Junior guard Josh Hubbard scored 32 points on 12-for-16 shooting and dished out a game-high six assists to lead the most accurate Mississippi State shooting performance of the season in a 90-78 win over host Ole Miss on Saturday night in Oxford.

Mississippi State (12-13, 4-8 Southeastern Conference) had shot better than 50% only four times all season but shot 62.1% (18-for-29) in the first half and finished at a season-best 56.9% (33-for-58) from the field. The Bulldogs also shot 11-for-24 (45.8%) from 3-point range, which tied the team’s season high for long-range makes and was the second-best accuracy from distance.

Hubbard scored 16 of his points in the first half when the Bulldogs built a 19-point lead, 47-28, after 20 minutes and helped them end a run of eight losses in their previous nine games. It was the fifth 30-plus scoring performance of the season for Hubbard, who had 31 points in a home loss to Tennessee on Wednesday.

State jumped out to a 13-3 lead in the first five minutes of the game, with Achor Achor scoring the team’s first 11 points and Hubbard dropping a jumper to end the run.

Ole Miss pulled within 24-21 on AJ Storr’s layup with 7:43 left in the half, but State responded with the next seven points, including a Hubbard 3-pointer. The Rebels closed within five, but the Bulldogs finished the half on a 16-2 run with seven more points coming from Hubbard. Ole Miss never pulled closer than 12 points in the second half.

Hubbard was joined in double figure scoring by Achor, who tallied 18 points on 6-for-8 shooting and also grabbed five rebounds. Jayden Epps added 12 points and seven rebounds.

Ole Miss (11-14, 3-9) has lost its last seven games and struggled to find offense aside from Malik Dia and reserve Storr.

Dia tallied 32 points on 11-for-20 shooting and pulled down seven boards. Storr scored 21 points on 8-for-16 shooting while grabbing six rebounds and dishing five assists. No other Rebel topped six points.

–Field Level Media

MILAN, Italy — The United States men’s hockey team has yet to live up to its full potential on a tight timeline to reach the Olympic podium in Milan, but forward Brady Tkachuk assured fans the medal contenders would find their rhythm.

Widely seen as the likeliest challengers to powerhouse Canada, the all-NHL American team overcame Denmark 6-3 in a surprisingly close Group C contest at Santagiulia Arena on Saturday, coming back from a 2-1 deficit after the first period.

The United States, which beat Latvia 5-1 in its Thursday opener, plays Germany while Denmark plays Latvia on Sunday in the final two Group C games.

“It’s one of those quick tournaments that you kind of have to find it quick and I think that’s what’s good about our group, we’re just kind of scratching at it right now and it’s going to work out that we’re going to peak at the right time,” predicted Tkachuk, whose goal early in the second period helped spark the U.S. fight back.

“(We’re) finding chemistry and building off that,” added Tkachuk, who plays for the NHL’s Ottawa Senators and is half of one of two sets of brothers on the U.S. Olympic squad.

The contest on Saturday opened with a perplexing miss by U.S. goalie Jeremy Swayman, who lost track of the puck as it slipped by him early in the first period. But the Boston Bruins netminder said he never lost the support of his teammates.

“The confidence didn’t waver – didn’t waver with myself, didn’t waver with anyone on the team. That’s why this is such an elite group,” he told reporters. “I think it’s good to go through adversity. You don’t want to, but it’s good.”

–Reuters, special to Field Level Media

JT Toppin had 31 points, eight of them in overtime, and pulled down 13 rebounds to lead No. 16 Texas Tech a 78-75 win over No. 1 Arizona on Saturday at Tucson, Ariz.

Toppin recorded his 16th double-double of the season for the Red Raiders (19-6, 9-3 Big 12), who have won three straight.

Arizona (23-2, 10-2) has lost consecutive games after starting the season unbeaten through its first 23 games.

Christian Anderson, who played all 45 minutes, finished with 19 points, eight assists and six rebounds for Texas Tech.

Arizona had five players in double figures, led by 16 points from Tobe Awaka and Brayden Burries. Ivan Kharchenkov finished with 13 points, Jaden Bradley had 11 and Motiejus Krivas scored 10 points and pulled down 11 rebounds. .

Toppin scored Texas Tech’s first six points of overtime to give the Red Raiders a 72-69 lead with 2:34 left.

Burries made two free throws with 2:17 remaining in the extra period to cut that lead to one point before a 3-pointer by Donovan Atwell, who finished with 11 points, gave the Red Raiders a 75-71 lead with 2:03 left.

Awaka was fouled and he made both free throws with 1:37 remaining.

After Toppin made a shot in the lane, Awaka converted a putback to cut the lead to 77-75 with 59 seconds left.

Texas Tech had two offensive rebounds before LeJuan Watts was fouled with 4.5 seconds left. Watts made one of two free-throw attempts to give the Red Raiders a 78-75 lead.

A would-be game-tying 3-pointer at the buzzer by Bradley was off the mark.

Trailing by seven with 3:15 left in regulation, Texas Tech went on a 9-0 run down the stretch, taking advantage of Arizona missing seven straight field-goal attempts.

After a missed layup by Bradley and a failed tip-in attempt by Krivas, Atwell made a 3-pointer with 25 seconds left to give Texas Tech a 66-64 lead.

Kharchenkov was fouled and he made two free throws with 16 seconds left to tie the game. A last-second attempt by Anderson bounced off the rim and out.

Heralded Arizona freshman forward Koa Peat, who did not attempt a field goal, did not play in the second half because of a lower-body injury.

Dwayne Aristode, a freshman reserve for the Wildcats, was sidelined due to an illness.

–Field Level Media