Kentucky vs. Mississippi State Men: How to watch, TV channel, streaming, start time, predicted lineups and stats

The SEC has a total of nine ranked teams, and two of them meet when the No. 6 Kentucky Wildcats (12-3, 1-1 SEC) visit the No. 14 Mississippi State Bulldogs (14-1, 2-0 SEC) on Saturday night.

Kentucky, in its first season under Mark Pope, has gotten off to a good start but is coming off a 13-point loss at unranked Georgia earlier this week.

Mississippi State has quietly been one of the nation's best teams, but their schedule is about to heat up. This will be the first of four straight games against ranked SEC opponents, and they face four top-10 teams in their next six games.

How to watch Kentucky vs. Mississippi State, TV channel and streaming

Kentucky vs. Mississippi State will be broadcast on the SEC Network, which can be viewed through cable TV or streamed via live TV streaming apps such as YouTubeTV or FuboTV.

Kentucky vs. Mississippi State start time, date and venue

Kentucky vs. Mississippi State is scheduled to tip off at 8:30 PM ET/7:30 PM CT on Saturday, January 11th from Humphrey Coliseum in Starkville, Mississippi.

Kentucky vs. Mississippi State predicted lineups

Kentucky: Lamont Butler, Otega Oweh, Jaxson Robinson, Andrew Carr, Amari Williams

Mississippi State: Josh Hubbard, RJ Melendez, Claudell Harris Jr., Cameron Matthews, Michael Nwoko

Kentucky vs. Mississippi State stats

• Out of 364 Division I Men's Basketball teams, the Mississippi State Bulldogs rank 15th in offensive rating with 119.9 points scored per 100 possessions and 52nd in defensive rating with 95.6 points allowed per 100 possessions.
• The Kentucky Wildcats are ranked third in points scored per game with 88.8, and but they're ranked 251st in points allowed with 73.9 per game.
• Bulldogs leading scorer Josh Hubbard is averaging 17.1 points, 2.1 rebounds and 3.3 assists while shooting 38.2 percent from three-point range.
• Wildcats leading scorer Otega Oweh is averaging 15.7 points, 3.9 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 1.6 steals while shooting 49.1 percent from the field.
• Mississippi State center Michael Nwoko averages 7.1 points, 4.9 rebounds and 1.0 block per game while shooting 55.4 percent from the field.
• Kentucky reserve guard Koby Brea is averaging 12.3 points and 3.3 rebounds while shooting an SEC-best 49.5 percent from three on 6.3 attempts per game.

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