MSU Squanders Second Half Lead in Loss to No. 22 Auburn

the magnolia state was given the opportunity to host the top two teams in the southeastern conference. florida was on the road at ole miss while top 25 ranked auburn was at humphrey coliseum facing mississippi state. msu back at home this afternoon looking to end a two game losing skid against #22 auburn.. early on for msu... down by two.. quinndary weatherspoon would finds aric holman at the wing.. pulls up for three.. nothing by nylon.. bulldogs take a 5-4 lead early on.. more from the bulldogs.. off fastbreak.. nick weatherspoon finds tyson carter at the wing.. he drains the three.. msu starting off hot in the first half...lamar peters finds ej datcher down court.. datcher finds que weatherspoon.. he scores.. plus one.. later on before half..que weatherspoon finds lamar peters at the wing... he would drain a three pointer.. msu led 35-24 at half over auburn.. 2nd half... msu up two.. lamar peters gets the steal.. and goes coast to coast at the other end.. later on.. eli wright finds abdul ado inside.. finishes it off with the two hand dunk.. more from the bulldogs... down 67-61.. que weatherspoon with ball.. pulls up from the wing.. drains the three.. plus the foul.. but the tigers out-score mississippi state 52-33 in the second half...bryce brown went off in the 2nd 20 minutes, this jumper puts it away... but auburn just to much down the stretch as msu falls to the tigers 76-68.. here's coach howland and players after the game... ben howland: i'm really proud of how hard we played. that first half was spectacular. we didn't turn it over a ton i thought that bottom line they're very good. i thought second half we got sped up when we had leads that we could build on. quinndary weatherspoon: we have to stay together and practice even harder. we thought we had 2 good practices before this game and everybody felt good. we practice even harder. we thought we had 2 good practices before this game and everybody felt good. we second half we got sped up they're very good. i thought second half we got sped up when we had leads that we could build on. quinndary weatherspoon: we have to stay together and practice even harder. we thought we had 2 good practices before this game and everybody felt good. we have to come back monday and have an even better practice and try to beat vanderbilt tuesday.