Mississippi State Oregon Live Coverage

Guide Note: In the first round of the 2008 NCAA Tournament, the Mississippi State Bulldogs will play the Oregon Ducks at Alltel Arena in Little Rock, Arkansas. This page will provide play-by-play live coverage of this game.

Fast Facts:

When: Friday March 21, 7:25 PM ET
Where: Alltel Arena in Little Rock, AR
Television Coverage: CBS Sports
Game Announcers: Ian Eagle and Jim Spanarkel
Mississippi State Head Coach: Rick Stansbury
Oregon Head Coach: Ernie Kent

Team	1st	2nd	SCORE
NCAA South Regional - FINAL SCORE
#8 Mississippi State Bulldogs	28	48	76
#9 Oregon Ducks	38	31	69

Mississippi State Oregon Live Play-by-Play Coverage

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Commentary in ITALICS

Mississippi State HAS DEFEATED Oregon 76-69

SECOND HALF

0:00: Game Ends

0:06: Porter makes all 3 free throws - Oregon trails 76-69

0:07: Porter draws foul and will shoot 3 shots for the Ducks

0:12: Stewart is fouled and he'll shoot two - made both - Mississippi State leads 76-66

0:13: TIMEOUT Oregon

0:14: Porter hits a 3, but its too little too late

0:19: Luenen fouls out for Oregon - Stewart at the line shooting two - makes first and then he makes second - Mississippi State leads 74-63

0:30: Rhodes is fouled rebounding Oregon miss and will shoot two, makes 1 of 2 - Mississippi State leads 72-63

0:37: TIMEOUT Oregon

0:48: Hansbrough hits both free throws - Mississippi State leads 71-63

0:55: Gordon draws the charge for the Bulldogs - probably game over - foul on Oregon

1:12: Gordon makes both free throws - Mississippi State leads 70-63

1:12: Foul called on Oregon

1:27: Hairston misses a 3 that could have tied it - TIMEOUT Bulldogs

2:01: Leunen hits for the Ducks - Oregon trails 68-63

2:09: Varnardo hits the jumper inside - Mississippi State leads 68-61

2:34: Foul called on Gordon - Terrible call - Hairston hits 1st free throw and misses 2nd - Oregon trails 66-61

2:59: TIMEOUT Mississippi State

3:00: Stewart nails the 3-ball from the corner - Mississippi State leads 66-60

3:25: Luenen scores to breaks the drought - Oregon trails 63-60

3:46: TV TIMEOUT - STAT RESET: Mississippi State: 23-49 from the field, 3-16 from beyond the arc, 16-24 from free throw line, 31 rebounds, 6 blocked shots, Rhodes has 33 points, Stewart and Varnardo have 9 each. For Oregon, 19-54 from the floor, 8-27 from 3-land, 12-14 at the line, 25 rebounds, Hairston has 21 points, Porter has 12. Arrow belong to Mississippi State, both teams are in the double bonus for fouls, Timeouts left: MSU 5, Oregon 4

4:10: Another miss by the Ducks from downtown

4:31: Odia called for his 4th on Oregon, Rhodes again to the line makes the first and then he makes the second - Mississippi State leads 63-58

5:12: Gordon 1 of 2 - Mississippi State leads 61-58

5:12: Catron fouls out for Oregon - that could have been an intentional foul

5:43: Rhodes is fouled on the rebound - shooting two - misses first and then he makes second - Mississippi State leads 60-58

6:23: Stewart shooting 1-and-1, misses it

6:26: Johnson makes up for his foul before by drawing contact underneath, count the basket plus bonus coming - he misses it- Mississippi State leads 59-58 - foul on Hairston onthe loose ball

6:53: Foul called on Johnson, 2 shots coming for Taylor - he hits both - Oregon leads 58-57

7:29: Offensive foul on Gordon

7:42: Hairston makes both foul shots - Oregon trails 57-56

7:42: TV TIMEOUT

7:42: Varnardo commits the foul on Hairston

8:01: Foul on Leunen, his 4th, 1-and-1 for Rhodes, hits first and then hits second - Mississippi State leads 57-54

