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Date OppOnent tV timeN13 SAMFORD SECN+ W, 68-47N21 GRAMBLING SECN+ W, 107-43N24 MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE SECN+ W, 109-37N27 NORFOLK STATE SECN+ W, 92-34N29 SAVANNAH STATE SECN+ W, 92-25D2 at #6/6 Texas LHN L, 47-53D6 TENNESSEE STATE SECN+ W, 82-54D13 at Louisiana Tech W, 93-63D16 SOUTHERN MISS SECN+ W, 78-65D19 # vs. Florida Gulf Coast W, 65-60D20 # vs. Western Michigan W, 90-68D21 # vs. SMU W, 72-70D28 SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA SECN+ W, 81-41D30 % vs. #20/17 South Florida SECN W, 68-58J3 * at Florida SECN W, 76-70J7 * AUBURN ^SECN W, 60-45J10 * ARKANSAS SECN+ W, 80-55J14 * at #24/RV Missouri SECN+ L, 54-66J18 * OLE MISS SECN W, 79-51J21 * at Georgia SECN+ L, 43-47J24 * #2/2 SOUTH CAROLINA ESPN2 L, 51-57J28 * #19/23 TENNESSEE SECN W, 65-63 (OT)

J31 * at Arkansas SECN+ W, 65-55F4 * at LSU SECN W, 71-52F7 * #21/21 MISSOURI SECN+ W, 52-42F11 * at #15/13 Texas A&M SECN L, 58-64F18 * #16/16 KENTUCKY SECN L, 60-83F21 * at Ole Miss ESPN2 W, 60-51F25 * at Vanderbilt ^SECN W, 66-61F28 * ALABAMA SECN+ W, 61-52M4 ! Vanderbilt (SECT QF) SECN W, 63-46M5 ! Tennessee (SECT SF) ESPNU W, 58-48M6 ! #3/2 South Carolina (SECT Final) ESPN L, 52-66M18 CHATTANOOGA (NCAA 1st Rd.) ESPN2 1:30 p.m.M26-28 NCAA RegionalsA3-5 NCAA Women’s Final Four (Indianapolis, Ind.)

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ChinweOKORIEC • Jr. • 6-5

2015-16 StatsPPG .............................. 6.9RBD ............................. 6.2AST .............................. 0.3BLK .............................. 0.8STL ............................... 0.5FG% ......................55.5%3FG% ..................... .0.0%FT% .......................60.7%

45Morgan

WILLIAMG • So. • 5-5

2015-16 StatsPPG .............................. 9.9RBD ............................. 2.2AST .............................. 5.0BLK .............................. 0.2STL ............................... 1.2FG% ......................32.8%3FG% ....................28.3%FT% .......................83.9%

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BULLDOG BITES... ► Mississippi State makes its 2nd-straight NCAA Tourna-ment appearance and 8th overall. State is 7-7 all-time in the NCAA Tournament.

► MSU hosts the opening 2 rounds for the 1st time in program history. State is the No. 5 seed for the 2nd-straight year.

► State meets Chattanooga for the 6th time, the 1st since 1993. MSU leads the series 3-2.

► The Bulldogs are coming off a tremendous SEC Tourna-ment run that saw them defeat Vanderbilt and Tennessee to earn their 2nd ever championship game appearance.

► The Bulldogs' 26 victories are 2nd only to last season's 27 wins for the most in school single-season history. MSU's 53 wins the last 2 years are 2nd only to South Carolina for the most in the SEC.

► Head coach Vic Schaefer has been part of teams that have gone to the postseason 17 of the last 19 seasons.

► Sophomore Victoria Vivians was named to the WBCA's Wade Trophy Watch List after earning First Team All-SEC and SEC All-Tournament team honors last week.

► Vivians averaged 22.0 ppg in the SEC Tournament and en-ters the NCAA Tournament scoring 19.2 ppg behind 45.3% shooting from the field the last 5 games.

► Morgan William averaged 12.5 points in last year's NCAA Tournament, while Vivians followed with 11.0 ppg. William is averaging 10.2 ppg the last 5 games and 9.9 for the sea-son. Her 166 assists are 4th-most in a season, while her .839 free throw percentage is 2nd behind her school record set last season (84.2%).

► Junior Dominique Dillingham shot 42.3% and averaged 8.7 ppg in the SEC Tournament. Dillingham enters the NCAA Tournament averaging 8.2 points for the season and 11.0 points the last 5 games.

VictoriaVIVIANSG • So. • 6-1

2015-16 StatsPPG ............................17.2RBD ............................. 5.9AST .............................. 1.0BLK .............................. 0.3STL ............................... 1.7FG% ......................38.9%3FG% ....................31.3%FT% .......................74.4%

35Dominique

DILLINGHAMG • Jr. • 5-9

2015-16 StatsPPG .............................. 8.2RBD ............................. 3.8AST .............................. 1.9BLK .............................. 0.4STL ............................... 1.5FG% ......................37.5%3FG% ....................28.1%FT% .......................79.4%

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GAME

34MISSISSIPPI STATE (26-7, 11-5 SEC) vs.CHATTANOOGA (24-7, 12-2 SoCon)March 18, 2016 (NCAA Tournament 1st Round)Starkville, Miss. | Humphrey Coliseum (10,500)

MISSISSIPPI STATEBULLDOGS

Record ............................................ 26-7, 11-5 SECSeed ................................................................ No. 5Ranking (AP/Coaches) ..................................15/14Head Coach ...................Vic Schaefer (4th Season)Record at MSU ...............................................88-45

SCHEDULE/RESULTSOVERALL RECORD ............................. 26-7SEC ........................................................11-5NON-CONFERENCE ............................ 15-2HOME .................................................... 14-2AWAY ...................................................... 6-4NEUTRAL ............................................... 6-1

KetaraCHAPELF • Jr. • 6-1

2015-16 StatsPPG .............................. 4.8RBD ............................. 3.3AST .............................. 0.9BLK .............................. 0.3STL ............................... 0.5FG% ......................45.2%3FG% ...................... 0.0%FT% .......................73.7%

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BROADCAST INFORMATIONTELEVISIONESPN2 Melissa Lee (Play-by-Play) LaChina Robinson (Analyst)

RADIOWKBB-FM 100.9 (Golden Triangle)WXWX-FM 96.3 (Tupelo)WKCU-FM 92.9 & WKCU-AM 1350 (Corinth, Miss.) Jason Crowder (Play-by-play) CharlieWinfield(Analyst)

CHATTANOOGAMOCS

Record ........................................ 24-7, 12-2 SoConSeed .............................................................. No. 12Ranking (AP/Coaches) ............................... NR/NRHead Coach ...................... Jim Foster (3rd Season)Record at USC ...............................................80-15

SERIES INFORMATION

Last 5 Meetings12/3/93 W, 103-87 Starkville, Miss.1/4/87 W, 79-64 Chattanooga, Tenn.12/17/85 L, 54-62 Starkville, Miss.1/5/83 L, 62-72 Chattanooga, Tenn.12/5/81 W, 70-67 Starkville, Miss.

Overall ...........MSU, 3-2Home ..............MSU, 2-1Away ...............Tied, 1-1

Neutral ......... Never MetOvertime ................. N/A

MISSISSIPPI STATE BULLDOG BASKETBALL • 2015-16 Game 34 • vs. Chattanooga [NCAAT 1st Rd.] • March 18, 2016


MISSISSIPPI STATE 2015-16 ROSTERNUMERICAL ROSTER

No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl. Exp. Hometown/School 00 Dominique Dillingham G 5-9 Jr. 2L Spring, Texas (Klein Collins HS) 1 Blair Schaefer G 5-7 So. 1L Starkville, Miss. (Starkville HS) 2 Morgan William G 5-5 So. 1L Birmingham, Ala. (Shades Valley HS) 3 Breanna Richardson F 6-1 Jr. 2L Conyers, Ga. (Rockdale County HS) 5 Sherise Williams F 6-1 Sr. 3L St. Louis, Mo. (McCluer HS) 10 Jazzmun Holmes G 5-8 Fr. HS Gulfport, Miss. (Harrison Central HS) 11 Roshunda Johnson* G 5-7 Jr. TR Little Rock, Ark. (Parkview HS/Oklahoma St.) 12 Jazmine Spears F 6-0 Jr. JC New Albany, Miss. (New Albany HS/Trinity Valley CC) 13 Ketara Chapel F 6-1 Jr. 2L Temple, Texas (Temple HS) 15 Teaira McCowan C 6-7 Fr. HS Brenham, Texas (Brenham HS) 23 Kayla Nevitt G 5-10 So. 1L Houston, Texas (Andy Dekaney HS) 25 Zion Campbell C 6-3 Fr. HS Washington, D.C. (Riverdale Baptist School) 35 Victoria Vivians G 6-1 So. 1L Carthage, Miss. (Scott Central HS) 44 LaKaris Salter F 6-1 So. 1L Tallahassee, Fla. (Florida A&M DRS) 45 Chinwe Okorie C 6-5 Jr. 1L Lagos, Nigeria (Stoneleigh-Burnham [Mass.] Prep)

ALPHABETICAL ROSTERNo. Name Pos. Ht. Cl. Exp. Hometown/School 25 Zion Campbell C 6-3 Fr. HS Washington, D.C. (Riverdale Baptist School) 13 Ketara Chapel F 6-1 Jr. 2L Temple, Texas (Temple HS) 00 Dominique Dillingham G 5-9 Jr. 2L Spring, Texas (Klein Collins HS) 10 Jazzmun Holmes G 5-8 Fr. HS Gulfport, Miss. (Harrison Central HS) 11 Roshunda Johnson* G 5-7 Jr. TR Little Rock, Ark. (Parkview HS/Oklahoma St.) 15 Teaira McCowan C 6-7 Fr. HS Brenham, Texas (Brenham HS) 23 Kayla Nevitt G 5-10 So. 1L Houston, Texas (Andy Dekaney HS) 45 Chinwe Okorie C 6-5 Jr. 1L Lagos, Nigeria (Stoneleigh-Burnham [Mass.] Prep) 3 Breanna Richardson F 6-1 Jr. 2L Conyers, Ga. (Rockdale County HS) 44 LaKaris Salter F 6-1 So. 1L Tallahassee, Fla. (Florida A&M DRS) 1 Blair Schaefer G 5-7 So. 1L Starkville, Miss. (Starkville HS) 12 Jazmine Spears F 6-0 Jr. JC New Albany, Miss. (New Albany HS/Trinity Valley CC) 35 Victoria Vivians G 6-1 So. 1L Carthage, Miss. (Scott Central HS) 2 Morgan William G 5-5 So. 1L Birmingham, Ala. (Shades Valley HS) 5 Sherise Williams F 6-1 Sr. 3L St. Louis, Mo. (McCluer HS)

* — Sitting out 2015-16 season due to NCAA transfer rules

PRONOUNCIATION GUIDEKetara Chapel – Kah-TARE-ah CHAP-ulTeaira McCowan – Tee-AIR-ahChinwe Okorie – CHIN-way Oh-CORE-eeBreanna Richardson – Bree-AHN-ahLaKaris Salter – La-CARE-isVictoria Vivians – VI-vee-ansSherise Williams – Sha-REESE

ROSTER BREAKDOWNSENIORS (1)Sherise Williams

JUNIORS (6)Ketara ChapelDominique DillinghamRoshunda JohnsonChinwe OkorieBreanna RichardsonJazmine Spears

SOPHOMORES (5)Kayla NevittLaKaris SalterBlair SchaeferVictoria ViviansMorgan William

FRESHMEN (3)Zion CampbellJazzmun HolmesTeaira McCowan

ALABAMA (1)Morgan William

ARKANSAS (1)Roshunda Johnson

FLORIDA (1)LaKaris Salter

GEORGIA (1)Breanna Richardson

MISSISSIPPI (4)Jazzmun Holmes

Blair SchaeferJazmine SpearsVictoria Vivians

MISSOURI (1)Sherise Williams

TEXAS (4)Ketara Chapel

Dominique DillinghamTeaira McCowan

Kayla NevittWASHINGTON, D.C. (1)

Zion CampbellFEDERAL REPUBLIC OF

NIGERIA (1)Chinwe Okorie

BY REGION

COACHING STAFFHead Coach: Vic Schaefer - Fourth Season (Texas A&M, 1984)Associate Head Coach: Johnnie Harris - Fourth Season (Arkansas Baptist, 1996)Assistant Coach: Dionnah Jackson - First Season (Oklahoma, 2005)Assistant Coach: Elena Lovato - Second Season (Pittsburg State, 2008)Director of Operations: Maryann Baker - Fourth Season (Texas A&M, 2011)Director of Scouting/Video Coord.: Skylar Collins - Third Season (Texas A&M, 2012)

BY CLASS



DOMINIQUE DILLINGHAM00G • 5-9 • Jr.

Spring, Texas

BLAIR SCHAEFER1G • 5-7 • So.

Starkville, Miss.

MORGAN WILLIAM2G • 5-5 • So.

Birmingham, Ala.

BREANNA RICHARDSON3

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SHERISE WILLIAMS5F • 6-1 • Sr.

St. Louis, Mo.

JAZZMUN HOLMES10G • 5-8 • Fr.

Gulfport, Miss.

JAZMINE SPEARS12

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KETARA CHAPEL13

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TEAIRA MCCOWAN15C • 6-7 • Fr.

Brenham, Texas

KAYLA NEVITT23G • 5-10 • So.

Houston, Texas

ZION CAMPBELL25C • 6-3 • Fr.

Washington, D.C.

VICTORIA VIVIANS35G • 6-1 • So.

Carthage, Miss.

LAKARIS SALTER44F • 6-1 • So.

Tallahassee, Fla.

CHINWE OKORIE45C • 6-5 • Jr.

Lagos, Nigeria

VICSCHAEFER

Head Coach4th Season at MSU

JOHNNIE HARRIS

Associate Head Coach4th Season at MSU

DIONNAH JACKSON

Assistant Coach1st Season at MSU

ELENA LOVATO

Assistant Coach2nd Season at MSU

2015 SeC COaCh Of the Year



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YEAR-BY-YEAR AT THE HUMPyear g rec. pct. sec non1975-76 6 2-4 .333 --- ---1976-77 10 4-6 .400 --- ---1977-78 14 9-5 .391 --- ---1978-79 12 9-3 .750 --- ---1979-80 12 8-5 .615 --- ---1980-81 13 11-2 .846 --- ---1981-82 14 8-6 .571 --- ---1982-83 15 10-5 .667 0-4 10-11983-84 15 8-7 .533 0-5 8-21984-85 12 5-7 .417 0-4 5-31985-86 13 6-7 .462 0-4 6-31986-87 12 7-5 .583 2-3 5-21987-88 13 8-5 .615 0-5 8-01988-89 11 8-3 .727 3-2 5-11989-90 13 5-8 .385 0-5 5-31990-91 13 5-8 .385 0-4 5-41991-92 13 10-3 .769 3-3 7-01992-93 11 8-3 .727 3-2 5-11993-94 14 7-7 .500 1-5 6-21994-95 10 6-4 .600 1-4 5-01995-96 12 9-3 .750 4-2 5-11996-97 12 6-6 .500 0-6 6-01997-98 13 9-4 .692 3-3 6-11998-99 13 11-2 .846 6-2 5-01999-00 15 13-2 .867 5-2 8-02000-01 15 9-6 .600 2-5 7-12001-02 13 11-2 .846 5-2 6-02002-03 13 12-1 .923 6-1 6-02003-04 11 8-3 .727 5-1 3-22004-05 17 13-4 .765 4-3 9-12005-06 14 4-10 .286 0-7 4-32006-07 17 9-8 .529 2-5 7-32007-08 16 11-5 .688 3-4 8-12008-09 16 12-4 .750 4-3 8-12009-10 16 12-4 .750 4-4 8-02010-11 14 6-8 .429 1-7 5-12011-12 16 10-6 .625 2-6 8-02012-13 17 12-5 .706 4-4 8-12013-14 21 16-5 .762 4-4 12-12014-15 18 17-1 .944 7-1 10-02015-16 16 14-2 .875 6-2 8-0ALL-TIME RECORD (41 YEARS): 368-194 (.655) TOP 20 WOMEN’S CROWDS

ATTENDANCE LAST 15 YEARS Att. date opp. score1 10,626 1/24/16 South Carolina L, 51-572 7,326 3/1/15 Ole Miss W, 55-473 7,128 1/18/16 Ole Miss W, 79-514 6,463 11/13/15 Samford W, 68-475 6,224 2/28/16 Alabama W, 61-526 6,055 2/9/03 LSU L, 72-777 5,863 2/17/00 Tennessee L, 75-798 5,787 1/10/10 Tennessee L, 48-759 5,712 1/10/16 Arkansas W, 80-5510 5,710 1/28/16 Tennessee W, 65-63

11 5,183 2/15/15 Florida W, 75-6212 5,157 2/14/02 Tennessee L, 78-8013 5,112 1/9/96 Arkansas St. W, 76-5614 5,056 1/29/15 Vanderbilt W, 69-4415 4,727 1/15/15 LSU L, 69-7116 4,651 2/8/15 Texas A&M W, 63-6117 4,629 1/15/09 Tennessee L, 56-6318 4,610 1/7/16 Auburn W, 60-4519 4,557 1/18/15 Alabama W, 66-5020 4,521 2/7/16 Missouri W, 52-42

— Marks Set In 2015-16 Season In Bold

2015-16 ............. 80,7052014-15 ............. 67,5982013-14 ............. 48,7332012-13 ............. 22,3842011-12 .............. 23,0732010-11 .............. 15,6452009-10 ............. 26,2062008-09 ............. 20,590

2007-08 ............. 16,0652006-07 ............. 12,3642005-06 ............... 9,0582004-05 ............. 18,3922003-04 ............. 12,9882002-03 ............. 26,2902001-02 ............. 22,4822000-01 ............. 20,948

HUMPHREY COLISEUM INDIVIDUAL RECORDSMost Points47 - Tan White vs. Vanderbilt [2OT] (2/3/05)Most Rebounds26 - Sophie Ratliff vs. Shorter (2/15/88)Most FG Made20 - LaToya Thomas vs. Tulsa (11/17/02)Most 3FG Made8 - Meadow Overstreet vs. Miss. Valley St. (12/20/99)Most FT Made18 - Jennifer Fambrough vs. Northwestern St. (12/19/88)Most Assists13 - Katia May, vs. Tennessee Tech (11/21/13)Most Steals13 - Katia May, vs. Tennessee Tech (11/21/13)Most Blocked Shots10 - Martha Alwal vs. Jacksonville State (11/11/11)

HUMPHREY COLISEUM TEAM RECORDSMost Points117 - vs. Judson (2/24/86)Most Rebounds78 - vs. Judson (2/24/86)Most FG Made53 - vs. Judson (2/24/86)Most 3FG Made13 - vs. SE Louisiana (12/16/04)Most FT Made36 - vs. SE Louisiana (12/20/13)Most Assists30 - vs. Mississippi Valley (11/24/15) 30 - vs. Mississippi Valley (12/20/99) Most Steals32 - vs. Nicholls (12/7/08)Most Blocked Shots14 - vs. Jacksonville State (11/11/11)

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BULLDOGS AT HUMPHREY COLISEUM• Mississippi State is in its 41st season playing basketball at Humphrey Coliseum. The Bulldogs are 368-194

all-time in the Hump.• MSU is 31-3 in the Hump the last two years, including 13-3 in SEC play.• MSU set a new season attendance record with 80,705 fans at the Hump this season.• The Bulldogs have drawn 197,036 fans the last 3 seasons, more than the previous 10 years combined.• State set a school record for the 2nd-straight year with 10,626 to watch the Jan. 24 game vs. South Carolina. It

is the largest women's basketball crowd in state of Mississippi history and the 4th-largest all-time at Humphrey Coliseum — men's or women's.

MSU'S RECORD AT HOME UNDER SCHAEFERYear Overall Pct. Sec Pct. NON-cONf. Pct.2012-13 12-5 .706 4-4 .500 8-1 .8892013-14 16-5 .762 4-4 .500 12-1 .9232014-15 17-1 .944 7-1 .875 10-0 1.0002015-16 14-2 .875 6-2 .750 8-0 1.000tOtalS 59-13 .819 21-11 .656 38-2 .950



VIC SCHAEFER HEAD COACH

• In 4th season at MSU.• Has an 88-45 record at MSU,

the fastest coach in school history to 80 wins and 30 SEC victories.

• 2nd-most wins among SEC coaches the last 2 seasons (53).

• Named Associated Press SEC Coach of the Year, SEC Co-Coach of the Year (Coaches) & Naismith CoachoftheYearsemifinalistin2014-15.

• Led MSU to the 2 best overall records in program history and the school record for SEC wins in back-to-back seasons.

• Taken teams to the postseason 17 of the last 19 seasons, including a 2nd-straight NCAA Tournament this season.

• Led MSU to three-straight 20-win seasons for thefirsttimeinprogramhistory.

• Landed a Top 20 signing class in his second season in Starkville after inking the 35th-best in hisfirstyear.

• Coached 15 years at Texas A&M and Arkan-sas, averaging 22 wins a year during that time.

• Has 11 NCAA Tournament appearances, including the 2011 national championship at Texas A&M.

• Has 10 Top 20 signing classes, including the nation's No. 2 class at Texas A&M (2011-12).

SCHAEFER YEAR-BY-YEAR AT MISSISSIPPI STATE, TEXAS A&M & ARKANSAS

Overall: 421-211 (.666) in 19 seasons

miSSiSSippi State — heaD COaChYear Record Postseason2012-13 13-17 —2013-14 22-14 WNITQuarterfinals2014-15 27-7 NCAA Second Round2015-16 26-7 —Record: 88-45 (.662) in 4 seasons

texaS a&m — aSSOCiate heaD COaChYear Record Postseason2003-04 9-19 —2004-05 16-15 WNITQuarterfinals2005-06 23-9 NCAA First Round2006-07 25-7 Big 12 Champion/ NCAA Second Round2007-08 29-8 Big 12 Tournament Champion/ Elite Eight2008-09 27-8 NCAA Sweet 162009-10 26-8 Big 12 Tournament Champion/ NCAA Second Round2010-11 33-5 NCAA National Champion2011-12 24-11 NCAA Sweet 16Record: 212-90 (.702) in 9 seasons

7 NCAA Tournament Appearances1 NCAA National Championship (2010-11)1 NCAA Elite Eight (2007-08)2 NCAA Sweet 16 (2008-09, 2011-12)2 NCAA Second Round (2006-07, 2009-10)1 NCAA First Round (2005-06)1 WNIT Appearance1WNITQuarterfinals(2004-05)

arkanSaS — aSSOCiate heaD COaChYear Record Postseason1997-98 22-11 NCAA Final Four1998-99 20-14 WNIT National Champion1999-00 17-15 WNITSemifinals2000-01 20-13 NCAA Second Round2001-02 20-12 NCAA Second Round2002-03 22-11 NCAA Second RoundRecord: 121-76 (.614) in 6 seasons

4 NCAA Tournament Appearances1 NCAA Final Four (1997-98)3 NCAA Second Round (2000-01, 2001-02, 2002-03)2 WNIT Appearances1 WNIT National Championship (1998-99)1WNITSemifinal(1999-00)

SEC OVERALLTEAM W L PCT. W L PCT.South Carolina 16 0 1.000 31 1 .969Mississippi State 11 5 .688 26 7 .788Texas A&M 11 5 .688 21 9 .700Kentucky 10 6 .625 23 7 .767Florida 10 6 .625 22 8 .733Georgia 9 7 .562 21 9 .700Missouri 8 8 .500 21 9 .700Auburn 8 8 .500 19 12 .613Tennessee 8 8 .500 19 13 .594Arkansas 7 9 .438 12 18 .400Vanderbilt 5 11 .312 18 14 .562Alabama 4 12 .250 15 15 .500LSU 3 13 .188 10 21 .323Ole Miss 2 14 .125 10 20 .333

MSU-UTC COMPARISON

MSU UTCSCORING 2318 1797 Points per game 70.2 58.0 Scoring margin +15.9 +5.3FIELD GOALS-ATT 844-2098 687-1615 Field goal pct .402 .4253 POINT FG-ATT 163-532 136-439 3-point FG pct .306 .310 3-pt FG made per game 4.9 4.4FREE THROWS-ATT 467-639 287-403 Free throw pct .731 .712 FT made per game 14.2 9.3REBOUNDS 1324 1087 Rebounds per game 40.1 35.1 Rebounding margin +5.4 +1.8ASSISTS 447 366 Assists per game 13.5 11.8TURNOVERS 478 428 Turnovers per game 14.5 13.8 Turnover margin +6.5 -1.0 Assist/turnover ratio 0.9 0.9STEALS 258 198 Steals per game 7.8 6.4BLOCKS 155 200 Blocks per game 4.7 6.5

MSU IN THE SEC AND NCAA(Through 3/7/16)

TEAM STANDINGS — ALL GAMESCATEGORY TOTAL SEC NCAAScoring Offense 70.2 5 69Scoring Defense 54.3 2 22Scoring Margin +15.9 2 12FG Percentage .402 10 144FG Percentage Def. .369 6 543PT FG Percentage .306 7 2013PT FG Defense .271 2 233PT FG Per Game 4.9 7 210Free Throw Percentage .731 2 66Rebounding Offense 40.1 5 81Rebounding Defense 34.7 6 —Rebounding Margin +5.4 3 44Offensive Rebounds 17.0 2 6Defensive Rebounds 23.1 10 —Blocked Shots 4.7 3 48Assists 13.5 8 128Steals 7.8 10 164Turnovers Forced 21.0 4 15 Turnover Margin +6.5 2 5Assist/Turnover Ratio 0.9 4 88

INDIVIDUAL STANDINGS — ALL GAMES CATEGORY TOTAL SEC NCAApOintS per Game Victoria Vivians 17.2 2 79 Morgan William 9.9 28 —fielD GOal perCentaGe Victoria Vivians .389 9 241rebOunDS Chinwe Okorie 6.2 16 — Victoria Vivians 5.9 18 —3pt fielD GOalS maDe Victoria Vivians 2.2 3 1143pt fielD GOal perCentaGe Victoria Vivians .313 3 165free thrOw perCentaGe Morgan William .839 2 47OffenSiVe rebOunDS Chinwe Okorie 3.1 6 — Teaira McCowan 2.9 8 —DefenSiVe rebOunDS Victoria Vivians 4.8 9 —aSSiStS Morgan William 5.0 2 49aSSiSt/turnOVer ratiO Morgan William 1.8 4 75StealS Victoria Vivians 1.7 12 237blOCkS Teaira McCowan 1.4 4 123minuteS plaYeD Dominique Dillingham 32.6 9 —

SEC STANDINGS

MSU-UTC STATISTICAL LEADERS MSU UTCSCORING Vivians (17.2 ppg) Joyner (12.9 ppg)

REBOUNDING Okorie (6.2 rpg) Joyner (9.3 rpg)

ASSISTS William (5.0 apg) Payne (3.8 apg)

BLOCKS McCowan (1.4 bpg) Joyner (4.0 bpg)

STEALS Vivians (1.7 spg) Payne (1.5 spg)

BULLDOGS IN WINS VS. LOSSES

Category Wins Losses

Points per game 75.1 52.1

Opp. points per game 52.2 62.3

FG pct. .423 .318

Opp. field goal pct. .352 .429

3 pt. FG pct. .330 .216

Opp. 3 pt. FG pct. .251 .347

Free throw pct. .734 .713

Rebounds per game 41.7 34.4

Rebound margin +8.6 -6.3

Assists per game 15.0 8.3

Turnovers per game 14.3 15.0

Turnover margin +7.7 +2.0

Steals per game 8.5 5.3

Blocks per game 4.6 5.1



ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP 25 POLL — March 14 (Final)Rnk. School Pts. Record Pvs.1 Connecticut (32) 32-0 800 12 Notre Dame 31-1 753 23 South Carolina 31-1 747 34 Baylor 33-1 707 45 Maryland 30-3 672 56 Oregon State 28-4 635 67 Texas 28-4 595 78 Louisville 25-7 568 89 Ohio State 24-7 504 910 UCLA 24-8 475 1011 Arizona State 25-6 443 1112 Kentucky 23-7 433 1213 Stanford 24-7 390 1314 Syracuse 25-7 382 1415 Mississippi State 26-7 376 1516 Michigan State 24-8 342 1617 Florida State 23-7 311 1718 Texas A&M 21-9 268 1919 Miami 24-8 233 2020 DePaul 25-8 168 1821 South Florida 23-9 151 2122 Colorado State 31-1 135 2223 West Virginia 24-9 120 2324 Oklahoma 21-10 73 2425 Florida 22-8 36 25

Dropped Out: None.

Others receiving votes: George Washington 20, James Madison 12, Army 12, Washington 9, St John's 8, UTEP 5, Tennessee 4, Florida Gulf Coast 4, Belmont 3, Albany 2, Oklahoma State 2, BYU 2.

USA TODAY TOP 25 POLL — March 14Rnk. School Record Pts. Pvs.1 Connecticut 32-0 800 12 South Carolina 31-1 756 23 Notre Dame 31-1 746 34 Baylor 33-1 706 45 Maryland 30-3 670 56 Oregon State 28-4 637 67 Texas 28-4 602 78 Louisville 25-7 560 89 Ohio State 24-7 502 910 Florida State 23-7 468 1011 Arizona State 25-6 465 1112 UCLA 24-8 448 1213 Kentucky 23-7 409 1314 Mississippi State 26-7 378 1415 Syracuse 25-7 355 1516 Stanford 24-7 328 1617 Michigan State 24-8 310 1718 Texas A&M 21-9 273 1819 Miami (Fla.) 24-8 230 1920 South Florida 23-9 206 2021 DePaul 25-8 161 2122 Colorado State 31-1 127 2223 Oklahoma 21-10 94 2324 Florida 22-8 59 25T25 St. John’s 23-9 24 NRT25 West Virginia 24-9 24 NR

Dropped Out: No. 24 BYU.

Others receiving votes: Brigham Young (26-6) 13; Wisconsin-Green Bay (28-4) 12; George Washington (26-6) 9; Albany (27-4) 6; Seton Hall (23-8) 6; Duquesne (27-5) 4; James Madison (27-5) 3; North Carolina State (20-11) 3; Western Kentucky (24-6) 3; Duke (20-12) 1; Middle Tennessee (24-8) 1; Villanova (19-11) 1.

