STARKVILLE, Miss. -- Schnider Herard scored a career-high 16 points, Lamar Peters added 14 and Mississippi State beat Texas A&M 67-59 on Saturday.
Mississippi State (12-4, 3-1 Southeastern Conference) won its third straight game heading into a showdown with No. 6 Kentucky on Tuesday. Herard, a freshman, made 5 of 7 shots from the field and 6 of 8 free throws.
Peters, also a freshman, made all 11 of his free-throw attempts.
The Bulldogs leading scorer this season -- sophomore Quinndary Weatherspoon -- had just 13 points, but all of them came in the second half.