANS RUN HERE, JIM.

>> Jim: THREE BALL HAS BEEN THE FRIEND OF

HE CAN GET IT GOING OFF THE BENCH.

ALEX KOHLER COMING OFF THE MICHIGAN STATE BENCH AS WELL, NOW IN THE POST, MATCHING UP WITH BELL.

HITS THE JUMPER. >> Jim: YOU CAN KEEP THE BALL

POSSESSION ALIVE. HOLLOMAN. TOO TALL FOR: CARR, WHO TAKES A TOUGH SPILL, MISSISSIPPI STATE

IN TRANSITION NOW. JOSH HUBBARD NEEDED THAT ONE, MICHIGAN STATE. THE AVERAGE JUST SHY OF TEN

TONER IS A GAME. THIRD BEST IN THE BIG TEN, TOP

30 IN THE NATION. HERE IS HUBBARD ONCE AGAIN.

THE PULL-UP IS GOOD. LONG TWO BY JOSH HUBBARD. HE WENT WITH 32 AGAINST LSU IN LATE FEBRUARY, WHEN FOR 34

AGAINST KENTUCKY IN EARLY MARCH. MALIK HALL GUARDED BY MATTHEW’S. GETS THE STEAL. MATTHEWS ON THE SEC

ALL-DEFENSIVE TEAM, HE SETS UP TOLU SMITH, AND NOW MISSISSIPPI STATE STARTING TO MOVE IT A LITTLE BIT ON THEIR DEFENSE, TURNING INTO POINTS. >> Jim: CAMERON MATTHEWS EARLY

IN TRANSITION, GIVING MICHIGAN STATE A LITTLE DOSE OF

THEIR OWN MEDICINE IN TRANSITION.

NOT GET BY TOLU SMITH. THE TURNOVER, HE SETTLED F FOR E JUMP SHOT. >> Brian: ACTIVE HANDS, BOTH

TEAMS, MICHIGAN STATE FORCES THE TURNOVER.

HERE IS AKINS IN THE CORNER. HE COMES UP SHORT.

AKINS GETS IT BACK. MIDRANGE JUMPER IS GOOD. TO WORK WITH AND CARSON COOPER DID AN EXCELLENT JOB OF USING

HIS BODY AND NOT SWIPING DOWN AT THE END TO PICK UP A FOUL. BEAUTIFUL JOB THAT TIME. >> Brian: A.J. HOGGARD,

DRIBBLE, SAW AN OPENING, LAYS IT IN.

MICHIGAN STATE BY 9 APPROACHING THE FIVE MINUTE MARK. INTO THE CORNER, JEFFRIES, A WILLING SHOOTER.

SIZE AND LENGTH TO KEEP MICHIGAN STATE PERIMETER ORIENTED, JUST CAN’T LET THE DEFENSE OF DRIBBLE PENETRATION

KEEP YOU DOWN. >> Brian: HOGGARD.

AKINS FOR THREE. ANOTHER THREE-POINT BASKET SET UP WITH A BEAUTIFUL PASS! >> Jim: IT WAS THE THREAT OF

HE WANTS AND HOW HE WANTS TO BUILD HIS PROGRAM. AND WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT BECAUSE IT IS VERY INTERESTING,

HIS THOUGHTS ON THAT. >> Brian: THESE TWO COACHES ARE OPPOSITE IN THEIR THINKING ABOUT PROGRAM BUILDING.

HOW ABOUT THAT FINISH? TYSON WALKER GOES WITH THE HE CAME BACK AND INFLUENCED THAT SHOT WHICH LEFT IT A LITTLE BIT

SHORT FOR HOLLAND. >> Brian: MALIK HALL GIVING HER TO MURPHY ALL HE WANTS. [WHISTLE BLOWING]

THERE IS A THREE. THERE IS A FOUL UNDERNEATH THE

BASKET. COUNT THE THREE-POINTER, AND A LISTEN, THAT IS YOUR SHOT. STEP UP WITH CONFIDENCE AND

KNOCK IT IN. >> Brian: HERE IS HUBBARD AND

HUBBARD RIPS A THREE! JOSH HUBBARD, A BIG SHOT LATE MICHIGAN STATE. JOSH HUBBARD, A LIGHTNING BOLT.

