Video: Bulldogs Hit 13 Three’s To Rout Georgia State

STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP/WCBI) – Lamar Peters had a career-best 24 points to lead Mississippi State to an 82-60 win over Georgia State on Sunday.

Peters, a freshman, made a career-best six three-pointers in nine attempts as Mississippi State (6-2) won its third straight.

Fellow freshman Mario Kegler also had a career-best 16 points and was 4 of 8 beyond the arc. MSU made a season-high 13 3-pointers. Quinndary Weatherspoon added 14 points and I.J. Ready had 11 for the Bulldogs.

Isaiah Williams led Georgia State (4-3) with 16 points.

Mississippi State jumped to an 8-3 lead in the first half before Georgia State responded with an 11-2 run to go up 16-10. The lead would change hands 10 times in the first half before the Bulldogs settled in for a 44-36 lead at halftime.

The Bulldogs made 7 of 17 three pointers and shot 44 percent from the field in the first half.