SportsLine's model simulated Wednesday's Mississippi State Bulldogs vs. Alabama Crimson Tide college basketball matchup 10,000 times

Mississippi State had its chances, but it couldn't keep up with the Alabama offense in an 88-84 Tide victory.

No. 14 Mississippi State faces the No. 20 Missouri Tigers after Josh Hubbard scored 38 points in Mississippi State's 88-84 loss to the Alabama Crimson Tide.

Led by Chris Youngblood, the Alabama Crimson Tide might have earned their most impressive win to date this season Wednesday night in Starkville.

Mississippi State basketball coach Chris Jans said his message to KeShawn Murphy after the missed layup in the loss to Alabama: "This ain't on you."

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Alabama star Mark Sears returned to the starting lineup and helped lead the No. 4 Crimson Tide to an 88-84 win at No. 14 Mississippi State on Wednesday night after he was benched for the entire second half in Saturday's win over LSU.

However, there are less difficult things to do than play a ranked Chris Jans team on the road in a midweek contest. Alabama head coach Nate Oats is aware of this, and he expects the No. 4 Crimson Tide (17-3,

MSU took on the Crimson Tide before a sold-out crowd in a midweek conference matchup. The Bulldogs went into the break only trailing by five points. Coming out of the half, both teams kept things close but with less than a minute on the clock, and Alabama ahead, the Tide was able to maintain their lead until the very end.

It was a classic back and forth between Alabama and Mississippi State last night. It was anyone's game until the final ten seconds when the Tide made three foul shots

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