WEEK-BY-WEEK RANKINGSWeek AP Coaches NCAA RPIPreseason 11 13 —Nov. 17 10 11 —Nov. 24 8 10 —Dec. 1 9 9 189Dec. 8 9 10 156Dec. 15 9 9 114Dec. 22 8 8 69Dec. 29 8 8 55Jan. 5 7 6 28Jan. 12 7 6 28Jan. 19 10 10 25Jan. 26 13 13 31Feb. 2 11 12 29Feb. 9 11 11 22Feb. 16 14 13 25Feb. 23 16 16 26Mar. 1 16 16 28Mar. 8 15 14 24Mar. 15 15 14 24Final

BULLDOG GAME-BY-GAME LEAD/DEFICITOppOnent larGeSt leaD larGeSt DefiCit reSultSamford 21 (3rd, 8:19) 7 (1st, 5:55) W, 68-47Grambling 64 (4th, 2:34) None W, 107-43Miss. Valley St. 75 (4th, 2:19) None W, 109-37Norfolk State 58 (4th, 2:21) None W, 92-34Savannah State 69 (4th, :36) None W, 92-25Texas None 12 (4th, 4:56) L, 47-53Tennessee State 32 (4th, 1:51) 7 (1st, 4:28) W, 82-54Louisiana Tech 48 (3rd, 1:27) 9 (1st, 7:20) W, 93-63Southern Miss 20 (4th, 7:18) None W, 78-65Florida Gulf Coast 15 (3rd, 9:56) 1 (1st, 9:08) W, 65-60Western Michigan 25 (4th, 8:04) 7 (2nd, 3:36) W, 90-68SMU 15 (1st, 2:41) None W, 72-70SE Louisiana 40 (4th, :40) None W, 81-41South Florida 22 (3rd, :27) 5 (1st, 5:18) W, 68-58Florida 19 (3rd, 8:39) 3 (1st, 9:38) W, 76-70Auburn 18 (2nd, 1:29) 2, (1st, 6:12) W, 60-45Arkansas 28 (4th, 1:41) None W, 80-55Missouri 2 (1st, 9:57) 20 (2nd, 4:59) L, 54-66Ole Miss 31 (4th, :50) None W, 79-51Georgia 7 (1st, 5:16) 11 (4th, 8:52) L, 43-47South Carolina 5 (2nd, 6:21) 8 (3rd, 7:09) L, 51-57Tennessee 3 (1st, 2:32) 12 (3rd, 2:54) W, 65-63 (OT)Arkansas 16 (3rd, 5:34) None W, 65-55LSU 28 (4th, 8:59) 2 (1st, 6:10) W, 71-52Missouri 11 (1st, 2:44) 2 (1st, 9:06) W, 52-42Texas A&M 11 (2nd, 1:45) 8, 4th, 7:16) L, 58-64Kentucky 2 (1st, 9:43) 27 (4th, 2:09) L, 60-83Ole Miss 12 (1st, 1:02) 3 (1st, 9;50) W, 60-51Vanderbilt 16 (3rd, 4:15) 2 (1st, 9:11) W, 66-61Alabama 12 (4th, 9:22) 4 (1st, 7:21) W, 61-52Vanderbilt [SECT] 19 (4th, 1:03) None W, 63-46Tennessee [SECT] 13 (4th, 1:25) 7 (2nd, 9:42) W, 58-48South Carolina [SECT] 3 (1st, 8:44) 16 (4th, 4:51) L, 52-66

BULLDOG GAME-BY-GAME SPECIALTY STATS (MSU/OPPONENT)

OppOnent paint Off tO 2nD ChanCe faSt break benChSamford 38/12 34/9 22/3 10/0 33/6Grambling 56/18 40/2 31/7 6/6 47/25Miss. Valley St. 64/18 41/4 30/4 24/4 72/17Norfolk State 50/16 29/5 20/4 4/4 45/13Savannah State 30/12 40/4 15/9 19/2 48/14Texas 20/28 18/19 8/6 0/6 19/10Tennessee State 42/18 38/21 14/2 13/14 37/22Louisiana Tech 40/16 32/22 13/13 10/14 33/16Southern Miss 30/24 28/14 18/6 10/6 6/29Florida Gulf Coast 24/40 19/10 11/2 2/0 19/10Western Michigan 42/20 22/13 25/2 4/2 39/26SMU 32/28 14/11 22/22 2/4 21/15SE Louisiana 30/14 30/5 21/5 2/0 34/6South Florida 30/26 25/15 5/7 4/6 16/7Florida 36/24 17/18 21/20 8/8 20/36Auburn 24/34 20/6 9/8 12/12 13/5Arkansas 30/22 28/10 6/8 6/6 18/26Missouri 22/32 11/12 12/14 4/10 18/14Ole Miss 38/14 27/15 22/11 4/2 29/8Georgia 20/22 11/15 8/4 0/6 9/9South Carolina 10/28 13/4 4/6 6/14 5/12Tennessee 28/22 14/5 19/15 4/4 11/20Arkansas 14/26 13/24 10/7 2/8 14/21LSU 28/20 10/10 15/7 2/0 22/5Missouri 24/22 29/11 11/4 4/2 11/10Texas A&M 18/24 9/14 8/6 2/12 14/11Kentucky 24/32 6/10 10/19 2/8 45/25Ole Miss 28/14 15/10 8/13 8/2 5/9Vanderbilt 28/28 21/20 10/10 4/7 8/19Alabama 22/30 25/7 7/9 8/6 22/19Vandebilt [SECT] 26/8 26/2 13/3 2/0 29/8Tennessee [SECT] 10/22 15/9 11/13 2/2 6/7South Carolina [SECT] 14/36 9/16 6/10 2/6 5/9



MSU’S RECORD WHEN... 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 SchaeferScoring First .....................................................8-5 ................ 15-8 .................. 18-1 ................ 17-5 ................. 58-19Opponent Scores First ....................................5-12 .................. 7-6 .................... 9-6 .................. 9-2 ................. 30-26Leads at Halftime .............................................8-3 ................ 16-5 .................. 21-2 ................ 25-1 ................. 70-11Trails at Halftime .............................................4-14 .................. 6-8 .................... 6-5 .................. 0-6 ................. 16-33Is Tied at Halftime .............................................1-0 .................. 0-1 .................... 0-0 .................. 1-0 ..................... 2-1Shoots45%orbetterfromfield .......................4-2 ............... 10-1 .................... 8-1 .................. 9-0 ................... 31-4Shootslessthan45%fromfield ....................9-15 .............. 12-13 .................. 19-6 ................ 17-7 ................. 57-41Opp.shootslessthan45%fromfield ..........13-10 ................ 20-7 .................. 26-1 ................ 25-6 ................. 84-24Opp.shoots45%orbetterfromfield ...............0-7 .................. 2-7 .................... 1-6 .................. 1-1 ................... 4-21Outrebounds the opponent ...............................6-1 ................ 15-5 .................. 19-2 ................ 20-1 ................... 60-9Ties the opponent in rebounds .........................1-1 .................. 2-0 .................... 0-0 .................. 2-1 ..................... 5-2Outrebounded by the opponent ......................6-15 .................. 5-9 .................... 8-5 .................. 4-5 ................. 23-34Fewer (or ties) TOs than opponent ...................7-4 ................ 21-9 .................. 23-5 ................ 23-4 ................. 74-22More TOs than opponent ................................6-13 .................. 1-5 .................... 4-2 .................. 3-3 ................. 14-23Holds opponents to 65 points or less ...........12-12 ................ 16-4 .................. 23-1 ................ 23-4 ................. 74-21In games decided by 10 points or less .............6-6 ...............12-11 .................... 9-4 .................11-4 ................. 38-25

MSU’S RECORD IN... 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 SchaeferAll Games .....................................................13-17 .............. 22-14 .................. 27-7 ................ 26-7 ................. 88-45Home Games .................................................12-5 ................ 16-5 .................. 17-1 ................ 14-2 ................. 59-13Road Games ....................................................1-8 .................. 3-7 .................... 7-5 .................. 6-4 ................. 17-24Neutral-sites .....................................................0-4 .................. 3-2 .................... 3-1 .................. 6-1 ................... 12-8Non-SEC Games ..............................................8-5 ................ 16-2 .................. 16-1 ................ 13-1 ................... 53-9Non-SEC Home Games ...................................8-1 ................ 12-1 .................. 10-0 .................. 8-0 ................... 38-2Non-SEC Road Games ....................................0-1 .................. 2-0 .................... 3-1 .................. 1-1 ..................... 6-3Non-SEC Neutral-site Games ..........................0-3 .................. 2-1 .................... 3-0 .................. 4-0 ..................... 9-4SEC Games .................................................... 5-11 .................5-11 .................. 11-5 .................11-5 ................. 32-32SEC Home Games ...........................................4-4 .................. 4-4 .................... 7-1 .................. 6-2 ................. 21-11SEC Road Games ............................................1-7 .................. 1-7 .................... 4-4 .................. 5-3 ................. 11-21SEC Tournament ..............................................0-1 .................. 1-1 .................... 0-1 .................. 2-1 ..................... 3-4November Games ............................................3-4 .................. 7-0 .................... 6-0 .................. 5-0 ................... 21-4December Games ............................................5-1 .................. 6-1 .................... 9-0 .................. 8-1 ................... 28-3January Games ................................................1-7 .................. 2-6 .................... 7-2 .................. 6-3 ................. 16-18February Games ...............................................4-3 .................. 3-4 .................... 3-3 .................. 5-2 ................. 15-12March Games ...................................................0-2 .................. 4-3 .................... 2-2 .................. 2-1 ..................... 8-8Monday Games ................................................0-1 .................. 2-0 .................... 3-0 .................. 3-0 ..................... 8-1Tuesday Games ...............................................0-1 .................. 2-0 .................... 2-0 .................. 1-0 ..................... 5-1Wednesday Games ..........................................1-2 .................. 3-0 .................... 1-0 .................. 2-1 ..................... 7-3Thursday Games ..............................................3-7 .................. 3-8 .................... 5-3 .................. 4-4 ................. 15-22Friday Games ...................................................4-0 .................. 3-0 .................... 3-1 .................. 3-0 ................... 13-1Saturday Games ...............................................1-1 .................. 3-0 .................... 2-0 .................. 3-0 ..................... 9-1Sunday Games .................................................4-5 .................. 6-6 .................. 11-3 ................ 10-2 ................. 31-16Overtime Games ..............................................0-0 .................. 2-3 .................... 1-2 .................. 1-0 ..................... 4-5Television Games .............................................2-5 .................. 5-5 .................. 23-7 ................ 22-7 ................. 52-24Games vs. Ranked Opponents ........................1-5 .................. 2-5 .................... 3-5 .................. 3-6 ................... 9-21

BULLDOGS BACK IN THE "BIG DANCE" ► Mississippi State claimed its second-straight trip to the NCAA Tournament fol-lowing a stellar 2015-16 campaign. It is MSU's first back-to-back NCAA Tourna-ment berths since the 2009 and 2010 seasons.

► MSU makes its 8th appearance in the "Big Dance," sitting at 7-7 overall. ► MSU earned a 5 seed for the 2nd-straight season and will host the 1st and 2nd rounds for the 1st time. State went to Duke last season and defeated Tulane 57-47 before falling to the hosts 64-56.

► State has won its opening-round game in its last 6 appearances. MSU ad-vanced to the Sweet 16 in 2010.

STATE STELLAR UNDER SCHAEFER ► Vic Schaefer's 88 wins are 3rd in MSU history, while his 32 SEC wins are 2nd. ► Of SEC coaches with 4-plus years at their current schools, his win total is 2nd behind Holly Warlick (Tennessee) while his .662 winning percentage is 3rd.

► He joins Nikki Fargas (LSU), Warlick (Tennessee) and Melanie Balcomb (Vanderbilt) as the only SEC coaches to claim 3 20-win seasons in the first 4 years at their current schools.

BULLDOGS ADD ANOTHER PIECE OF HISTORY ► MSU has claimed 20 wins for the 3rd straight season, a 1st in program history. State's 26 wins are 2nd in MSU history, 1 shy of the top mark of 27 set last sea-son. That total is 12th in the nation this season.

► State claimed its best SEC finish in program history, tying for 2nd. It bettered the previous best of 3rd set last season. MSU matched last season's record with 11 SEC wins.

► MSU won double-digit SEC games in consecutive seasons for the 1st time.

BULLDOGS PLAY FOR SEC TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIP ► Mississippi State claimed 2nd wins against Vanderbilt and SEC to earn a spot in the SEC Tournament championship game. It was the 2nd SEC Tour-nament championship game appearance in program history, with the other coming in 2000.

► Sophomore Victoria Vivians was named to the all-tournament team after averaging 22.0 points and 6.7 rebounds in the 3 games.

MSU STRINGING TOGETHER THE W'S ► MSU is 53-14 (.791) the last 2 years. Both the wins total and winning percentage are 2nd in the SEC in that span.

► MSU's 75 wins since 2013-14 are 3rd-most in the SEC. MSU is 75-28 (.728) in that span after going 61-63 the previous 4 years.

► State is 22-10 the last 2 years in SEC play after going 18-46 the 4 years prior. MSU's 22 SEC wins the last 2 seasons are 3rd-most among SEC teams.

► Vic Schaefer has helped lead the program to a 617-603 all-time record, the first time the program has been over .500.

BuildiNg a chamPiONShiP PrOgramCategory 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16Wins 13 22 27 26Scoring 55.2 70.9 73.1 70.2Rebounds 36.7 39.2 41.2 40.1Field Goal % .364 .397 .398 .4023PT Field Goal % .301 .302 .336 .306Free Throw % .707 .707 .713 .731Assists (per game) 11.1 14.1 13.2 13.5Turnovers (per game) 20.1 16.2 16.2 14.5Steals (per game) 7.5 9.6 9.7 7.8Blocks (per game) 5.1 4.4 5.1 4.7

FIRST HALFMost First Quarter PointsMississippi State 32 vs. Grambling (11/21/15)Opponents 23 2x, last by Missouri (1/14/16)

Fewest First Quarter PointsMississippi State 9 2x, last at Georgia (1/21/16)Opponents 5 by Savannah St. (11/29/15)

Most Second Quarter PointsMississippi State 29 at Louisiana Tech (12/13/15)Opponents 22 by Southern Miss (12/16/15)

Fewest Second Quarter PointsMississippi State 5 at Georgia (1/21/16)Opponents 2 by Samford (11/13/15)

Most First Half PointsMississippi State 59 vs. Miss. Valley St. (11/24/15)Opponents 39 by SMU (12/21/15)

Fewest First Half PointsMississippi State 14 at Georgia (1/21/16)Opponents 12 by Savannah St. (11/29/15)

Largest Halftime LeadMississippi State 45 vs. Miss. Valley St. (11/24/15)Opponents 12 by South Carolina (3/6/16)

SECOND HALFMost Third Quarter PointsMississippi State 29 2x, last at Louisiana Tech (12/13/15)Opponents 22 2x, last by Kentucky (2/18/16)

Fewest Third Quarter PointsMississippi State 10 3x, last vs. Kentucky (2/18/16)Opponents 4 by Savannah St. (11/29/15)

Most Fourth Quarter PointsMississippi State 28 vs. Grambling (11/21/15)Opponents 27 by Louisiana Tech (12/13/15)

Fewest Fourth Quarter PointsMississippi State 6 vs. South Florida (12/30/15)Opponents 3 by Tennessee (1/28/16)

FINAL TOTALSMost Points In GameMississippi State 109 vs. Miss. Valley St. (11/24/15)Opponents 83 by Kentucky (2/18/16)

Largest Margin of VictoryMississippi State 72 vs. Miss. Valley St. (11/24/15)Opponents 23 by Kentucky (2/18/16)

2015-16 QUARTER BREAKDOWN



Double-Doubles: 2015-16 CareerTeaira McCowan 5 5Chinwe Okorie 2 3Victoria Vivians 2 6Dominique Dillingham 1 1Breanna Richardson 7Ketara Chapel 1Leading Scorer: 2015-16 CareerVictoria Vivians 21 39Morgan William 5 9Dominique Dillingham 4 8Ketara Chapel 2 3Teaira McCowan 2 2Kayla Nevitt 1 1Chinwe Okorie 1 1Breanna Richardson 1 10LaKaris Salter 1Blair Schaefer 1Sherise Williams 2Double-Figure Scoring: 2015-16 CareerVictoria Vivians 29 55Morgan William 17 34Dominique Dillingham 13 31Chinwe Okorie 11 14Teaira McCowan 8 8Ketara Chapel 6 14Breanna Richardson 6 39Kayla Nevitt 3 4Jazzmun Holmes 1 1LaKaris Salter 1 5Blair Schaefer 1 3Sherise Williams 920-Plus Point Games: 2015-16 CareerVictoria Vivians 12 20Teaira McCowan 3 3Kayla Nevitt 1 1Morgan William 1 3Dominique Dillingham 1Breanna Richardson 1Sherise Williams 130-Plus Point Games: 2015-16 CareerVictoria Vivians 2 3Leading Rebounder: 2015-16 CareerChinwe Okorie 12 17Teaira McCowan 9 9Victoria Vivians 10 16Dominique Dillingham 3 10Ketara Chapel 1 5Sherise Williams 1 5Breanna Richardson 16Blair Schaefer 110+ Rebounds: 2015-16 CareerTeaira McCowan 7 7Chinwe Okorie 5 7Victoria Vivians 2 6Dominique Dillingham 1 3Breanna Richardson 9Ketara Chapel 1Leader in Steals: 2015-16 CareerVictoria Vivians 12 19Dominique Dillingham 12 33Morgan William 8 16Jazzmun Holmes 3 3Teaira McCowan 3 3Breanna Richardson 3 13Chinwe Okorie 2 3Ketara Chapel 1 4Kayla Nevitt 1 3Blair Schaefer 1 1Sherise Williams 4Leader in Blocks: 2015-16 CareerTeaira McCowan 18 18Chinwe Okorie 12 18Sherise Williams 8 19Dominique Dillingham 7 14Ketara Chapel 5 10Breanna Richardson 5 11Victoria Vivians 4 6Kayla Nevitt 2 2Morgan William 2 4LaKaris Salter 1 1Blair Schaefer 110+ Blocks: 2015-16 CareerLeader in Assists: 2015-16 CareerMorgan William 26 48Jazzmun Holmes 5 5Dominique Dillingham 2 8Ketara Chapel 1 3Breanna Richardson 1 2Victoria Vivians 1 2Kayla Nevitt 1LaKaris Salter 110+ Assists: 2015-16 CareerMorgan William 1 1

MISCELLANEOUS STATSSCORING player games points avg.1 LaToya Thomas (2000-03) 125 2,981 23.82 Tan White (2002-05) 121 2,421 20.03 Alexis Rack (2007-10) 129 1,756 13.618 Ann Lashley (1985-88) 116 1,086 9.419 Victoria Vivians (2015-pres.) 67 1,072 16.0— Breanna Richardson (2014-pres.) 101 799 7.9— Dominique Dillingham (2014-pres.) 103 782 7.6

FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE player games percentage1 LaToya Thomas (2000-03) 125 55.3 (1,119-2,024)6 Sandra Butler (1983-86) 61 51.5 (345-670)7 Donnisha Tate (2008-09) 61 51.3 (102-199)8 Christine Castle (1984-87) 94 50.7 (177-349)9 Tuttie Calhoun (1975-77) 66 50.5 (350-693)9 Chinwe Okorie (2015-pres.) 67 50.5 (139-271)

THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS MADE player games fieldgoals1 Alexis Rack (2007-10) 129 340 (1057 att.)2 Tan White (2002-05) 121 222 (714 att.)3 Mary Kathryn Govero (2008-11) 128 182 (492 att.)4 Cynthia Hall (1998-01) 120 147 (451 att.)5 LaCharlotte Smith (1993-96) 106 142 (522 att.)6 Victoria Vivians (2015-pres.) 67 141 (441 att.)

THREE-POINT FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS player games attempts1 Alexis Rack (2007-10) 129 1057 (made 340)2 Tan White (2002-05) 121 714 (made 222)3 LaCharlotte Smith (1993-96) 106 522 (made 142)5 Cynthia Hall (1998-01) 120 451 (made 147)6 Victoria Vivians (2015-pres.) 67 441 (made 141)

THREE-POINT FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE (minimum 60 made) player games percentage1 Jessica Carter (2001-04) 106 41.4 (99-239)2 Bobbie Braddock (1990-91) 55 37.8 (59-156)3 Angela Harris (1997-00) 110 37.6 (89-237)10 Jerica James (2012-15) 127 33.6 (71-211)— Victoria Vivians (2015-pres.) 67 32.0 (141-441)

FREE THROWS MADE player games free throws1 LaToya Thomas (2000-03) 125 709 (914 att.)2 Tan White (2002-05) 121 413 (557 att.)3 Jennifer Fambrough (1999-02) 117 396 (511 att.)9 Laura Springer (1978-81) 117 288 (396 att.)10 Morgan William (2015-pres.) 67 274 (326 att.)— Breanna Richardson (2014-pres.) 101 218 (319 att.)— Dominique Dillingham (2014-pres.) 103 204 (295 att.)

FREE THROWS ATTEMPTS player games attempts1 LaToya Thomas (2000-03) 125 914 (made 709)2 Sharon Thompson (1995-98) 107 602 (made 366)3 Tan White (2002-05) 121 557 (made 413)9 Alexis Rack (2007-10) 129 387 (made 296)10 Ann Lashley (1985-88) 116 373 (made 208)— Morgan William (2015-pres.) 67 326 (made 274)— Breanna Richardson (2014-pres.) 101 319 (made 218)— Dominique Dillingham (2014-pres.) 103 295 (made 204)

FREE THROW PERCENTAGE (minimum 100 made) player games percentage1 Morgan William (2015-present) 67 84.0 (274-326)2 LaToya Thomas (2000-03) 125 77.6 (709-914)3 Jennifer Fambrough (1999-02) 117 77.5 (396-511)

BLOCKED SHOTS player games blocks avg.1 Martha Alwal (2012-15) 124 328 2.62 Chanel Mokango (2009-10) 67 180 2.73 Tan White (2002-05) 121 118 1.05 Sharon Thompson (1995-98) 107 86 0.8 6 Sherise Williams (2013-pres.) 106 74 0.7

STEALS player games steals avg.1 Tan White (2002-05) 121 372 3.12 Kunshinge Sorrell (1987-88) 62 238 3.83 LaCharlotte Smith (1993-96) 106 230 2.210 Mary Kathryn Govero (2008-11) 128 173 1.4— Dominique Dillingham (2014-pres.) 103 175 1.7

CAREER WATCH LOOKING AT THE OPPONENTS ► MSU leads the series against Chattanooga 3-2, but it will be the 1st time the teams have met since 1993. State is 2-1 vs. the Mocs in Starkville.

► MSU holds a 2-1 all-time lead against Belmont, with the series at Humphrey Coliseum tied 1-1. The last meeting came in 2007, a game won by MSU in Nashville 78-38.

► The two MSU squads have only met once, a 1987 con-test the Bulldogs won 63-53 in Atlanta, Ga.

A LOOK AT LAST YEAR'S TOURNAMENT ► Last season's NCAA Tournament was MSU's 1st since the 2010 squad went to the Sweet 16.

► Playing as a 5 seed in Durham, N.C., MSU defeated Tu-lane 57-47 behind 15 points, 12 rebounds from Breanna Richardson and 14 points from Morgan William.

► William had 11 points in a 2nd-round game against No. 16 Duke, but that performance combined with 15 points from Victoria Vivians and 12 points from Kendra Grant wasn't enough as the host squad won 64-56.

BULLDOGS EARN SEC HONORS ► Mississippi State sophomore Victoria Vivians was named to the All-SEC 1st Team after being a 2nd Team selection last season.

► Vivians was named to the 30-player Wade Trophy watch list last Friday. She was also on the Late Sea-son Top 20 for the Wooden Award, and the midseason watch lists for the Naismith Trophy and Ann Meyers Dry-sdale Award.

► Junior Dominique Dillingham was named to the league's All-Defensive Team, her 1st league honor.

► Teaira McCowan earned an All-Freshman Team nod.

DAWGS TOUGH AT THE HUMP ► State put together a 31-3 record in the Hump the last 2 years, the 2nd-best home record in the SEC.

► MSU has won 34 of its last 38 home games going back to 2013-14.

► Mississippi State is 59-13 all-time at the Hump under head coach Vic Schaefer.

BULLDOGS MAKE HISTORY ON THE COURT... ► There have been a number of firsts under Vic Schaefer, and MSU added another Jan. 28 when it claimed its 1st-ever win against Tennessee.

► The 65-63 overtime win snapped a 36-game UT win streak over 30 years.

► State made it 2-straight against the Lady Vols with a 58-48 win in the SEC Tournament semifinals.

..AND IN THE STANDS ► Mississippi State made history in the stands against No. 2 South Carolina on Jan. 24, setting a program record and re-claiming the largest women's basketball crowd ever in the state of Mississippi with 10,626 fans.

► It is the 4th-largest crowd ever at Humphrey Coliseum — men's or women's.

► MSU set a season attendance record for the 3rd-straight year with 80,705, 4th-most in the SEC and 16th in the nation. Its 5,044 average is 17th in Division I.

► MSU drew 48,886 fans, a 6,111 average, for its 8 home SEC games. Both are 3rd in the league.

► After recording the nation's 4th-largest attendance in-crease in the nation last season, this season's 5,044 average is a 1,245 increase from the 2014-15 season.

► Fourteen of the program's Top 20 crowds have come the last 2 seasons.



STATE STINGY WITH THE POINTS ► In the SEC Tournament, MSU held Tennessee to its 3rd-fewest points of the season and Vandy to its 2nd-fewest. State has held 4 of its last 6 opponents under 60 points. MSU is 18-3 this season when doing so. The Bulldogs are 22-4 this season when allowing 65 or fewer points.

► State is 2nd in the SEC holding teams to 54.3 ppg. That total is 21st in the nation.

DEFENSE LEADS TO VICTORIES ► State also held both Vandy and Tennessee to their second-lowest field goal per-centages of the season.

► MSU has kept opponents below 40% from the field 19 times this season. Only two foes have eclipsed 45% from the field against MSU this season.

► The Bulldogs have kept teams below 35% 11 times, with 5 not reaching 30%. ► In Schaefer's 4 seasons, MSU has held opponents to 38.2% shooting. State has kept foes under 50 points 30 times in that span, 23 the last 2 years.

FORCING TURNOVERS ► MSU has won or tied the turnover battle in all but 6 games this year. State en-ters the NCAA Tournament 15th in the nation and 4th in the SEC forcing 21.0 turnovers per game.

► State has forced foes into 20-plus turnovers 18 times this year, and is 60-11 under Schaefer, including 53-8 going back to 2013-14, when doing so.

► Only 6 opponents have committed fewer than 15 turnovers this season against MSU. It has happened just 19 times under Schaefer, 8 times the last 2 years.

TURNING OPPONENT MISCUES INTO POINTS ► MSU has claimed a 729 (22.1)-372 (11.3) edge in points off turnovers, including a 75-34 edge the last 4 games.

► MSU averages 25.1 points off turnovers in its wins and just 11.0 in its losses. ► State is 24-1 when winning or tying the points off turnover battle this season.

STATE VALUES THE ROCK ► The Bulldogs force turnovers, but they have been stellar at protecting the rock, committing an SEC-low 14.5 turnovers per game (478 total).

► That total is currently 2nd-fewest in school history.

► MSU committed a season-low 5 turnovers in the 1st matchup against Tennes-see. It tied for the lowest of the Schaefer era (5 vs. South Carolina - 2/6/14).

► MSU has 10 or fewer turnovers in 9 games this year, matching the total of Schaefer's 1st 3 seasons combined.

BULLDOGS TOUGH ON THE 3-BALL ► Mississippi State has kept 5 of its last 6 foes below 35% from 3-point range, with 4 of those staying below 30%.

► The Bulldogs have held teams to 27.1% from the arc this season, the 2nd-low-est tally in the SEC and 23rd in the nation.

► Last season, MSU was 3rd nationally holding teams to 24.8%. ► Under Schaefer, the Bulldogs have held foes to 384 of 1,361 (28.2%).

BREAKING DOWN THE QUARTER SCORING ► This season, the NCAA moved the women's game to four, 10-minute quarters. ► The Bulldogs have limited opponents to single digits in 29 quarters. ► In its first matchup against Tennessee, State held the Lady Vols to their lowest quarter total in the 4th (3 points). In the Jan. 24 matchup against South Carolina, MSU held it to 7 in the opening quarter.

Quarter Scoring Breakdown (Points Per Period)Season 1st 2nd 3rd 4thMSU 17.2 16.9 17.1 16.7Opponents 12.6 12.1 13.8 14.5

BULLDOGS FIND SHOOTING TOUCH ► MSU rates 5th in the SEC in scoring, averaging 70.2 ppg heading into the NCAA Tournament.

► State is 66-10 under Schaefer when scoring 65 or more points. ► MSU scores 75.1 ppg and holds foes to 52.2 ppg in its wins. In its 7 losses, State averages 52.1 ppg to opponents' 62.3 ppg.

► State's 2,318 points is 8th in school history. Its 70.2 average is 17th. ► It is the 1st time ever MSU has eclipsed 2,300 points in 3-straight seasons. Last year's squad claimed the 3rd-most points in program history (2,486), while Schaefer's 2013-14 edition set a school record with 2,551 points.

DAWGS CASHING IN ON CHARITY ► MSU has been the 2nd-best team in the SEC at the free-throw line, connecting on 73.1%.

► MSU is on track to set the single-season school record, which is 72.8% set in the 2001-02 season.

► State's 467 made free throws are 2nd in the league and 19th in the nation. ► Sophomore Morgan William is 2nd in the conference making 83.9% (130 of 155) at the stripe this season. She was 3rd in SEC play making 81.4%.

► William's 84.3% season free-throw percentage is 2nd in school history. She set the record as a freshman last season, knocking down 84.2% (144 of 171).

► William is also MSU's career free-throw leader, going 274 of 326 (84.0%). That percentage is 12th among active Division I players, the No. 2 sophomore.

VICTORIA SHINES IN SEC TOURNAMENT ► First Team All-SEC selection Victoria Vivians showed she deserved the honor in the SEC Tournament, averaging 22.0 ppg on 45.1% shooting from the field and 40.9% from 3-point range. The effort landed her on the all-tournament team.

► Vivians' 30-point performance against Tennessee in the semifinal and her 26 against South Carolina in the championship game were the Top 2 scoring per-formances in the tournament.

► She made 23 of MSU's 59 field goals in the tournament and 9 of the team's 14 3-pointers.

► She also paced the Bulldogs on the glass in the tournament, pulling down 6.7 rebounds per game.

NO SOPHOMORE SLUMP FOR VICTORIA ► Vivians' stellar SEC Tournament kept her 2nd in the league in scoring with 17.2 ppg. She finished the SEC slate sixth with 15.4 ppg.

► She has enjoyed an even more productive sophomore campaign, eclipsing her rookie season total of 505 points with 567 points this season. Her 567 points is 3rd by a Bulldog sophomore and 18 points from entering the single-season Top 10.

► Vivians and Tennessee's Diamond DeShields are the only two players in the SEC with two 30-point performances this season. Vivians had 36 points in a win against Louisiana Tech on Dec. 13. In that contest she drained 7 3-pointers, a tally that tied for 2nd in school history and was the most in a game since 2010.

