Mississippi State Bulldogs vs. South Carolina Gamecocks

Feb 21, 2026

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
MSST	39	50	89
SC	46	51	97

Game Recap

Mississippi State Bulldogs vs South Carolina Gamecocks game highlights

Johnson scores 21, South Carolina snaps 7-game skid with 97-89 win over Mississippi State. Meechie Johnson scored 21 points and racked up a career-high nine assists, and Kobe Knox added 17 points for South Carolina in a 97-89 win over Mississippi State on Saturday afternoon, snapping a seven-game losing streak.

Player Stats

MISSISSIPPI STATE	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
99Achor Achor	20	4-10	1-5	0-0	7	0	0	0	0	4	9
15Quincy Ballard	24	6-8	0-0	3-6	10	1	0	0	0	1	15
10Jayden Epps	13	5-10	3-6	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	1	13
5Shawn Jones Jr.	29	2-4	2-4	0-0	5	1	3	0	0	5	6
12Josh Hubbard	37	4-20	2-12	3-5	2	4	0	0	2	1	13
11Sergej Macura	18	3-5	1-2	3-6	5	0	0	0	1	1	10
0Jamarion Davis-Fleming	17	1-1	0-0	3-6	1	2	0	0	1	3	5
2Ja'Borri McGhee	28	4-8	1-3	3-5	2	7	2	0	1	3	12
23King Grace	14	2-3	0-1	2-2	2	0	0	0	0	2	6


TOTAL	-	31-6944.9%	10-3330.3%	17-3056.7%	34	15	5	0	6	21	89

SOUTH CAROLINA	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
31Elijah Strong	21	6-11	3-4	1-1	3	0	0	0	1	4	16
55Mike Sharavjamts	33	6-8	1-3	8-10	4	5	0	0	0	1	21
4Kobe Knox	27	6-8	2-2	3-3	2	0	0	1	1	2	17
5Meechie Johnson	28	5-11	2-5	9-10	5	9	0	0	2	5	21
10Myles Stute	17	0-1	0-1	0-0	2	1	2	0	0	2	0
24Nordin Kapic	17	0-4	0-3	0-0	5	1	0	0	0	1	0
2Christ Essandoko	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6EJ Walker	16	1-2	1-1	0-0	1	1	1	0	0	5	3
0Jordan Butler	10	2-3	1-2	1-2	3	0	0	1	0	3	6
13Grant Polk	6	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
15Eli Ellis	23	5-8	2-3	1-1	3	3	1	0	1	1	13
TOTAL	-	31-5655.4%	12-2450.0%	23-2785.2%	28	20	4	2	6	24	97

