Brooks sets tone to lead Mississippi St. past S. Carolina

STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) — Iverson Molinar scored 20 points and Garrison Brooks scored a season-high 18 points and Mississippi State beat South Carolina 78-64 to end a two-game losing streak. James Reese V’s basket with 15:42 brought the Gamecocks within 10-9 and from there Mississippi State took control. Brooks followed with a layup, D.J. Jeffries made a pair of foul shots, Molinar followed with a layup and the Bulldogs were on their way to a 13-0 run in a four-and-a-half minute span. Mississippi State led 45-23 at halftime.