BULLDOG GAME-BY-GAME STARTERSOppOnent GuarD GuarD GuarD Center fOrwarD reCOrDSamford William Dillingham Vivians McCowan Richardson 1-0Grambling William Dillingham Vivians Okorie Chapel 2-0Miss. Valley William Dillingham Vivians Okorie Chapel 3-0Norfolk St. William Dillingham Vivians Okorie Chapel 4-0Savannah St. William Dillingham Vivians Okorie Chapel 5-0Texas William Dillingham Vivians Okorie Chapel 5-1Tennessee St. William Dillingham Vivians Okorie Chapel 6-1La. Tech William Dillingham Vivians Okorie Chapel 7-1So. Miss William Dillingham Vivians Okorie Chapel 8-1Fla. Gulf Coast William Dillingham Vivians Okorie Chapel 9-1Western Mich. William Dillingham Vivians Okorie Chapel 10-1SMU William Dillingham Vivians Okorie Chapel 11-1SE Louisiana William Dillingham Vivians Okorie Chapel 12-1South Florida William Dillingham Vivians Okorie Chapel 13-1Florida William Dillingham Vivians Okorie Chapel 14-1Auburn William Dillingham Vivians Okorie Chapel 15-1Arkansas William Dillingham Vivians Okorie Chapel 16-1Missouri William Dillingham Vivians Williams Chapel 16-2Ole Miss William Dillingham Vivians Okorie Chapel 17-2Georgia William Dillingham Vivians Okorie Chapel 17-3So. Carolina William Dillingham Vivians Okorie Chapel 17-4Tennessee William Dillingham Vivians Okorie Chapel 18-4Arkansas William Dillingham Vivians Okorie Chapel 19-4LSU William Dillingham Vivians Okorie Chapel 20-4Missouri William Dillingham Vivians Okorie Chapel 21-4Texas A&M William Dillingham Vivians Okorie Chapel 21-5Kentucky William Dillingham Vivians Okorie Chapel 21-6Ole Miss William Dillingham Vivians Okorie Chapel 22-6Vanderbilt William Dillingham Vivians Okorie Chapel 23-6Alabama William Dillingham Vivians Williams Chapel 24-6Vanderbilt [SECT] William Dillingham Vivians Williams Chapel 25-6Tennessee [SECT] William Dillingham Vivians Williams Chapel 26-6So. Carolina [SECT] William Dillingham Vivians Williams Chapel 26-7

MSU RECORD BY STARTING LINEUPDillingham, McCowan, Richardson, Vivians, William .........................1-0Chapel, Dillingham, Okorie, Vivians, William ....................................24-6Chapel, Dillingham, Williams, Vivians, William ...................................1-1



VIVIANS JOINS THE 1K CLUB ► Vivians became the 22nd Bulldog to record 1,000 points, but just the 5th to do it in 2 seasons.

► Her 1,072 career points are the most by a sopho-more in the league and 12th among all active SEC players.

► That tally is 19th in school history. ► On a national level, her career tally is 3rd among sophomores.

Bulldogs To Reach 1,000 In 2 SeasonsPlayer PointsLaToya Thomas 1,424Kunshinge Sorrell* 1,292Mary Boatwright* 1,177Tan White 1,155Victoria Vivians 1,072* — Denotes 2-year player

MAGNOLIA STATE'S BEST.... AGAIN ► Vivians won a 2nd-straight Gillom Trophy as Mis-sissippi's top women's college basketball player.

► She became the 2nd MSU player to win the award in back-to-back seasons, joining Alexis Rack.

► MSU has won the award in 5 of the 9 seasons it has been presented, and 3 times in Schaefer's 4 seasons at the helm.

VICTORIA THRIVES ON THE ROAD ► Vivians has thrived away from Humphrey Coli-seum, averaging 19.1 ppg behind 40.3% shooting. She scored at a 15.1 clip and shot 37.1% from the field in the Hump for the year.

VIVIANS OUTSTANDING VS. RANKED FOES ► Vivians has been stellar against ranked foes, aver-aging 16.2 points in 9 games this season.

► In 17-career games against Top 25 squads, she is scoring at a 16.8 clip.

VICTORIA STEPPING UP THE DEFENSE ► Many look at Vivians for her offense, but she has also grown on the defensive end.

► Her 6.7 rpg in the SEC Tournament put her 2nd on the team with 5.9 for the season. She ranked 12th in the SEC in league play with 6.7 rpg.

► Vivians was also 12th in the SEC in steals this sea-son with 1.7 per game.

VIVIANS, WILLIAM SCORING LEADS TO W'S ► When Vivians and sophomore Morgan William both reach double figures in the same game, MSU has put together a 14-2 record.

► MSU is 7-1 in those games when Dominique Dill-ingham has joined the duo in double figures.

VIVIANS, WILLIAM FINDING WAYS TO SCORE ► Vivians and William have been able to score a variety of ways this season. Here is a percentage breakdown for the season and SEC play of where their points come from.

Victoria Vivians Morgan William Season (SEC) Season (SEC)2-Pt. FG 50.1% (54.5%) 44.6% (44.6%)3-Pt. FG 38.1% (30.5%) 15.6% (15.4%)FT 11.8% (15.0%) 39.8% (40.0%)

"MIGHTY MOUSE" COMING ON STRONG ► William has stepped up her scoring, averaging 9.9 ppg for the year and 10.9 ppg in SEC play.

► She has scored double figures in 9 of the last 13 games after claiming 8 double-digit efforts in the season's 1st 20 contests.

MORGAN ALSO LIKES TO DISH ► Of Mississippi State's 447 assists, William has re-corded 166 of those. Her assists total is the most ever by a Bulldog sophomore and 4th in MSU single-season history, 6 back of 3rd.

► The total is tied for the 5th most by a sophomore in the nation this season (36th overall).

► Her 166 assists and 5.0 average are 2nd in the SEC. She also finished 2nd in conference play with a 5.0 average.

TAKING CHARGES ► One of the reasons Mississippi State has been one of the nation's best at forcing turnovers is its ability to draw offensive fouls.

► Dillingham leads the team in charges taken with 49. She is 1 ahead of William with 48.

► Blair Schaefer, who averages 9.8 mpg, is 3rd on the squad having drawn 28 offensive fouls.

DILLINGHAM FINDING OFFENSIVE RHYTHM ► Dillingham earned her a spot on the SEC All-De-fensive Team, but she has stepped up on the of-fensive end, scoring double figures in 8 of her last 12 games after notching double digits in 5 of the season's first 21 contests.

► In her last 12 games, she is averaging 10.2 ppg and shooting 42.1% from the floor.

► MSU is 12-1 this season when Dillingham reaches double figures.

► Last season, Dillingham averaged 5.7 ppg. ► Dillingham is 18 games played and 4 starts from breaking into the Top 10 in both all-time categories.

► Going back to her freshman season, she has start-ed 86 of her last 88 games.

DOM LOGGING THE MINUTES ► Dillingham averaged an SEC-high 38.4 mpg in league play. Of the 645 minutes MSU played in SEC action, Dillingham played 615.

► Dillingham logged 40-plus minutes in 7 of 16 SEC games, including 4 of the last 6 league games.

► She averaged 35.7 mpg in the SEC Tournament, giving her a team-high 32.6 mpg (1,077) this sea-son.

DAWGS AMONG SEC CAREER LEADERS ► Vivians is the SEC's top sophomore and 12th active player with 1,072 career points. Her 141 3-pointers are 6th-most by an active SEC player and also tops by a sophomore.

► Morgan William's 289 career assists are 9th among active SEC players and also 1st among sophomores.

► Junior Breanna Richardson's 534 career rebounds are 15th-most by an active league player, while Dominique Dillingham's 175 steals are 7th overall and 1st among juniors.

BULLDOGS CLEAN THE GLASS ► MSU has won or tied the rebounding battle in all but 9 games this season.

► State's 40.1 rebounding average is 5th in the SEC. Its 1,324 boards top the league and rank 7th in school history.

► An SEC-best 42.4% of MSU's rebounds come of the offensive glass, where State is 2nd in the con-ference and 6th in the nation grabbing 17.0 offen-sive boards per game.

► MSU has won the offensive glass 24 times this year. Its 562 offensive boards are Top 3 in the na-tion.

DON'T GIVE MSU A 2ND CHANCE ► State out-scores foes 465-279 in 2nd chance points. That's 14.1 ppg vs. 8.5 for opponents.

► State is 21-3 when bettering or tying its opponent in 2nd-chance points.

PAINT PRESENCE ► MSU has enjoyed success in the paint, with 41.9% of its points this season coming in the paint. The Bulldogs average 29.5 paint points per contest against 22.7 ppg for opponents (972-750).

► State is 21-0 this season when out-scoring or tying foes in the paint vs. 5-7 when being out-scored.

CHINWE COMING ALONG ► Chinwe Okorie is enjoying a banner season in her 2nd year of collegiate action, averaging 6.9 points and 6.2 rebounds per contest. Last season she averaged 3.4 points and 3.7 rebounds per game.

► She claimed her 5th double-figure rebounding game, 7th of her career, with 11 boards against Tennessee.

► The Allstate Good Works Team nominee's 55.5% FG% would be 9th in MSU season history.

MCCOWAN MAKING ROOKIE IMPACT ► Teaira McCowan earned a spot on the SEC All-Freshman Team, and she showed she deserved the honor in the quarterfinal win against Vanderbilt, tallying 11 points, her most against an SEC squad, and a career-best 5 steals.

► She ranks 8th in the league on the offensive glass with 2.9 rpg.

► McCowan has 45 blocked shots this season, the most by a league freshman. That total is tied for 7th in program history and the 2nd-most by a Bulldog freshman.

MCCOWAN LEADS THE BLOCK PARTY ► McCowan has led the Bulldogs into 3rd in the SEC with 4.7 blocks per game.

► State's 155 total is 2nd-most in the conference and 4th in school history.

► MSU has blocked 41 shots its last 7 games, a 5.9 average.

► That run started with 12 swats against Kentucky, its most in an SEC game since a 12-block effort against Ole Miss on Jan. 11, 2009.

YOUTH IN RESERVE ► Ten of MSU's 14 active players entered the season with one year or less of collegiate experience.

► State is 1 of only 2 teams in the Associated Press Top 15 that has only 1 senior on the roster.

STATE NCAA TEAM OF THE WEEK ► MSU's win against Tennessee and its road victory at Arkansas earned it NCAA Team of the Week honors.

► State earned the NCAA honor for the 2nd-straight season (Jan. 5, 2015).

IGGY BECOMES A BULLDOG ► MSU's lone signee of the 2016 class is one of the top guards in the nation. Jacaira "Iggy" Allen, the Florida 5A Player of the Year, inked with MSU on Nov. 11. She is No. 77 nationally, the No. 18 guard by ESPN/HoopGurlz.

► Allen was a nominee for the McDonald's All-Amer-ican Game.



ALL-TIME NCAA TOURNAMENT RESULTS (7 APPEARANCES, 7-7 RECORD)1999 MIDWEST REGIONAL — 7 SEED#10 seed N.C. State 76, MSU 57 (1st Round @Lubbock, Texas)2000 WEST REGIONAL — 3 SEEDMSU 94, #14 seed St. Peters 60 (1st Round @ Eugene, Ore.)#11 seed UAB 78, MSU 72 (2nd Round @ Eugene, Ore.)2002 WEST REGIONAL — 12 SEEDMSU 65, #5 seed Boston College 59 (1st Round @ Lubbock, Texas)#4 seed Texas Tech 77, MSU 55 (2nd Round @ Lubbock, Texas)2003 MIDWEST REGIONAL — 3 SEEDMSU 73, #14 seed Manhattan 47 (1st Round @ Albuquerque, N.M.)#6 seed New Mexico 73, MSU 61 (2nd Round @ Albuquerque, N.M.)

2009 WEST REGIONAL — 11 SEEDMSU 71, #6 seed Texas 63 (1st Round @ Columbus, Ohio)#3 seed Ohio State 64, MSU 58 (2nd Round @ Columbus, Ohio)2010 EAST REGIONAL — 7 SEED MSU 68, #10 seed Middle Tennessee 64 (1st Round @ Pittsburgh, Pa.)MSU 87, #2 seed Ohio State 67 (2nd Round @ Pittsburgh, Pa.)#3 seed Florida State 74, MSU 71 (Semis @ Dayton, Ohio)2015 SPOKANE REGIONAL — 5 SEED MSU 57, #12 seed Tulane 47 (1st Round @ Durham, N.C.)#4 seed Duke 64, MSU 56 (2nd Round @ Durham, N.C.)

TEAM SUPERLATIVESMost Points MSU: 94-vs.St.Peter’s(3/17/00)OPP: 78 - by UAB (3/19/00)

Fewest Points MSU: 55 - vs. Texas Tech (3/17/02)OPP: 47 - by Tulane (3/20/15) 47 - by Manhattan (3/22/03) Most Points in a Half MSU: 53-vs.St.Peter’s(3/17/00)OPP: 43 - by N.C. State (3/13/99) 43 - by Texas Tech (3/17/02)

Fewest Points in a Half MSU: 23 - vs. Texas Tech (3/17/02) OPP: 14 - by Manhattan (3/22/03)

Most Rebounds MSU: 51 - vs. Manhattan (3/22/03) OPP: 51 - by N.C. State (3/13/99)

Fewest Rebounds MSU: 26 - vs. Ohio State (3/23/10) OPP: 29-bySt.Peter’s(3/17/00)

Highest Field Goal Percentage MSU: 55.7% (34-for-61) - vs. Ohio State (3/23/10)OPP: 57.7% (30-for-52) - by UAB (3/19/00)

Lowest Field Goal Percentage MSU: 30.5% (18-for-59) - vs. Duke (3/22/15) 30.5% (25-for-82) - vs. New Mexico (3/24/03)OPP: 24.6% (17-for-69) - by Manhattan (3/22/03)

Highest Free Throw PercentageMSU: 95.5% (21-for-22) - vs. Texas (3/21/09)OPP: 83.3% (10-for-12) - by Florida State (3/28/10)

Lowest Free Throw Percentage MSU: 45.5% (5-for-11) - vs. New Mexico (3/24/03)OPP: 42.9% (6-for-14) - by New Mexico (3/24/03)

Highest 3-pt. FG Percentage MSU: 54.5% (12-for-22) - vs. Ohio State (3/23/10)OPP: 66.7% (10-for-15) - by Ohio State (3/23/10)

Lowest 3-pt. FG Percentage MSU: 18.2% (2-for-11) - vs. Tulane (3/20/15) 18.2% (2-for-11) - vs. Texas (3/21/09)OPP: 16.7% (2-for-12) - Manhattan (3/22/03)

Most Field Goals Made MSU: 36(att.72)-vs.St.Peter’s(3/17/00)OPP: 32 (att. 64) - by N.C. State (3/13/99)

Fewest Field Goals Made MSU: 18 (att. 59) - vs. Duke (3/22/15)OPP: 13 (att. 47) - by Tulane (3/20/15) Most Field Goals Attempted MSU: 82 (made 25) - vs. New Mexico (3/24/03)OPP: 69 (made 24) - by Manhattan (3/22/03)

Fewest Field Goals Attempted MSU: 45 (made 21) - vs. Boston College (3/15/02)OPP: 46 (made 24) - by Duke (3/22/15)

Most Free Throws Made MSU: 21 (att. 22) - vs. Texas (3/21/09)OPP: 23 (att. 30) - by Texas (3/21/09)

Fewest Free Throws Made MSU: 5 (att. 11) - vs. New Mexico (3/24/03)OPP: 5 (att. 7) - by Boston College (3/15/02)

Most Free Throws Attempted MSU: 25 (made 20) - vs. Boston College (3/15/02)OPP: 30 (made 23) - by Texas (3/21/09)

Fewest Free Throws Attempted MSU: 8 (made 7) - vs. N.C. State (3/13/99)OPP: 7 (made 5) - by Boston College (3/15/02)

Most 3-pt. FG MadeMSU: 12 (att. 22) - vs. Ohio State (3/23/10)OPP: 13 (att. 30) - by New Mexico (3/24/03)

Fewest 3-pt. FG MadeMSU: 2 (att. 11) - vs. Tulane (3/20/15) 2 (att. 11) - vs. Texas (3/21/09)OPP: 2 (att. 11) - by Ohio State (3/21/09) 2 (att. 11) - by Manhattan (3/22/03) 2(att.11)-bySt.Peter’s(3/17/00)

Most 3-pt. FG Attempted MSU: 31 (made 10) - vs. Duke (3/22/15)OPP: 30 (made 13) - by New Mexico (3/24/03)

Fewest 3-pt. FG Attempted MSU: 10 (made 3) - vs. Boston College (3/15/02)OPP: 6(made2)-bySt.Peter’s(3/17/00)

Most Assists MSU: 23-vs.St.Peter’s(3/17/00)OPP: 20 - by Florida State (3/28/10) 20 - by New Mexico (3/24/03) 20 - by Texas Tech (3/17/02)

Fewest AssistsMSU: 8 - vs. Boston College (3/15/02) OPP: 6 - by Manhattan (3/22/03) Most Steals MSU: 14 - vs. Ohio State (3/23/10)OPP: 13 - by Manhattan (3/22/03)

Fewest Steals MSU: 4 - vs. Florida State (3/28/10)OPP: 3 - by Ohio State (3/23/10) 3-bySt.Peter’s(3/17/00) 3 - by N.C. State (3/13/99)

Most Blocked ShotsMSU: 9 - vs. Duke (3/22/15)OPP: 7 - by Duke (3/22/15) 7 - by Florida State (3/28/10)

Most Turnovers MSU: 23 - vs. Manhattan (3/22/03)OPP: 24 - by Ohio State (3/23/10)

Fewest TurnoversMSU: 8 - vs. UAB (3/19/00) OPP: 9 - by Texas Tech (3/17/02)

NCAA TOURNAMENT SUPERLATIVES

iNDIVIDUAL SUPERLATIVES

Most Points ScoredMSU: 30 - Alexis Rack vs. Ohio State (3/23/10) OPP: 34 - Summer Erb of N.C. State (3/13/99)

Most ReboundsMSU: 16 - LaToya Thomas vs. New Mexico (3/24/03)OPP: 18 -Summer Erb of N.C. State (3/13/99)

Most Field Goals MadeMSU: 11 - LaToya Thomas vs. New Mexico (3/24/03) 11 - LaToya Thomas vs. UAB (3/19/02) 11-LaToyaThomasvs.St.Peter’s(3/17/00)OPP: 16 - Summer Erb of N.C. State (3/13/99)

Most Field Goals AttemptedMSU: 29 - LaToya Thomas vs. New Mexico (3/24/03)OPP: 22 - Summer Erb of N.C. State (3/13/99)

Most 3-Point Field GoalsMSU: 6 - Alexis Rack vs. Ohio State (3/23/10)OPP: 5 - Mandi Moore of New Mexico (3/24/03) 5 - Amber Tarr of Texas Tech (3/17/02)

Most 3-Point Field Goals AttemptedMSU: 12 - Alexis Rack vs. Ohio State (3/23/10)OPP: 12 - Jackie Pickel of Middle Tennessee (3/21/10)

Most Free Throws MadeMSU: 13 - Alexis Rack vs. Texas (3/21/09)OPP: 9 - Earnesia Williams of Texas (3/21/09)

Most Free Throws AttemptedMSU: 13 - Alexis Rack vs. Texas (3/21/09)OPP: 9 - Rosalee Mason of Manhattan (3/22/03)

Most AssistsMSU: 10-AngelaHarrisvs.St.Peter’s(3/17/00)OPP: 7 - Courtney Ward of Florida State (3/28/10) 7 - Candi White of Texas Tech (3/17/02) 7 - Brianne Stepherson of Boston Coll. (3/15/02) Most StealsMSU: 6 - Armelie Lumanu vs. Ohio State (3/23/10)OPP: 5 - Rosalee Mason of Manhattan (3/22/03)

Most Blocked ShotsMSU: 6 - Martha Alwal vs. Tulane (3/20/15)OPP: 5 - Jordan Adams of New Mexico (3/24/03)



2015-16 GAME RECAPSGAME 1 — NOV. 13, 2015 • STARKVILLE, MISS. 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH FINALSAMFORD 12 2 20 13 4711/13 MISSISSIPPI ST. 16 18 12 22 68Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsSamford vs Mississippi State11/13/15 5:16 pm at Starkville, Miss. (Humphrey Coliseum

Samford 47 • 0-1Total 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min03 Destiney Elliott f 1-4 0-0 1-1 0 2 2 5 3 0 3 0 1 1810 Taylor Reece f 4-8 1-5 0-0 0 1 1 2 9 2 3 1 0 3111 Amara Mayers g 3-5 3-3 0-2 1 4 5 3 9 2 1 0 1 2612 Krista Stricklin g 3-7 1-3 0-0 0 4 4 2 7 2 2 0 1 2913 Brittany Stevens g 3-7 0-0 7-8 0 1 1 4 13 4 5 0 0 3404 Lydia McGee 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 3 0 0 5 0 0 905 Kassidy Blevins 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 421 Keke Fletcher 0-2 0-2 0-0 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1922 Ellen Riggins 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 2 0 0 3 0 0 931 Cassidy Williams 2-4 2-4 0-0 0 3 3 2 6 0 6 0 0 21

Team 1 6 7Totals 16-38 7-18 8-11 3 28 31 24 47 10 28 1 3 200

FG % 1st Half: 4-19 21.1%3FG % 1st Half: 2-9 22.2%

FT % 1st Half: 4-7 57.1%

2nd half: 12-19 63.2%2nd half: 5-9 55.6%2nd half: 4-4 100.0

Game: 16-38 42.1%Game: 7-18 38.9%Game: 8-11 72.7%

DeadballRebounds

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Mississippi State 68 • 1-0Total 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min03 Breanna Richardson f 3-10 0-2 0-0 3 0 3 3 6 1 3 1 2 2115 Teaira McCowan c 1-3 0-0 0-1 3 0 3 0 2 0 1 1 0 1100 Dominique Dillingham g 4-11 2-3 3-4 6 5 11 3 13 0 1 0 2 3502 Morgan William g 2-7 0-1 2-3 1 3 4 4 6 2 1 0 0 2335 Victoria Vivians g 4-14 0-5 0-2 1 2 3 2 8 1 0 0 2 2301 Blair Schaefer 1-10 0-5 3-4 2 2 4 1 5 0 0 0 2 1605 Sherise Williams 0-2 0-0 2-2 3 1 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 910 Jazzmun Holmes 4-8 0-2 4-4 1 2 3 3 12 1 3 0 5 1813 Ketara Chapel 3-4 0-0 0-0 2 1 3 0 6 1 0 0 1 2144 LaKaris Salter 1-4 0-2 0-0 1 2 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 345 Chinwe Okorie 2-4 0-0 2-2 4 1 5 2 6 0 1 0 0 20

Team 1 1 2Totals 25-77 2-20 16-22 28 20 48 18 68 6 10 2 14 200


FT % 1st Half: 11-13 84.6%

2nd half: 14-38 36.8%2nd half: 1-7 14.3%2nd half: 5-9 55.6%

Game: 25-77 32.5%Game: 2-20 10.0%Game: 16-22 72.7%

DeadballRebounds

2

Officials: Cameroun Inouye, Ed Sidlasky, Kim TheboTechnical fouls: Samford-None. Mississippi State-None.Attendance: 6463

Score by periods 1st 2nd 3rd 4th TotalSamford 12 2 20 13 47Mississippi State 16 18 12 22 68

GAME 2 — NOV. 21, 2015 • STARKVILLE, MISS. 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH FINALGRAMBLING 12 14 5 12 4310/11 MISSISSIPPI ST. 32 18 29 28 107Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsGrambling vs Mississippi State11/21/15 1:01 pm at Starkville, Miss. (Humphrey Coliseum)

Grambling 43 • 1-3Total 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min22 Yosha Watson f 3-5 0-1 0-0 1 2 3 2 6 1 3 1 1 1833 John'Ea Thompson f 1-1 0-0 0-0 2 1 3 4 2 0 4 0 0 1303 Chanta Poole g 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 3 0 2 5 0 0 1405 Shakyla Hill g 2-5 0-0 0-0 0 3 3 4 4 0 6 0 1 2012 Bre'Nae Andrews g 2-7 0-2 2-2 0 0 0 2 6 0 1 0 0 1400 Alexis Adams 0-0 0-0 1-2 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 510 Kiana Jones 1-2 0-1 1-1 0 2 2 3 3 0 1 0 1 1611 Chantiara Lewis 1-2 0-0 1-2 0 0 0 3 3 2 4 0 0 2813 Jazmine Boyd 0-5 0-3 0-0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1420 Takerra Parsons 2-8 0-1 4-8 1 2 3 0 8 1 1 1 0 2623 Darae Taylor 5-10 0-0 0-0 2 4 6 2 10 0 1 0 0 2924 Janae Smith 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3

Team 0 4 4 2Totals 17-47 0-10 9-15 7 20 27 23 43 6 29 2 4 200


FT % 1st Half: 6-8 75.0%


Game: 17-47 36.2%Game: 0-10 0.0%Game: 9-15 60.0%

DeadballRebounds

4


## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min13 Ketara Chapel f 3-5 0-0 0-0 2 0 2 1 6 2 3 0 0 1945 Chinwe Okorie c 5-12 0-0 2-2 6 5 11 1 12 1 1 2 0 1700 Dominique Dillingham g 3-7 1-2 1-2 1 0 1 0 8 3 1 0 2 2102 Morgan William g 4-7 0-1 4-4 0 2 2 1 12 4 0 0 2 1435 Victoria Vivians g 8-14 5-8 1-2 0 4 4 2 22 1 0 0 1 2601 Blair Schaefer 1-3 1-3 0-0 0 0 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 1503 Breanna Richardson 1-3 0-1 2-2 4 2 6 2 4 1 1 1 1 1105 Sherise Williams 4-6 0-0 0-0 3 1 4 1 8 0 0 0 0 910 Jazzmun Holmes 0-8 0-3 0-0 2 4 6 1 0 8 1 0 0 2612 Jazmine Spears 1-1 0-0 0-0 2 1 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 515 Teaira McCowan 8-14 0-0 5-7 9 2 11 3 21 0 0 2 1 1423 Kayla Nevitt 1-7 0-3 0-0 3 1 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 1344 LaKaris Salter 3-6 1-2 0-0 2 0 2 0 7 2 1 0 0 10

Team 0 1 1Totals 42-93 8-23 15-19 34 23 57 13 107 25 9 5 8 200


FT % 1st Half: 11-15 73.3%


Game: 42-93 45.2%Game: 8-23 34.8%Game: 15-19 78.9%

DeadballRebounds

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Officials: Beverly Roberts, Angel Stanton, Jules GallienTechnical fouls: Grambling-None. Mississippi State-None.Attendance: 3472

Score by periods 1st 2nd 3rd 4th TotalGrambling 12 14 5 12 43Mississippi State 32 18 29 28 107

In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchGSU 18 2 7 6 25MS 56 40 31 6 47

Last FG - GSU 4th-02:21, MS 4th-00:50.Largest lead - GSU None, MS by 64 4th-02:34.GSU led for 00:00. MS led for 38:53. Game was tied for 00:47.

Score tied - 0 times.Lead changed - 0 times.

GAME 3 — NOV. 24, 2015 • STARKVILLE, MISS. 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH FINALMISSISSIPPI VALLEY ST. 7 7 14 9 378/10 MISSISSIPPI ST. 31 28 28 22 109Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsMiss. Valley St. vs Mississippi State11/24/15 7:01 pm at Starkville, Miss. (Humphrey Coliseum)

Miss. Valley St. 37 • 0-4Total 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min03 Kahdejah Stevens f 2-8 0-2 0-0 0 1 1 4 4 0 7 0 1 3220 Ashley Beals f 1-4 0-0 0-0 0 4 4 3 2 3 1 1 0 2540 Feleshia Walters c 2-5 0-1 0-0 1 2 3 1 4 1 5 0 2 3015 Zemoria Jernigan g 2-9 0-5 0-0 1 0 1 4 4 2 8 0 0 3124 Kadesha Floyd g 2-5 2-2 0-0 0 2 2 2 6 0 2 0 0 1210 Chelsea Tate 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1125 Christina Reed 6-14 2-3 1-1 0 6 6 2 15 1 10 0 4 3055 Kassaedy Bolden 1-5 0-0 0-2 4 2 6 3 2 0 0 0 0 29

Team 2 0 2Totals 16-50 4-13 1-3 8 17 25 19 37 7 34 1 7 200


FT % 1st Half: 0-2 0.0%


Game: 16-50 32.0%Game: 4-13 30.8%Game: 1-3 33.3%

DeadballRebounds

1



Team 3 4 7Totals 45-91 10-28 9-11 29 26 55 11 109 30 10 6 20 200


FT % 1st Half: 4-6 66.7%


Game: 45-91 49.5%Game: 10-28 35.7%Game: 9-11 81.8%

DeadballRebounds

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Officials: Sue Blauch, Eric Koch, Troy WindersTechnical fouls: Miss. Valley St.-None. Mississippi State-None.Attendance: 3566

Score by periods 1st 2nd 3rd 4th TotalMiss. Valley St. 7 7 14 9 37Mississippi State 31 28 28 22 109

In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchMVSUW 18 4 4 4 17MS 64 41 30 24 72

Last FG - MVSUWBB 4th-00:27, MS 4th-01:08.Largest lead - MVSUWBB None, MS by 75 4th-02:19.MVSUWBB led for 00:00. MS led for 39:38. Game was tied for 00:21.


GAME 4 — NOV. 27, 2015 • STARKVILLE, MISS. 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH FINALNORFOLK ST. 12 9 9 4 348/10 MISSISSIPPI ST. 24 27 25 16 92Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsNorfolk State vs Mississippi State11/27/15 6:01 pm at Starkville, Miss. (Humphrey Coliseum)

Norfolk State 34 • 0-5Total 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min21 Kayla Roberts f 0-7 0-1 0-0 1 6 7 2 0 1 3 1 2 2325 Siobhan Beslow f 2-3 0-0 0-0 2 1 3 3 4 0 3 0 1 2302 Yazmen Hannah g 0-6 0-3 0-1 0 2 2 4 0 0 2 0 1 1603 Koryn Lawrence g 6-18 0-0 0-0 1 3 4 1 12 3 2 0 1 3511 Dominique Harper g 0-0 0-0 5-6 0 2 2 2 5 1 2 0 0 701 Kieera Basey 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 1 0 0 4 1 0 2505 Amber Brown 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1013 Alexys Long 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 114 Brehanna Daniels 1-9 0-0 0-0 2 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 1920 Ashante Doby 3-5 0-0 1-4 0 0 0 2 7 0 5 0 0 1732 Shayla Tanner 0-0 0-0 0-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 840 Ronesia Spicer 1-3 0-0 0-0 0 3 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 16

Team 3 1 4 1Totals 14-52 0-4 6-13 9 22 31 18 34 7 23 2 5 200


FT % 1st Half: 5-8 62.5%


Game: 14-52 26.9%Game: 0-4 0.0%Game: 6-13 46.2%

DeadballRebounds

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Team 2 1 3Totals 36-72 8-23 12-14 13 30 43 16 92 29 10 8 9 200


FT % 1st Half: 9-10 90.0%


Game: 36-72 50.0%Game: 8-23 34.8%Game: 12-14 85.7%

DeadballRebounds

2,1

Officials: Bryan Enterline, Wesley Dean, Nick MarshallTechnical fouls: Norfolk State-TEAM. Mississippi State-None.Attendance: 3894Technical Foul NSU Bench 9:05 3rd Quarter.