8:24: Hairston scores on a jumper - Oregon trails 55-54

8:49: Rhodes takes nice pass inside and scores easy shot again - Bulldogs on a 12-1 run right now and lead by 3

9:33: Rhodes SLAMS IT HOME - LEAD for Bulldogs - Mississippi State leads 53-52

10:09: Stewart with another 3-pointer for the Bulldogs - Mississippi State trails 52-51

10:15: Catron on the foul

10:28: Another foul on MSU, this one on Varnardo, two shots for Catron - misses 1st and then hits 2nd - Oregon leads 52-48

10:30: Hansbrough called for a pushing foul - still Ducks ball

10:46: TIMEOUT - Oregon

10:52: Stewart hits a 3-ball from the corner - Mississippi State trails 51-48

11:17: Rhodes from Gordon inside - Mississippi State trails 51-45

11:44 - TV TIMEOUT

12:21: Hairston scores on a jumper from downtown - Oregon leads 51-43

12:28: Rhodes is unstoppable inside by the Ducks - Mississippi State trails 49-43

12:46: Varnardo is called for the foul on Hairston, so he'll shoot 2 - makes 1st and then hits second - Oregon leads 49-41

13:09: Stewart makes the 3-ball from the corner - first for the Bulldogs - Mississippi State trails 47-41

13:31: Odia scores right down the right side of the baseline

13:43: Varnardo gets the hoop and the foul - but he mises the bonus - Mississippi State trails 45-38

13:51: Tie-up on the floor, arrow belongs to Mississippi State

14:01: Hariston scores on a lay-up off a great feed by Porter - Oregon leads 45-36

15:17: Taylor goes 2 for 2 at line for Ducks - Oregon leads 43-36

15:17: TV TIMEOUT

15:17: Foul called on Hansbrough

15:42: Hansbrough makes steal and scores at other end, Bulldogs on an 8-0 run - Mississippi State trails 41-36

16:10: Rhodes draws another foul - Odia called for his 2nd, and Rhodes to the line - hits 1st and then hits 2nd - Mississippi State trails 41-34

16:30: TIMEOUT Oregon - Rhodes is the main force for the Bulldogs, and the Ducks have no answer for him. The problem for the Bulldogs is, no one else is stepping up to help him, and they are 0 for 10 from beyond the arc.

16:40: Rhodes again on a running jumper

17:08: Rhodes hits a foul line jumper - Mississippi State trails 41-30

17:15: Odia of Oregon called for a foul away from the ball

17:31: Clock shot violation against the Ducks

18:07: Gordon called for offensive foul, ball to the Ducks - Bad call on that one, his feet weren't set

18:25: Foul on Catron of Oregon, his 3rd, turnover to the Bulldogs

19:23: Hairston knocks down the 3-ball - Oregon leads 41-28

19:44: Porter misses shot but Bulldogs can't control the ball

20:00: Oregon starts with ball in 2nd half

HALFTIME

At the half, Oregon leads 38-28

FIRST HALF

0:00: Gordon's half-court shot at buzzer - no good

0:05: Porter long 3 at end of shot clock - Oregon leads 38-28

0:43: Rhodes SLAM DUNK on a 3-on-1 after Ducks miss an easy 3-on-1 themselves

1:53: Hairston for 3 - got it - Oregon leads 35-26

2:44: Rhodes goes 1 for 2 at line - Mississippi State trails 32-26

2:44: TV TIMEOUT

2:44: Foul called on Viney

3:49: Porter with a nice jumper from outside - Oregon leads 32-25

4:50: Gordon off a nice interior pass scores an easy bucket - Mississippi State trails 30-25

5:01: Another travel violation on Oregon - TIMEOUT Oregon

5:25: Rhodes draws another foul - shooting 2 - makes first and then also the second - Mississippi State trails 30-23

5:40: Longmire on a feed from Porter - Oregon leads 30-21

6:05: Turnover by the Ducks - travel violation

6:20: After a missed shot by Hairston, a travel violation for the Bulldogs at other end

7:05: Rhodes is fouled on inside jumper by Luenen - missed first and then makes second - Mississippi State trails 28-21

7:14: Hairston misses inside for Oregon

7:32: TV TIMEOUT - STAT PACK: For Oregon: 10-20 from the floor, 5-11 from 3-point range, 8 rebounds, 6 assists. Leunen leads them with 9 points and 3 rebounds, Porter has 7, and Taylor and Hairston have 5 apiece. For Mississippi State: 8-19 from the floor, 0-6 beyond the arc, 10 rebounds. Rhodes has 10 points, he's 4-5 from the field, rest of team is 4-14; Varnado has 5 points.