THE FRESHMAN PLACES WANT TO MAKE IT A FIVE-POINT GAME. ? ?

LAST POSSESSION HERE. MICHIGAN STATE CAN TAKE THE

CLOCK DOWN, DOWN TO 2. HERE IS HALL.

GETS IT OFF IN TIME AND SCORES IT AT THE BUZZER! MALIK HALL DRIVING AND SCORING, AND MICHIGAN STATE UP 7 GOING

INTO THE HALF, JIMMY. >> Jim: BIG TIME SHOT BY MALIK

HALL. THE BULLDOGS HAVE MADE THEIR RUN, CLOSED THE GAP, HAD SOME MOMENTUM ON THEIR SIDE BUT THAT

THE FIRST HALF. FIVE TURNOVERS IN THE FIRST

SEVEN PLUS MINUTES. FIRST POSSESSION, MICHIGAN STATE, TYSON WALKER, MIDRANGE JUMPER, HE PUSHES THAT

LEAD TO 9 RIGHT OUT OF THE HALFTIME LOCKER ROOM. CLEAR SPACE WITH THE DRIBBLE. NICE LITTLE 12-FOOT POLE UP TO

BEGIN THE SECOND HALF. >> Brian: DASHAWN DAVIS PICKS IT UP IN THE CORNER. D.J. JEFFRIES FINALLY HITS ONE,

LET’S TAKE YOU BACK, EARLY IN THE FIRST HALF, JEFFRIES WAS A THERE WERE 34TH FREE THROWS AND THE SECOND HALF.

[LAUGHTER] >> Jim: THEY MADE UP FOR IT

RIGHT THERE. >> Brian: FIRST FREE THROWS IN

THIS GAME. BIG JIMMY BELL JUST PICKED UP

THE FOUL. TURNAROUND JUMPER HOPE IS GOOD. HE PLAYED A LOT EARLY IN THE SEASON WHEN TOLU SMITH WAS OUT

MICHIGAN STATE BACK IN 1981-’82. GOT A LITTLE EXTRA MOTIVATION. GOOD PATIENCE INSIDE. THERE IS ANOTHER STEAL.

HUBBARD OUT. >> Brian: MATTHEWS THIS DEAL.

HUBBARD. IT IS DENIED!

JADEN AKINS! FLYING HIGH.

REJECTION. LET’S SEE IF THERE WAS ANY

CONTACT HERE. MISSISSIPPI STATE IS UPSET THERE WAS NO WHISTLE HERE. SPEW TO HIS BODY HIT HIM AT THE

FORCING THE BALL TO COME BACK IN ON THE SAME SIDE BUT THEY CREATED A TURNOVER. >> Brian: REMEMBER HOW CLEANLY

MICHIGAN STATE PLAYED IN THE FIRST HALF, THE SECOND HALF OF THE FIRST HALF. NOW A SECOND CHANCE FOR

MICHIGAN STATE AND MALIK HALL, JUST AS HE DID BEFORE THE

NOW MICHIGAN STATE PUSHES. WALKER.

GIVES IT BACK TO HOGGARD. MICHIGAN STATE GETS IT ORGANIZED. JADEN AKINS WITH A BASELINE PULL

UP. AKINS HAVING A NICE GAME 1 HERE.

WALKER HAS BEEN THE TOP SCORER FOR THE SPARTANS WITH 12, INCLUDING 23 IS. A LOT OF DRIBBLING HERE.

TYSON WALKER ON THE OTHER BASELINE.

HE AND JADEN AKINS WORKING THOSE BASELINE JUMPERS. >> Jim: ACTUALLY COME A REALLY GOOD DEFENSE BY DASHAWN DAVIS, T

FREE THROWS COMING FOR WALKER AND MICHIGAN STATE. THEY HAVE OPENED UP THEIR BIGGEST LEAD AND A CHANCE TO ADD TO IT AS WALKER WITH 14 NOW.

THAT TIME, ABLE TO FALL BACK INTO A LITTLE ZONE DEFENSE.

FORCED MICHIGAN STATE INTO A MISS.