Score by periods 1st 2nd 3rd 4th TotalNorfolk State 12 9 9 4 34Mississippi State 24 27 25 16 92

In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchNSUW 16 5 4 4 13MS 50 29 20 4 45

Last FG - NSUW 4th-01:51, MS 4th-01:39.Largest lead - NSUW None, MS by 58 4th-02:21.NSUW led for 00:00. MS led for 39:46. Game was tied for 00:14.




2015-16 GAME RECAPSGAME 5 — NOV. 29, 2015 • STARKVILLE, MISS. 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH FINALSAVANNAH ST. 5 7 4 9 258/10 MISSISSIPPI ST. 20 28 27 17 92Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsSavannah St. vs Mississippi State11/29/15 2:01 pm at Starkville, Miss. (Humphrey Coliseum)

Savannah St. 25 • 1-3Total 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min15 BUIE,Shanikwa f 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 3 0 0 2 0 1 2244 DAVIS,Tiyonda c 1-3 0-0 1-2 1 6 7 3 3 0 3 4 0 2902 HENDRIX,Kenyata g 1-7 0-2 1-2 1 2 3 2 3 1 5 0 0 3505 FIELDS,Lauryn g 1-8 0-0 1-2 0 1 1 0 3 0 5 0 0 2024 BROWN,Deyja g 1-4 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1501 TREADWELL,Caprisha 0-2 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1103 SHAW,Taylor-Ashley 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 2 2 0 4 0 1 1911 WARREN,Rhianna 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 512 YOUNG,Jada 1-3 0-0 0-0 1 2 3 4 2 0 1 0 1 1514 RICHARDSON,Tanease 0-1 0-0 2-2 1 2 3 2 2 0 0 0 1 420 FRAZIER, Chelsea 2-15 0-2 4-6 1 1 2 1 8 0 5 0 1 25

Team 7 1 8 1Totals 8-47 0-4 9-14 14 18 32 21 25 1 27 4 6 200


FT % 1st Half: 8-12 66.7%


Game: 8-47 17.0%Game: 0-4 0.0%Game: 9-14 64.3%

DeadballRebounds

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Team 2 5 7Totals 31-71 11-22 19-23 24 28 52 14 92 27 10 13 14 200


FT % 1st Half: 18-20 90.0%


Game: 31-71 43.7%Game: 11-22 50.0%Game: 19-23 82.6%

DeadballRebounds

1

Officials: Greg Small, Carla Fountain, Kelly JohnsonTechnical fouls: Savannah St.-None. Mississippi State-None.Attendance: 3672

Score by periods 1st 2nd 3rd 4th TotalSavannah St. 5 7 4 9 25Mississippi State 20 28 27 17 92

In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchSSU 12 4 9 2 14MS 30 40 15 19 48

Last FG - SSU 4th-00:10, MS 4th-00:36.Largest lead - SSU None, MS by 69 4th-00:36.SSU led for 00:00. MS led for 39:03. Game was tied for 00:57.


GAME 6 — DEC. 2, 2015 • AUSTIN, TEXAS 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH FINAL9/9 MISSISSIPPI ST. 9 12 12 14 476/6 TEXAS 18 8 15 12 53

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsMISS ST vs Texas

12/2/15 7:01 P.M. at Austin, TX (Erwin Center)

MISS ST 47 • 5-1Total 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min13 Ketara Chapel f 1-3 0-1 0-0 1 1 2 3 2 0 3 0 0 2345 Chinwe Okorie c 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 5 2 0 0 0 0 1500 Dominique Dillingham g 2-7 0-2 2-2 1 0 1 4 6 0 0 0 0 3702 Morgan William g 2-7 0-2 2-4 0 4 4 4 6 3 3 1 1 3335 Victoria Vivians g 5-20 1-7 1-2 1 6 7 4 12 1 5 1 0 3501 Blair Schaefer 1-2 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 403 Breanna Richardson 1-6 0-2 6-10 2 4 6 2 8 0 4 1 3 1605 Sherise Williams 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 1 1 810 Jazzmun Holmes 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 615 Teaira McCowan 2-3 0-0 0-2 2 2 4 5 4 0 2 0 3 1723 Kayla Nevitt 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 444 LaKaris Salter 1-4 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 2

Team 2 1 3Totals 17-54 2-16 11-20 10 20 30 31 47 4 19 5 8 200


FT % 1st Half: 3-8 37.5%


Game: 17-54 31.5%Game: 2-16 12.5%Game: 11-20 55.0%

DeadballRebounds

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Texas 53 • 6-0Total 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min20 Taylor, Brianna f 4-4 1-1 0-0 0 4 4 4 9 1 3 0 1 1934 Boyette, Imani c 6-13 0-1 9-12 2 8 10 2 21 1 4 2 0 3301 Davenport, Empress g 2-7 1-1 2-4 0 5 5 1 7 4 3 0 0 2802 Rodrigo, Celina g 0-3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 4 0 1 5 0 0 1911 McCarty, Brooke g 3-6 0-1 0-2 0 4 4 4 6 3 5 0 1 3705 Hosey, Jordan 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 210 Higgs, Lashann 1-7 0-0 1-2 0 1 1 2 3 0 0 0 1 1122 Foman, Tasia 1-2 0-1 2-2 1 1 2 1 4 0 2 0 0 1632 Sanders, Brady 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 433 Hattis, Sara 0-2 0-0 0-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 440 Lang, Kelsey 1-1 0-0 1-2 3 5 8 4 3 1 0 1 0 27

Team 4 3 7 1Totals 18-46 2-5 15-26 10 31 41 23 53 12 23 3 3 200


FT % 1st Half: 6-10 60.0%

2nd half: 8-22 36.4%2nd half: 2-2 100.02nd half: 9-16 56.3%

Game: 18-46 39.1%Game: 2-5 40.0%Game: 15-26 57.7%

DeadballRebounds

9

Officials: Lisa Mattingly, Mark Zentz, Scott YarbroughTechnical fouls: MISS ST-None. Texas-None.Attendance: 2887

Score by periods 1st 2nd 3rd 4th TotalMISS ST 9 12 12 14 47Texas 18 8 15 12 53

In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchMS 20 18 8 0 19UT 28 19 6 6 10

Last FG - MS 4th-00:03, UT 4th-04:24.Largest lead - MS None, UT by 12 4th-04:56.MS led for 00:00. UT led for 39:03. Game was tied for 00:57.


GAME 7 — DEC. 6, 2015 • STARKVILLE, MISS. 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH FINALTENNESSEE ST. 14 20 10 10 549/9 MISSISSIPPI ST. 13 22 25 22 82Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsTennessee St. vs Mississippi State12/6/15 2:01 pm at Starkville, Miss. (Humphrey Coliseum)

Tennessee St. 54 • 4-4Total 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min23 Samantha Palma f 2-4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 1 1325 Jayda Johnson f 4-8 0-2 0-0 2 2 4 5 8 0 7 0 1 3203 I'Mani Davis g 3-8 0-2 8-11 0 5 5 4 14 2 3 0 0 2515 Michelle Cox g 1-7 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 0 1 2020 Brianna Lawrence g 2-8 0-4 0-0 2 3 5 2 4 1 2 1 2 3101 Tiana Parker 0-2 0-0 0-0 2 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 2 2002 Diamond Beatty 4-9 1-4 0-0 0 0 0 5 9 0 9 0 1 2110 Jordan Brightwell 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 211 Tyesha Hood 0-1 0-0 2-2 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 1 922 Tia Wooten 2-7 0-2 0-0 0 3 3 4 4 1 2 0 1 1424 Asia Sims 3-3 1-1 0-0 0 2 2 5 7 0 2 0 0 13

Team 2 6 8Totals 21-57 2-17 10-13 8 22 30 34 54 8 30 1 10 200

1st - FG %: 7-14 50.0%3FG %: 0-1 0.0%

FT %: 0-0 0.0%

2nd: 9-18 50.0%2-5 40.0%0-0 0.0%

3rd: 3-12 25.0%0-5 0.0%4-5 80.0%

4th: 2-13 15.4%0-6 0.0%6-8 75.0%

Game: 21-57 36.8%2-17 11.8%10-13 76.9%

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Team 1 2 3Totals 27-64 5-14 23-31 18 30 48 15 82 12 23 1 9 200

1st - FG %: 5-10 50.0%3FG %: 2-4 50.0%

FT %: 1-4 25.0%

2nd: 8-22 36.4%2-5 40.0%4-4 100.0%

3rd: 7-16 43.8%0-3 0.0%

11-14 78.6%

4th: 7-16 43.8%1-2 50.0%7-9 77.8%

Game: 27-64 42.2%5-14 35.7%23-31 74.2%

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Officials: Eric Brewton, Luis Gonzalez, Angel StantonTechnical fouls: Tennessee St.-None. Mississippi State-Teaira McCowan.Attendance: 3828Dead ball Technical foul on MSU's Teaira McCowan 1:50 left in 4th Quarter

Score by periods 1st 2nd 3rd 4th TotalTennessee St. 14 20 10 10 54Mississippi State 13 22 25 22 82

In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchTSU 18 21 2 14 22MS 42 38 14 13 37

Last FG - TSU 4th-02:32, MS 4th-02:11.Largest lead - TSU by 7 1st-04:28, MS by 32 4th-01:51.TSU led for 13:11. MS led for 25:13. Game was tied for 01:33.


GAME 8 — DEC. 13, 2015 • STARKVILLE, MISS. 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH FINAL9/10 MISSISSIPPI ST. 24 29 29 11 93LOUISIANA TECH 11 14 11 27 63Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsMississippi State vs LA Tech12/13/15 3:00 PM at Thomas Assembly Center (Ruston, La.)



Team 1 1 2Totals 37-70 10-26 9-12 10 27 37 20 93 24 16 10 8 200

1st - FG %: 10-15 66.7%3FG %: 4-7 57.1%

FT %: 0-1 0.0%

2nd: 12-20 60.0%4-8 50.0%1-1 100.0%

3rd: 11-20 55.0%2-5 40.0%5-6 83.3%

4th: 4-15 26.7%0-6 0.0%3-4 75.0%

Game: 37-70 52.9%10-26 38.5%9-12 75.0%

DeadballRebounds

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LA Tech 63 • 4-5Total 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min24 DAVENPORT, Tiara f 3-9 2-3 0-1 0 6 6 3 8 1 5 0 2 3425 WINGATE, Brandi f 7-12 1-1 10-10 1 5 6 1 25 1 2 0 1 3102 VASQUEZ, Rochelle g 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1404 ANTHONY, Kierra g 1-10 0-0 3-4 0 1 1 3 5 4 5 0 1 3230 SANTOS, Ashley g 3-10 1-1 2-2 1 1 2 0 9 2 2 1 0 3303 RICHIE, Ruby 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 212 PUMROY, Brooke 2-7 0-2 0-0 1 1 2 2 4 0 3 0 0 1722 LEBLANC, Jasmine 3-4 0-0 1-1 0 3 3 4 7 0 4 0 0 1423 CLEAVER, Reauna 1-3 0-0 1-1 1 3 4 4 3 0 1 0 0 1132 MOTEN, Kevione 1-3 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 12

Team 6 4 10 1Totals 21-59 4-7 17-19 12 25 37 18 63 8 24 1 4 200

1st - FG %: 4-16 25.0%3FG %: 1-1 100.0%

FT %: 2-2 100.0%

2nd: 5-11 45.5%0-1 0.0%4-5 80.0%

3rd: 3-16 18.8%1-3 33.3%4-4 100.0%

4th: 9-16 56.3%2-2 100.0%7-8 87.5%

Game: 21-59 35.6%4-7 57.1%

17-19 89.5%

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1

Officials: Eric Koch, Troy Winders, Kylie GallowayTechnical fouls: Mississippi State-None. LA Tech-None.Attendance: 3513

Score by periods 1st 2nd 3rd 4th TotalMississippi State 24 29 29 11 93LA Tech 11 14 11 27 63

In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchMS 40 32 13 10 33LATECH 16 22 13 14 16

Last FG - MS 4th-03:48, LATECH 4th-01:22.Largest lead - MS by 48 3rd-01:27, LATECH by 9 1st-07:20.MS led for 34:40. LATECH led for 04:10. Game was tied for 01:10.

Score tied - 0 times.Lead changed - 1 time.



2015-16 GAME RECAPSGAME 9 — DEC. 16, 2015 • STARKVILLE, MISS. 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH FINALSOUTHERN MISS 12 22 17 14 65 9/9 MISSISSIPPI ST. 18 25 22 13 78

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsSouthern Miss vs Mississippi State12/16/15 7:01 p.m. at Starkville, Miss. (Humphrey Coliseum)

Southern Miss 65 • 6-3Total 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min02 Lashyra Cotton f 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 1421 Jayla King f 2-4 0-1 6-6 3 3 6 2 10 3 2 0 0 3501 Tajanay Veiga g 0-2 0-1 4-4 0 1 1 1 4 1 0 0 0 3103 Keri Jewett-Giles g 0-3 0-0 2-2 1 1 2 4 2 2 4 0 0 2512 Brittanny Dinkins g 7-14 3-6 1-1 0 0 0 5 18 0 0 0 2 3210 Jerontay Clemons 9-18 0-0 6-9 0 3 3 4 24 3 9 0 2 3215 Caitlin Jenkins 2-5 0-0 1-2 1 3 4 3 5 0 0 2 0 1944 Shayla Wilson 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 12

Team 1 3 4Totals 21-48 3-8 20-24 7 17 24 23 65 9 17 2 4 200

1st - FG %: 4-10 40.0%3FG %: 0-2 0.0%

FT %: 4-4 100.0%

2nd: 9-15 60.0%2-3 66.7%2-4 50.0%

3rd: 6-11 54.5%1-2 50.0%4-6 66.7%

4th: 2-12 16.7%0-1 0.0%

10-10 100.0%

Game: 21-48 43.8%3-8 37.5%

20-24 83.3%

DeadballRebounds

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## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min13 Ketara Chapel f 6-8 0-0 5-7 2 5 7 2 17 0 2 1 5 3645 Chinwe Okorie c 6-8 0-0 1-2 2 7 9 5 13 3 2 0 0 3100 Dominique Dillingham g 6-12 3-6 0-0 0 2 2 2 15 3 0 1 0 3902 Morgan William g 4-12 1-5 8-8 2 1 3 3 17 9 3 0 2 3835 Victoria Vivians g 4-14 2-10 0-0 1 5 6 4 10 3 2 0 4 3801 Blair Schaefer 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 203 Breanna Richardson 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 405 Sherise Williams 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 310 Jazzmun Holmes 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 215 Teaira McCowan 1-3 0-0 2-2 2 1 3 3 4 0 2 0 0 623 Kayla Nevitt 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

Team 4 1 5Totals 28-60 6-21 16-19 14 22 36 22 78 19 14 3 12 200

1st - FG %: 8-15 53.3%3FG %: 1-4 25.0%

FT %: 1-1 100.0%

2nd: 9-16 56.3%3-8 37.5%4-6 66.7%

3rd: 8-17 47.1%2-5 40.0%4-4 100.0%

4th: 3-12 25.0%0-4 0.0%7-8 87.5%

Game: 28-60 46.7%6-21 28.6%16-19 84.2%

DeadballRebounds

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Officials: Tina Napier, Jesse Dickerson, Ed SidlaskyTechnical fouls: Southern Miss-None. Mississippi State-None.Attendance: 3505

Score by periods 1st 2nd 3rd 4th TotalSouthern Miss 12 22 17 14 65Mississippi State 18 25 22 13 78

In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchUSM 24 14 6 6 29MS 30 28 18 10 6

Last FG - USM 4th-02:47, MS 4th-03:54.Largest lead - USM None, MS by 20 4th-07:18.USM led for 00:00. MS led for 37:31. Game was tied for 02:29.

Score tied - 1 time.Lead changed - 0 times.

GAME 10 — DEC. 19, 2015 • TRUJILLO ALTO, PUERTO RICO 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH FINALFLORIDA GULF COAST 16 13 21 10 609/9 MISSISSIPPI ST. 22 19 12 12 65

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsFlorida Gulf Coast Eagles vs Mississippi StateDEC. 19 12:00 PM at COLISEO RUBEN ZAYAS MONTANEZ

Florida Gulf Coast Eagles 60 • 7-4Total 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min00 DUNSON, DyTiesha * 1-3 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 1 2 4 3 0 1 3602 ATWATER, Kaneisha * 10-20 0-2 5-7 1 4 5 5 25 4 2 0 0 3220 LAUGHTER, Haley * 3-7 2-6 0-0 0 0 0 2 8 0 1 0 0 2421 GLUESING, Jaime * 4-6 0-0 0-0 0 4 4 2 8 1 2 0 0 2624 GRADINJAN, Taylor * 3-4 1-2 0-0 3 5 8 3 7 0 2 0 1 3203 MEADOR, Katie 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 512 HAAS, Stephanie 1-5 0-2 0-0 1 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 2214 KNIGHT, Whitney 3-11 2-6 0-0 0 6 6 4 8 0 2 5 2 23

Team 3 3 6 4Totals 25-56 5-18 5-7 9 23 32 20 60 9 18 5 4 200

1st - FG %: 7-11 63.6%3FG %: 2-2 100.0%

FT %: 0-0 0.0%

2nd: 5-16 31.3%0-9 0.0%3-4 75.0%

3rd: 9-16 56.3%2-3 66.7%1-1 100.0%

4th: 4-13 30.8%1-4 25.0%1-2 50.0%

Game: 25-56 44.6%5-18 27.8%5-7 71.4%

DeadballRebounds

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## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min00 Dominique Dillingham * 0-5 0-3 0-0 1 0 1 3 0 3 1 1 0 3202 Morgan William * 3-10 2-4 6-6 0 2 2 2 14 1 3 0 2 3813 Ketara Chapel * 6-10 0-0 1-2 2 5 7 2 13 0 1 1 1 3135 Victoria Vivians * 7-22 1-6 0-0 1 4 5 2 15 3 0 0 1 3745 Chinwe Okorie * 2-2 0-0 0-1 3 1 4 4 4 0 3 0 0 1701 Blair Schaefer 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 203 Breanna Richardson 2-5 0-0 7-8 2 3 5 4 11 0 5 0 1 2105 Sherise Williams 1-1 0-0 0-0 2 2 4 0 2 0 2 0 0 1110 Jazzmun Holmes 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 223 Kayla Nevitt 2-2 2-2 0-0 0 1 1 0 6 2 0 0 1 944 LaKaris Salter 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+

Team 1 6 7Totals 23-57 5-15 14-17 12 24 36 18 65 9 15 2 6 200

1st - FG %: 10-19 52.6%3FG %: 1-4 25.0%

FT %: 1-2 50.0%

2nd: 7-13 53.8%3-5 60.0%2-3 66.7%

3rd: 5-17 29.4%1-6 16.7%1-2 50.0%

4th: 1-8 12.5%0-0 0.0%

10-10 100.0%

Game: 23-57 40.4%5-15 33.3%14-17 82.4%

DeadballRebounds

1

Officials: Brian Garland/ Britton Sherry/ Joselo QuinonesTechnical fouls: Florida Gulf Coast Eagles-None. Mississippi State-None.Attendance:

Score by periods 1st 2nd 3rd 4th TotalFlorida Gulf Coast Eagles 16 13 21 10 60Mississippi State 22 19 12 12 65

In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchFGCU 40 10 2 0 10MS 24 19 11 2 19

Last FG - FGCU 4th-00:25, MS 4th-04:02.Largest lead - FGCU by 1 1st-09:08, MS by 15 3rd-09:56.FGCU led for 00:35. MS led for 36:34. Game was tied for 02:51.


GAME 11 — DEC. 20, 2015 • TRUJILLO ALTO, PUERTO RICO 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH FINAL9/9 MISSISSIPPI ST. 25 15 27 23 90WESTERN MICHIGAN 23 15 11 19 68

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsMississippi State vs West Michigan BroncosDEC. 20 2:15 PM at COLISEO RUBEN ZAYAS MONTANEZ


## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min00 Dominique Dillingham * 3-6 1-2 2-2 3 2 5 3 9 4 2 0 1 2702 Morgan William * 3-6 1-2 2-2 0 0 0 2 9 5 2 0 0 2113 Ketara Chapel * 5-6 0-0 1-1 0 2 2 1 11 2 0 1 0 1935 Victoria Vivians * 6-14 1-5 2-2 1 3 4 1 15 3 1 0 4 2645 Chinwe Okorie * 3-6 0-0 1-2 2 3 5 4 7 0 1 0 0 1301 Blair Schaefer 0-5 0-2 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1603 Breanna Richardson 0-4 0-0 0-0 3 1 4 4 0 1 1 0 0 1505 Sherise Williams 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 510 Jazzmun Holmes 1-4 0-0 1-2 1 2 3 3 3 4 1 0 0 1915 Teaira McCowan 9-16 0-0 6-8 10 3 13 4 24 0 1 2 0 2223 Kayla Nevitt 2-4 1-2 0-0 0 1 1 2 5 0 1 0 0 944 LaKaris Salter 2-6 2-3 1-2 3 0 3 2 7 0 1 1 0 8

Team 0 4 4Totals 34-78 6-16 16-21 23 23 46 26 90 19 11 5 6 200

1st - FG %: 10-24 41.7%3FG %: 2-4 50.0%

FT %: 3-4 75.0%

2nd: 6-15 40.0%0-1 0.0%3-4 75.0%

3rd: 11-18 61.1%1-3 33.3%4-5 80.0%

4th: 7-21 33.3%3-8 37.5%6-8 75.0%

Game: 34-78 43.6%6-16 37.5%16-21 76.2%

DeadballRebounds

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West Michigan Broncos 68 • 7-3Total 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min01 SHIPMAN, Meredith * 4-9 2-5 7-8 0 6 6 1 17 2 5 1 0 3303 MEEKS, Deborah * 1-2 0-0 4-4 2 1 3 2 6 2 2 0 1 2630 MORTON, Alex * 2-4 0-0 0-0 0 4 4 0 4 2 5 1 0 2550 REEVES, Teagan * 1-4 0-1 2-2 0 1 1 5 4 0 1 0 1 1552 JESSING, Jessica * 4-8 0-3 3-4 1 2 3 0 11 1 1 1 0 2904 WIMBY, Deja 0-2 0-0 2-2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 910 MOBLEY, Breanna 1-4 0-0 3-6 0 1 1 4 5 0 1 0 0 2214 SMITH, Najee 2-2 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 522 MILLER, Meredith 0-1 0-1 2-2 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 524 WOODS, Miracle 3-5 0-0 1-2 0 2 2 5 7 0 2 1 0 1432 BROOKS, LaTondra 0-1 0-0 5-6 0 1 1 3 5 3 0 0 1 17

Team 0 4 4Totals 18-42 3-11 29-36 4 23 27 21 68 12 17 4 3 200

1st - FG %: 5-10 50.0%3FG %: 1-1 100.0%

FT %: 12-16 75.0%

2nd: 5-10 50.0%1-2 50.0%4-4 100.0%

3rd: 4-11 36.4%0-4 0.0%3-4 75.0%

4th: 4-11 36.4%1-4 25.0%

10-12 83.3%

Game: 18-42 42.9%3-11 27.3%29-36 80.6%

DeadballRebounds

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Officials: Jorge Vazquez/ Britton Sherry / Angel StantonTechnical fouls: Mississippi State-None. West Michigan Broncos-None.Attendance: 370

Score by periods 1st 2nd 3rd 4th TotalMississippi State 25 15 27 23 90West Michigan Broncos 23 15 11 19 68

In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchMS 42 22 25 4 39WMU 20 13 2 2 26

Last FG - MS 4th-00:41, WMU 4th-02:01.Largest lead - MS by 25 4th-08:04, WMU by 7 2nd-03:36.MS led for 30:41. WMU led for 06:21. Game was tied for 02:58.


GAME 12 — DEC. 21, 2015 • TRUJILLO ALTO, PUERTO RICO 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH FINALSMU 21 18 15 16 708/9 MISSISSIPPI ST. 31 15 19 7 72

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsSMU vs Mississippi StateDEC. 21 2:15 PM at COLISEO RUBEN ZAYAS MONTANEZ

SMU 70 • 5-6Total 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min02 ADAMS, McKenzie * 5-12 0-1 11-13 4 5 9 4 21 3 4 1 1 3803 WILKINS, Gabrielle * 6-14 1-3 1-1 2 3 5 3 14 1 1 0 2 3210 FROLING, Alicia * 3-4 0-0 3-4 3 7 10 2 9 1 3 0 0 2712 BOLTON, Morgan * 1-5 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 4 2 0 7 0 1 1515 COLLINS, Stephanie * 4-9 0-0 1-2 5 4 9 4 9 0 1 3 0 3304 REESE, Mikayla 1-7 0-1 1-2 0 1 1 3 3 0 1 0 0 1011 FROLING, Keely 1-3 0-0 2-2 1 2 3 0 4 1 1 1 0 1720 THOMAS, Dai'ja 2-2 0-0 2-2 1 5 6 3 6 0 0 1 0 1624 MICKENS, Kamray 1-3 0-0 0-2 0 1 1 3 2 0 1 0 1 12

Team 3 3 6Totals 24-59 1-5 21-28 19 31 50 26 70 6 19 6 5 200

1st - FG %: 7-15 46.7%3FG %: 1-1 100.0%

FT %: 6-8 75.0%

2nd: 5-13 38.5%0-1 0.0%8-8 100.0%

3rd: 5-15 33.3%0-2 0.0%5-10 50.0%

4th: 7-16 43.8%0-1 0.0%2-2 100.0%

Game: 24-59 40.7%1-5 20.0%

21-28 75.0%

DeadballRebounds

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## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min00 Dominique Dillingham * 0-0 0-0 1-2 1 0 1 5 1 3 0 0 0 1602 Morgan William * 3-12 0-1 3-4 1 3 4 1 9 6 3 0 0 3413 Ketara Chapel * 6-12 0-0 1-6 2 4 6 4 13 0 2 0 0 3435 Victoria Vivians * 7-24 4-10 0-0 4 4 8 1 18 1 0 1 4 3645 Chinwe Okorie * 5-8 0-0 0-0 8 0 8 4 10 0 1 1 0 1801 Blair Schaefer 2-2 2-2 0-2 0 1 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 1303 Breanna Richardson 2-2 0-0 2-6 1 1 2 3 6 0 2 0 0 605 Sherise Williams 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 310 Jazzmun Holmes 0-0 0-0 1-2 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 715 Teaira McCowan 2-6 0-0 0-0 3 2 5 3 4 1 1 1 0 1823 Kayla Nevitt 2-8 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 1 1 15

Team 1 2 3Totals 29-74 6-15 8-22 21 18 39 24 72 14 10 4 5 200

1st - FG %: 12-23 52.2%3FG %: 4-6 66.7%

FT %: 3-8 37.5%

2nd: 7-21 33.3%0-4 0.0%1-4 25.0%

3rd: 7-15 46.7%2-3 66.7%3-6 50.0%

4th: 3-15 20.0%0-2 0.0%1-4 25.0%

Game: 29-74 39.2%6-15 40.0%8-22 36.4%

DeadballRebounds

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Officials: Metta Roberts/ Ty Bills/ Axel CollTechnical fouls: SMU-None. Mississippi State-None.Attendance: 380

Score by periods 1st 2nd 3rd 4th TotalSMU 21 18 15 16 70Mississippi State 31 15 19 7 72

In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchSMU 28 11 22 4 15MS 32 14 22 2 21

Last FG - SMU 4th-01:52, MS 4th-02:13.Largest lead - SMU None, MS by 15 1st-02:41.SMU led for 00:00. MS led for 38:54. Game was tied for 01:06.




GAME 13 — DEC. 28, 2015 • STARKVILLE, MISS. 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH FINALSE LOUISIANA 12 13 9 7 41 8/8 MISSISSIPPI ST. 27 14 16 24 81Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsSE Louisiana vs Mississippi State12/28/15 7:01 p.m. at Starkville, Miss. (Humphrey Coliseum)

SE Louisiana 41 • 1-10Total 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min20 Dani Fielder f 1-3 0-1 0-0 1 10 11 2 2 0 1 0 0 2842 Nanna Pool f 7-11 1-1 3-4 2 3 5 4 18 0 2 1 0 2701 Taylin Underwood g 2-15 2-9 9-10 1 1 2 4 15 1 5 0 0 2903 Peaches Anderson g 0-6 0-2 0-0 3 1 4 3 0 1 4 0 0 2115 KaeLynn Boyd g 0-8 0-1 0-0 0 2 2 5 0 2 5 0 0 2410 Baylie Stears 1-4 0-2 2-2 1 0 1 1 4 0 1 0 0 2211 Kyle Felton 0-2 0-0 0-0 2 2 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 1122 Chey Stewart 1-3 0-0 0-2 1 3 4 4 2 1 1 0 0 1823 Jaclyn Scholvin 0-3 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 20

Team 2 0 2 2Totals 12-55 3-16 14-18 14 23 37 28 41 6 24 1 1 200

1st - FG %: 1-9 11.1%3FG %: 0-5 0.0%

FT %: 10-12 83.3%

2nd: 5-13 38.5%1-2 50.0%2-4 50.0%

3rd: 3-14 21.4%1-5 20.0%2-2 100.0%

4th: 3-19 15.8%1-4 25.0%0-0 0.0%

Game: 12-55 21.8%3-16 18.8%14-18 77.8%

DeadballRebounds

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Team 4 2 6Totals 27-76 9-25 18-28 30 30 60 20 81 18 14 3 4 200

1st - FG %: 8-21 38.1%3FG %: 2-5 40.0%

FT %: 9-12 75.0%

2nd: 5-19 26.3%2-7 28.6%2-2 100.0%

3rd: 6-19 31.6%1-5 20.0%3-10 30.0%

4th: 8-17 47.1%4-8 50.0%4-4 100.0%

Game: 27-76 35.5%9-25 36.0%18-28 64.3%

DeadballRebounds

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Officials: Felicia Grinter, Brian Garland, Missy BrooksTechnical fouls: SE Louisiana-None. Mississippi State-None.Attendance: 3419

Score by periods 1st 2nd 3rd 4th TotalSE Louisiana 12 13 9 7 41Mississippi State 27 14 16 24 81

In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchSLU 14 5 5 0 6MS 30 30 21 2 34

Last FG - SLU 4th-03:25, MS 4th-01:20.Largest lead - SLU None, MS by 40 4th-00:40.SLU led for 00:00. MS led for 39:03. Game was tied for 00:57.