Play-by-Play

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1st halfMSSTSC

(20:00) Start game.
(19:59) Jump Ball won by Mississippi State.
(19:59) Jump Ball lost by South Carolina.
(19:46) Foul on Elijah Strong.
(19:30) Achor Achor misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(19:27) Myles Stute Defensive Rebound.
(19:12) Meechie Johnson misses 29-foot three point jumper.
(19:10) Shawn Jones Jr. Defensive Rebound.
+2 (18:57) Jayden Epps makes 12-foot floating jump shot.
20
(18:42) Elijah Strong misses 17-foot pullup jump shot.
(18:39) Shawn Jones Jr. Defensive Rebound.
+2 (18:32) Quincy Ballard makes 3-foot dunk (Josh Hubbard assists).
40
(18:15) Kobe Knox bad pass turnover.
(18:15) Shawn Jones Jr. Steal.
+2 (18:10) Josh Hubbard makes driving layup.
60
(17:43) Elijah Strong misses 10-foot turnaround jump shot.
(17:41) Achor Achor Defensive Rebound.
(17:35) Jayden Epps misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(17:32) Myles Stute Defensive Rebound.
+2 (17:24) Elijah Strong makes driving layup (Meechie Johnson assists).
62
(17:24) Foul on Achor Achor.
+1 (17:24) Elijah Strong makes free throw 1 of 1.
63
(17:06) Jayden Epps bad pass turnover.
(16:55) Foul on Jayden Epps.
(16:48) Meechie Johnson bad pass turnover.
(16:48) Shawn Jones Jr. Steal.
(16:43) Josh Hubbard misses driving layup.
(16:39) Achor Achor Offensive Rebound.
(16:39) Achor Achor misses tip in layup.
(16:37) Josh Hubbard Offensive Rebound.
(16:37) Josh Hubbard misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(16:32) Kobe Knox Defensive Rebound.
(16:24) Nordin Kapic misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(16:19) Shawn Jones Jr. Defensive Rebound.
+3 (16:09) Jayden Epps makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jamarion Davis-Fleming assists).
93
+3 (15:43) Mike Sharavjamts makes 24-foot three point jumper (EJ Walker assists).
96
(15:20) Jayden Epps misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(15:20) Kobe Knox Block.
(15:16) Nordin Kapic Defensive Rebound.
+2 (15:05) Kobe Knox makes layup (Meechie Johnson assists).
98
(14:54) Jayden Epps misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(14:50) Shawn Jones Jr. Offensive Rebound.
(14:50) Foul on EJ Walker.
+2 (14:32) Sergej Macura makes 7-foot floating jump shot (Shawn Jones Jr. assists).
118
+2 (14:10) Kobe Knox makes driving layup.
1110
(13:57) Foul on Meechie Johnson.
(13:57) Ja'Borri McGhee misses free throw 1 of 2.
(13:57) Mississippi State Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (13:57) Ja'Borri McGhee makes free throw 2 of 2.
1210
(13:40) Eli Ellis misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(13:37) Mississippi State Defensive Rebound.
(13:19) Sergej Macura bad pass turnover.
(13:19) Myles Stute Steal.
+2 (13:05) Mike Sharavjamts makes 1-foot dunk.
1212
(12:53) Josh Hubbard bad pass turnover.
(12:53) Myles Stute Steal.
(12:49) Myles Stute misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot.
(12:46) Sergej Macura Defensive Rebound.
+3 (12:35) Shawn Jones Jr. makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jamarion Davis-Fleming assists).
1512
(12:16) Nordin Kapic misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(12:13) Sergej Macura Defensive Rebound.
(12:01) Jamarion Davis-Fleming bad pass turnover.
(12:01) EJ Walker Steal.
+2 (11:38) Eli Ellis makes driving layup.
1514
(11:38) Foul on Jamarion Davis-Fleming.
+1 (11:38) Eli Ellis makes free throw 1 of 1.
1515
(11:11) Jayden Epps misses 9-foot jumper.
(11:07) Elijah Strong Defensive Rebound.
+2 (10:51) Mike Sharavjamts makes 3-foot alley oop dunk (Eli Ellis assists).
1517
(10:24) King Grace misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(10:20) Quincy Ballard Offensive Rebound.
(10:18) Sergej Macura misses 8-foot hook shot.
(10:13) Quincy Ballard Offensive Rebound.
(10:12) Quincy Ballard misses layup.
(10:09) Sergej Macura Offensive Rebound.
+2 (10:09) Sergej Macura makes 0-foot tip in layup.
1717
+2 (9:56) Eli Ellis makes 17-foot jumper.
1719