>> Brian: SMITH DEFENDING THERE AS WELL.

HUBBARD, NICE PASS. MATTHEWS, A TWO-HANDED JAM. >> Jim: THE DIFFERENCE WITH HUBBARD, YOU HAVE TO RESPECT HIS

>> Brian: NO BASKET HERE. MATTHEWS THOUGHT IT SHOULD BE A THREE-POINT CHANCE. HOW ABOUT HUBBARD?

THE DISH. >> Jim: DRAW THE DEFENSE, >> Jim: THE DIFFERENCE WITH HUBBARD, YOU HAVE TO RESPECT HIS

JUMP SHOT, BUT HIS DRIVING ABILITY.

NOW ON THE DEFENSIVE END. >> Brian: HUBBARD GOING UP

AGAIN. FEARLESS.

HE LAYS IT IN THIS TIME AT HUBBARD WITH HIS FIRST TWO

CHRIS JANS AND THE BULLDOGS, UP TOP!

MALIK HALL! FINALLY, THE SPARTANS CONNECT

WITH A LOB. THEY MISSED ON TWO OCCASIONS IN

THRILLING DRIVES PRESENTED BY NISSAN.

HOGGARD, THE BEAUTIFUL LEAVE FOR MALIK HALL. >> Jim: BUT THEY BEAT THE PRESSURE BY THROWING THE BALL

ABLE TO GET THAT EASY BASKET. POOR DEFENSE THAT TIME AND THAT PRESSURE BUT BEAUTIFUL PLAY THAT TIME OUT-OF-BOUNDS FOR SHAKEEL MOORE TO COME OFF THAT SCREEN AND ABLE TO CASH IN ON THAT.

THREE-POINTERS. THE REST OF THE TEAM HAS THREE.

MOORE PICKS UP THE BIG ONE RIGHT THERE. HOGGARD SO STRONG INSIDE, HE CAN TAKE ALL KIND OF CONTACT.

KICK, DOESN’T MATTER. >> Brian: STEVE SMITH SON, DAVIS SMITH, IS A MEMBER OF THIS MICHIGAN STATE TEAM.

THREE-POINTER MISSES BADLY. HUBBARD DISHES AGAIN AND MATTHEWS ON THE RECEIVING END AGAIN.

THE SOPHOMORE FROM UTAH. >> Jim: SOME OUTSTANDING PASSING, TOUGH SHOT, EASY REBOUND THAT TIME.

SHAWN JONES, JR., ABLE TO GET IT INSIDE OF THESE TYPE WINDOWS. BULLDOGS, KEEPING IT AT 2 2-THREE-POSSESSION GAME, FORCED MICHIGAN STATE TO THEN MAKE SOME MISTAKES AND THAT IS WHAT YOU

HAVE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF. >> Brian: NICE DISH, NOEL FOR MISSISSIPPI STATE. KESHAWN MURPHY BACK ON THE

LOOKED TO KOHLER! BIG PASSING UNDER THE BASKET.

FLOOR. THAT IS A PICK BY SEAN JONES WHO FORCES THE TURNOVER AND THE HIGH FLYER, SHAKEEL MOORE, WITH A

TWO-HANDED JAM. >> Jim: EYES BEHIND YOUR HEAD, HALF INTO THE SECOND HALF. THIS IS A 9-8 MATCHUP.

MICHIGAN STATE AND MISSISSIPPI STATE.

RISING UP, JUMP SHOT, TREY HOLLOMAN.

OF THE GAME. HOLLOMAN COMING UP 10 POINTS AGAINST PURDUE IN THE BIG TEN TOURNAMENT LAST FRIDAY.

INSIDE, TOLU SMITH GOING TO WORK ON JAXON KOHLER.

>> Jim: THAT WAS A MOVE RIGHT THERE.

ON JAXON KOHLER. >> Jim: THAT WAS A MOVE RIGHT

THERE. TOLU SMITH WENT RIGHT THROUGH

THE CHEST OF JAXON KOHLER. >> Brian: OH!

JADEN AKINS FLYING HIGH DEFENSIVELY!

NOW FLYING HIGH OFFENSIVELY WITH A JAM!

