Alabama State vs Mississippi Valley State Props & Stats

Line scoreHistory

Team	1st	2nd	Final
ALST	41	48	89
MVSU	38	31	69

Top performersHistory

Alabama State Hornets

Micah SimpsonG
25 pts · 2 reb · 3 ast
7-14 FG
5-9 3PT
Asjon AndersonG
24 pts · 2 reb · 6 ast · 4 stl
4-14 FG
1-6 3PT
R'Chaun KingF
12 pts · 3 reb · 1 ast
4-4 FG

Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils

Lamont SamsF
22 pts · 8 reb · 1 ast
9-14 FG
2-4 3PT
Michael JamesG
13 pts · 6 reb · 5 ast
4-16 FG
1-5 3PT
Patrick PunchG
11 pts · 1 ast
2-3 FG
0-1 3PT

Box scoreHistory

every player

ALST	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Cameron Palesse	36	8	11	2	1	0	0	3-7	0-0	2-2	—
Micah Simpson	35	25	2	3	2	0	4	7-14	5-9	6-6	—
Jerquarius Stanback	32	6	7	1	3	2	2	3-3	0-0	0-0	—
Asjon Anderson	29	24	2	6	4	0	5	4-14	1-6	15-15	—
R'Chaun King	20	12	3	1	1	0	1	4-4	0-0	4-5	—
Tyler Byrd	23	8	3	1	1	0	3	4-6	0-1	0-0	—
Damarien Yates	20	6	2	1	3	0	1	2-3	1-2	1-2	—
Tyler Mason	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	—
Totals		89	30	15	15	2	16	27-51	7-18	28-30

MVSU	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Lamont Sams	40	22	8	1	1	1	3	9-14	2-4	2-2	—
Michael James	39	13	6	5	2	0	2	4-16	1-5	4-4	—
Delkedric Holmes	26	7	1	0	2	0	1	2-4	1-2	2-2	—
Patrick Punch	25	11	0	1	2	0	2	2-3	0-1	7-8	—
Daniel Mayfield	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	1-2	0-1	0-0	—
X'Zaevion Barnett	25	9	1	2	1	0	2	2-6	1-2	4-5	—
Mussa Mzein	17	0	2	0	0	0	4	0-1	0-0	0-2	—
Tyrone Iroghama	13	3	2	1	0	1	2	1-2	0-0	1-2	—
Chance Sutton	10	2	0	0	1	1	1	1-2	0-0	0-0	—
Totals		69	20	10	9	3	17	22-50	5-15	20-25

Starters first, then by minutes. +/- is the team's point margin while he was on the floor.

Team statsHistory

ALSTMVSU

52.9%

Field goals

44.0%

38.9%

Three-pointers

33.3%

93.3%

Free throws

80.0%

30

Rebounds

20

9

Offensive rebounds

6

15

Assists

10

16

Turnovers

18

15

Steals

9

2

Blocks

3

32

Points in the paint

30

Fast-break points

26

19

Fouls

23

This game's box score totals; green marks the better side (fewer turnovers and fouls are better).

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Going into the game · matchup numbers, form, rest

Offense vs defense: the four factorsHistory

ranks betterranks worseStronger72+ places apartleague middleLonger bar = better rank of 361 (#1 = best)

ALST offensevsMVSU defense

ALST offense ranks better in 3 of 4 matchups (2 by a clear margin) · MVSU defense in 1 (1 by a clear margin)

Shooting · effective FG%

47.1%

#331slight

55.5%

#337

Turnovers · per 100 plays

15.8%

#268

14.8%

Stronger#155

Offensive rebounding %

31.9%

#127Stronger

35.5%

#342

Free throw rate

24.6%

#212Stronger

38.1%

#359

MVSU offensevsALST defense

MVSU offense ranks better in 1 of 4 matchups (1 by a clear margin) · ALST defense in 3 (3 by a clear margin)

Shooting · effective FG%

45.2%

#356

52.2%

Stronger#216

Turnovers · per 100 plays

19.5%

#359

16.4%

Stronger#61

Offensive rebounding %

26.4%

#306

31.5%

Stronger#227

Free throw rate

24.2%

#218Stronger

31.1%

#331

Season box-score numbers; ranks of 361 teams. A defense ranks well for allowing less and forcing more turnovers.

Key numbers and mismatchesHistory

ALSTMVSU

−8.6 290thNet rating361st −29.5

101.5 320thOffensive rating360th 91.2

110.1 192ndDefensive rating353rd 120.7

70.5 65thPace106th 69.3

Expected pace: about 70 possessions a team (the two teams' average). Rank among 361 teams, 1st = best.

Where one side has the better of it

ALST offensive rebounding
ALST offense 31.9% (127th) vs MVSU defense allowing 35.5% (342nd)
+215 spots
ALST getting to the line
ALST offense 24.6% (212th) vs MVSU defense allowing 38.1% (359th)
+147 spots
MVSU getting to the line
MVSU offense 24.2% (218th) vs ALST defense allowing 31.1% (331st)
+113 spots
ALST scoring
ALST offense 71.5 (258th) vs MVSU defense allowing 83.7 (350th)
+92 spots

ContextHistory

last 10 days

ALST

MSST

MVSU

4 days rest4th straight road game

MVSU

OU

ALST

4 days rest

homeroadday offthis gameFrom the schedule; travel distance is not tracked.

