STARKVILLE – There was perhaps a touch of disappointment in the voice of Mississippi State head coach Chris Jans on Monday night.
As the first-year leader of the Bulldogs sat at his postgame press conference, he reflected on the game against Omaha that’d just occurred.
“Our defensive numbers weren’t as good as what I thought they’d be going into the game,” Jans said. “I thought we could’ve had a little more of a dominating defensive performance.”
Jans wanted more. He believed his Bulldogs didn’t fully perform up to their capability. And, while it might not sound like it, all this came on the heels of a comfortable State victory.
MSU rolled to a 74-54 win over Omaha at Humphrey Coliseum. A 20-point margin might be good enough for some. For the driven, never-settling Jans, it left more to be desired.
Check that – for the Bulldogs as a whole it left more to be desired.
“Defensively we could’ve been a lot better,” Eric Reed, Jr. said.
If anyone feared complacency from State following a seventh-straight win, there’s no need for concern. Monday night showed as much.
Mississippi State once again held an opponent to fewer than 55 points. The Dawgs have now done so in every single game this season. They even scored their third-most points in a contest this year.
Still, the yearning was there for more.
“Offensively, it was better than it’s been in the past,” Reed said. “But we can continue to get better.”
Now, don’t misunderstand. The Bulldogs weren’t hanging their heads on Monday.
MSU was glad to get another triumph and continue its red-hot start to the season. The Bulldogs…
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