FAYETTEVILLE -- Visits to Bud Walton Arena didn't end well for the first three ranked teams Arkansas hosted this season, including two schools -- Texas A&M and Tennessee -- that came to town ranked 13th in the nation.
Mississippi State put a firm end to that trend Sunday.
NO. 13 MISSISSIPPI STATE 65,
ARKANSAS 55
MISSISSIPPI STATE (19-4, 6-3)
Vivians 5-12 6-6 17; William 1-6 9-12 11; Dillingham 5-12 0-0 11; Richardson 4-5 2-2 10; Chapel 3-6 0-0 6; Okorie 2-3 2-2 6; Holmes 1-3 0-0 2; Williams 0-0 2-2 2; Nevitt 0-0 0-0 0; McCowan 0-0 0-0 0; Schaefer 0-1 0-0 0.