2015-16 GAME RECAPSGAME 14 — DEC. 30, 2015 • JACKSONVILLE, FLA. 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH FINAL20/17 SOUTH FLORIDA 14 16 12 16 58 8/8 MISSISSIPPI ST. 22 20 20 6 68Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsUSF vs Mississippi State12/30/15 4:30pm ET at Jacksonville, FL * JAX Veterans Arena

USF 58 • 7-3Total 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min20 FERREIRA, Laura f 7-13 1-3 4-6 2 3 5 2 19 1 3 0 2 3224 JENKINS, Alisia f 3-6 0-1 9-10 4 8 12 3 15 1 1 0 0 3945 WEBER, Katelyn c 2-2 0-0 1-2 0 0 0 3 5 0 0 2 0 2610 WILLIAMS, Courtney g 4-20 0-1 4-4 3 3 6 0 12 0 4 0 0 2422 FLORES, Laia g 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 3 3 4 0 0 2 0 2 1711 PUJOL, Ariadna 2-2 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 5 1 1 0 0 912 JESPERSEN, Maria 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 623 STRINGFIELD, Shaleth 1-4 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 4 2 3 6 0 1 2433 LAKSA, Kitija 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 3 0 0 3 1 0 23

Team 2 2 4 2Totals 19-51 2-7 18-22 11 24 35 21 58 6 24 3 5 200


FT % 1st Half: 10-12 83.3%


Game: 19-51 37.3%Game: 2-7 28.6%Game: 18-22 81.8%

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Team 1 4 5 1Totals 26-60 3-11 13-18 13 22 35 28 68 8 20 2 7 200


FT % 1st Half: 6-10 60.0%


Game: 26-60 43.3%Game: 3-11 27.3%Game: 13-18 72.2%

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Officials: Beverly Roberts, Dawn Marsh, Eric BrewtonTechnical fouls: USF-TEAM. Mississippi State-None.Attendance:SEC-AAC ChallengeMSU#15 T.McCowan fouls out at 4:27(4)

Score by periods 1st 2nd 3rd 4th TotalUSF 14 16 12 16 58Mississippi State 22 20 20 6 68

In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchUSFWB 26 15 7 6 7MS 30 25 5 4 16

Last FG - USFWB 4th-00:11, MS 4th-00:32.Largest lead - USFWB by 5 1st-05:18, MS by 22 3rd-00:27.USFWB led for 04:33. MS led for 33:56. Game was tied for 01:09.

Score tied - 1 time.Lead changed - 1 time.

GAME 15 — JAN. 3, 2016 • GAINESVILLE, FLA. 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH FINAL8/8 MISSISSIPPI ST. 21 21 18 16 76 FLORIDA 15 11 19 25 70Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics#8 Mississippi State vs Florida01/03/16 1 pm ET at Gainesville, FL * O'Connell Center

#8 Mississippi State 76 • 14-1, 1-0 SECTotal 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min13 Ketara Chapel f 2-5 0-0 1-1 3 3 6 3 5 0 1 0 2 1245 Chinwe Okorie c 3-4 0-0 0-0 4 3 7 2 6 0 1 2 0 1700 Dominique Dillingham g 4-8 2-3 0-0 2 0 2 4 10 1 2 0 1 3402 Morgan William g 7-14 2-3 5-6 0 2 2 1 21 4 7 1 4 3635 Victoria Vivians g 4-20 0-4 6-10 2 5 7 2 14 0 2 0 4 3901 Blair Schaefer 0-2 0-2 0-0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 403 Breanna Richardson 5-9 0-0 1-1 3 0 3 5 11 2 4 0 2 2810 Jazzmun Holmes 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 2 0 0 3 0 2 415 Teaira McCowan 3-7 0-0 1-2 6 3 9 2 7 0 2 2 0 2323 Kayla Nevitt 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 3

Team 1 5 6 3Totals 29-71 4-12 14-20 22 24 46 22 76 7 25 5 15 200


FT % 1st Half: 6-9 66.7%


Game: 29-71 40.8%Game: 4-12 33.3%Game: 14-20 70.0%

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Florida 70 • 12-2, 0-1 SECTotal 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min01 Williams,Ronni f 4-8 0-0 3-4 5 7 12 3 11 1 5 2 0 2221 Christinaki,Eleanna f 2-6 1-3 2-2 3 1 4 2 7 2 4 0 0 2044 Lorenzen,Haley f 2-6 0-0 4-4 7 0 7 1 8 2 1 1 0 2303 Miller,January g 2-7 1-2 3-4 0 1 1 4 8 1 4 0 1 2211 Anderson,Dyandria g 0-3 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 1704 Needles,Carlie 6-15 3-9 2-2 1 1 2 2 17 2 2 0 1 2813 Peoples,Cassie 1-4 0-2 2-2 0 1 1 3 4 0 7 0 1 820 Westbrook,Simone 2-10 0-4 1-2 2 1 3 5 5 2 3 0 4 2223 Copeland,Brooke 0-2 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 424 Fleming,Tyshara 2-3 0-0 2-4 2 5 7 2 6 0 2 4 2 1732 Batchelor,Carla 1-4 0-0 2-4 1 1 2 0 4 0 1 0 1 17

Team 4 6 10Totals 22-68 5-21 21-28 26 25 51 25 70 11 32 7 13 200


FT % 1st Half: 7-8 87.5%


Game: 22-68 32.4%Game: 5-21 23.8%Game: 21-28 75.0%

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Officials: Bob Trammell, Kelly Johnson, Jules GallienTechnical fouls: #8 Mississippi State-None. Florida-None.Attendance: 1378MSU#3 B.Richardson fouls out at 2:24(4)UF#20 S.Westbrook fouls out at 2:00(4)

Score by periods 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total#8 Mississippi State 21 21 18 16 76Florida 15 11 19 25 70

In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchMS 36 17 21 8 20UF 24 18 20 8 36

Last FG - MS 4th-02:32, UF 4th-00:49.Largest lead - MS by 19 3rd-08:39, UF by 3 1st-09:38.MS led for 38:41. UF led for 00:56. Game was tied for 00:22.


GAME 16 — JAN. 7, 2016 • STARKVILLE, MISS. 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH FINALAUBURN 12 5 19 9 45 7/6 MISSISSIPPI ST. 15 18 11 16 60Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsAuburn vs Mississippi State01/07/16 7:31 p.m. at Starkville, Miss. (Humphrey Coliseum)

Auburn 45 • 11-4 (1-1 SEC)Total 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min13 Katie Frerking f 2-7 2-3 0-0 0 5 5 2 6 4 4 0 2 2815 Jazmine Jones f 4-6 0-0 0-0 4 2 6 5 8 2 3 0 0 2844 Tra'Cee Tanner c 7-8 0-0 1-2 1 6 7 3 15 1 3 3 1 3610 Brandy Montgomery g 4-14 0-2 0-0 0 2 2 1 8 0 3 0 2 3633 Janiah McKay g 1-9 0-0 1-2 0 2 2 3 3 0 3 0 1 2603 Erica Sanders 1-2 0-0 1-1 0 1 1 5 3 1 4 0 0 1212 Jonika Garvin 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 123 Jessica Jones 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 435 Cabriana Capers 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1240 Khady Dieng 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 3 2 3 4 0 2 17

Team 5 2 7Totals 20-50 2-5 3-5 10 22 32 24 45 13 25 3 8 200

1st - FG %: 6-13 46.2%3FG %: 0-1 0.0%

FT %: 0-0 0.0%

2nd: 2-9 22.2%0-1 0.0%1-1 100.0%

3rd: 8-18 44.4%1-2 50.0%2-4 50.0%

4th: 4-10 40.0%1-1 100.0%0-0 0.0%

Game: 20-50 40.0%2-5 40.0%3-5 60.0%

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Mississippi State 60 • 15-1 (2-0 SEC)Total 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min13 Ketara Chapel f 2-5 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 1 4 0 0 0 0 2645 Chinwe Okorie c 2-4 0-0 2-2 1 2 3 0 6 0 1 1 0 2100 Dominique Dillingham g 1-9 0-6 5-6 2 2 4 1 7 2 2 1 1 4002 Morgan William g 1-5 0-1 5-5 0 0 0 2 7 7 5 0 2 3435 Victoria Vivians g 9-22 4-15 1-2 2 8 10 3 23 1 3 0 3 3801 Blair Schaefer 1-3 1-3 0-0 2 0 2 2 3 0 0 0 0 703 Breanna Richardson 0-1 0-0 0-0 2 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1410 Jazzmun Holmes 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 115 Teaira McCowan 4-11 0-0 2-4 8 5 13 3 10 0 0 0 1 19

Team 2 1 3 1Totals 20-60 5-25 15-19 19 21 40 13 60 11 15 2 7 200

1st - FG %: 5-10 50.0%3FG %: 1-5 20.0%

FT %: 4-4 100.0%

2nd: 6-18 33.3%3-9 33.3%3-5 60.0%

3rd: 5-14 35.7%0-4 0.0%1-2 50.0%

4th: 4-18 22.2%1-7 14.3%7-8 87.5%

Game: 20-60 33.3%5-25 20.0%15-19 78.9%

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Officials: Lisa Mattingly, Denise Brooks, Joe CunninghamTechnical fouls: Auburn-None. Mississippi State-None.Attendance: 4610

Score by periods 1st 2nd 3rd 4th TotalAuburn 12 5 19 9 45Mississippi State 15 18 11 16 60

In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchAU 34 6 8 12 5MS 24 20 9 12 13

Last FG - AU 4th-01:35, MS 4th-02:30.Largest lead - AU by 2 1st-06:12, MS by 18 2nd-01:29.AU led for 01:54. MS led for 34:37. Game was tied for 03:29.




GAME 17 — JAN. 10, 2016 • STARKVILLE, MISS. 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH FINALARKANSAS 17 14 12 12 55 7/6 MISSISSIPPI ST. 19 22 17 22 80Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsArkansas vs Mississippi State01/10/16 2:01 p.m. at Starkville, Miss. (Humphrey Coliseum)

Arkansas 55 • 6-10 (1-2 SEC)Total 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min00 Jessica Jackson f 9-18 1-5 1-2 1 3 4 4 20 0 1 2 1 3335 Alecia Cooley c 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1103 Malica Monk g 1-4 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 4 2 3 8 0 1 1521 Devin Cosper g 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 3 0 0 4 0 0 1533 Melissa Wolff g 1-1 0-0 3-4 3 7 10 2 5 2 2 0 0 3204 Keiryn Swenson 3-6 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 6 1 0 0 0 1212 Briunna Freeman 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 415 Kelsey Brooks 1-2 0-1 2-2 0 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 1 2022 Bailey Zimmerman 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 224 Jordan Danberry 4-11 0-0 4-6 0 1 1 3 12 2 2 0 0 2625 Tatiyana Smith 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 232 Khadijah West 2-5 0-0 0-0 2 5 7 3 4 1 1 1 1 28

Team 3 4 7 1Totals 22-52 1-7 10-14 11 21 32 25 55 9 23 3 4 200

1st - FG %: 7-11 63.6%3FG %: 1-2 50.0%

FT %: 2-2 100.0%

2nd: 6-15 40.0%0-2 0.0%2-2 100.0%

3rd: 4-12 33.3%0-1 0.0%4-6 66.7%

4th: 5-14 35.7%0-2 0.0%2-4 50.0%

Game: 22-52 42.3%1-7 14.3%

10-14 71.4%

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## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min13 Ketara Chapel f 7-8 0-0 5-5 0 5 5 4 19 2 3 0 1 3245 Chinwe Okorie c 4-7 0-0 4-6 5 2 7 3 12 1 4 2 3 2600 Dominique Dillingham g 5-12 3-5 3-3 3 3 6 4 16 5 1 0 0 3802 Morgan William g 0-5 0-1 2-2 0 0 0 2 2 6 1 0 3 2635 Victoria Vivians g 5-15 3-7 0-0 1 4 5 1 13 3 0 0 2 2301 Blair Schaefer 2-4 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 3 5 0 0 0 0 1505 Sherise Williams 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 210 Jazzmun Holmes 1-3 1-1 5-6 0 1 1 1 8 4 0 0 1 1412 Jazmine Spears 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 215 Teaira McCowan 2-4 0-0 1-2 2 3 5 0 5 1 2 0 0 1223 Kayla Nevitt 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 244 LaKaris Salter 0-2 0-1 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 8

Team 3 1 4 1Totals 26-60 8-17 20-26 15 20 35 19 80 23 14 4 10 200

1st - FG %: 8-21 38.1%3FG %: 3-10 30.0%

FT %: 0-0 0.0%

2nd: 6-12 50.0%2-2 100.0%8-12 66.7%

3rd: 5-13 38.5%0-1 0.0%7-8 87.5%

4th: 7-14 50.0%3-4 75.0%5-6 83.3%

Game: 26-60 43.3%8-17 47.1%20-26 76.9%

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Officials: Bruce Morris, Eric Koch, Nick MarshallTechnical fouls: Arkansas-None. Mississippi State-None.Attendance: 5712

Score by periods 1st 2nd 3rd 4th TotalArkansas 17 14 12 12 55Mississippi State 19 22 17 22 80

In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchAR 22 10 8 6 26MS 30 28 6 6 18

Last FG - AR 4th-00:26, MS 4th-02:56.Largest lead - AR None, MS by 28 4th-01:41.AR led for 00:00. MS led for 38:30. Game was tied for 01:30.


2015-16 GAME RECAPSGAME 18 — JAN. 14, 2016 • COLUMBIA, MO. 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH FINAL7/6 MISSISSIPPI ST. 11 14 13 16 54 24/RV MISSOURI 23 13 12 18 66

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsMississippi State vs Mizzou

1-14-16 7 p.m. at Columbia, Mo. // Mizzou Arena

Mississippi State 54 • 16-2, 3-1 SECTotal 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min00 Dominique Dillingham * 3-14 0-4 3-3 4 1 5 2 9 2 0 0 1 3602 Morgan William * 3-11 0-1 0-0 1 3 4 2 6 6 1 0 1 3105 Sherise Williams * 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 413 Ketara Chapel * 1-11 0-1 0-0 3 2 5 2 2 0 3 0 1 3435 Victoria Vivians * 6-18 0-5 7-9 3 2 5 2 19 0 1 0 2 2901 Blair Schaefer 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 610 Jazzmun Holmes 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 115 Teaira McCowan 4-10 0-0 0-0 7 3 10 3 8 0 0 1 1 2523 Kayla Nevitt 2-4 1-2 0-0 1 0 1 1 5 0 1 0 1 1744 LaKaris Salter 2-6 1-3 0-0 0 1 1 1 5 0 1 0 0 645 Chinwe Okorie 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 2 4 5 0 0 3 0 0 11

Team 2 3 5Totals 21-76 2-17 10-12 23 17 40 21 54 8 10 1 7 200


FT % 1st Half: 3-4 75.0%


Game: 21-76 27.6%Game: 2-17 11.8%Game: 10-12 83.3%

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Mizzou 66 • 15-2, 2-2 SECTotal 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min03 CUNNINGHAM, Sophie * 8-14 1-4 5-6 1 6 7 3 22 3 4 0 1 2711 CUNNINGHAM, Lindsey * 1-2 1-1 0-0 0 2 2 5 3 3 2 1 1 2221 PORTER, Cierra * 4-7 0-1 1-2 1 1 2 4 9 1 3 0 0 2022 FRERICKS, Jordan * 3-7 0-0 4-6 5 5 10 3 10 1 1 1 2 3524 MICHAELIS, Sierra * 4-7 0-2 0-0 0 3 3 3 8 1 4 1 0 1901 DOTY, Lianna 0-0 0-0 1-2 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1102 STOCK, Morgan 1-2 0-1 0-0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1104 PORTER, Bri 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 3 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 1210 STOCK, Maddie 2-5 1-4 0-0 0 0 0 1 5 0 1 0 0 612 HUDYN, Michelle 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 120 McDOWELL, Kayla 1-2 1-2 0-0 1 4 5 1 3 1 1 0 0 1323 ROBINSON, Juanita 1-3 1-3 0-0 1 0 1 0 3 2 2 0 0 23

Team 1 7 8Totals 25-50 5-18 11-16 10 33 43 22 66 14 19 3 5 200


FT % 1st Half: 2-4 50.0%


Game: 25-50 50.0%Game: 5-18 27.8%Game: 11-16 68.8%

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Officials: Cameron Inouye, Greg Small, Troy WindersTechnical fouls: Mississippi State-None. Mizzou-None.Attendance: 3461

Score by periods 1st 2nd 3rd 4th TotalMississippi State 11 14 13 16 54Mizzou 23 13 12 18 66

In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchMS 22 11 12 4 18MU-W 32 12 14 10 14

Last FG - MS 4th-00:52, MU-W 4th-01:03.Largest lead - MS by 2 1st-09:57, MU-W by 20 2nd-04:59.MS led for 00:24. MU-W led for 37:42. Game was tied for 01:27.


GAME 19 — JAN. 18, 2016 • STARKVILLE, MISS. 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH FINALOLE MISS 15 8 16 12 51 10/6 MISSISSIPPI ST. 17 22 18 22 79Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsOle Miss vs Mississippi State01/18/16 6:01 p.m. at Starkville, Miss. (Humphrey Coliseum)

Ole Miss 51 • 9-9 (1-4 SEC)Total 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min11 Joseph,Shequila f 3-12 1-6 1-2 2 2 4 1 8 0 5 0 1 3503 Hayes,A'Queen g 3-6 0-0 3-7 7 2 9 2 9 2 1 0 2 3405 Sisk,Erika g 0-3 0-0 2-4 2 1 3 3 2 5 2 0 1 3120 Muhammad,Madinah g 4-8 2-3 0-0 0 2 2 3 10 0 2 1 2 3023 Sessom,Shandricka g 6-19 1-5 1-2 1 2 3 3 14 0 1 2 0 4010 Muhate Pena,C 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 924 Hart,Bretta 0-2 0-0 1-2 1 0 1 5 1 0 2 1 1 925 Alston,Alissa 1-2 0-0 1-2 0 0 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 744 Lewis,Torri 2-3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 5

Team 3 2 5 1 1Totals 19-56 4-14 9-19 17 12 29 23 51 7 16 4 8 200

1st - FG %: 5-15 33.3%3FG %: 2-5 40.0%

FT %: 3-6 50.0%

2nd: 3-11 27.3%0-3 0.0%2-4 50.0%

3rd: 6-17 35.3%1-4 25.0%3-5 60.0%

4th: 5-13 38.5%1-2 50.0%1-4 25.0%

Game: 19-56 33.9%4-14 28.6%9-19 47.4%

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Team 5 2 7Totals 28-57 5-14 18-24 20 26 46 15 79 18 15 5 7 200

1st - FG %: 6-13 46.2%3FG %: 2-5 40.0%

FT %: 3-4 75.0%

2nd: 8-15 53.3%1-1 100.0%5-8 62.5%

3rd: 5-12 41.7%2-5 40.0%6-7 85.7%

4th: 9-17 52.9%0-3 0.0%4-5 80.0%

Game: 28-57 49.1%5-14 35.7%18-24 75.0%

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Officials: Tina Napier, Beverly Roberts, Gina CrossTechnical fouls: Ole Miss-TEAM. Mississippi State-None.Attendance: 7128Technical Foul on the Ole Miss bench at 4:18 2nd quarter.

Score by periods 1st 2nd 3rd 4th TotalOle Miss 15 8 16 12 51Mississippi State 17 22 18 22 79

In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchOM 14 15 11 2 8MS 38 27 22 4 29

Last FG - OM 4th-00:24, MS 4th-01:34.Largest lead - OM None, MS by 31 4th-00:50.OM led for 00:00. MS led for 39:32. Game was tied for 00:28.


GAME 20 — JAN. 21, 2016 • ATHENS, GA. 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH FINAL10/10 MISSISSIPPI ST. 9 5 13 16 43 GEORGIA 9 8 15 15 47Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics#10 Mississippi State vs Georgia1/21/16 7 p.m. ET at Stegeman Coliseum (Athens, Ga.)

#10 Mississippi State 43 • 17-3, 4-2Total 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min00 Dominique Dillingham * 1-8 0-5 1-2 3 3 6 4 3 1 1 0 3 3702 Morgan William * 1-3 0-1 5-8 1 1 2 1 7 4 2 0 0 2713 Ketara Chapel * 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 2 3 0 2 0 2 0 0 2135 Victoria Vivians * 9-24 2-11 0-0 2 6 8 4 20 1 1 2 1 3845 Chinwe Okorie * 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 3 2 0 2 0 0 1801 Blair Schaefer 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 103 Breanna Richardson 0-3 0-1 1-2 1 2 3 4 1 1 5 0 0 1910 Jazzmun Holmes 2-4 0-1 0-0 0 2 2 0 4 0 2 1 1 1315 Teaira McCowan 2-3 0-0 0-0 2 5 7 4 4 0 2 5 1 2223 Kayla Nevitt 0-2 0-1 0-0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4

Team 2 0 2 2Totals 17-50 2-20 7-12 14 22 36 20 43 7 19 8 6 200


FT % 1st Half: 1-2 50.0%


Game: 17-50 34.0%Game: 2-20 10.0%Game: 7-12 58.3%

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Georgia 47 • 14-5, 2-4Total 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min03 Tiaria Griffin * 2-12 0-4 0-0 1 2 3 2 4 1 0 0 1 3711 Pachis Roberts * 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 313 Merritt Hempe * 4-7 1-2 0-0 1 2 3 1 9 3 1 1 1 3020 Shacobia Barbee * 6-13 2-4 3-6 5 6 11 4 17 3 3 0 0 4024 Marjorie Butler * 3-6 0-0 2-4 0 4 4 4 8 2 11 0 3 3701 Shanea Armbrister 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 404 Caliya Robinson 4-12 1-1 0-0 4 2 6 3 9 2 3 1 3 3112 Haley Clark 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 323 Halle Washington 0-3 0-0 0-0 0 3 3 3 0 1 0 2 1 15

Team 4 2 6Totals 19-53 4-11 5-10 15 21 36 17 47 12 19 4 9 200


FT % 1st Half: 2-2 100.0


Game: 19-53 35.8%Game: 4-11 36.4%Game: 5-10 50.0%

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Officials: Bob Trammell, Frank Steratore and Jennifer RezacTechnical fouls: #10 Mississippi State-None. Georgia-None.Attendance: 1920

Score by periods 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total#10 Mississippi State 9 5 13 16 43Georgia 9 8 15 15 47

In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchMS 20 11 8 0 9UGA 22 15 4 6 9

Last FG - MS 4th-01:05, UGA 4th-02:55.Largest lead - MS by 7 1st-05:16, UGA by 11 4th-08:52.MS led for 07:56. UGA led for 29:44. Game was tied for 02:20.




GAME 21 — JAN. 24, 2016 • STARKVILLE, MISS. 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH FINAL2/2 SOUTH CAROLINA 7 15 12 23 57 10/10 MISSISSIPPI ST. 8 12 10 21 51Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsSouth Carolina vs Mississippi State01/24/16 4:01 p.m. at Starkville, Miss. (Humphrey Coliseum)

South Carolina 57 • 19-0 (7-0 SEC)Total 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min22 WILSON, A'ja f 3-11 0-0 0-2 2 9 11 4 6 1 2 4 0 2631 DOZIER, Asia f 0-1 0-1 2-2 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 1241 COATES, Alaina c 2-3 0-0 2-2 1 10 11 2 6 1 1 2 3 3705 SESSIONS, Khadijah g 4-6 0-1 2-2 0 4 4 5 10 1 2 0 1 2925 MITCHELL, Tiffany g 6-15 1-7 8-9 0 2 2 3 21 2 7 0 0 3701 CUEVAS, Bianca 0-2 0-0 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 604 CLINEY, Doniyah 0-0 0-0 1-4 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 923 ROY, Tina 4-6 3-4 0-0 0 1 1 1 11 2 3 0 0 2724 IMOVBIOH, Sarah 0-0 0-0 0-0 4 3 7 4 0 0 2 0 0 940 WHITE, Jatarie 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 8

Team 2 1 3Totals 19-44 4-13 15-23 9 31 40 21 57 9 21 6 5 200

1st - FG %: 2-11 18.2%3FG %: 1-3 33.3%

FT %: 2-2 100.0%

2nd: 5-9 55.6%2-4 50.0%3-8 37.5%

3rd: 5-14 35.7%0-5 0.0%2-2 100.0%

4th: 7-10 70.0%1-1 100.0%8-11 72.7%

Game: 19-44 43.2%4-13 30.8%15-23 65.2%

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## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min13 Ketara Chapel f 2-3 0-0 6-6 0 1 1 3 10 0 0 0 1 2245 Chinwe Okorie c 1-4 0-0 0-0 2 6 8 4 2 0 1 0 0 2900 Dominique Dillingham g 2-4 1-1 0-0 1 1 2 2 5 2 2 0 2 4002 Morgan William g 3-13 0-3 4-4 0 1 1 2 10 3 3 0 0 3735 Victoria Vivians g 7-25 2-9 3-3 1 3 4 4 19 1 2 0 1 3903 Breanna Richardson 1-7 0-0 3-4 2 3 5 3 5 2 0 1 0 1705 Sherise Williams 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 110 Jazzmun Holmes 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 315 Teaira McCowan 0-3 0-0 0-0 4 3 7 3 0 1 1 1 0 1123 Kayla Nevitt 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1

Team 2 0 2 1Totals 16-59 3-13 16-17 12 19 31 21 51 9 13 2 5 200

1st - FG %: 4-17 23.5%3FG %: 0-4 0.0%

FT %: 0-0 0.0%

2nd: 5-14 35.7%0-3 0.0%2-2 100.0%

3rd: 2-12 16.7%1-3 33.3%5-6 83.3%

4th: 5-16 31.3%2-3 66.7%9-9 100.0%

Game: 16-59 27.1%3-13 23.1%16-17 94.1%

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Officials: Dee Kantner, Michael McConnell, Kevin PethtelTechnical fouls: South Carolina-None. Mississippi State-None.Attendance: 10626

Score by periods 1st 2nd 3rd 4th TotalSouth Carolina 7 15 12 23 57Mississippi State 8 12 10 21 51

In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchSC 28 4 6 14 12MS 10 13 4 6 5

Last FG - SC 4th-00:30, MS 4th-01:39.Largest lead - SC by 8 3rd-07:09, MS by 5 2nd-06:21.SC led for 29:03. MS led for 08:07. Game was tied for 02:50.


2015-16 GAME RECAPSGAME 22 — JAN. 28, 2016 • STARKVILLE, MISS. 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH OT FINAL19/23 TENNESSEE 16 17 22 3 5 63 13/13 MISSISSIPPI ST. 17 16 10 15 7 65Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsTennessee vs Mississippi State01/28/16 8:05 pm at Starkville, Miss. (Humphrey Coliseum)

Tennessee 63 • 12-8 (3-4 SEC)Total 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min12 Bashaara Graves f 4-9 0-0 1-2 3 2 5 1 9 2 2 1 1 4131 Jaime Nared f 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 1321 Mercedes Russell c 4-6 0-0 0-0 1 9 10 3 8 1 0 1 0 2900 Jordan Reynolds g 5-14 1-3 4-6 2 9 11 2 15 3 2 0 1 4114 Andraya Carter g 4-6 2-2 1-1 0 4 4 3 11 0 3 1 0 3201 Nia Moore 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 410 MeMe Jackson 0-0 0-0 2-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 311 Diamond DeShields 1-4 0-1 1-2 0 0 0 3 3 1 3 0 0 3020 Te'a Cooper 4-10 0-1 3-7 0 3 3 3 11 1 1 0 1 2033 Alexa Middleton 2-4 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 3 4 0 1 0 0 12

Team 4 3 7 1Totals 24-55 3-8 12-20 10 32 42 24 63 9 14 4 3 225

1st - FG %: 7-14 50.0%3FG %: 1-2 50.0%

FT %: 1-3 33.3%

2nd: 6-11 54.5%2-3 66.7%3-6 50.0%

3rd: 9-15 60.0%0-0 0.0%4-5 80.0%

4th: 1-8 12.5%0-1 0.0%1-2 50.0%

Game: 24-55 43.6%3-8 37.5%

12-20 60.0%

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## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min13 Ketara Chapel f 2-7 0-0 1-2 2 2 4 2 5 1 0 0 1 1845 Chinwe Okorie c 5-8 0-0 0-1 1 7 8 2 10 0 0 1 1 3300 Dominique Dillingham g 6-13 0-2 2-2 1 5 6 3 14 1 2 1 2 4302 Morgan William g 4-17 1-3 2-2 2 2 4 2 11 7 1 0 1 4035 Victoria Vivians g 4-16 1-8 5-5 1 6 7 3 14 0 0 1 0 3801 Blair Schaefer 1-2 1-2 2-4 2 0 2 1 5 0 1 0 0 903 Breanna Richardson 1-2 0-1 1-2 3 2 5 5 3 1 1 0 0 2610 Jazzmun Holmes 1-4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 515 Teaira McCowan 0-2 0-0 1-2 5 2 7 3 1 2 0 0 0 1244 LaKaris Salter 0-2 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

Team 2 0 2Totals 24-73 3-16 14-20 20 26 46 21 65 12 5 3 5 225

1st - FG %: 8-18 44.4%3FG %: 1-2 50.0%

FT %: 0-1 0.0%

2nd: 5-14 35.7%1-4 25.0%5-8 62.5%

3rd: 3-20 15.0%0-3 0.0%4-6 66.7%

4th: 5-14 35.7%1-5 20.0%4-4 100.0%

Game: 24-73 32.9%3-16 18.8%14-20 70.0%

DeadballRebounds

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Officials: Brian Hall, Laura Morris, Roy GulbeyanTechnical fouls: Tennessee-None. Mississippi State-None.Attendance: 5710

Score by periods 1st 2nd 3rd 4th O T TotalTennessee 16 17 22 3 5 63Mississippi State 17 16 10 15 7 65

In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchUT 22 5 15 4 20MS 28 14 19 4 11

Last FG - UT OT-02:47, MS OT-01:05.Largest lead - UT by 12 3rd-02:54, MS by 3 1st-02:32.UT led for 23:28. MS led for 13:15. Game was tied for 08:17.