8:02: leunen for 3 over the 2-3 MSU zone - Oregon leads 28-20

8:22: Gordon misses 1st free throw and then hits second - Mississippi State trails 25-20

8:22: Foul called on Catron of Oregon - his 2nd

10:16: Porter 1 of 2 at the line - Oregon leads 25-19

10:16: TV TIMEOUT - The pace is fast and furious - MSU showing their strength inside with Rhodes and Varnado, while OU hitting shots from the perimeter

10:46: Porter for 3 for the Ducks - Oregon leads 24-19

10:57: Rhodes SLAMS it home - Mississippi State trails 21-19

11:09: Leunen with the bank open late at night - Oregon leads 21-17

11:25: Rhodes scores on a turnaround jumper - Mississippi State trails 19-17

11:58: Leunen with a good move in the paint - Oregon leads 19-15

12:20: Hansbrough hits on a breakaway lay-up - Mississippi State trails 17-15

12:53: Varnado from Rhodes on a close-in banker - Mississippi State trails 17-13

14:05: Foul on Varnado - his 1st - 2 shots for Leunen, makes 1st and 2nd - - Oregon leads 17-11

14:12: Rejection by Varnado - just in game for MSU

14:24: Rhodes at the other end off a pick-and-roll scores and the foul - Mississippi State trails 15-11

14:33: Hairston responds with a SLAM of his own - Oregon leads 15-8

14:44: Rhodes with a SLAM dunk - Mississippi State trails 13-8

15:03: Taylor with a scooping lay-up down the lane - Oregon leads 13-6

15:19: Rhodes at the line for 2 - makes 1st and then makes 2nd - Mississippi State trails 11-6

15:19: TV TIMEOUT

15:19: Foul called on Oregon

15:42: Hairston 3-ball from the corner pocket - Oregon leads 11-4

16:22: Gordon strong the hole - Mississippi State trails 8-4

16:39: Taylor with a quick 3 off a missed shot by the Bulldogs - Oregon leads 8-2

17:02: Catron with the jumper inside - Oregon leads 5-2

17:23: Porter for 3 from the corner - Ducks on the board - Oregon leads 3-2

17:30: Both teams with early game jitters - struggling shooting the ball

18:27: Rhodes, SLAMS home with authority - Mississippi State leads 2-0

18:59: Offensive foul on MSU - Hansrough

19:10: 3-pointer missed by Leunen

19:44: Shot blocked by Ducks inside by Taylor

Mississippi State wins jump ball

Awaiting tip off at 7:25 PM ET

2008 South Region Bracket

All games airing on CBS

First Round March 20 & 21 Sites TBD			Second Round March 22 & 23 Sites TBD			Regional Semifinals March 28 Reliant Stadium, Houston TX			Finals March 30 Reliant Stadium, Houston TX

1	Memphis	87
16	UT Arlington	63
			1	Memphis	77

			8	Mississppi State	74
8	Mississppi State	76

9	Oregon	69
						1	Memphis	92

						5	Michigan State	74
5	Michigan State	72

12	Temple	61
			5	Michigan State	65

			4	Pittsburgh	54
4	Pittsburgh	82

13	Oral Roberts	63
									1	Memphis	85

									2	Texas	67
6	Marquette	74

11	Kentucky	66
			6	Marquette	81

			3	Stanford	82
3	Stanford	77

14	Cornell	53
						3	Stanford	62

						2	Texas	82
7	Miami FL	78

10	Saint Mary's	64
			7	Miami FL	72

			2	Texas	75
2	Texas	74

15	Austin Peay	54

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