STARKVILLE, Miss. - Momentum can be short-lived when it comes to basketball in the SEC.

After beating Tennessee earlier this week, Georgia learned that lesson the hard way. Mississippi State pasted the Bulldogs Saturday night, 91-59. Georgia falls to 11-6 overall and 1-3 in conference play.

Anthony Edwards led the Bulldogs in scoring with 19. Rayshaun Hammonds and Toumani Camara were right behind him, each with 10 points. Edwards led the team in assists, while Hammonds had the most boards, each with four. Mississippi State would finish the night shooting 62 percent from the field.

"This comes down to a competitive thing," Head Coach Tom Crean said. "I've said this before: Players play to play, tough people compete to win and win championships. Your toughness is measured, which we talk about all the time. All the time. Your toughness is measured in the things you have to do a lot. Which is rebounding, which is transitioning on defense, which is stalking on defense. In our case, it's switching a lot. We were extremely quiet, and we're just going to have to continue to work it out."

Mississippi State started the game off hot, making six of their first eight shots, but Georgia would not stay quiet for long as, after a couple of threes by Hammonds and a big "and-one" bucket from Camara gave Georgia its first lead of the game, 15-14 with 12 to play.

Camara started his night going four of six for 10 points in the first half, a career high of points in a half for the freshman from Brussels, Belgium. Georgia would then go on a run of its own, making five of seven to cut the lead to five. After an Edwards and-one, Mississippi State's lead was only seven with a minute to play.

In the closing seconds, Nick Weatherspoon beat the buzzer to send Mississippi State into the half with a 42-31 lead over Georgia. Mississippi State would go on to hold the lead throughout the second half, earning it the victory.

Edwards, Hammonds, and Camara all finished the game with double digit points. Edwards ends the night in double digits for the 14th time in his career, Hammonds the 12th time this season, 45th in his career, and Camara for the second time in his career—the first coming against Georgia Southern, earlier this season.

The Bulldogs will be back in action on Tuesday, Jan. 21 with a road trip to Lexington, Ky. to take on Kentucky with television coverage provided by ESPN. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m.