ALST · last 10

9-22 · 4 days rest

Dec 29 @ MSSTL 56–94
Dec 22 @ MEML 67–88
Dec 17 @ CINL 51–88
Dec 11 @ MIZL 77–85
Dec 7 @ UTML 64–74
Nov 26 @ UNML 87–93
Nov 23 @ SIUEL 68–83
Nov 21 vs IUINW 101–80
Nov 19 @ AFL 64–66
Nov 17 @ COLOL 66–94

1-9 in these

MVSU · last 10

2-30 · 4 days rest

Dec 29 @ OUL 69–93
Dec 22 @ WVUL 51–86
Dec 19 @ FSUL 49–96
Dec 16 vs TARL 64–88
Dec 8 @ KSUL 49–108
Dec 3 @ ULML 52–66
Nov 25 @ TA&ML 84–120
Nov 22 @ CSUBL 70–86
Nov 15 @ MANL 73–80
Nov 14 vs UTUL 75–81

0-10 in these

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ALST rotation · last 15 games

Player	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast
Micah Simpson	34.3	14.7	3.0	2.3
Cameron Palesse	31.8	6.2	4.7	1.9
Asjon Anderson	31.4	17.3	2.8	3.7
Jerquarius Stanback	24.8	6.3	4.8	0.6
Tyler Byrd	20.3	8.7	2.9	1.2
R'Chaun King	16.9	5.3	2.5	0.5
Damarien Yates	14.8	5.8	3.4	0.7
Tyler Mason	12.1	4.0	2.3	0.1

MVSU rotation · last 15 games

Player	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast
Michael James	34.6	19.2	2.6	2.0
Daniel Mayfield	30.8	13.4	6.1	1.6
Patrick Punch	30.8	7.9	2.9	1.8
X'Zaevion Barnett	27.6	5.4	4.1	2.6
Delkedric Holmes	25.7	5.2	1.7	2.8
Lamont Sams	25.5	6.7	3.8	0.9
Antonio Sisk	18.3	0.7	1.3	1.0
Mussa Mzein	15.6	2.7	1.5	0.3

Team rankings (2025–26)History

ALST offenseper gameMVSU defense

Effective FG%

331st47.1%

55.5%337th

Turnover %

268th15.8%

14.8%155th

Offensive rebound %

127th31.9%

35.5%342nd

Free throw rate

212th24.6%

38.1%359th

Points

258th71.5

83.7350th

Field goal %

330th41.0%

47.6%318th

2-point %

330th46.8%

55.3%311th

3-point %

288th31.8%

37.2%343rd

Free throw %

251st70.5%

75.0%309th

Rebounds

137th35.4

37.0308th

Rank among 361 teams, 1st = best; a longer bar is a better rank. A defense ranks well for allowing less: lower shooting percentages, fewer points and rebounds, more turnovers forced.

Scoring by halfHistory

per game, last 17 games · the tick is the league's average team

ALSTForAgainst

1st half

34.8

34.6

2nd half

36.2

37.5

Game

71.0

72.1

49% of ALST's points come in the first half, 47% for the average team.

MVSUForAgainst

1st half

29.8

36.7

2nd half

34.6

40.5

Game

64.5

77.2

46% of MVSU's points come in the first half, 47% for the average team.

Average points per game in each period, from box scores, over a team's last 17 games; overtime is pooled into the second half and the game. History, not a forecast: a team that leads late plays differently than one that trails, and a small window swings.

SeriesHistory

10 meetings

ALST 8series2 MVSU

Last 10AAAAAAMAMA

Avg total

138.3

combined points

Avg margin

ALST 12.5

per meeting

Biggest win

ALST +37

Feb 16, 2026

Last meeting

ALST won

Feb 16, 2026

Every meetingHistory

2026ALST 2-0 MVSU

Date	Road	Home	Winner	Margin
Feb 16, 2026	MVSU 55	ALST 92	ALST+37	+37
Jan 3, 2026	ALST 89	MVSU 69	ALST+20	+20

2025ALST 2-0 MVSU

Date	Road	Home	Winner	Margin
Feb 17, 2025	ALST 79	MVSU 56	ALST+23	+23
Jan 4, 2025	MVSU 55	ALST 84	ALST+29	+29

2024ALST 2-0 MVSU

Date	Road	Home	Winner	Margin
Feb 19, 2024	MVSU 46	ALST 61	ALST+15	+15
Jan 6, 2024	ALST 54	MVSU 51	ALST+3	+3

2023ALST 1-1 MVSU

Date	Road	Home	Winner	Margin
Feb 13, 2023	ALST 70	MVSU 76	MVSU+6	+6
Jan 2, 2023	MVSU 61	ALST 70	ALST+9	+9

2022ALST 1-1 MVSU

Date	Road	Home	Winner	Margin
Feb 14, 2022	MVSU 85	ALST 71	MVSU+14	+14
Jan 3, 2022	ALST 84	MVSU 75	ALST+9	+9

Alabama State vs Mississippi Valley State — College Basketball, Jan 3, 2026

Line scoreHistory

Top performersHistory

Box scoreHistory

Team statsHistory

Offense vs defense: the four factorsHistory