Former Mississippi State basketball player D.J. Stewart Jr. has been signed by the Miami Heat, the NBA team announced Tuesday.
Stewart appeared in six Summer League games with the Heat, including two during the California Classic in Sacramento where he averaged 7.0 points, 5.0 rebounds and 2.0 steals while shooting 42.9% from the field and compling a +14 plus/minus as Miami won both games.
Stewart played two seasons at Mississippi State, appearing in 64 collegiate games and starting 50 for the Bulldogs, averaging 12.4 points, 3.0 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 32.4 minutes while shooting 42.5% from the field. He finished with 792 career points, the 11th-most by an MSU player during the freshman and sophomore seasons.
He was named to the All-SEC Second Team last year after scoring 528 points, the sixth-most by a sophomore in school history, while also becoming just one of 11 players nationally to score at least 500 points and dish out at least 100 assists. He finished as only one of three players in the conference to rank in the top 15 in scoring average, assists per game, steals per game, 20-point games, assist-to-turnover ratio, field goal percentage and free throw percentage.
Additionally, the two-time SEC Academic Honor Roll selection scored a season-high 32 points against Dayton on Dec. 12 to become just the 13th sophomore in school history since 1954 to post a 30-point game and was the only player in program history to record three consecutive 20-point games during postseason play.
Woodard’s Kings win NBA Summer League
Former Mississippi State basketball player Robert Woodard II finished with five points and eight rebounds in 16 minutes Tuesday night as the Sacramento Kings defeated the Boston Celtics 100-67 in the championship of the NBA Summer League at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas.
Aric Holman tallied five points, two rebounds and a blocked shot in 11 minutes for the Celtics.
Tyson Carter scored 10 points for the Miami Heat in their 83-82 loss to the Dallas Mavericks. Carter added five assists and two rebounds, while D.J. Stewart Jr. connected on a 3-pointer on his only shot of the game.
Quinndary Weatherspoon tallied 11 points, four steals, two assists and two rebounds for the Brooklyn Nets, who lost 83-82 to the Toronto Raptors at Cox Pavilion. Reggie Perry grabbed three rebounds for the Nets.
Ole Miss sixth, MSU 11th in soccer poll
Arkansas and Texas A&M tied as the favorites to win the 2021 Southeastern Conference women’s soccer title in voting by the league’s 14 head coaches.
The Razorbacks and Aggies tied for the 2020 SEC championship with 7-1-0 league records. Arkansas finished 12-4-0 overall and advanced to the third round of the NCAA College Cup, while Texas A&M finished 12-4-1 and appeared in the quarterfinals of the College Cup.
The 29th season of women’s soccer in the SEC season begins Aug. 19. The results of the poll: 1. Arkansas, 2. Texas A&M, 3. South Carolina, 4. Vanderbilt, 5. Tennessee, 6. Ole Miss, 7. Auburn, 8. Alabama, 9. LSU, 10. Florida, 11. Mississippi State, 12. Missouri, 13. Georgia, 14. Kentucky.
MSU sets cross country schedule
A four-race regular-season slate will prepare Mississippi State’s cross country team for the SEC Championship on Oct. 29.
MSU opens the season Sept. 4 at the Memphis Twilight Classic, returning to the event at which the Bulldogs placed second in 2016 and fourth in 2018. Later that month, State will travel to Huntsville, Alabama, for the North Alabama Showcase. The same course will host this year’s South Region Championships.
For the third time in the past four years, MSU is headed to Louisville, Kentucky, to compete in the Live in Lou Classic on Oct. 2. Two weeks later, State makes the journey to Princeton, New Jersey, for the Princeton Invite on Oct. 16.
The postseason begins Oct. 29 with the SEC Championships hosted by the University of Missouri in Columbia. In November, State will return to Huntsville to compete at the South Region Championships for the opportunity to advance to the NCAA Championship in Tallahassee, Florida, on Nov. 20.
“We have a very young, talented bunch of young women this year that we are excited about,” Bulldogs cross country coach Chris Woods said. “This competitive schedule allows them to get a solid experience of what it is like to compete at this level as we navigate our way to the conference championship meet in late October.”
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