Due to poor weather conditions, Mississippi State men’s basketball’s road contest with Auburn, originally scheduled for 8 p.m. Tuesday, has been postponed due to inclement weather. The new tipoff time will be 4 p.m. Thursday, the Southeastern Conference announced. MSU’s scheduled contest against Ole Miss in Oxford Saturday will not be impacted.
“It is going to be very difficult to get around here tomorrow,” Mississippi State coach Ben Howland told reporters Monday. “The roads are slick and the airports are closed, both today and tomorrow. The airport runways are frozen.”
Howland added his team was unable to practice Monday because of the ice on the roads in Starkville, but was hopeful his team would return to the court for practice on Tuesday.
Somewhat surprisingly, this is the first postponement for MSU this season despite partaking in rigorous COVID-19 testing protocols.
Both Mississippi State and Auburn enter the contest with a 11-11 overall record and 5-8 mark in SEC play. MSU has lost five of its last six SEC games and hopes to rebound from a 21-point blowout loss to conference cellar dweller Vanderbilt Saturday.
Hodge is the former sports editor for The Dispatch.
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