The Utah Runnin' Utes suffered a hard-fought loss to Mississippi State, falling 78-73 in the Mid-South Showdown on Sunday night in Southaven, Mississippi. Despite leading by 11 points at halftime, the Utes couldn’t hold off a second-half surge from the Bulldogs,

Utah locked down Mississippi State’s top scorer, Josh Hubbard, in the first half, but he broke loose in the second half. Utah held the Bulldogs’ star guard, Hubbard, to just 3 points in the first half on 1 of 7 shooting,

Mississippi State is off to a perfect 4-0 start this season courtesy of a determined second-half surge that carried MSU past Utah 78-73 at the Landers Center in Southaven on Sunday. The Bulldogs trailed 39-28 after the first 20 minutes of play but used a 22-5 run out of halftime to gain