Chris Youngblood had a season-high 23 points, including two free throws with 10.9 seconds remaining, to lead No. 4 Alabama to an 88-84 win over No. 14 Mississippi State on Wednesday night. Youngblood made a career-best seven 3 pointers while Alabama made 15 of 31 from beyond the arc.

The Alabama Crimson Tide picked up an impressive road win Wednesday night, defeating Mississippi State in Starkville by a final score of 88-84.

Alabama made 15 3-pointers on Wednesday night in Starkville to pick up a close win over Mississippi State in a top-15 SEC showdown.

The No. 4 Alabama Crimson Tide (17-3, 6-1 SEC) and the No. 13 Mississippi State Bulldogs (16-4, 4-3) meet Wednesday at Humphrey Coliseum in Starkville, Miss. Tip-off is scheduled for 9 p.m. ET (SEC Network).

It's impossible at this point in the season to name any other conference in college basketball that's been better than the SEC this season. Fo

Josh Hubbard scored a career-high 38 points, but Mississippi State basketball fell to Alabama on Wednesday night.

Chris Youngblood scored a season-high 23 points on a career-best seven 3-pointers to help No. 4 Alabama squeeze out an 88-84 victory over No. 14 Mississippi State on Wednesday night in Starkville, Miss.

Can Mississippi State keep up? Alabama has a deadly style combination of hitting lots of threes, scoring lots of points, and doing a great job on the defensive boards. Against the nation's top scoring team,

In the game of the night in the college basketball world, No. 4 Alabama outlasted No. 14 Mississippi State 88-84 and got a big-time SEC road win. The Crimson Tide improved to 18-3 overall and 7-1 in SEC play.

Alabama guard Chris Youngblood led the the Crimson Tide past the Bulldogs 88-84 in front of a hostile Starkville crowd.