BasketBlog: Miss State

— FINAL — MSU 78, UA 60

8:55 p.m. — Hogs find Harris open for the lay in which proves to be the final bucket of the night as the Razorbacks fall to MSU here in Bud Walton, 78-60.

8:54 p.m. — Charity Ford hits the mid-range jumper to give her 26 points on the night, then Rees makes following the MSU turnover to make it a 20-point game at 78-58.

8:52 p.m. — MSU gets another 2 from the stripe as Lumanu draws the foul and drains both shots, Bulldogs up 78-54.

8:49 p.m. — Both teams swap off back-to-back 3’s, MSU currently holding a 22-point lead, 76-54.

8:48 p.m. — MSU still pouring it on every trip down the court, this time it’s Lumanu who pops and drops a 3, Razorbacks fading fast, 73-51 MSU.

8:46 p.m. — Robinson draws the foul and converts both of ’em from the stripe to cut the Bulldog lead to 20, 70-50.

8:44 p.m.– Govero gets another long 2 to go, and then following yet another UA turnover Rack hits again as well, Hogs down 48-70.

8:41 p.m. — Robinson gets the call on a 3-point attempt and connects on all 3 of her freebies, 63-48 MSU.

8:40 p.m. — Mokango sinks both free throws coming out of the media timeout, MSU up 63-45.

8:38 p.m. — With 7:58 left to play coming into the 3rd media timeout of the 2nd, MSU’s still holding the Hogs at a distance, 61-45.

8:37 p.m. — Hogs continue to swap possessions and buckets with the Bulldogs,MSU leads it by 16, 61-45.

8:34 p.m. — Ford drills another 3 to put her at 24 on the night, however the Bulldogs answer bygoing to Mokango in the paint on back to back possesions, MSU out in front 57-43.

8:33 p.m. — Hogs pull it to within 13 thanks to some free throws by Ricketts and another basket by the Hogs’ offensive voice tonight, Charity Ford.

8:28 p.m. — At the 2nd media timeout of the half, MSU’s up 53-36 on the Hogs.

8:26 p.m. — Harris hits on the runner, however the Hogs can’t stop the bleeding defensively as MSU is hitting almost anything they throw up now, Bulldogs have their biggest lead of the night at 17, 53-36.

8:25 p.m. — The Bulldogs are on fire, Rack drains another 3 to make it 49-34.

8:23 p.m. — Ford again lights it up from beyond the arc, however MSU runs the court after the bucket and get it to Govero who drains her 2nd 3-pointer in a row, MSU up 46-33.

8:20 p.m. — Hogs turn it over and the Bulldogs are beginning to find their stroke as Govero hits another 3 to stretch MSU’s lead to 43-30 and force Coach Collen to take a timeout.

8:20 p.m. — Coming out of the media timeout, Rack drains another 3 to put MSU on top 40-30.

8:17 p.m. — At the 1st media timeout of the 2nd, MSU leads it by 7, 37-30.

8:15 p.m. — The Bulldogs are again able to draw the foul and sink both shots, this time it was Lumanu getting the points for MSU.

8:14 p.m. — MSU gets it to Govero who draws the foul and drops off both freebies, Bulldogs up 35-28.

8:12 p.m. — MSU and UA swap a series of rapid fire baskets as Daniels, Ford, and Harris all score for the Hogs, Bulldogs lead it by 5, 33-28.

8:10 p.m. — Govero opens up the scoring here in the 2nd with a long 2 for the Bulldogs, however the Hogs run the court and get it to Daniels on the following trip for the answer.

8:05 p.m. — Hogs emerge from the locker room and start shooting around as we’re getting set for some 2nd half action here in Fayetteville.

7:55 p.m. — The Razorback Dance team provides some halftime entertainment here at Bud Walton as they tear it upon the court to the sounds ofElvis.

— HALF — MSU 26, UA 20

7:52 p.m. — MSU puts together a quick 5-0 run on the Hogs to close out the half as Mokango’s able to sink the shot, draw the foul, and drain the and-1, Bulldogs lead it 26-20.

7:52 p.m. — Mokango gets open under the basket and lays it in for the Bulldogs, MSU up 23-20.

