Highlighted by runs of 62, 58 and 37 yards, Mississippi State junior running back Kylin Hill ran for a career-high 234 yards and three touchdowns in the Bulldogs' 54-24 win at Arkansas, and on Monday was named the SEC Offensive Player of the Week.
The SEC weekly honor is Hill's second of his career and first this season. Hill previously earned the league's offensive player of the week award last season after rushing 17 times for 211 yards and two touchdowns and also catching a 16-yard score at Kansas State.
Hill's 234 yards helped MSU set school records in a conference game for rushing yards (460) and total yards (640) and were the most by an SEC player in a conference game since LSU's Derrius Guice had 276 vs. Ole Miss on Oct. 21, 2017. Hill became the first player in school history with over 230 yards rushing and three touchdowns in the same game.
— Brandon Langlois
IT’S TIME FOR ‘THAT’ GAME
Their is no doubt what the focus game of the week is in the SEC, or the entirety of college football for that matter,. At 2:30 p.m. in Tuscaloosa, the No. 2 ranked Crimson Tide of Alabama will play host to top-ranked LSU in a game that will be televised on CBS.
The day starts at 11 a.m. with No. 10 Floria hosting Vanderbilt on ESPN, and Arkansas entertaining Western Kentucky on the SEC Network.
The 3 p.m. game has Ole Miss playing host to New Mexico State on the SEC Network, while there are a pair of 6 p.m. games — Georgia hosting Missouri on ESPN and South Carolina entertaining Appalachian State on ESPN2.
The final game of the night has Kentucky hosting Tennessee at 6:30 p.m. on the SEC Network.
— Austin Bishop
NORTHWEST, GULF COAST ADVANCE
A 38-yard touchdown pass from Jack Walker to Mack Martin III and a 36-yard field goal from Cole Catalano helped No. 10 Northwest to a fourth quarter rally in Saturday's 24-17 victory against No. 7 Jones College in the MACJC Football Semifinals.
Northwest improved to 8-2 on the season and received a bid to its fourth MACJC title contest in the last five seasons. The visiting Bobcats dropped to 7-3 overall with the loss.
Northwest will welcome top-ranked and MACJC South Division champion Mississippi Gulf Coast to Bobby Franklin Field next Saturday, Nov. 9 for the MACJC Championship. The Bulldogs have been at or near the top-ranked spot in the national polls for most of the season and are one of only two undefeated teams remaining in the NJCAA.
MGCCC enters next Saturday's contest at 10-0 after a 31-7 disheveling of then-No. 13 East Mississippi.
— School Reports
CARTER SHINES FOR MSU
Sophomore Jessika Carter finished with a double-double to lead No. 10 Mississippi State to a 78-57 win against Lubbock Christian at Humphrey Coliseum in women’s basketball on Monday night, concluding the preseason slate for the Bulldogs.
Carter led all players with 27 points and 13 rebounds, both of which would have marked career highs. The forward also tallied two blocks and a steal on the night in 29 minutes of action.
Graduate Jordan Danberry finished with a solid outing, recording 12 points, six steals and four rebounds. The junior duo of Chloe Bibby and Andra Espinoza-Hunter each knocked down three 3-pointers as MSU shot 50 percent (7-of-14) from beyond the arc. Bibby finished the night with 11 points, five rebounds and three blocks, while Espinoza-Hunter added 10 points.
State will be back in action Saturday, as the Bulldogs host Southern Miss to begin the 2019-20 campaign at Humphrey Coliseum at 2 p.m. The game will be broadcasted on SEC Network +.
— Josh Lively
SEC TAPS TYREE, SHULER
The starting backcourt of the Ole Miss men's basketball team collected Preseason All-SEC honors Monday (Nov. 4). Selected by the conference's 14 head coaches, senior guard Breein Tyree (first team) and junior guard Devontae Shuler (second team) were projected to have an all-conference, 2019-20 season.
Ole Miss was one of five schools to have multiple selections, joining Florida, Kentucky, LSU and Tennessee. The coaches' preseason All-SEC first and second teams consist of a minimum of eight players on each squad, voted on by the SEC basketball coaches. No ties were broken and no predicted order of finish was made.
Tyree has earned a plethora of preseason honors entering his final season as a Rebel. The Somerset, New Jersey, native is one of 20 guards in the country to be named to the Jerry West Award Watch List, an honor annually given to the shooting guard of the year. The media also named Tyree Preseason First Team All-SEC, while Sporting News selected the Rebel as a Preseason Third Team All-American.
— School Reports
EMCC RODEO MEN WIN
The East Mississippi Community College rodeo teams continued their successful fall season by claiming the men’s title and posting a third-place women’s finish this past weekend at the Southern Arkansas University Intercollegiate Rodeo. The three-day NIRA Ozark Region event concluded Saturday night at Story Arena on the SAU campus in Magnolia, Ark.
On the heels of the EMCC women’s team most recently prevailing at the Three Rivers College-hosted rodeo a month ago in Sikeston, Mo., the EMCC men took their turn atop the leaderboard by edging out Missouri Valley College, 610-580, this past weekend in Magnolia, Ark. The University of West Alabama finished third in the men’s competition with 530 team points.
In the women’s competition, host Southern Arkansas topped Arkansas-Monticello, 305-220, for the team title. EMCC followed with 180 team points to grab third place ahead of Missouri Valley.
— David Rosinski
