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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)

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Head to Head

Leaders	Tex-PA	MissSt
Points	2 tied with 8.5	J. Varnado 17.3
Rebounds	L. Valera 5.3	J. Varnado 11.0
Assists	N. Weiermiller 4.0	D. Bost 4.3

Southeastern
	Conference	Overall
	W-L	W-L
East
5 Kentucky	0-0	4-0
Florida	0-0	3-0
9 Tennessee	0-0	4-1
South Carolina	0-0	4-1
24 Vanderbilt	0-0	2-1
Georgia	0-0	1-2
West
LSU	0-0	3-0
Mississippi	0-0	4-1
Arkansas	0-0	2-1
Alabama	0-0	2-1
Mississippi State	0-0	2-1
Auburn	0-0	2-3
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Leaders
Points:	J. Varnado	17.3
Rebounds:	J. Varnado	11.0
Assists:	D. Bost	4.3
FG%:	J. Varnado	66.7%
FT%:	D. Bost	73.3%
3P%:	D. Bost	53.8%
Steals:	R. Benock	1.3
Blocks:	J. Varnado	6.3

Offense (Rank)
Points:	74.3 (123)
Rebounds:	11.0 (225)
Assists:	13.3 (173)
FG%:	43.3% (195)
FT%:	70.9% (112)
3P%:	38.9% (70)

Defense (Rank)
Points:	68.7 (177)
Rebounds:	29.3 (28)
Assists:	11.7 (135)
FG%:	41.8% (157)
FT%:	72.0% (265)
3P%:	45.8% (335)

Next 5
Date	Opp.	Record (RPI)
11/24	vs. Tex-PA	0-4 (311)
11/27	vs. Rich	3-1 (10)
12/5	vs. StBon	2-1 (68)
12/10	vs. DePaul	3-1 (6)
12/12	@ UCLA	2-1 (288)

Last 10
Date	Opp.	Final
11/21	vs. B-C	W 67-51
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	4-0
3	Texas	3-0
4	Villanova	5-0
5	Kentucky	4-0
6	Purdue	4-0
7	Duke	4-0
8	West Virginia	1-0
9	Tennessee	4-1
10	Syracuse	4-0
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Coaches Rankings
Rank	School	Rec
1	Kansas	3-0
2	Michigan State	4-0
3	Texas	3-0
4	Villanova	5-0
5	Kentucky	4-0
6	Purdue	4-0
7	Duke	4-0
8	West Virginia	1-0
9	Syracuse	4-0
10	Butler	3-0
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