GAME 23 — JAN. 31, 2016 • FAYETTEVILLE, ARK. 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH FINAL13/13 MISSISSIPPI ST. 16 11 19 19 65 ARKANSAS 8 10 14 23 55Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsMississippi State vs Arkansas01/31/16 2 p.m. at Fayetteville, Ark. (Bud Walton Arena)


## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min13 Ketara Chapel f 3-6 0-0 0-0 0 4 4 4 6 1 3 0 0 2645 Chinwe Okorie c 2-3 0-0 2-2 4 3 7 1 6 0 2 1 0 2100 Dominique Dillingham g 5-12 1-1 0-0 1 4 5 4 11 1 1 1 3 3902 Morgan William g 1-6 0-2 9-12 0 5 5 5 11 4 6 0 1 3435 Victoria Vivians g 5-12 1-2 6-6 1 4 5 2 17 3 1 0 0 3901 Blair Schaefer 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 203 Breanna Richardson 4-5 0-0 2-2 3 2 5 2 10 0 4 0 0 2505 Sherise Williams 0-0 0-0 2-2 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 410 Jazzmun Holmes 1-3 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 615 Teaira McCowan 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 423 Kayla Nevitt 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+

Team 2 3 5 1Totals 21-48 2-7 21-24 11 27 38 20 65 11 21 3 5 200

1st - FG %: 7-18 38.9%3FG %: 0-4 0.0%

FT %: 2-2 100.0%

2nd: 4-9 44.4%0-1 0.0%3-4 75.0%

3rd: 5-13 38.5%1-1 100.0%8-8 100.0%

4th: 5-8 62.5%1-1 100.0%8-10 80.0%

Game: 21-48 43.8%2-7 28.6%

21-24 87.5%

DeadballRebounds

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Arkansas 55 • 9-13, 4-5 SECTotal 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min00 Jessica Jackson f 3-14 3-5 3-4 1 4 5 5 12 1 2 1 0 2935 Alecia Cooley c 3-4 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 1 6 0 0 0 0 2015 Kelsey Brooks g 1-5 0-3 3-3 1 0 1 2 5 1 4 0 0 2321 Devin Cosper g 2-10 0-1 0-0 0 2 2 0 4 1 1 0 1 1633 Melissa Wolff g 2-6 0-0 3-4 5 4 9 1 7 0 2 0 1 3003 Malica Monk 1-4 0-0 1-2 0 2 2 5 3 2 1 0 0 1104 Keiryn Swenson 2-6 0-1 0-0 4 0 4 0 4 0 1 0 0 2112 Briunna Freeman 1-6 0-0 0-0 3 1 4 4 2 1 2 0 1 2122 Bailey Zimmerman 0-0 0-0 0-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 424 Jordan Danberry 4-8 0-1 4-4 1 2 3 5 12 2 3 0 1 2132 Khadijah West 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4

Team 0 1 1Totals 19-63 3-11 14-19 16 17 33 24 55 8 16 1 5 200

1st - FG %: 4-16 25.0%3FG %: 0-3 0.0%

FT %: 0-0 0.0%

2nd: 4-14 28.6%0-3 0.0%2-6 33.3%

3rd: 5-15 33.3%1-1 100.0%3-4 75.0%

4th: 6-18 33.3%2-4 50.0%9-9 100.0%

Game: 19-63 30.2%3-11 27.3%14-19 73.7%

DeadballRebounds

4,1

Officials: Jesse Dickerson, Sue Blauch, Ed SidlaskyTechnical fouls: Mississippi State-None. Arkansas-None.Attendance: 5273Estimated Actual Attendance: 4,011Fouled out: Arkansas #3, Monk (8:27 4Q); #24, Danberry (2:52 4Q) Arkansas #00, Jackson (0:11.1, 4Q) Mississippi State #2, William (0:36.9 4Q)

Score by periods 1st 2nd 3rd 4th TotalMississippi State 16 11 19 19 65Arkansas 8 10 14 23 55

In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchMS 14 13 10 2 14AR 26 24 7 8 21

Last FG - MS 4th-01:32, AR 4th-00:36.Largest lead - MS by 16 3rd-05:34, AR None.MS led for 38:11. AR led for 00:00. Game was tied for 01:18.


GAME 24 — FEB. 4, 2016 • BATON ROUGE, LA. 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH FINAL11/12 MISSISSIPPI ST. 10 20 19 22 71 LSU 10 6 10 26 52

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics#11 Mississippi State vs LSU02/04/16 8:10 pm at Baton Rouge, LA (Maravich Center)

#11 Mississippi State 71 • 20-4 (7-3)Total 3-Ptr Rebounds


Team 2 1 3Totals 28-57 5-12 10-13 16 19 35 19 71 9 10 3 8 200

1st - FG %: 5-15 33.3%3FG %: 0-2 0.0%

FT %: 0-0 0.0%

2nd: 8-11 72.7%2-3 66.7%2-2 100.0%

3rd: 6-16 37.5%2-3 66.7%5-6 83.3%

4th: 9-15 60.0%1-4 25.0%3-5 60.0%

Game: 28-57 49.1%5-12 41.7%10-13 76.9%

DeadballRebounds

1

LSU 52 • 8-15 (2-8)Total 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min03 BETHEL, Akilah f 2-5 0-0 6-8 2 4 6 2 10 2 4 0 1 3320 HYDER, Alexis f 3-10 1-1 1-2 3 3 6 4 8 2 3 0 1 2402 NORTON, Shanice g 6-13 0-0 3-4 2 3 5 3 15 0 3 0 2 4010 RHODES, Jasmine g 2-7 0-0 0-0 1 2 3 3 4 0 0 2 1 3013 HILL, Rina g 4-10 0-1 2-2 1 1 2 1 10 2 1 0 1 3504 PEDERSEN, Anne 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 2323 LEE, Kayla 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 135 FAREO, Alliyah 1-1 0-0 1-1 1 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 1142 HUMBLES, Ashley 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3

Team 0 1 1Totals 19-48 1-2 13-17 11 15 26 16 52 7 13 2 6 200

1st - FG %: 5-14 35.7%3FG %: 0-0 0.0%

FT %: 0-0 0.0%

2nd: 2-11 18.2%0-1 0.0%2-4 50.0%

3rd: 3-9 33.3%0-0 0.0%4-5 80.0%

4th: 9-14 64.3%1-1 100.0%7-8 87.5%

Game: 19-48 39.6%1-2 50.0%

13-17 76.5%

DeadballRebounds

3

Officials: Lisa Mattingly, Denise Brooks, Troy WindersTechnical fouls: #11 Mississippi State-None. LSU-None.Attendance: 2194

Score by periods 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total#11 Mississippi State 10 20 19 22 71LSU 10 6 10 26 52

In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchMS 28 10 15 2 22LSU 20 10 7 0 5

Last FG - MS 4th-01:42, LSU 4th-00:49.Largest lead - MS by 28 4th-08:59, LSU by 2 1st-06:10.MS led for 29:47. LSU led for 04:05. Game was tied for 05:23.




GAME 25 — FEB. 7, 2016 • STARKVILLE, MISS. 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH FINAL21/21 MISSOURI 6 12 9 15 42 11/12 MISSISSIPPI ST. 17 6 12 17 52Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsMizzou vs Mississippi State01/07/16 2:01 p.m. at Starkville, Miss. (Humphrey Coliseum)

Mizzou 42 • 18-6 (5-6 SEC)Total 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min21 PORTER, Cierra f 1-7 0-2 3-4 3 6 9 3 5 2 1 0 1 3322 FRERICKS, Jordan f 4-9 0-0 4-6 1 9 10 5 12 0 5 0 2 3103 CUNNINGHAM, Sophie g 5-11 0-1 3-4 1 4 5 2 13 1 4 1 0 3911 CUNNINGHAM, Lindsey g 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 0 0 1224 MICHAELIS, Sierra g 0-3 0-1 2-2 0 1 1 4 2 1 3 0 0 1901 DOTY, Lianna 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 4 0 1 3 0 0 902 STOCK, Morgan 2-7 2-6 0-0 0 0 0 2 6 1 0 0 0 2104 PORTER, Bri 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 410 STOCK, Maddie 1-2 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 1020 McDOWELL, Kayla 1-3 0-0 0-0 1 3 4 1 2 1 1 0 0 1123 ROBINSON, Juanita 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 2 0 1 3 0 0 11

Team 3 2 5 1 2Totals 14-44 2-12 12-16 10 27 37 29 42 8 27 2 3 200

1st - FG %: 2-15 13.3%3FG %: 0-4 0.0%

FT %: 2-2 100.0%

2nd: 5-13 38.5%1-6 16.7%1-2 50.0%

3rd: 0-6 0.0%0-1 0.0%9-12 75.0%

4th: 7-10 70.0%1-1 100.0%0-0 0.0%

Game: 14-44 31.8%2-12 16.7%12-16 75.0%

DeadballRebounds

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Team 2 2 4 2Totals 18-55 1-10 15-22 13 19 32 23 52 7 18 4 8 200

1st - FG %: 6-13 46.2%3FG %: 0-2 0.0%

FT %: 5-9 55.6%

2nd: 2-13 15.4%0-1 0.0%2-4 50.0%

3rd: 3-13 23.1%1-7 14.3%5-6 83.3%

4th: 7-16 43.8%0-0 0.0%3-3 100.0%

Game: 18-55 32.7%1-10 10.0%15-22 68.2%

DeadballRebounds

4,2

Officials: Scott Yarbrough, Felicia Grinter, Jules GallienTechnical fouls: Mizzou-TEAM. Mississippi State-None.Attendance: 4521Technical foul Missouri Head Coach :12.2 1st Quarter

Score by periods 1st 2nd 3rd 4th TotalMizzou 6 12 9 15 42Mississippi State 17 6 12 17 52

In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchMU-W 22 11 4 2 10MS 24 29 11 4 11

Last FG - MU-W 4th-01:31, MS 4th-01:04.Largest lead - MU-W by 2 1st-09:06, MS by 11 1st-02:44.MU-W led for 02:44. MS led for 35:16. Game was tied for 01:51.


2015-16 GAME RECAPSGAME 26 — FEB. 11, 2016 • COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH FINAL11/11 MISSISSIPPI ST. 10 22 15 11 58 15/13 TEXAS A&M 7 19 22 16 64Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsMississippi State vs Texas A&M02/11/16 6 p.m. at College Station, Texas (Reed Arena)


## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min00 Dominique Dillingham * 4-8 1-2 2-2 0 3 3 5 11 0 2 0 2 40-02 Morgan William * 4-15 1-5 9-10 1 2 3 1 18 6 3 0 1 3813 Ketara Chapel * 0-2 0-0 0-0 3 2 5 0 0 2 2 2 0 2035 Victoria Vivians * 5-20 3-7 0-0 0 6 6 3 13 1 2 0 2 4045 Chinwe Okorie * 1-4 0-0 0-0 2 5 7 3 2 0 2 0 1 2201 Blair Schaefer 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+03 Breanna Richardson 3-4 0-0 3-4 5 1 6 0 9 2 3 1 0 2005 Sherise Williams 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 210 Jazzmun Holmes 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 215 Teaira McCowan 2-5 0-0 1-3 5 1 6 2 5 0 2 2 0 1623 Kayla Nevitt 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+

Team 3 1 4Totals 19-61 5-15 15-19 19 23 42 14 58 11 17 5 6 200

1st - FG %: 4-17 23.5%3FG %: 2-3 66.7%

FT %: 0-0 0.0%

2nd: 6-15 40.0%2-5 40.0%8-10 80.0%

3rd: 6-15 40.0%1-4 25.0%2-3 66.7%

4th: 3-14 21.4%0-3 0.0%5-6 83.3%

Game: 19-61 31.1%5-15 33.3%15-19 78.9%

DeadballRebounds

2

Texas A&M 64 • 17-7, 7-4 SECTotal 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min00 Khaalia Hillsman * 2-6 0-0 0-0 1 4 5 2 4 0 2 1 0 1901 Courtney Williams * 10-19 1-3 1-4 4 2 6 2 22 1 3 1 2 3305 Anriel Howard * 1-4 0-0 0-0 4 3 7 2 2 0 1 0 1 2411 Curtyce Knox * 2-4 0-0 0-0 0 4 4 4 4 5 1 0 1 2933 Courtney Walker * 8-16 0-0 5-6 3 5 8 1 21 4 5 1 1 4003 Taylor Cooper 1-1 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 410 Shlonte Allen 2-6 0-0 2-2 0 0 0 2 6 1 1 0 3 1112 Danni Williams 0-1 0-1 2-2 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 113 Chelsea Jennings 0-3 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 1221 Jasmine Lumpkin 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 823 Rachel Mitchell 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 19

Team 1 5 6 1Totals 26-60 2-5 10-14 14 25 39 19 64 11 15 5 8 200

1st - FG %: 3-17 17.6%3FG %: 0-0 0.0%

FT %: 1-2 50.0%

2nd: 8-18 44.4%1-2 50.0%2-4 50.0%

3rd: 10-15 66.7%0-0 0.0%2-2 100.0%

4th: 5-10 50.0%1-3 33.3%5-6 83.3%

Game: 26-60 43.3%2-5 40.0%

10-14 71.4%

DeadballRebounds

1

Officials: Michael Price, Bryan Enterline, Missy BrooksTechnical fouls: Mississippi State-None. Texas A&M-Rachel Mitchell.Attendance: 5645

Score by periods 1st 2nd 3rd 4th TotalMississippi State 10 22 15 11 58Texas A&M 7 19 22 16 64

In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchMS 18 9 8 2 14TAMU 24 14 6 12 11

Last FG - MS 4th-00:53, TAMU 4th-01:19.Largest lead - MS by 11 2nd-01:45, TAMU by 8 4th-07:16.MS led for 24:13. TAMU led for 11:13. Game was tied for 04:34.


GAME 27 — FEB. 18, 2016 • STARKVILLE, MISS. 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH FINAL16/16 KENTUCKY 20 17 22 24 83 14/13 MISSISSIPPI ST. 14 16 10 20 60Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsKentucky vs Mississippi State02/18/16 6:01 p.m. at Starkville, Miss. (Humphrey Coliseum)

Kentucky 83 • 18-6 (7-6 SEC)Total 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min01 Camara, Batouly f 4-6 0-0 0-1 1 2 3 3 8 0 0 1 0 1313 Akhator, Evelyn f 3-14 0-0 2-2 4 8 12 3 8 1 1 0 1 3403 Thompson, Janee g 4-12 1-3 0-0 1 0 1 3 9 4 2 0 1 3504 Morris, Maci g 6-9 2-3 3-4 1 3 4 3 17 2 1 0 0 2625 Epps, Makayla g 6-12 0-0 4-4 1 7 8 3 16 5 2 0 0 3202 Jakubcova, Ivana 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 224 Murray, Taylor 3-6 1-3 6-6 2 2 4 2 13 4 1 0 1 2735 Jennings, Alexis 4-6 0-0 4-5 3 4 7 3 12 0 1 0 0 2245 Rice, Alyssa 0-1 0-0 0-2 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 9

Team 4 4 8 1Totals 30-67 4-9 19-24 18 31 49 21 83 17 9 1 3 200

1st - FG %: 7-14 50.0%3FG %: 0-2 0.0%

FT %: 6-7 85.7%

2nd: 6-18 33.3%1-3 33.3%4-5 80.0%

3rd: 7-12 58.3%1-2 50.0%7-8 87.5%

4th: 10-23 43.5%2-2 100.0%2-4 50.0%

Game: 30-67 44.8%4-9 44.4%

19-24 79.2%

DeadballRebounds

1


## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min13 Ketara Chapel f 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 445 Chinwe Okorie c 0-3 0-0 0-2 2 1 3 2 0 0 3 0 0 1700 Dominique Dillingham g 1-5 0-1 2-2 3 1 4 3 4 2 0 3 0 3702 Morgan William g 2-6 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 2 4 4 2 0 0 2135 Victoria Vivians g 3-11 0-2 1-2 0 1 1 2 7 0 1 0 0 1301 Blair Schaefer 2-7 2-5 0-0 1 1 2 2 6 1 2 0 0 2103 Breanna Richardson 5-7 0-0 3-7 2 4 6 1 13 0 1 2 0 2805 Sherise Williams 1-3 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 515 Teaira McCowan 2-6 0-0 0-0 3 6 9 5 4 1 1 3 0 1823 Kayla Nevitt 4-10 1-5 3-3 0 2 2 3 12 2 0 2 0 2844 LaKaris Salter 3-6 2-4 0-0 0 2 2 1 8 0 1 1 0 8

Team 1 2 3Totals 23-65 5-17 9-16 13 21 34 22 60 10 11 12 0 200

1st - FG %: 6-18 33.3%3FG %: 1-5 20.0%

FT %: 1-2 50.0%

2nd: 6-11 54.5%1-3 33.3%3-6 50.0%

3rd: 4-19 21.1%0-2 0.0%2-2 100.0%

4th: 7-17 41.2%3-7 42.9%3-6 50.0%

Game: 23-65 35.4%5-17 29.4%9-16 56.3%

DeadballRebounds

5,2

Officials: Tina Napier, Michael McConnell, Eric KochTechnical fouls: Kentucky-None. Mississippi State-None.Attendance: 4355

Score by periods 1st 2nd 3rd 4th TotalKentucky 20 17 22 24 83Mississippi State 14 16 10 20 60

In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchUK 32 10 19 8 25MS 24 6 10 2 45

Last FG - UK 4th-00:42, MS 4th-00:13.Largest lead - UK by 27 4th-02:09, MS by 2 1st-09:43.UK led for 38:36. MS led for 00:23. Game was tied for 01:01.


GAME 28 — FEB. 21, 2016 • OXFORD, MISS. 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH FINAL14/13 MISSISSIPPI ST. 19 11 15 15 60 OLE MISS 9 11 16 15 51Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsMississipi State vs Ole Miss2/21/16 4:00 PM at Oxford, Miss./The Pavilion at Ole Miss

Mississipi State 60 • 22-6, 9-5 SECTotal 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min13 Chapel,Ketara f 1-3 0-0 0-0 0 3 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 2645 Okorie,Chinwe c 3-4 0-0 3-4 4 4 8 3 9 0 1 2 1 3200 Dillingham,Dominique g 5-14 0-0 2-4 1 4 5 2 12 2 3 1 1 40-02 William,Morgan g 3-5 0-1 4-6 2 3 5 3 10 7 5 0 1 3935 Vivians,Victoria g 10-18 1-3 1-2 1 9 10 5 22 1 3 0 2 3801 Schaefer,Blair 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 103 Richardson,Breanna 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 3 0 1 2 1 0 1415 McCowan,Teaira 2-2 0-0 1-2 1 1 2 2 5 0 1 3 0 823 Nevitt,Kayla 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2

Team 1 1 2Totals 24-47 1-4 11-18 11 26 37 20 60 12 15 8 5 200


FT % 1st Half: 4-6 66.7%


Game: 24-47 51.1%Game: 1-4 25.0%Game: 11-18 61.1%

DeadballRebounds

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Ole Miss 51 • 10-17, 2-12 SECTotal 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min11 Joseph,Shequila f 3-5 2-3 1-2 0 2 2 4 9 2 2 1 0 3624 Hart,Bretta f 2-6 0-0 2-2 1 2 3 4 6 1 1 0 4 2303 Hayes,A'Queen g 2-9 0-0 2-2 4 3 7 4 6 3 0 0 0 40-05 Sisk,Erika g 2-8 0-0 3-5 4 2 6 3 7 1 2 0 1 2920 Muhammad,Madinah g 2-18 0-8 10-11 0 0 0 2 14 1 4 0 0 3623 Sessom,Shandricka 4-10 1-3 0-0 1 1 2 4 9 0 2 1 2 3225 Alston,Alissa 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 344 Lewis,Torri 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

Team 8 3 11Totals 15-57 3-14 18-22 18 13 31 21 51 9 11 2 8 200


FT % 1st Half: 6-8 75.0%


Game: 15-57 26.3%Game: 3-14 21.4%Game: 18-22 81.8%

DeadballRebounds

2,2

Officials: Dee Kantner, Bryan Enterline, Carla FountainTechnical fouls: Mississipi State-None. Ole Miss-None.Attendance: 4411

Score by periods 1st 2nd 3rd 4th TotalMississipi State 19 11 15 15 60Ole Miss 9 11 16 15 51

In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchMS 28 15 8 8 5OM 14 10 13 2 9

Last FG - MS 4th-02:53, OM 4th-01:04.Largest lead - MS by 12 1st-01:02, OM by 3 1st-09:50.MS led for 34:58. OM led for 04:36. Game was tied for 00:10.




GAME 29 — FEB. 25, 2016 • NASHVILLE, TENN. 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH FINAL16/16 MISSISSIPPI ST. 16 15 19 16 66 VANDERBILT 10 15 15 21 61Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsMiss. St. vs VANDERBILT02/25/16 7 p.m. at Nashville, Tenn. (Memorial Gym)

Miss. St. 66 • 23-6, 10-5Total 3-Ptr Rebounds


Team 2 1 3 1Totals 23-49 4-10 16-22 12 18 30 23 66 10 22 2 8 200

1st - FG %: 7-15 46.7%3FG %: 2-3 66.7%

FT %: 0-0 0.0%

2nd: 5-14 35.7%0-3 0.0%5-6 83.3%

3rd: 7-13 53.8%2-4 50.0%3-4 75.0%

4th: 4-7 57.1%0-0 0.0%8-12 66.7%

Game: 23-49 46.9%4-10 40.0%16-22 72.7%

DeadballRebounds

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VANDERBILT 61 • 15-13, 4-11Total 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min22 Marqu'es Webb f 1-4 0-0 9-10 3 4 7 4 11 2 3 0 1 2503 Rachel Bell g 5-9 1-3 3-6 0 3 3 4 14 1 6 0 0 3415 Jasmine Jenkins g 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 1823 Minta Spears g 1-5 0-2 2-2 0 3 3 4 4 4 2 0 2 2533 Christa Reed g 4-7 0-2 3-3 0 0 0 4 11 1 1 1 1 2901 Rebekah Dahlman 1-4 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 4 3 0 4 0 0 1625 Morgan Batey 4-5 0-0 4-4 1 3 4 2 12 0 5 1 3 2735 Kendall Shaw 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 2 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 1344 Rayte'a Long 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 2 2 2 2 0 1 13

Team 0 0 0Totals 19-40 2-9 21-25 5 16 21 24 61 11 25 2 10 200

1st - FG %: 2-10 20.0%3FG %: 0-3 0.0%

FT %: 6-8 75.0%

2nd: 7-10 70.0%0-0 0.0%1-1 100.0%

3rd: 3-8 37.5%1-2 50.0%8-10 80.0%

4th: 7-12 58.3%1-4 25.0%6-6 100.0%

Game: 19-40 47.5%2-9 22.2%

21-25 84.0%

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Officials: Felicia Grinter, Laura C. Morris, Frank SteratoreTechnical fouls: Miss. St.-None. VANDERBILT-None.Attendance: 2466

Score by periods 1st 2nd 3rd 4th TotalMiss. St. 16 15 19 16 66VANDERBILT 10 15 15 21 61

In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchMS 28 21 10 4 8VANDY 28 20 10 7 19

Last FG - MS 4th-03:38, VANDY 4th-00:00.Largest lead - MS by 16 3rd-04:15, VANDY by 2 1st-09:11.MS led for 36:57. VANDY led for 00:35. Game was tied for 02:28.


2015-16 GAME RECAPSGAME 30 — FEB. 28, 2016 • STARKVILLE, MISS. 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH FINALALABAMA 9 16 11 16 52 16/16 MISSISSIPPI ST. 17 11 18 15 61Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsAlabama vs Mississippi State02/28/16 1:31 p.m. at Starkville, Miss. (Humphrey Coliseum)

Alabama 52 • 15-14 (4-12 SEC)Total 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min13 Hegstetter, Nikki f 2-3 0-0 0-2 0 2 2 3 4 2 1 1 0 3311 Cook, Hannah g 3-8 2-5 0-0 2 2 4 5 8 1 6 0 2 3015 Knight, Meoshonti g 5-10 0-1 1-3 1 4 5 3 11 1 2 1 1 3022 Middlebrook, Karyla g 2-9 0-1 1-2 3 3 6 3 5 2 3 0 1 3523 Wade, Shaquera g 1-4 0-1 3-4 1 3 4 4 5 1 4 0 1 2101 Bolton, Quanetria 4-7 0-0 1-1 2 2 4 2 9 0 0 0 0 2403 Carter, Khadijah 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 105 Hayden, Breanna 2-9 0-1 6-8 1 4 5 2 10 3 1 0 0 26

Team 1 4 5 2Totals 19-50 2-9 12-20 11 25 36 22 52 10 20 2 5 200

1st - FG %: 4-16 25.0%3FG %: 1-4 25.0%

FT %: 0-0 0.0%

2nd: 5-8 62.5%0-0 0.0%6-7 85.7%

3rd: 3-14 21.4%1-3 33.3%4-8 50.0%

4th: 7-12 58.3%0-2 0.0%2-5 40.0%

Game: 19-50 38.0%2-9 22.2%

12-20 60.0%

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## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min13 Ketara Chapel f 1-4 0-0 0-0 1 2 3 3 2 0 1 1 0 1805 Sherise Williams c 1-3 0-0 0-2 1 2 3 2 2 0 4 2 0 1300 Dominique Dillingham g 8-12 0-1 1-1 1 1 2 3 17 1 2 0 4 3902 Morgan William g 3-11 0-2 3-3 0 2 2 3 9 6 0 1 0 3435 Victoria Vivians g 2-10 1-6 4-4 0 9 9 4 9 2 2 0 2 2701 Blair Schaefer 1-3 1-2 1-2 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 703 Breanna Richardson 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2310 Jazzmun Holmes 1-3 0-1 1-2 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 615 Teaira McCowan 0-1 0-0 2-2 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 423 Kayla Nevitt 1-1 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 645 Chinwe Okorie 2-3 0-0 4-6 4 2 6 2 8 0 0 1 1 23

Team 1 1 2 1Totals 21-53 3-13 16-22 9 20 29 20 61 10 13 6 8 200

1st - FG %: 7-16 43.8%3FG %: 2-4 50.0%

FT %: 1-3 33.3%

2nd: 3-9 33.3%1-5 20.0%4-6 66.7%

3rd: 6-15 40.0%0-2 0.0%6-8 75.0%

4th: 5-13 38.5%0-2 0.0%5-5 100.0%

Game: 21-53 39.6%3-13 23.1%16-22 72.7%

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Officials: Jesse Dickerson, Metta Roberts, Kevin PethtelTechnical fouls: Alabama-None. Mississippi State-None.Attendance: 6224

Score by periods 1st 2nd 3rd 4th TotalAlabama 9 16 11 16 52Mississippi State 17 11 18 15 61

In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchUA 30 7 9 6 19MS 22 25 7 8 22

Last FG - UA 4th-00:13, MS 4th-01:44.Largest lead - UA by 4 1st-07:21, MS by 12 4th-09:22.UA led for 04:44. MS led for 31:50. Game was tied for 03:26.


GAME 31 — MARCH 4, 2016 • JACKSONVILLE, FLA. [SECT] 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH FINALVANDERBILT 6 15 11 14 46 16/16 MISSISSIPPI ST. 12 15 14 22 63Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsVANDERBILT vs Mississippi State03/04/16 8:33 PM at VETERANS MEMORIAL ARENA-JACKSONVILLE, FL

VANDERBILT 46 • 18-14Total 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min22 Marqu'es Webb f 2-4 0-0 0-0 2 6 8 5 4 0 3 1 1 2603 Rachel Bell g 5-13 1-2 0-0 0 2 2 4 11 0 2 0 0 3623 Minta Spears g 1-2 1-2 3-4 0 1 1 3 6 2 6 1 0 3225 Morgan Batey g 2-2 0-0 4-4 1 4 5 3 8 3 4 0 0 3133 Christa Reed g 2-11 1-4 4-5 3 2 5 4 9 1 5 0 0 3401 Rebekah Dahlman 0-4 0-1 8-8 1 3 4 0 8 1 2 0 0 2515 Jasmine Jenkins 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 235 Kendall Shaw 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 3 0 0 1 0 1 544 Rayte'a Long 0-1 0-0 0-2 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 9

Team 0 1 1 2Totals 12-37 3-9 19-23 7 23 30 22 46 7 27 2 3 200

1st - FG %: 2-12 16.7%3FG %: 0-4 0.0%

FT %: 2-2 100.0%

2nd: 3-9 33.3%1-2 50.0%8-8 100.0%

3rd: 3-10 30.0%2-2 100.0%3-4 75.0%

4th: 4-6 66.7%0-1 0.0%6-9 66.7%

Game: 12-37 32.4%3-9 33.3%

19-23 82.6%

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## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min13 Ketara Chapel f 0-1 0-0 0-0 2 2 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 2245 Chinwe Okorie c 2-3 0-0 2-2 0 3 3 3 6 0 2 1 1 1200 Dominique Dillingham g 6-13 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 4 12 3 0 0 3 3502 Morgan William g 2-8 1-3 1-2 0 0 0 2 6 4 3 0 0 2735 Victoria Vivians g 3-13 0-3 4-4 0 3 3 4 10 0 1 0 1 3001 Blair Schaefer 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+03 Breanna Richardson 3-5 0-1 2-3 3 0 3 5 8 1 1 0 0 1905 Sherise Williams 1-2 0-0 1-4 5 2 7 0 3 0 2 0 1 610 Jazzmun Holmes 2-4 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 2 4 2 1 0 0 1215 Teaira McCowan 3-5 0-0 5-7 1 2 3 4 11 1 1 3 5 2123 Kayla Nevitt 1-3 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 16

Team 2 4 6 1Totals 23-57 2-9 15-22 14 18 32 26 63 12 14 4 11 200

1st - FG %: 3-14 21.4%3FG %: 0-3 0.0%

FT %: 6-8 75.0%

2nd: 5-15 33.3%2-4 50.0%3-6 50.0%

3rd: 7-15 46.7%0-1 0.0%0-0 0.0%

4th: 8-13 61.5%0-1 0.0%6-8 75.0%

Game: 23-57 40.4%2-9 22.2%

15-22 68.2%

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Officials: MARK ZENTZ, CARLA FOUNTAIN, LUIS GONZALEZTechnical fouls: VANDERBILT-None. Mississippi State-None.Attendance: 4214

Score by periods 1st 2nd 3rd 4th TotalVANDERBILT 6 15 11 14 46Mississippi State 12 15 14 22 63

In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchVANDY 8 2 3 0 8MS 26 26 13 2 29

Last FG - VANDY 4th-00:50, MS 4th-00:24.Largest lead - VANDY None, MS by 19 4th-01:03.VANDY led for 00:00. MS led for 37:58. Game was tied for 02:02.


GAME 32 — MARCH 5, 2016 • JACKSONVILLE, FLA. [SECT] 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH FINALTENNESSEE 15 7 15 11 48 16/16 MISSISSIPPI ST. 10 15 18 15 58Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsTennessee vs Mississippi State03/05/16 7:27 PM at VETERANS MEMORIAL ARENA-JACKSONVILLE, FL

Tennessee 48 • 19-13Total 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min12 Bashaara Graves f 2-10 0-0 1-7 7 8 15 3 5 2 1 0 2 3131 Jaime Nared f 4-11 1-2 3-4 1 1 2 5 12 0 1 0 1 2700 Jordan Reynolds g 1-11 0-3 0-0 3 0 3 1 2 2 2 0 0 2301 Nia Moore g 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 711 Diamond DeShields g 8-20 1-2 5-6 2 3 5 3 22 1 1 1 2 3614 Andraya Carter 0-3 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 2920 Te'a Cooper 1-2 0-0 1-2 0 1 1 4 3 0 3 0 0 1121 Mercedes Russell 2-6 0-0 0-0 2 5 7 2 4 0 0 4 0 3233 Alexa Middleton 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4

Team 4 2 6 1Totals 18-64 2-8 10-19 20 22 42 18 48 6 10 5 7 200

1st - FG %: 6-15 40.0%3FG %: 1-1 100.0%

FT %: 2-3 66.7%

2nd: 3-14 21.4%0-1 0.0%1-3 33.3%

3rd: 6-20 30.0%1-3 33.3%2-6 33.3%

4th: 3-15 20.0%0-3 0.0%5-7 71.4%

Game: 18-64 28.1%2-8 25.0%

10-19 52.6%

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Team 4 2 6 3Totals 17-53 7-13 17-22 15 30 45 17 58 7 14 6 2 200

1st - FG %: 3-15 20.0%3FG %: 2-4 50.0%

FT %: 2-2 100.0%

2nd: 5-13 38.5%3-6 50.0%2-2 100.0%

3rd: 6-15 40.0%2-3 66.7%4-6 66.7%

4th: 3-10 30.0%0-0 0.0%9-12 75.0%

Game: 17-53 32.1%7-13 53.8%17-22 77.3%

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Officials: TINA NAPIER, BOB TRAMMELL, SUE BLAUCHTechnical fouls: Tennessee-None. Mississippi State-None.Attendance: 5632

Score by periods 1st 2nd 3rd 4th TotalTennessee 15 7 15 11 48Mississippi State 10 15 18 15 58

In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchUT 22 9 13 2 7MS 10 15 11 2 6

Last FG - UT 4th-00:02, MS 4th-03:16.Largest lead - UT by 7 2nd-09:42, MS by 13 4th-01:25.UT led for 06:40. MS led for 29:33. Game was tied for 03:47.