IN THE FIRST HALF WITH JOSH HUBBARD, GIVING HIM THE BASELINE, COMING TOO LATE, AND HUBBARD AND AKINS.

GOING TO THE SEC. 10-POINT GAME.

THIS TIME, AKINS GETS THE BEST OF HIM ONCE AGAIN.

TOLU SMITH. HOLLOMAN GOING TO WORK.

BIG MAN CAN SHOOT IT. XAVIER BOOKER.

BOOKER REIGNS IN A THREE. THE 6’11” FRESHMAN FROM INDIANAPOLIS STRUCTURES THAT MICHIGAN STATE LEAD TO 13.

>> Jim: MORE THAN HALF THE FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN

FROM THREE IN THE LAST FOUR GAMES. >> Brian: HEAVES IT

CAN’T REACH RIGHT THERE. SHAWN JONES JR. WITHIN THIS STRUCTURE, YOU DRIBBLE, YOU ATTRACT, YOU

JADEN AKINS AT THE CONTROLS H HERE.

AKINS. HE WILL LET IT FLY.

MISSED IT. REBOUND.

BOOKER IN TRAFFIC. BOOKER, NO!

SISSOKO GETS THE OFFENSIVE BOARD.

HOLLOMAN FIRES AND HITS. THE BENCH SQUAD FOR

EASIER TO GET OFF. >> Brian: THAT HAPPENED IN

ABOUT A THREE AND A HALF MINUTE SPAN.

THE BLOCK AND THE DOWN. MATTHEWS DENIED. MATTHEWS HAVING A TOUGH TIME DRIBBLING ON THE PERIMETER.

>> Brian: IT IS THAT TIME OF YEAR.

YOU KNOW, NEVER ASK FOR ANYTHING.

>> Jim: I MEAN COME WITHOUT HIS NEXT VEHICLE LET ME GET A SHIRT FIRST. >> Brian: MATTHEWS NEEDS THAT.

MISSISSIPPI STATE NEEDED THAT. MATCH UP OF THE BIG TEN AND THE MATCH UP OF THE BIG TEN AND THE SEC.

MISSISSIPPI STATE BEAT TENNESSEE TWICE THIS YEAR, INCLUDING A 17-POINT VICTORY IN THE SEC TOURNAMENT.

AKINS MISSES. KESHAWN MURPHY LOST THE HANDLE

ON THE REBOUND. AKINS ONCE AGAIN FOR

MICHIGAN STATE. IN THE CORNER.

THREE-POINTER IS GOOD FOR JADEN AKINS! HE IS HAVING A GAME

SISSOKO ON THE FLOOR. >> Jim: THIS IS THE THING FOR ME, THE OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS. FOR MICHIGAN STATE, YOU

HAVE 8 RIGHT NOW, AND THOSE POINTS OFF OF THOSE OFFENSIVE THINKING DIVE TO THE BASKET BECAUSE THE LANE WAS WIDE OPEN.

>> Brian: HERE IS WALKER. HITS ANOTHER ONE!

GAME. CHRIS JANS, ONE OF HIS INITIAL

COMMENTS TO THE PRESS, WHEN HE TOOK THE JOB AT MISSISSIPPI STATE, HE SAID, I AM NOT HERE TO BUILD A PROGRAM.

I THINK THAT TOOK EVERYBODY BACK.

FRESHMAN YEAR AND THE SEC. >> Jim: TELL YOU WHAT, IF YOU CAN BUILD SOME SHOOTING AROUND JOSH HUBBARD, WHAT HIS POTENTIAL IS, BECAUSE HE IS GOING TO ATTRACT SO MUCH GRAVITY FROM THE

PLAY. LEVELED THINGS OUT.

>> Brian: LITTLE SMITTY IS GOING TO LET IT FLY, JUST LIKE

HIS FATHER. A SMITTY CITING!

AND THEY LOVE IT ON THE BENCH! >> Jim: [LAUGHS] LOOK AT TOM RIGHT THERE. >> Brian: LET’S GET TREY FORT

IN THAT GAME AS WELL, SCOTT. LET’S GET US TO THE FREE THROW

— FINISH LINE. THE 9 SEED.

THE 18-POINT WIN OVER MISSISSIPPI STATE.