7:48 p.m. — Ford’s really starting to feel it here in Bud Walton as she hits her 2ndthree of the night, Hogs nowtrail MSU by 1, 20-21.

7:47 p.m. — UA takes a 30 second timeout, Bulldogs still lead it 19-17.

7:45 p.m. — The full court press pays off for the Razorbacks as they force Rack to turn it over and Watkinsis able to draw the foul and connect on the front end of the one-and-one, MSU by 2, 19-17.

7:41 p.m. — Ricketts can’t get the runner to go and now comes an injury timeout as Lumanu hits the floor, MSU still on top 19-16.

7:39 p.m. — MSU responds with a quick 4-0 run to make it a 19-16 lead for MSU.

7:38 p.m. — All Ford here in the 1st for the Hogs as she finds the bottom of the net again to give the Hogs’ their 2nd lead of the night at 16-15.

7:36 p.m. — With 7:00 left to play in the 1st we’ve come to the 3rd media timeout of the night, MSU currently on top 15-14.

7:33 p.m. — Ford continues shooting it and shooting it well as she hits to give the Razorbacks their first lead of the night at 14-12, however Rack answers with a 3 on the next trip down the floor to put MSU back on top 15-14.

7:32 p.m. — Ricketts nails the long range 2 to get the Hogs to within one, MSU up 13-12.

7:31 p.m. — MSU and Arkansas trade off back-to-back possesions both ending in airballs and over-the-back calls on the defensive rebounds.

7:28 p.m. — Hogs gettingsomeoffensive firepower out of Ford early on as she drains the 3 to make it a 2 point game, Bulldogs lead it 12-10.

7:25 p.m. — 2nd media timeout of the 1st here in Bud Walton, Hogs still trailing MSU 7-11 thanks to some poor shooting and the rebounding of Lumanu.

7:23 p.m. — Good defensive pressure by the Hogs forces some sloppy passing resulting in a turnover for the Bulldogs, MSU still on top 11-7.

7:21 p.m. — Ford coming up big for UA on back-to-back trips down the court cutting the Bulldog lead to 4, Hogs down 7-11.

7:19 p.m. — Hogs give up the open look from beyond the arc and Rack makes ’em pay, Bulldogs lead it 11-3.

7:18 p.m. — Daniels drains both of her free throws and pulls the Razorbacks to within 5,MSU on top 8-3.

7:15 p.m. — At the first media timeout, MSU leads it 8-1 over the Hogs here in Fayetteville.

7:13 p.m. — Hogs get on the board for the first time as Harris draws the foul and goes 1-2 from the stripe, MSU on top 8-1.

7:13 p.m. — Kalonda hits for 2, MSU up 8-0.

7:12 p.m. — Ricketts draws the foul but is unable to convert on the freebies, still 6-0 MSU.

7:11 p.m. — MSU gets it to Govero again and she hits the 3, Bulldogs on top 6-0.

7:10 p.m. — Govero hits the shot and picks up the and-1, MSU up 3-0.

7:08 p.m. — MSU controls the tip, however the Razorbacks force a turnover only to give it back to the Bulldogs on an offensive foul by McCray.

7:01p.m. — As the national anthem wraps up, the starting line-ups are introduced and we’re getting ready to play some hoops here in Bud Walton.

6:52 p.m. — Court belongs solely to the Razorbacks now as MSU heads back to the locker room for some final pre-game adjustments.

6:45 p.m. — 15 minutes nowuntil tip as the Hogs and Bulldogs continue shooting around.

6:41 p.m. — Now the Hogs join MSU on the court as they begin their pre-game shoot-aroundwhile the Razorback faithful continue making their way into Bud Walton.

6:38 p.m. — MSU takes the floor for warm-ups as fans begin filing in.

6:25 p.m. — Men’s basketball down in Starkville on ESPN U, still 35 minutes away from tip here in Bud Walton as the women’s team gets set to take on MSU as well.

6:05 p.m. — Tonight’s game streams live for RazorVision members. We anticipate a major RazorVision upgrade in the next few days, make sure you have your Flash players updated.

6:04 p.m. — Welcome to Bud Walton Arena for tonight’s women’s basketball game.