2015-16 GAME RECAPSGAME 33 — MARCH 6, 2016 • JACKSONVILLE, FLA. [SECT] 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH FINAL16/16 MISSISSIPPI ST. 15 6 18 13 52 3/2 SOUTH CAROLINA 20 13 17 16 66Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsMississippi State vs South Carolina03/06/16 2:35 PM at VETERANS MEMORIAL ARENA-JACKSONVILLE, FL


## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min13 Ketara Chapel f 0-6 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1645 Chinwe Okorie c 2-6 0-0 2-4 1 7 8 3 6 1 1 1 1 3500 Dominique Dillingham g 3-6 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 3 6 0 1 1 3 3502 Morgan William g 4-8 0-0 1-2 0 2 2 1 9 6 7 0 0 40-35 Victoria Vivians g 9-18 4-9 4-4 1 7 8 4 26 0 3 0 0 4003 Breanna Richardson 0-3 0-1 2-2 1 3 4 5 2 2 3 1 1 1915 Teaira McCowan 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 523 Kayla Nevitt 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 544 LaKaris Salter 1-3 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 5

Team 1 1 2Totals 19-50 5-13 9-12 5 23 28 18 52 9 16 3 5 200

1st - FG %: 6-12 50.0%3FG %: 3-3 100.0%

FT %: 0-2 0.0%

2nd: 3-13 23.1%0-4 0.0%0-0 0.0%

3rd: 6-16 37.5%1-3 33.3%5-6 83.3%

4th: 4-9 44.4%1-3 33.3%4-4 100.0%

Game: 19-50 38.0%5-13 38.5%9-12 75.0%

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South Carolina 66 • 31-1Total 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min22 WILSON, A'ja f 6-13 0-0 7-8 3 10 13 2 19 0 4 2 0 3231 DOZIER, Asia f 1-6 0-2 2-2 0 1 1 1 4 1 2 1 1 2941 COATES, Alaina c 2-5 0-0 0-0 3 5 8 2 4 0 1 1 2 3005 SESSIONS, Khadijah g 4-6 1-1 2-4 1 3 4 2 11 1 1 0 2 3325 MITCHELL, Tiffany g 7-15 2-5 3-4 1 2 3 2 19 5 0 0 1 3601 CUEVAS, Bianca 2-6 1-2 2-2 0 2 2 4 7 0 4 0 3 1404 CLINEY, Doniyah 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 223 ROY, Tina 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 624 IMOVBIOH, Sarah 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 740 WHITE, Jatarie 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 11

Team 2 1 3Totals 23-53 4-11 16-20 10 27 37 14 66 9 13 5 9 200

1st - FG %: 8-18 44.4%3FG %: 2-4 50.0%

FT %: 2-4 50.0%

2nd: 5-17 29.4%0-3 0.0%3-4 75.0%

3rd: 5-9 55.6%0-0 0.0%7-8 87.5%

4th: 5-9 55.6%2-4 50.0%4-4 100.0%

Game: 23-53 43.4%4-11 36.4%16-20 80.0%

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Officials: LISA MATTINGLY, DENISE BROOKS, BRYAN ENTERLINETechnical fouls: Mississippi State-None. South Carolina-None.Attendance: 6549TOTAL TOURNAMENT ATTENDANCE - 29,526

Score by periods 1st 2nd 3rd 4th TotalMississippi State 15 6 18 13 52South Carolina 20 13 17 16 66

In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchMS 14 9 6 2 5SC 36 16 10 6 9

Last FG - MS 4th-02:44, SC 4th-01:54.Largest lead - MS by 3 1st-08:44, SC by 16 4th-04:51.MS led for 05:38. SC led for 32:52. Game was tied for 01:30.




THE LAST TIME MSU...Scored 100 points at home 109 vs. Miss. Valley St. (11/24/15)Scored 100 points on the road 100 at New Orleans (12/4/01)Allowed 100 points 100 at Kentucky (1/17/13)Held opponent to 60 points or less 52 vs. Alabama (2/28/16)Held opponent to 50 points or less 48 vs. Tennessee [SECT] (3/5/16)Held opponent to 40 points or less 37 vs. Miss. Valley St. (11/24/15)Held opponent to 35 points or less 34 vs. Norfolk State (11/27/15)Held opponent to 30 points or less 25 vs. Savannah St. (11/29/15)Was held to 60 points or less 52 vs. So. Carolina [SECT] (3/6/16)Was held to 50 points or less 43 at Georgia (1/21/16)Was held to 40 points or less 35 at Texas A&M (1/19/14)Won an overtime game 65-63 vs. Tennessee (1/28/16)Lost an overtime game 74-81 vs. Kentucky (2/27/14)Won a double overtime game 74-66 vs. Southern Miss (3/24/14)Lost a double overtime game 90-92 at Kentucky (2/12/15)Won regular season tournament Puerto Rico Classic (2015)Made 30 field goals 34 vs. Western Michigan (12/20/15)Made 40 field goals 45 vs. Miss. Valley St. (11/24/15)Made 50 field goals 53 vs. Judson College (2/24/86)Made 10 three-point field goals 10 at Louisiana Tech (12/13/15)Made 30 or more free throws 33 vs. Louisiana Tech (12/11/14)Made 25 or more free throws 27 at New Orleans (11/29/14)Attempted 100 field goals 104 vs. Montevallo (11/19/79)Attempted 30 three-point field goals 31 at Duke (3/22/15)Did not make a 3-point basket 3/30/14 (vs. South Florida [0-6])Attempted 30 or more free throws 31 vs. Tennessee St. (12/6/15)Attempted 45 or more free throws 46 vs. Louisiana Tech (12/11/14)Shot 50% or better from the field .511 at Ole Miss (2/21/16)Shot 55% or better from the field .558 vs. Ole Miss (1/27/13)Shot 60% or better from the field .633 vs. Samford (12/14/09)Held to less than 40% from the field .380 vs. So. Carolina [SECT] (3/6/16)Held to less than 35% from the field .321 vs. Tennessee [SECT] (3/5/16)Held to less than 30% from the field .271 vs. South Carolina (1/24/16)Had 65 rebounds 69 vs. SE Louisiana (12/7/14) Had 70 rebounds 71 vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (11/13/09)Had 75 rebounds 78 vs. Judson College (2/24/86)Had 10 or more blocked shots in a game 12 vs. Kentucky (2/18/16)Had 35 assists 37 vs. Memphis (1/3/80)Had 20 or more assists 23 vs. Arkansas (1/10/16)Had 30 or more steals 30 vs. New Orleans (11/17/13)Had 20 or more steals 20 vs. Miss. Valley St. (11/24/15)Beat a ranked team No. 21 Missouri, 52-42 (2/7/16)Beat a ranked team on the road No. 17 South Florida, 68-58 (12/30/15)Overcame a 10-point halftime deficit to win vs. Louisiana Tech, 33-23 (57-55; 11/16/12)

Had four freshman start a single game Robin Porter, Lauren Roberts, Heather Hollis and

Marneshia Richard at Vanderbilt (1/12/06)

LAST TIME AN MSU OPPONENT...Made 40 field goals in a game 42 by Vanderbilt (2/3/05, 2OT)Made 30 field goals in a game 30 by Kentucky (2/18/16)Made 10 three-point field goals in a game 11 by Missouri (3/5/14)Was held to 10 or fewer field goals 8 by Savannah St. (11/29/15)Shot 50% or better from the field .500 by Missouri (1/14/16)Shot 55% or better from the field .569 by Tennessee (2/1/15)Shot 60% or better from the field .629 at Vanderbilt (1/11/15)Made 35 free throws 38 by Union University (12/3/84)Attempted 45 free throws 50 by South Carolina (1/6/13)Had 65 rebounds 68 by USM (2/7/96)

LAST TIME SOMEONE FOR MSU...Scored 20 points 21, Victoria Vivians at Vanderbilt (2/25/16)Scored 25 points 26, Victoria Vivians vs. So. Carolina [SECT] (3/6/16)Scored 30 points 30, Victoria Vivians vs. Tennessee [SECT] (3/5/16)Scored 35 points 36, Victoria Vivians at Louisiana Tech (12/13/15)Scored 40 points 43, Alexis Rack vs. Maryland (11/22/09)Scored 45 points 47, Tan White vs. Vanderbilt (2/3/05, 2OT)Scored in double figures in 10 straight games 17 straight, Victoria Vivians (11/21/15-1/14/16)Scored double figures in 100 straight games 125 straight, LaToya Thomas (11/19/99-3/24/03)Scored 20 points in 2 straight games 2 straight, Victoria Vivians (3/5/16-3/6/16)Scored 20 points in 5 straight games 9 straight, Tan White (2/19-11/26/04)Scored 20 points in 10 straight games 12 straight, LaToya Thomas (2/1-3/20/01)Scored 20+ points by two players in a game Victoria Vivians [20], Teaira McCowan [20] vs. Norfolk

State (11/27/15)Scored 20+ points by three players in a game Nitra Perry (24), Cynthia Hall (21), & Jennifer Fam-

brough (21) vs. So. Miss. (11/20/99)Scored 30 points in 2 straight games Tan White (38) vs. Arkansas (3/3/05 [SEC]) & vs. Auburn (2/27/05, OT)Scored 30+ points by two players in a game Charetta Robinson (33), Natasha Johnson (30) vs.

TCU (12/31/92)Four players scored double figures in 1 game Vivians [21], William [15], Dillingham [12], Okorie [10] at

Vanderbilt (2/25/16)Five or more players scored double figures in 1 game Chapel [17], Dillingham [17], Okorie [13], Vivians [10],

William [17] vs. Southern Miss (12/16/15)Five or more scored double figures in 2 or more

straight games 5, at New Orleans (11/29/14) & vs No. Dakota St. (12/2/14)Made 10 field goals in a game 11, Victoria Vivians vs. Tennessee [SECT] (3/5/16)Made 20 field goals in a game 20, LaToya Thomas vs. Tulsa (11/17/02)Attempted 15 field goals in a game 18, Victoria Vivians vs. So. Carolina [SECT] (3/6/16)Attempted 20 field goals in a game 20, Victoria Vivians vs. Tennessee [SECT] (3/5/16)Attempted 25 field goals in a game 25, Victoria Vivians vs. South Carolina (1/24/16)Made 10 free throws in a game 11, Morgan William at UL-Lafayette (12/17/14)Made 15 free throws in a game 18, Jennifer Fambrough vs. Northwestern St. (12/19/98)Attempted 10 free throws in a game 12, Dominique Dillingham at Vanderbilt (2/25/16)Attempted 15 free throws in a game 16, Morgan William vs. Arkansas St. (11/16/14)Attempted 20 free throws in a game 20, LaToya Thomas vs. Alabama (2/7/02)

Made 5 or more three-pointers in a game 5, Victoria Vivians vs. Tennessee [SECT] (3/5/16)Attempted 10 three-pointers in a game 10, Victoria Vivians vs. Tennessee [SECT] (3/5/16) Attempted 15 three-pointers in a game 15, Victoria Vivians vs. Auburn (1/7/16) Had 10 rebounds 11, Chinwe Okorie vs. Tennessee [SECT] (3/5/16)Had 15 or more rebounds 15, Martha Alwal vs. Southern Miss (3/24/14)Had 20 rebounds 23, Martha Alwal vs. Ole Miss (2/23/14)Had 25 rebounds 26, Sophie Ratliff vs. Shorter College (3/14/88)Had 10+ rebounds in 2 straight games Teaira McCowan vs. Grambling [11] (11/21/15) & vs.

Miss. Valley St. [10] (11/24/15)Had 10+ rebounds in 3 straight games 3 straight, Teaira McCowan (11/21/15-11/27/15)Had 10+ rebounds in 4 straight games 4 straight, Teaira McCowan (11/21/15-11/29/15)Had 10+ rebounds in 5 straight games 6 straight, LaToya Thomas (2/16-3/17/02)Had three players record 10 rebounds Victoria Vivians [11], Martha Alwal [11], Breanna Rich-

ardson [10] vs. SE Louisiana (12/7/14)Had 10 offensive rebounds 10, Teaira McCowan vs. Western Michigan (12/20/15)Had 10 defensive rebounds 11, Victoria Vivians at UL-Lafayette (12/17/14)Had 10 assists 11, Morgan William vs. Savannah St. (11/29/15)Had 5 blocks in a game 5, Teaira McCowan at Georgia (1/21/16)Had 10 or more blocks in a game 10, Martha Alwal vs. Jacksonville St. (11/11/11)Had 5 or more steals in a game 5, Teaira McCowan vs. Vanderbilt [SECT] (3/4/16)Had 20 points and 20 rebounds in a game Martha Alwal vs. Ole Miss, 25 pts., 23 rbd. (2/23/14)Had a double-double Victoria Vivians [22 pts., 10 rbd.] at Ole Miss (2/21/16)Had a double-double in 2 straight games Teiara McCowan [17 pts., 10 rbd.] vs. Miss. Valley St.

(11/24/15) & [20 pts., 11 rbd.] Norfolk State (11/27/15)Had a double-double in 3 straight games 3 straight, Teaira McCowan (11/21/15-11/27/15)Had a double-double in 4 straight games 4 straight, LaToya Thomas (2/2-12/03)Had two players record a double-double TVictoria Vivians [23 pts., 10 rbd.] & Teaira McCowan

[10 pts., 13 rbd.] vs. Auburn (1/7/16)Had three players record a double-double Tysheaka Grimes [22 pts., 12 reb.]; Mary Kathryn

Govero [12 pts., 13 reb.]; Chanel Mokango [11 pts., 11 reb.] vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (11/13/09)

Had 10+ double-doubles in a season 12, Martha Alwal (2013-14)Had a triple-double Cynthia Hall, 12 points, 10 rebounds and 12 assists vs.

La.-Lafayette (12/16/00)

LAST TIME AN OPPOSING PLAYER...Scored 40 or more points 42 by Makayla Epps of Kentucky (2/12/15)Scored 30 or more points 31 by Makayla Epps of Kentucky (3/6/15)Attempted 25 field goals 30 by Makayla Epps of Kentucky (2/12/15)Had 15 or more rebounds 15 by Bashaara Graves of Tennessee [SECT] (3/5/16)Had 20 or more rebounds 20 by DeNesha Stallworth of Kentucky (2/27/14)Had 10 or more assists 12 by Valencia McFarland of Ole Miss (1/23/14)Recorded a double-double A'ja Wilson [19 pts, 13 rbd.] of So. Carolina [SECT]

(3/6/16)



ZiONcamPBellCenter | 6-3 | FreshmanWashington, D.C. | Riverdale Baptist

CAMPBELL'S BULLDOG BITES• Redshirting the 2015-16 season.• Scored 2 points and grabbed 4 rebounds in MSU's exhibition win against Mississippi College.• Ranked in the Top 100 overall and 17th-best post by ESPN/HoopGurlz.

ZION CAMPBELL’S CAREER STATISTICS

CAREER HIGHSpOintS ............................................................................—rebOunDS .......................................................................—fG maDe ........................................................................—fG attemptS ..................................................................—3pt fG maDe .................................................................—3pt fG attemptS ...........................................................—ft maDe .........................................................................—ft attemptS ...................................................................—aSSiStS ...........................................................................—blOCkS ...........................................................................—StealS ............................................................................—

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KetarachaPelForward | 6-1 | JuniorTemple, Texas | Temple HS

CHAPEL'S BULLDOG BITES• Started the Bulldogs' last 32 games.• Scored 17 points on 6 of 8 shooting and 5 of 7 free throws against Southern Miss.• Averaged 12.3 points in the Puerto Rico Classic, shooting 60.7% from the field.• Tallied 13 points each against Florida Gulf Coast and SMU, and 11 against Western Michigan.• Matched her career high with 19 points on 7 of 8 shooting to lead MSU past Arkansas.• Contributed 10 points, including 6 of 6 at the line, in the Bulldogs' game against No. 2 South Carolina... Matched

her career high for free throws made, set in 2014 vs. South Carolina. • Went 4 for 4 from the field for 8 points at LSU.

KETARA CHAPEL’S CAREER STATISTICS

CAREER HIGHSpOintS ......................... 19, 2x, last vs. arkansas (1-10-16)rebOunDS .........................11, vs. West virginia (11-20-14)fG maDe ........................... 9, vs. West virginia (11-20-14)fG attemptS ................... 12, 2x, last vs. sMU (12-21-15)3pt fG maDe .................. 1, 5x, last vs. arkansas (1-8-15)3pt fG attemptS ................................3, at lsU (1-30-14)ft maDe .............. 6, 2x, last vs. soUth Carolina (1-24-16)ft attemptS .................... 7, vs. soUthern Miss (12-16-15)aSSiStS .................................5, vs. norfolk st. (11-27-15)blOCkS .............................3, 2x, last vs. MissoUri (2-7-16)StealS ............................. 5, vs. soUthern Miss (12-16-15)

SEC HIGHSpOintS ...................................... 19, vs. arkansas (1-10-16)rebOunDS ........................ 6, 2x, last at florida (1-3-16)fG maDe .................................... 7, vs. arkansas (1-10-16)fG attemptS ...............................11, at MissoUri (1-14-16)3pt fG maDe .................. 1, 4x, last vs. arkansas (1-8-15)3pt fG attemptS ................................3, at lsU (1-30-14)ft maDe .............. 6, 2x, last vs. soUth Carolina (1-24-16)ft attemptS ........ 6, 5x, last vs. soUth Carolina (1-24-16)aSSiStS ............................ 3, 2x, last vs. ole Miss (3-1-15)blOCkS ..........................................3, vs. MissoUri (2-7-16)StealS ................................. 2, 2x, last at florida (1-3-16)


POSTSEASON HIGHSpOintS ............................... 4, vs. soUthern Miss (3-24-14)rebOunDS ............ 2, 2x, last vs. soUth florida (3-30-14)fG maDe ........................... 2, vs. soUthern Miss (3-24-14)fG attemptS .....................3, 2x, last vs. tUlane (3-20-15)3pt fG maDe .................................................................—3pt fG attemptS ...........................................................—ft maDe .........................................................................—ft attemptS ...................................................................—aSSiStS .............................. 2, vs. soUthern Miss (3-24-14)blOCkS ...............................................1, at dUke (3-22-15)StealS ...............................1, 2x, last vs. tUlane (3-20-15)

Total 3-Point F-Throw ReboundsYear GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg2013-14 34 4 581 17.1 43 120 .358 4 16 .250 53 72 .736 39 55 94 2.8 69 3 19 40 11 22 143 4.22014-15 34 19 589 17.3 63 138 .457 1 10 .100 35 48 .729 49 46 95 2.8 45 0 25 38 15 15 162 4.82015-16 33 32 688 20.8 66 146 .452 0 2 .000 28 38 .737 41 67 108 3.3 57 1 29 42 10 15 160 4.8TOTAL 101 55 1858 18.4 172 404 .426 5 28 .179 116 158 .734 129 168 297 2.9 171 4 73 120 36 52 465 4.6

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CHAPEL'S 2015-16 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS (* — IndICATES GAME STArTEd)Opponent Min. FG-A 3PT-A FT-A O-D-T PF Ast. TO Blk. Stl. Pts.Samford 21 3-4 0-0 0-0 2-1-3 0 1 0 0 1 6Grambling *19 3-5 0-0 0-0 2-0-2 1 2 3 0 0 6Mississippi Valley St. *7 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-1-2 0 1 0 0 1 0Norfolk St. *18 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-4-5 0 5 1 0 0 0Savannah St. *14 1-3 0-0 4-4 3-1-4 0 1 1 0 0 6at Texas *23 1-3 0-1 0-0 1-1-2 3 0 3 0 0 2Tennessee St. *8 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0at Louisiana Tech *9 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 1 1 1 0 0 4Southern Miss *36 6-8 0-0 5-7 2-5-7 2 0 2 1 5 17vs. Fla. Gulf Coast *31 6-10 0-0 1-2 2-5-7 2 0 1 1 1 13vs. Western Michigan *19 5-6 0-0 1-1 0-2-2 1 2 0 1 0 11vs. SMU *34 6-12 0-0 1-6 2-4-6 4 0 2 0 0 13SE Louisiana *21 1-7 0-0 3-4 0-5-5 0 0 0 0 0 5vs. South Florida *31 1-4 0-0 0-0 2-2-4 3 2 3 1 1 2at Florida *12 2-5 0-0 1-1 3-3-6 3 0 1 0 2 5Auburn *26 2-5 0-0 0-0 0-2-2 1 0 0 0 0 4Arkansas *32 7-8 0-0 5-5 0-5-5 4 2 3 0 1 19at Missouri *34 1-11 0-1 0-0 3-2-5 2 0 3 0 1 2Ole Miss *21 4-4 0-0 0-0 1-1-2 1 2 2 0 0 8at Georgia *21 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-2-3 0 0 2 0 0 2South Carolina *22 2-3 0-0 6-6 0-1-1 3 0 0 0 1 10Tennessee *18 2-7 0-0 1-2 2-2-4 2 1 0 0 1 5 at Arkansas *26 3-6 0-0 0-0 0-4-4 4 1 3 0 0 6at LSU *21 4-4 0-0 0-0 1-0-1 2 1 2 0 0 8Missouri *27 1-4 0-0 0-0 3-0-3 5 2 2 3 0 2at Texas A&M *20 0-2 0-0 0-0 3-2-5 0 2 2 2 0 0Kentucky *4 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0at Ole Miss *26 1-3 0-0 0-0 0-3-3 2 1 0 0 0 2at Vanderbilt *19 0-5 0-0 0-0 3-1-4 3 1 0 0 0 0Alabama *18 1-4 0-0 0-0 1-2-3 3 0 1 1 0 2vs. Vanderbilt [SECT] *22 0-1 0-0 0-0 2-2-4 1 0 2 0 0 0vs. Tennessee [SECT] *12 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-2-2 3 0 1 0 0 0vs. South Carolina [SECT] *16 0-6 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 0 0 1 0 0 0



dOmiNiQuedilliNghamGuard | 5-9 | JuniorSpring, Texas | Klein Collins HS

DOMINIQUE DILLINGHAM’S CAREER STATISTICS

CAREER HIGHSpOintS .......................................21, vs. MissoUri (1-26-14)rebOunDS .................................. 12, at kentUCky (2-12-15)fG maDe ......................................8, vs. alabaMa (2-28-16)fG attemptS ...............16, 2x, last vs. kentUCky (2-27-14)3pt fG maDe ..............................5, vs. MissoUri (1-26-14)3pt fG attemptS ........................9, vs. MissoUri (1-26-14)ft maDe ....................... 8, 5x, last at vanderbilt (2-25-16)ft attemptS .................... 14, vs. soUthern Miss (3-24-14)aSSiStS .......................... 5, 3x, last vs. arkansas (1-10-16)blOCkS ..........................3, 2x, last vs. kentUCky (2-18-16)StealS ...........6, 4x, last vs. Western kentUCky (11-23-14)

SEC HIGHSpOintS .......................................21, vs. MissoUri (1-26-14)rebOunDS ..............................12, at kentUCky (2-12-15)fG maDe ......................................8, vs. alabaMa (2-28-16)fG attemptS ...............16, 2x, last vs. kentUCky (2-27-14)3pt fG maDe ..............................5, vs. MissoUri (1-26-14)3pt fG attemptS ........................9, vs. MissoUri (1-26-14)ft maDe .................................... 8, at vanderbilt (2-25-16)ft attemptS ............................ 12, at vanderbilt (2-25-16)aSSiStS .......................... 5, 3x, last vs. arkansas (1-10-16)blOCkS .......................................3, vs. kentUCky (2-18-16)StealS .......................................... 5, vs. arkansas (1-8-15)


POSTSEASON HIGHSpOintS ..........................................11, vs. tUlane (3-20-14)rebOunDS ....................................10, at dUke (3-22-15)fG maDe ...........................3, 2x, last vs. tUlane (3-20-15)fG attemptS ................... 10, vs. soUthern Miss (3-24-14)3pt fG maDe ........................2, 2x, last at dUke (3-22-15)3pt fG attemptS ..................4, 2x, last at dUke (3-22-15)ft maDe ............................ 8, vs. soUthern Miss (3-24-14)ft attemptS .................... 14, vs. soUthern Miss (3-24-14)aSSiStS .............................. 3, vs. soUthern Miss (3-24-14)blOCkS ...............................................3, at dUke (3-22-15)StealS ...................................3, 2x, last at dUke (3-22-15)


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DILLINGHAM'S 2015-16 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS (* — INDICATES GAME STArTED)Opponent Min. FG-A 3PT-A FT-A O-D-T PF Ast. TO Blk. Stl. Pts.Samford *35 4-11 2-3 3-4 6-5-11 3 0 1 0 2 13Grambling *21 3-7 1-2 1-2 1-0-1 0 3 1 0 2 8Mississippi Valley St. *16 4-8 2-4 0-0 3-0-3 1 2 1 0 3 10Norfolk St. *18 2-4 0-2 2-2 1-1-2 2 4 0 1 3 6Savannah St. *24 4-8 1-3 0-0 3-0-3 3 2 0 2 2 9at Texas *37 2-7 0-2 2-2 1-0-1 4 0 0 0 0 6Tennessee St. *21 2-6 0-0 5-6 0-4-4 2 2 4 0 1 9at Louisiana Tech *22 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-1-2 1 1 0 1 2 2Southern Miss *39 6-12 3-6 0-0 0-2-2 2 3 0 1 0 15vs. Fla. Gulf Coast *32 0-5 0-3 0-0 1-0-1 3 3 1 1 0 0vs. Western Michigan *27 3-6 1-2 2-2 3-2-5 3 4 2 0 1 9vs. SMU *16 0-0 0-0 1-2 1-0-1 5 3 0 0 0 1SE Louisiana *28 1-5 0-0 2-4 5-4-9 2 4 1 0 1 4vs. South Florida *19 2-7 0-1 0-0 0-0-0 4 0 1 0 1 4at Florida *34 4-8 2-3 0-0 2-0-2 4 1 2 0 1 10 Auburn *40 1-9 0-6 5-6 2-2-4 1 2 2 1 1 7Arkansas *38 5-12 3-5 3-3 3-3-6 4 5 1 0 0 16at Missouri *36 3-14 0-4 3-3 4-1-5 2 2 0 0 1 9Ole Miss *37 2-11 0-2 0-0 0-5-5 0 1 0 0 1 4at Georgia *37 1-8 0-5 1-2 3-3-6 4 1 1 0 3 3South Carolina *40 2-4 1-1 0-0 1-1-2 2 2 2 0 2 5Tennessee *43 6-13 0-2 2-2 1-5-6 3 1 2 1 2 14at Arkansas *39 5-12 1-1 0-0 1-4-5 4 1 1 1 3 11 at LSU *35 4-9 0-0 2-2 3-1-4 3 2 1 0 1 10Missouri *40 2-9 0-2 1-1 2-4-6 0 2 1 0 1 5at Texas A&M *40 4-8 1-2 2-2 0-3-3 5 0 2 0 2 11Kentucky *37 1-5 0-1 2-2 3-1-4 3 2 0 3 0 4at Ole Miss *40 5-14 0-0 2-4 1-4-5 2 2 3 1 1 12at Vanderbilt *40 2-6 0-0 8-12 4-4-8 1 1 1 0 1 12Alabama *39 8-12 0-1 1-1 1-1-2 3 1 2 0 4 17vs. Vanderbilt [SECT] *35 6-13 0-0 0-0 1-1-2 4 3 0 0 3 12vs. Tennessee [SECT] *37 2-7 0-0 4-4 1-2-3 4 2 1 0 1 8vs. South Carolina [SECT] *35 3-6 0-1 0-0 0-1-1 3 0 1 1 3 6

DILLINGHAM'S BULLDOG BITES• Named to the SEC All-Defensive Team• 1st on the team lead with 49 charges taken.• 7th among active SEC players, the top junior, with 175 career steals.• Averaged SEC-high 38.4 mpg in league contests.• Claimed her first-career double-double in the season-opener against Samford, notching 13 points and 11 re-

bounds.• Recorded 10 points and had 3 steals against Mississippi Valley State.• Collected 9 points and had 2 blocks and 2 steals against Savannah State.• Scored 6 points in 37 minutes at No. 6 Texas.• Tallied 15 points in MSU's win against Southern Miss.• Collected 9 points and 5 rebounds in a Puerto Rico Classic win against Western Michigan.• Passed 600-career points against Southeastern Louisiana and grabbed 9 rebounds in the contest.• Opened SEC play with 10 points at Florida, giving her a 13.0 career average in Gainesville.• Notched 16 points in a home win against Arkansas, scoring 10 points and going 2 of 3 from 3-point range in the

second half... Also matched a personal high with 5 assists.• Paced MSU with 14 points in MSU's first-ever win against Tennessee.• Claimed a 2nd-straight double-figure game with 11 against Arkansas.• Recorded a 3rd-straight double-figure game with 10 points at LSU.• Scored 11 points on 4 of 8 shooting at Texas A&M.• Punched in 12 points in State's road win at Ole Miss, and followed it with another 12-point showing at Vanderbilt.• Claimed a season-high 17 points in the regular-season finale against Alabama, making a career-high 8 field

goals on 12 attempts... Also added 4 steals in the contest.• Tallied 12 points in the SEC Tournament opener against Vanderbilt. Contributed 8 points in the semifinal win

against Tennessee.



JaZZmuNhOlmeSGuard | 5-8 | FreshmanGulfport, Miss. | Harrison Central HS

HOLMES' BULLDOG BITES• Scored 12 points and had 5 steals in her MSU debut against Samford.• Tallied 8 assists, T5th-most by a Bulldog freshman, against Grambling.• Was a perfect 4 for 4 from the free-throw line.• Matched her freshman assists mark with another 8-assist performance against MVSU, also hitting her first

3-pointer.• Claimed her third-straight game with 8 assists against Norfolk State.• Tallied 7 assists and 4 points at Louisiana Tech.• Scored 8 points, going 5 of 6 at the line, and dished 4 assists in a win against Arkansas.• Recorded her SEC personal high with 6 assists vs. Ole Miss.

