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Thursday, December 22, 2005
Mississippi St. 76, Holy Cross 75
(Originally posted Wednesday, 7:12 p.m., updated at 8:21 a.m.)

From the AP story:
GUAYNABO, Puerto Rico (AP) -- Jamall Edmondson made a 3-pointer with 4 seconds left to give Mississippi State a 76-75 victory over Holy Cross in the third-place game at the San Juan Shootout on Wednesday.
A tough loss for a team that does not usually lose in this sort of situation. The Crusaders were up 9 with three minutes to go, up 5 with 29 seconds left. Against a Ralph Willard defense, that usually is a cue to the bus driver.

But the shorthanded Crusaders could not hold on. Mississippi State cut it to 1 on a Walter Sharpe slam and a Jamont Gordon runner off a HC turnover in the backcourt. Then the Bulldogs won it on Edmondson's trey after Alex Vander Baan missed one of two free throws with 11 seconds left.

Notable from a quick glance at the box score:
  • Clifford gets a start (goes 1-6, 4 reb 2 blcoks, 3 TO
  • Simmons played only 16 minutes due to leg cramps (T&G story says he did not play at all the second half)
  • Hamilton 27 points, 3 steals, 6 assists with only 1 turnover
  • Vander Baan 21 with 9 boards
  • Points in the paint-MSU 42,HC 28
  • Bench points-MSU 35,HC 7
  • MSU went 11 players deep. HC played 8 guys, three of them freshmen
  • Box score
  • Telegram & Gazette
  • Jackson (Ms.) Clarion-Ledger
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