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Mississippi State beats Bethune-Cookman 67-51

STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) Jarvis Varnado scored 10 points, pulled down 10 rebounds and became the all-time leading shot-blocker in the Southeastern Conference as Mississippi State beat Bethune-Cookman 67-51 on Saturday night.

With four blocks, Varnado reached 413 to pass Shaquille O'Neal of LSU (1989-92) with 412.

The Bulldogs (2-1) jumped out to a 5-0 lead on a Varnado dunk, but Bethune-Cookman (1-3) pulled ahead 14-13 on a 3-pointer from Albert Abrahams. (MORE)

Bulldogs Headlines

Final	1	2	T
SELa	29	38	67
MissSt	41	41	82

Boxscore | Recap

Leaders	SELa	MissSt
Points	P. Sullivan 20	J. Varnado 20
Rebounds	P. Sullivan 7	P. Turner 14
Assists	D. Patterson 4	D. Bost 4

Southeastern
	Conference	Overall
	W-L	W-L
East
4 Kentucky	0-0	4-0
South Carolina	0-0	4-0
10 Tennessee	0-0	3-0
Florida	0-0	3-0
Vanderbilt	0-0	2-0
Georgia	0-0	1-2
West
Mississippi	0-0	4-0
LSU	0-0	3-0
Arkansas	0-0	2-1
Alabama	0-0	2-1
Mississippi State	0-0	2-1
Auburn	0-0	2-2
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Leaders
Points:	J. Varnado	21.0
Rebounds:	J. Varnado	11.5
Assists:	D. Bost	5.5
FG%:	J. Varnado	87.5%
FT%:	J. Varnado	77.8%
3P%:	D. Bost	55.6%
Steals:	J. Varnado	1.5
Blocks:	J. Varnado	7.5

Offense (Rank)
Points:	74.3 (137)
Rebounds:	11.0 (226)
Assists:	13.3 (177)
FG%:	43.3% (195)
FT%:	70.9% (118)
3P%:	38.9% (79)

Defense (Rank)
Points:	68.7 (174)
Rebounds:	29.3 (28)
Assists:	11.7 (134)
FG%:	41.8% (159)
FT%:	72.0% (262)
3P%:	45.8% (331)

Next 5
Date	Opp.	Record (RPI)
11/21	vs. B-C	1-2 (303)
11/24	vs. Tex-PA	0-3 (302)
11/27	vs. Rich	2-1 (57)
12/5	vs. StBon	2-1 (86)
12/10	vs. DePaul	2-0 (1)

Last 10
Date	Opp.	Final
11/19	vs. SELa	W 82-67
11/13	vs. Rider	L 74-88

AP Rankings
Rank	School	Rec
1	Kansas	3-0
2	Michigan State	3-0
3	Texas	2-0
4	Kentucky	4-0
5	Villanova	4-0
6	North Carolina	4-1
7	Purdue	2-0
8	West Virginia	1-0
9	Duke	4-0
10	Tennessee	3-0
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Coaches Rankings
Rank	School	Rec
1	Kansas	3-0
2	Michigan State	3-0
3	Texas	2-0
4	North Carolina	4-1
5	Kentucky	4-0
6	Villanova	4-0
7	Purdue	2-0
8	Duke	4-0
9	West Virginia	1-0
10	Butler	3-0
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