Video: No. 4 Mississippi State Dominates Vanderbilt in Wire-to-Wire Victory

STARKVILLE, Miss. (WCBI/AP) — Victoria Vivians scored 21 points, Roshunda Johnson added 17 and No. 4 Mississippi State beat Vanderbilt 86-41 on Thursday night.

Mississippi State (24-1, 10-1 Southeastern Conference) dominated from the opening tip, jumping out to leads of 20-2 and 40-8 in the first half before settling for a 42-15 halftime advantage. Vanderbilt (11-13, 1-10) lost for the 12th time in 13 games and shot just 12 of 51 (23.5 percent) from the field.

The 6-foot-1 Vivians made eight of her first 10 shots and scored all 21 of her points in the first half to push the Bulldogs ahead early. Johnson made 5 of 8 shots from 3-point range.

Rachel Bell led Vanderbilt with nine points. It was easily the worst offensive output of the season for the Commodores — their previous low was 56 points in a loss to Arkansas.

BIG PICTURE

Vanderbilt: It’s been a tough road for first-year coach Stephanie White and the Commodores. Vanderbilt fell into an early hole and could never recover.

Mississippi State: The Bulldogs continued to plow through their SEC schedule thanks to a big first half from Vivians. Mississippi State faces Ole Miss and Georgia over the next week before closing with three difficult games against Texas A&M, Kentucky and Tennessee.

UP NEXT

Vanderbilt: The Commodores host LSU on Monday.

Mississippi State: The Bulldogs make the short trip to face in-state rival Ole Miss on Sunday.