(9:44) Josh Hubbard misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot.
(9:40) Mike Sharavjamts Defensive Rebound.
+3 (9:33) Eli Ellis makes 23-foot three point jumper (Myles Stute assists).
1722
+3 (9:09) Ja'Borri McGhee makes 26-foot three point jumper (Quincy Ballard assists).
2022
+2 (8:53) Elijah Strong makes 7-foot floating jump shot (Mike Sharavjamts assists).
2024
(8:45) Josh Hubbard bad pass turnover.
(8:45) Eli Ellis Steal.
(8:44) South Carolina Coach's Challenge (Overturned) South Carolina retains its timeout.
+2 (8:42) Elijah Strong makes 6-foot jumper.
2026
+2 (8:01) Ja'Borri McGhee makes driving layup.
2226
+2 (7:35) Meechie Johnson makes 13-foot step back jumpshot.
2228
(7:08) Jayden Epps misses 19-foot pullup jump shot.
(7:06) Mississippi State Offensive Rebound.
(7:02) Josh Hubbard misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot.
(6:59) Elijah Strong Defensive Rebound.
+3 (6:46) Elijah Strong makes 24-foot three point jumper (Meechie Johnson assists).
2231
(6:35) Achor Achor misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(6:31) Elijah Strong Defensive Rebound.
+2 (6:11) Kobe Knox makes driving layup.
2233
(6:11) Foul on Jamarion Davis-Fleming.
+1 (6:11) Kobe Knox makes free throw 1 of 1.
2234
+2 (5:56) Achor Achor makes 12-foot turnaround jump shot.
2434
(5:44) Grant Polk out of bounds bad pass turnover.
(5:30) Achor Achor misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(5:27) Quincy Ballard Offensive Rebound.
+2 (5:26) Quincy Ballard makes 5-foot hook shot.
2634
+3 (5:12) Meechie Johnson makes 32-foot three point jumper (Eli Ellis assists).
2637
(4:55) Achor Achor misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(4:53) Quincy Ballard Offensive Rebound.
(4:53) Foul on Elijah Strong.
+3 (4:51) Jayden Epps makes 23-foot three point jumper (Josh Hubbard assists).
2937
(4:35) EJ Walker misses layup.
(4:33) Shawn Jones Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(4:17) Foul on Kobe Knox.
(4:17) Sergej Macura misses free throw 1 of 2.
(4:17) Mississippi State Deadball Team Rebound.
(4:17) Sergej Macura misses free throw 2 of 2.
(4:16) South Carolina Defensive Rebound.
(4:02) Mike Sharavjamts misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(3:59) Quincy Ballard Defensive Rebound.
+2 (3:33) Jayden Epps makes driving layup.
3137
(3:14) Kobe Knox misses driving layup.
(3:12) Quincy Ballard Defensive Rebound.
+3 (3:02) Jayden Epps makes 25-foot three point jumper.
3437
+2 (2:35) Mike Sharavjamts makes 3-foot alley oop dunk (Meechie Johnson assists).
3439
(2:09) Josh Hubbard misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(2:05) EJ Walker Defensive Rebound.
+2 (1:54) Meechie Johnson makes driving layup.
3441
(1:39) Foul on Meechie Johnson.
+1 (1:39) Sergej Macura makes free throw 1 of 2.
3541
+1 (1:39) Sergej Macura makes free throw 2 of 2.
3641
+3 (1:19) EJ Walker makes 23-foot three point jumper (Meechie Johnson assists).
3644
+2 (1:10) Quincy Ballard makes 1-foot dunk.
3844
(0:58) Foul on King Grace.
+2 (0:45) Mike Sharavjamts makes driving layup.
3846
(0:38) Josh Hubbard misses 30-foot three point pullup jump shot.
(0:36) Mississippi State Deadball Team Rebound.
(0:36) Foul on EJ Walker.
+1 (0:36) Quincy Ballard makes free throw 1 of 2.
3946
(0:36) Quincy Ballard misses free throw 2 of 2.
(0:35) Nordin Kapic Defensive Rebound.
(0:07) Nordin Kapic misses layup.
(0:05) Sergej Macura Defensive Rebound.
(0:00) Josh Hubbard misses layup.
(0:00) Quincy Ballard Offensive Rebound.
(0:00) Quincy Ballard misses tip in layup.
(0:00) Mississippi State Deadball Team Rebound.

2nd half

Team Stats

MSST

89Points97

31-69(44.9%)Field Goal(%)31-56(55.4%)

10-33(30.3%)3-Point(%)12-24(50.0%)

17-30(56.7%)Free Throw(%)23-27(85.2%)

37(15)Rebounds(Offensive)32(4)

15Assists20

5Steals4

0Blocks2

6Turnovers6

21(0)Fouls(Technical)24(0)

6Largest Lead13

Game Details

Saturday, February 21, 2026 · 1:00 PM

Colonial Life Arena · Columbia, SC

attendance: 10,265 (57.0%)

spread: MSST -1.5

over/under: 151.5