Mark Sears was benched over the weekend against LSU, but he bounced back nicely against Mississippi State.

The Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball team was back in SEC action late Wednesday night, traveling not far west from Tuscaloosa for a road contest against the Mississippi State Bulldogs. A Top 25 showdown,

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No. 14 Mississippi State (16-4, 4-3) has lost three of its last five games with the setbacks all coming against ranked foes: then-No. 6 Kentucky, No. 1 Auburn and then-No. 6 Tennessee. The Bulldogs notched a 65-60 road victory in overtime versus South Carolina on Saturday. Alabama beat visiting LSU 80-73 on Saturday.

Chris Youngblood had a season-high 23 points, including two free throws with 10.9 seconds remaining, to lead No. Alabama to a win over No. Mississippi State.

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Michigan State moved up one spot to No. 7 and was followed by the Vols, who balanced out their close loss to Auburn by beating No. 14 Mississippi State. Marquette and Purdue — which beat then-No. 21 Michigan — rounded out the top 10.

The No. 1 Auburn Tigers host the No. 6 Tennessee Volunteers in an SEC showdown that could be the first of several meetings between the two.