LSU vs. Mississippi State: How to watch, odds, picks, final score predictions from ESPN, KenPom

LSU takes their show on the road for an SEC matchup on Wednesday, taking on Mississippi State at the Humphrey Coliseum in Starkville, Mississippi. Ahead of the game, which will be broadcast live on SEC Network, predictions and betting odds – including KenPom analytics – are rolling in.

How to watch LSU vs. Mississippi State

Tip-off: 9 p.m. ET

Location: Humphrey Coliseum, Starkville, Mississippi

Channel: SEC Network

Vegas odds

Mississippi State is a 10-point favorite over LSU on Wednesday, according to VegasInsider. The over-under is set at 127 points.

ESPN BPI prediction

Predicted winner: Mississippi State

Win probability (for Mississippi State): 96.0%

ESPN’s College Basketball Power Index (BPI) is a tool that measures team strength and uses that to predict outcomes of future performances.

KenPom prediction

Predicted final score: Mississippi State 66, LSU 56

Win probability (for Mississippi State): 83%

KenPom is another tool that provides advanced analysis across college basketball. Like ESPN, KenPom projects that Mississippi State comes away with a victory over LSU.

Derek Fountain, Cam Hayes discuss LSU locker room mood amid losing streak

Meanwhile, it has not been a fun few weeks for Derek Fountain, Cam Hayes or any of the LSU basketball team. The Tigers have lost 10 straight games, going through the entire month of January without claiming a victory.

The latest setback among the group came this past weekend against Alabama. The Crimson Tide defeated LSU, 79-69, in Baton Rouge, La.

Fountain was asked after the game about how the team has been trying to keep morale up despite going through such a downturn.

“None of us like losing so somebody has to step up and let the team know, it just life,” Fountain said. “You got through adversity in many ways. Sometimes it look real bad. Sometimes it look slight. But no matter what, I just tell them stay with it. When that next win come around, it’s gonna feel good. No need to lay down and quit, just keep going.”

Moreover, Fountain scored a game-high 26 points — including going 12-for-15 from the free throw line — while also grabbing seven rebounds. Cam Hayes contributed 15 points and eight rebounds in 27-plus minutes off the bench, although he as an inefficient 4 of 14 from the field.

Hayes and Fountain both average 8.1 points on the season, which is third and fourth most on the team. Fountain is also second on the team in rebounding.

After the game, Hayes was asked what the message was from Matt McMahon and the rest of the coaching staff. 

“Just keep fighting hard,” Hayes said. “I feel like the last couple of games, last three games, we’ve been kind of back to like how we was at the beginning of season: playing hard and playing for each other. But it’s tough — I ain’t gonna lie — losing that many in a row. We just try to do what we have to do every day. Keep stacking days in practice and eventually we’ll get through it. We really just need one.

“Once we get one, I feel like we’ll be fine. But coach ain’t gonna never give up on this and we ain’t gonna never give up on coach. We’re just trying to figure it out and I know we’re gonna figure it out.”

On3’s Peter Warren contributed to this article.