JAZZMUN HOLMES' CAREER STATISTICS

CAREER HIGHSpOintS ..................................... 12, vs. saMford (11-13-15)rebOunDS ................................6, vs. graMbling (11-21-15)fG maDe ................................... 4, vs. saMford (11-13-15)fG attemptS ..............8, 2x, last vs. graMbling (11-21-15)3pt fG maDe ................ 1, 2x, last vs. arkansas (1-10-16)3pt fG attemptS ............ 3, 2x, last vs. MvsU (11-24-15)ft maDe ..................................... 5, vs. arkansas (1-10-16)ft attemptS ............................... 6, vs. arkansas (1-10-16)aSSiStS ....................8, 3x, last vs. norfolk st. (11-27-15)blOCkS ............................. 1, 3x, last at georgia (1-21-16)StealS ....................................... 5, vs. saMford (11-13-15)

SEC HIGHSpOintS ........................................ 8, vs. arkansas (1-10-16)rebOunDS ..................... 2, 3x, last vs. tennessee (3-5-16)*fG maDe ......................2, 2x, last vs. vanderbilt (3-4-16)*fG attemptS ...............4, 3x, last vs. vanderbilt (3-4-16)*3pt fG maDe ............................. 1, vs. arkansas (1-10-16)3pt fG attemptS ............1, 4x, last vs. alabaMa (2-28-16)ft maDe ..................................... 5, vs. arkansas (1-10-16)ft attemptS ............................... 6, vs. arkansas (1-10-16)aSSiStS ....................................... 6, vs. ole Miss (1-18-16)blOCkS ..........................................1, at georgia (1-21-16)StealS ........................... 2, 2x, last vs. ole Miss (1-18-16)



Total 3-Point F-Throw ReboundsYear GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg2015-16 30 0 276 9.2 20 66 .303 2 15 .133 18 22 .818 7 24 31 1.0 26 0 68 29 3 18 60 2.0TOTAL 30 0 276 9.2 20 66 .303 2 15 .133 18 22 .818 7 24 31 1.0 26 0 68 29 3 18 60 2.0

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HOLMES' 2015-16 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS (* — IndICATES GAME STArTEd)Opponent Min. FG-A 3PT-A FT-A O-D-T PF Ast. TO Blk. Stl. Pts.Samford 18 4-8 0-2 4-4 1-2-3 3 1 3 0 5 12Grambling 26 0-8 0-3 0-0 2-4-6 1 8 1 0 0 0Mississippi Valley St. 17 1-3 1-3 0-0 0-4-4 2 8 1 0 1 3Norfolk St. 19 0-2 0-1 2-2 0-0-0 2 8 1 0 3 2Savannah St. 14 0-1 0-1 2-2 1-1-2 2 6 0 1 2 2at Texas 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0Tennessee St. 17 2-6 0-0 2-2 0-1-1 0 3 0 0 1 6at Louisiana Tech 15 2-5 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 0 7 2 1 0 4Southern Miss 2 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0vs. Fla. Gulf Coast 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0vs. Western Michigan 19 1-4 0-0 1-2 1-2-3 3 4 1 0 0 3vs. SMU 7 0-0 0-0 1-2 0-0-0 0 3 1 0 0 1SE Louisiana 13 1-3 0-1 0-0 0-0-0 2 2 1 0 0 2vs. South Florida 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0at Florida 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 2 0 3 0 2 0Auburn 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 3 0 0 0Arkansas 14 1-3 1-1 5-6 0-1-1 1 4 0 0 1 8at Missouri 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0Ole Miss 14 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-1-2 1 6 2 0 2 2at Georgia 13 2-4 0-1 0-0 0-2-2 0 0 2 1 1 4South Carolina 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 2 0 0 0Tennessee 5 1-4 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 2at Arkansas 6 1-3 0-1 0-0 0-1-1 0 2 0 0 0 2at LSU 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 1 1 1 0 0 0Missouri 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0at Texas A&M 2 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 0 0 1 0 0 0Kentucky — Did Not Play —at Ole Miss — Did Not Play —at Vanderbilt 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0Alabama 6 1-3 0-1 1-2 0-0-0 0 1 2 0 0 3vs. Vanderbilt [SECT] 12 2-4 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 2 2 1 0 0 4vs. Tennessee [SECT] 3 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0vs. South Carolina [SECT] — Did Not Play —



teairamccOWaNCenter | 6-7 | FreshmanBrenham, Texas | Brenham HS

MCCOWAN'S BULLDOG BITES• Selected to the SEC All-Freshman Team.• Named SEC Freshman of the Week after averaging 15.0 points, 11.0 rebounds and 3.0 blocks in wins against

Mississippi Valley State, Norfolk State and Savannah State.• Recorded her first double-double in her second collegiate game, claiming 21 points and 11 rebounds in a win

against Grambling... Claimed 9 of her 11 rebounds on the offensive glass.• Tallied a second-straight double-double with 17 points, 10 rebounds against Mississippi Valley State. Also

blocked two shots in the contest.• Notched her third-straight double-double with 20 points, 11 rebounds against Norfolk State.• Recorded her fourth-straight double-figure rebounding game, claiming 12 to go with 5 blocks, 3 steals and 8

points against Savannah State.• Her 5 blocks tied for the 5th-most by a Bulldog freshman.• Claimed her fourth double-double of the year against Western Michigan, setting season highs with 24 points and

13 rebounds... Notched 10 of those boards on the offensive end.• Scored 7 points and grabbed 9 rebounds, 6 offensive, in her SEC debut, a win at Florida.• Recorded her fifth double-double and first in SEC play with 10 points, 13 rebounds against Auburn.• Grabbed 10 rebounds, 7 offensive, to go with 8 points at No. 24 Missouri.• Matched her SEC high with 10 points and blocked 3 shots against Ole Miss.• Matched a season high with 5 blocks to go with 4 points and 7 rebounds at Georgia.• Added 7 late points in MSU's road win at LSU.• Equaled her SEC high with 10 points in a home win against No. 21 Missouri.• Blocked 6 shots combined (3 each game) against Kentucky and Ole Miss.• Tallied 11 points and notched a career-high 5 steals in the SEC Tournament quarterfinal win against Vanderbilt.

TEAIRA MCCOWAN'S CAREER STATISTICS

CAREER HIGHSpOintS ...................... 24, vs. Western MiChigan (12-20-15)rebOunDS ......................... 13, 2x, last vs. aUbUrn (1-7-16)fG maDe ....... 9, 2x, last vs. Western MiChigan (12-20-15)fG attemptS ..................16, Western MiChigan (12-20-15)3pt fG maDe .................................................................—3pt fG attemptS ...........................................................—ft maDe ...........................6, Western MiChigan (12-20-15)ft attemptS .....................8, Western MiChigan (12-20-15)aSSiStS ..................................... 2, vs. tennessee (1-28-16)blOCkS ............................. 5, 2x, last at georgia (1-21-16)StealS .......................................5, vs. vanderbilt (3-4-16)*

SEC HIGHSpOintS ....................................11, vs. vanderbilt (3-4-16)*rebOunDS ...................................... 13, vs. aUbUrn (1-7-16)fG maDe .................................... 5, vs. ole Miss (1-18-16)fG attemptS ................................. 11, vs. aUbUrn (1-7-16)3pt fG maDe .................................................................—3pt fG attemptS ...........................................................—ft maDe ....................................5, vs. vanderbilt (3-4-16)*ft attemptS ..............................7, vs. vanderbilt (3-4-16)*aSSiStS ..................................... 2, vs. tennessee (1-28-16)blOCkS ..........................................5, at georgia (1-21-16)StealS .......................................5, vs. vanderbilt (3-4-16)*




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MCCOWAN'S 2015-16 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS (* — INdICATES GAME STArTEd)Opponent Min. FG-A 3PT-A FT-A O-D-T PF Ast. TO Blk. Stl. Pts.Samford *11 1-3 0-0 0-1 3-0-3 0 0 1 1 0 2Grambling 14 8-14 0-0 5-7 9-2-11 3 0 0 2 1 21Mississippi Valley St. 13 6-12 0-0 5-6 5-5-10 1 0 1 2 0 17Norfolk St. 18 9-12 0-0 2-2 4-7-11 3 0 3 2 0 20Savannah St. 22 3-10 0-0 2-4 4-8-12 2 1 4 5 3 8at Texas 17 2-3 0-0 0-2 2-2-4 5 0 2 0 3 4Tennessee St. 6 1-1 0-0 1-2 0-3-3 2 0 2 1 0 3at Louisiana Tech 7 2-4 0-0 0-0 1-3-4 5 0 0 2 0 4Southern Miss 6 1-3 0-0 2-2 2-1-3 3 0 2 0 0 4vs. Fla. Gulf Coast — Did Not Play —vs. Western Michigan 22 9-16 0-0 6-8 10-3-13 4 0 1 2 0 24vs. SMU 18 2-6 0-0 0-0 3-2-5 3 1 1 1 0 4SE Louisiana 7 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-3-3 1 0 1 0 0 2vs. South Florida 10 2-5 0-0 0-0 0-2-2 5 0 4 0 0 4at Florida 23 3-7 0-0 1-2 6-3-9 2 0 2 2 0 7Auburn 19 4-11 0-0 2-4 8-5-13 3 0 0 0 1 10Arkansas 12 2-4 0-0 1-2 2-3-5 0 1 2 0 0 5at Missouri 25 4-10 0-0 0-0 7-3-10 3 0 0 1 1 8Ole Miss 11 5-6 0-0 0-0 3-1-4 2 0 0 3 0 10at Georgia 22 2-3 0-0 0-0 2-5-7 4 0 2 5 1 4South Carolina 11 0-3 0-0 0-0 4-3-7 3 1 1 1 0 0Tennessee 12 0-2 0-0 1-2 5-2-7 3 2 0 0 0 1at Arkansas 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 0 0 2 1 0 0at LSU 13 3-5 0-0 1-1 1-4-5 1 0 0 1 0 7Missouri 22 3-4 0-0 4-4 2-0-2 4 0 2 0 0 10at Texas A&M 16 2-5 0-0 1-3 5-1-6 2 0 2 2 0 5Kentucky 18 2-6 0-0 0-0 3-6-9 5 1 1 3 0 4at Ole Miss 8 2-2 0-0 1-2 1-1-2 2 0 1 3 0 5at Vanderbilt 7 1-2 0-0 2-2 0-1-1 3 0 1 0 1 4Alabama 4 0-1 0-0 2-2 0-0-0 1 0 1 1 0 2vs. Vanderbilt [SECT] 21 3-5 0-0 5-7 1-2-3 4 1 1 3 5 11vs. Tennessee [SECT] 8 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 3 0 0 1 0 0vs. South Carolina [SECT] 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 1 0 0 0 0 0



KaYlaNevittGuard | 5-10 | SophomoreHouston, Texas | Andy Dekaney HS

KAYLA NEVITT’S CAREER STATISTICS

CAREER HIGHSpOintS ........................................ 20, vs. MvsU (11-24-15)rebOunDS ..................................... 6, vs. MvsU (11-24-15)fG maDe ...................................... 9, vs. MvsU (11-24-15)fG attemptS .............................. 16, vs. MvsU (11-24-15)3pt fG maDe ................ 2, 5x, last vs. ole Miss (1-18-16)3pt fG attemptS .......................5, vs. kentUCky (2-18-16)ft maDe .............................. 5, at neW orleans (11-29-14)ft attemptS ........................ 8, at neW orleans (11-29-14)aSSiStS ......................................... 4, vs. MvsU (11-24-15)blOCkS .......................................2, vs. kentUCky (2-18-16)StealS ..........................................3, vs. MvsU (12-15-14)

SEC HIGHSpOintS ......................................12, vs. kentUCky (2-18-16)rebOunDS ................... 2, 2x, last vs. kentUCky (2-18-16)fG maDe ....................................4, vs. kentUCky (2-18-16)fG attemptS ............................10, vs. kentUCky (2-18-16)3pt fG maDe ............................. 2, vs. ole Miss (1-18-16)3pt fG attemptS .......................5, vs. kentUCky (2-18-16)ft maDe .....................................3, vs. kentUCky (2-18-16)ft attemptS ...............................3, vs. kentUCky (2-18-16)aSSiStS .......................................2, vs. kentUCky (2-18-16)blOCkS .......................................2, vs. kentUCky (2-18-16)StealS .............................1, 5x, last vs. alabaMa (2-28-16)


POSTSEASON HIGHSpOintS ............................................................................—rebOunDS ..............................................................—fG maDe .......................................................................—fG attemptS ..................................................................—3pt fG maDe .................................................................—3pt fG attemptS ...........................................................—ft maDe .........................................................................—ft attemptS ...................................................................—aSSiStS ...........................................................................—blOCkS ...........................................................................—StealS ............................................................................—

Total 3-Point F-Throw ReboundsYear GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg2014-15 18 0 134 7.4 18 51 .353 5 14 .357 11 16 .688 9 6 15 0.8 12 0 13 7 1 10 52 2.92015-16 28 0 280 10.0 41 99 .414 16 44 .364 5 9 .556 17 17 34 1.2 19 0 16 8 6 12 103 3.7TOTAL 46 0 414 9.0 59 150 .393 21 58 .362 16 25 .640 26 23 49 1.1 31 0 29 15 7 22 155 3.4

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NEVITT'S 2015-16 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS (* — INdICATES GAME STArTEd)Opponent Min. FG-A 3PT-A FT-A O-D-T PF Ast. TO Blk. Stl. Pts.Samford — Did Not Play —Grambling 13 1-7 0-3 0-0 3-1-4 0 0 0 0 1 2Mississippi Valley St. 27 9-16 2-4 0-0 5-1-6 0 4 0 1 2 20Norfolk St. 21 2-7 1-3 0-0 0-2-2 1 3 0 0 0 5Savannah St. 14 5-7 2-3 0-0 0-1-1 0 1 0 0 1 12at Texas 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 0 0 2 1 0 0Tennessee St. 17 1-2 0-0 0-2 0-3-3 0 2 0 0 1 2at Louisiana Tech 12 1-6 0-2 0-0 0-1-1 3 0 0 0 0 2Southern Miss 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0vs. Fla. Gulf Coast 9 2-2 2-2 0-0 0-1-1 0 2 0 0 1 6vs. Western Michigan 9 2-4 1-2 0-0 0-1-1 2 0 1 0 0 5vs. SMU 15 2-8 0-2 0-0 0-0-0 2 0 0 1 1 4SE Louisiana 16 3-7 1-3 0-0 2-0-2 1 0 0 0 1 7vs. South Florida 9 1-1 1-1 0-0 1-0-1 1 0 0 0 0 3at Florida 3 1-2 0-0 0-0 1-0-1 1 0 0 0 0 2 Auburn — Did Not Play —Arkansas 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0at Missouri 17 2-4 1-2 0-0 1-0-1 1 0 1 0 1 5Ole Miss 16 3-6 2-4 1-2 0-1-1 2 0 3 0 0 9at Georgia 4 0-2 0-1 0-0 2-0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0South Carolina 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0Tennessee — Did Not Play —at Arkansas 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0at LSU 11 0-2 0-2 1-2 0-1-1 1 1 1 0 0 1Missouri — Did Not Play —at Texas A&M 1 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0Kentucky 28 4-10 1-5 3-3 0-2-2 3 2 0 2 0 12at Ole Miss 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0at Vanderbilt 2 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0Alabama 6 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 1 3vs. Vanderbilt [SECT] 16 1-3 1-2 0-0 0-0-0 1 1 0 0 0 3vs. Tennessee [SECT] — Did Not Play —vs. South Carolina [SECT] 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0

NEVITT'S BULLDOG BITES• Did not play in MSU's season opener against Samford.• Scored 2 points and grabbed 4 rebounds in her first action of the season, a win against Grambling.• Claimed a new career high with 20 points against Mississippi Valley State. Also recorded new career highs for

FG made (9), FG attempted (16), rebounds (6) and assists (4).• Tallied 12 points and matched her career high with a pair of 3-pointers againt Savannah State.• Knocked down both 3-point attempts for 6 points against Florida Gulf Coast in Puerto Rico.• Scored 7 points in 16 minutes against Southeastern Louisiana.• Notched the first SEC points of her career with a bucket at Florida.• Recorded 9 points against Ole Miss, going 2 of 4 from 3-point range.• Had personal SEC high with 12 points in 28 minutes against No. 16 Kentucky. Also had a career-best 2 blocks.



chiNWeOKOrieCenter | 6-5 | JuniorLagos, Nigeria | Stoneleigh-Burnham School

CHINWE OKORIE’S CAREER STATISTICS

CAREER HIGHSpOintS ................................15, vs. norfolk st. (11-27-15)rebOunDS ....................... 14, vs. loUisiana teCh (12-11-14)fG maDe ..............................7, vs. norfolk st. (11-27-15)fG attemptS .................... 14, vs. se loUisiana (12-28-15)3pt fG maDe .................................................................—3pt fG attemptS ...........................................................—ft maDe ..........................4, 4x, last vs. alabaMa (2-28-16)ft attemptS .......... 7, vs. Mississippi valley st. (12-15-14)aSSiStS ............... 3, 2x, last vs. soUthern Miss (12-16-15)blOCkS .................................3, vs. norfolk st. (11-27-15)StealS ........................... 3, 2x, last vs. arkansas (1-10-16)

SEC HIGHSpOintS ...................................... 14, vs. ole Miss (1-18-16)rebOunDS ............................ 11, vs. tennessee (3-5-16)*fG maDe ...................... 5, 3x, last at vanderbilt (2-25-16)fG attemptS ............................ 8, vs. tennessee (1-28-16)3pt fG maDe .................................................................—3pt fG attemptS ...........................................................—ft maDe ..........................4, 4x, last vs. alabaMa (2-28-16)ft attemptS ....................6, 2x, last vs. alabaMa (2-28-16)aSSiStS .................1, 2x, last vs. soUth Carolina (3-6-16)*blOCkS ......................... 2, 5x, last vs. tennessee (3-5-16)*StealS ........................... 3, 2x, last vs. arkansas (1-10-16)


POSTSEASON HIGHSpOintS ............................................................................—rebOunDS .......................... 1, 2x, last at dUke (3-22-15)fG maDe .......................................................................—fG attemptS .........................1, 2x, last at dUke (3-22-15)3pt fG maDe .................................................................—3pt fG attemptS ...........................................................—ft maDe .........................................................................—ft attemptS ...................................................................—aSSiStS ...........................................................................—blOCkS ...........................................................................—StealS ............................................................................—


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OKORIE'S 2015-16 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS (* — IndICATES GAME STARTEd)Opponent Min. FG-A 3PT-A FT-A O-D-T PF Ast. TO Blk. Stl. Pts.Samford 20 2-4 0-0 2-2 4-1-5 2 0 1 0 0 6Grambling *17 5-12 0-0 2-2 6-5-11 1 1 1 2 0 12Mississippi Valley St. *11 5-6 0-0 0-0 3-3-6 0 0 0 0 0 10Norfolk St. *16 7-8 0-0 1-2 3-3-6 1 0 0 3 0 15Savannah St. *9 0-2 0-0 0-0 2-0-2 3 1 1 0 0 0at Texas *15 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 5 0 0 0 0 2Tennessee St. *26 5-8 0-0 2-4 9-4-13 0 0 3 0 1 12at Louisiana Tech *16 3-4 0-0 0-0 2-2-4 2 3 1 0 0 6Southern Miss *31 6-8 0-0 1-2 2-7-9 5 3 2 0 0 13vs. Fla. Gulf Coast *17 2-2 0-0 0-1 3-1-4 4 0 3 0 0 4vs. Western Michigan *13 3-6 0-0 1-2 2-3-5 4 0 1 0 0 7vs. SMU *18 5-8 0-0 0-0 8-0-8 4 0 1 1 0 10SE Louisiana *20 6-14 0-0 1-6 4-5-9 3 0 1 0 0 13vs. South Florida *28 4-8 0-0 0-0 5-6-11 4 0 2 1 1 8at Florida *17 3-4 0-0 0-0 4-3-7 2 0 1 2 0 6Auburn *21 2-4 0-0 2-2 1-2-3 0 0 1 1 0 6Arkansas *26 4-7 0-0 4-6 5-2-7 3 1 4 2 3 12at Missouri 11 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-2-4 5 0 3 0 0 0Ole Miss *28 5-6 0-0 4-5 5-2-7 2 0 0 1 0 14at Georgia *18 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 3 0 2 0 0 2South Carolina *29 1-4 0-0 0-0 2-6-8 4 0 1 0 0 2Tennessee *33 5-8 0-0 0-1 1-7-8 2 0 0 1 1 10at Arkansas *21 2-3 0-0 2-2 4-3-7 1 0 2 1 0 6at LSU *19 1-6 0-0 4-4 5-1-6 3 0 1 0 2 6Missouri *14 2-4 0-0 0-0 1-1-2 5 0 4 1 0 4at Texas A&M *22 1-4 0-0 0-0 2-5-7 3 0 2 0 1 2 Kentucky *17 0-3 0-0 0-2 2-1-3 2 0 3 0 0 0at Ole Miss *32 3-4 0-0 3-4 4-4-8 3 0 1 2 1 9at Vanderbilt *30 5-7 0-0 0-2 1-3-4 3 0 3 2 1 10Alabama 23 2-3 0-0 4-6 4-2-6 2 0 0 1 1 8vs. Vanderbilt [SECT] *12 2-3 0-0 2-2 0-3-3 3 0 2 1 1 6vs. Tennessee [SECT] *31 1-4 0-0 0-0 5-6-11 3 0 1 2 1 2vs. South Carolina [SECT] *35 2-6 0-0 2-4 1-7-8 3 1 1 1 1 6

OKORIE'S BULLDOG BITES• Was nominated for the Allstate Good Works Team.• Contributed 6 points and 5 rebounds in 20 minutes of reserve duty against Samford.• Claimed the second double-double of her career against Grambling, notching 12 points and 11 rebounds in a

starting role.• Was 5 of 6 from the field for 10 points and had 6 rebounds against Mississippi Valley State.• Scored a career-best 15 points and had a personal-best 3 blocks against Norfolk State. Also had 6 rebounds.• Tallied her second double-double of the season with 12 points, 13 rebounds against Tennessee State.• Collected 13 points and came a rebound shy of a double-double in the Bulldogs' win against Southern Miss.• Averaged 7.0 points and 5.7 rebounds in the Puerto Rico Classic, including 10 points and 8 rebounds in the

championship game win against SMU.• Scored 13 points and grabbed 9 rebounds against Southeastern Louisiana.• Grabbed 11 rebounds and came two points shy of a double-double against No. 17 South Florida.• Contributed 12 points and 7 rebounds against Arkansas. Also notched 3 steals and 2 blocks, and made a per-

sonal-high 4 free throws.• Had an SEC personal-best 14 points, going 5 of 6 from the field, and grabbed 7 rebounds against Ole Miss.• Matched her SEC career-high with 8 rebounds against South Carolina.• Scored 10 points and came 2 rebounds shy of a double-double against No. 19 Tennessee... Had the go-ahead

putback in overtime.• Grabbed 7 rebounds to go with 6 points in a road win at Arkansas.• Tallied 9 points and 8 rebounds while matching her SEC personal high with 2 blocks at Ole Miss.• Scored 10 points on 5 of 7 shooting and equaled her SEC personal high with 2 blocks at Vanderbilt.• Grabbed 11 rebounds, her most against an SEC opponent, in the SEC Tournament semifinals against Tennessee.• Added 6 points and 8 boards in the championship game against South Carolina.



BreaNNarichardSONForward | 6-1 | JuniorConyers, Ga. | Rockdale County HS

BREANNA RICHARDSON’S CAREER STATISTICS

CAREER HIGHSpOintS ............................. 20, vs. soUthern Miss (3-24-14) rebOunDS ............ 14, 2x, last vs. soUth florida (3-30-14)fG maDe ......................................8, at ole Miss (1-23-14)fG attemptS ...... 17, 2x, last vs. soUthern Miss (3-24-14)3pt fG maDe ...................2, 5x, last vs. florida (2-15-15)3pt fG attemptS ............4, 6x, last vs. kentUCky (3-6-15)ft maDe .....................................8, at vanderbilt (1-11-15)ft attemptS .............................11, at vanderbilt (1-11-15)aSSiStS ............................4, 2x, last vs. kentUCky (3-6-15)blOCkS ..........................2, 5x, last vs. kentUCky (2-18-16)StealS .............................4, vs. arkansas state (11-16-14)

SEC HIGHSpOintS ........................................18, at ole Miss (1-23-14)rebOunDS ................. 11, 2x, last at vanderbilt (1-11-15)fG maDe ......................................8, at ole Miss (1-23-14)fG attemptS ..............13, 2x, last vs. texas a&M (2-8-15)3pt fG maDe ...................2, 2x, last vs. florida (2-15-15)3pt fG attemptS .......... 4, 5x, last vs. kentUCky (3-6-15)*ft maDe .....................................8, at vanderbilt (1-11-15)ft attemptS .............................11, at vanderbilt (1-11-15)aSSiStS .......................... 4, 2x, last vs. kentUCky (3-6-15)*blOCkS ..........................2, 2x, last vs. kentUCky (2-18-16)StealS .............................................. 3, at aUbUrn (2-9-14)


POSTSEASON HIGHSpOintS ............................. 20, vs. soUthern Miss (3-24-14)rebOunDS ......................14, vs. soUth florida (3-30-14)fG maDe ...........................7, 2x, last vs. tUlane (3-20-15)fG attemptS ................... 17, vs. soUthern Miss (3-24-14)3pt fG maDe .................................................................—3pt fG attemptS ..................1, 2x, last at dUke (3-22-15)ft maDe ............................ 6, vs. soUthern Miss (3-24-14)ft attemptS ...................... 7, vs. soUthern Miss (3-24-14)aSSiStS ...........................................3, vs. tUlane (3-20-14)blOCkS .................. 2, 2x, last vs. soUth florida (3-30-14)StealS ............................................3, vs. tUlane (3-20-14)


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RICHARDSON'S 2015-16 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS (* — INDICATES GAME STARTED)Opponent Min. FG-A 3PT-A FT-A O-D-T PF Ast. TO Blk. Stl. Pts.Samford *21 3-10 0-2 0-0 3-0-3 3 1 3 1 2 6Grambling 11 1-3 0-1 2-2 4-2-6 2 1 1 1 1 4Mississippi Valley St. 9 2-3 0-0 0-0 1-0-1 0 1 3 0 0 4Norfolk St. 16 0-4 0-0 1-2 0-2-2 2 0 2 0 2 1Savannah St. 12 0-2 0-0 4-4 1-1-2 0 1 1 1 0 4at Texas 16 1-6 0-2 6-10 2-4-6 2 0 4 1 3 8Tennessee St. 21 4-12 0-1 6-7 6-2-8 1 1 2 0 1 14at Louisiana Tech 28 5-9 1-3 1-2 1-3-4 2 2 2 1 2 12Southern Miss 4 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 1 0 2 0 1 2vs. Fla. Gulf Coast 21 2-5 0-0 7-8 2-3-5 4 0 5 0 1 11vs. Western Michigan 15 0-4 0-0 0-0 3-1-4 4 1 1 0 0 0vs. SMU 6 2-2 0-0 2-6 1-1-2 3 0 2 0 0 6SE Louisiana 18 0-4 0-1 4-4 5-3-8 1 0 2 1 0 4vs. South Florida 15 2-2 0-0 2-4 0-4-4 2 1 2 0 1 6at Florida 28 5-9 0-0 1-1 3-0-3 5 2 4 0 2 11Auburn 14 0-1 0-0 0-0 2-1-3 1 1 0 0 0 0Arkansas — Did Not Play —at Missouri — Did Not Play —Ole Miss 17 2-7 0-0 4-5 3-4-7 2 2 1 1 2 8at Georgia 19 0-3 0-1 1-2 1-2-3 4 1 5 0 0 1South Carolina 17 1-7 0-0 3-4 2-3-5 3 2 0 1 0 5Tennessee 26 1-2 0-1 1-2 3-2-5 5 1 1 0 0 3at Arkansas 25 4-5 0-0 2-2 3-2-5 2 0 4 0 0 10at LSU 14 3-4 0-0 1-2 2-1-3 3 1 1 0 0 7Missouri 17 0-2 0-0 1-2 3-3-6 4 0 3 0 0 1at Texas A&M 20 3-4 0-0 3-4 5-1-6 0 2 3 1 0 9Kentucky 28 5-7 0-0 3-7 2-4-6 1 0 1 2 0 13at Ole Miss 14 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-1-2 3 1 2 1 0 0at Vanderbilt 24 2-4 0-0 0-0 1-1-2 4 2 4 0 1 4Alabama 23 1-2 0-0 0-0 1-1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2vs. Vanderbilt [SECT] 19 3-5 0-1 2-3 3-0-3 5 1 1 0 0 8vs. Tennessee [SECT] 29 1-4 1-1 3-4 1-6-7 2 3 2 1 0 6vs. South Carolina [SECT] 19 0-3 0-1 2-2 1-3-4 5 2 3 1 1 2

RICHARDSON'S BULLDOG BITES• 15th among active SEC players in career rebounds with 534.• Missed the first game of her career against Arkansas.• Scored 6 points and had 3 rebounds and 2 steals in the opener against Samford.• Collected 6 rebounds, 4 offensive, against Grambling.• Was 4 for 4 at the free-throw line against Savannah State.• Scored a season-high 8 points, making 6 of 10 at the free-throw line, and grabbed 6 rebounds and collected 3

steals in a road setback at No. 6 Texas.• Tallied 14 points and 8 rebounds in a win against Tennessee State.• Contributed 12 points on 5 of 9 shooting at Louisiana Tech.• Tallied 11 points, including 7 of 8 at the free-throw line, in a Puerto Rico Classic-opening win against FGCU.• Reached 700-career points against Southeastern Louisiana.• Made both field goal attempts and went 2 of 4 at the line against South Florida.• Scored 11 points at Florida, giving her an 11.8 career scoring average against the Gators.• Returned after missing her first 2 college games with 8 points, 7 rebounds against Ole Miss.• Added 5 points and 5 rebounds, including 3 key offensive boards, in MSU's win against Tennessee.• Put in 10 points on 4 of 5 shooting and grabbed 5 rebounds in MSU's road win at Arkansas.• Knocked down 3 of her 4 field goal attempts for 7 points at LSU.• Collected 9 points and grabbed 6 rebounds at Texas A&M.• Went 5 for 7 from the field in a 13-point effort against No. 16 Kentucky.• Added 8 points in MSU's SEC Tournament quarterfinal win against Vanderbilt. Scored 6 points and grabbed 7

rebounds against Tennessee in the semifinals.



laKariSSalterForward | 6-1 | SophomoreTallahassee, Fla. | Florida A&M DRS

LAKARIS SALTER’S CAREER STATISTICS

CAREER HIGHSpOintS .........................16, vs. north dakota st. (12-2-14)rebOunDS ........................4, 3x, last vs. MvsU (12-15-14)fG maDe ...................................... 7, vs. MvsU (11-24-15)fG attemptS .............................. 14, vs. MvsU (11-24-15)3pt fG maDe .................... 4, at soUth Carolina (2-26-15)3pt fG attemptS .............. 5, at soUth Carolina (2-26-15)ft maDe ............................... 3, vs. se loUisiana (12-7-14)ft attemptS ......................... 4, vs. se loUisiana (12-7-14)aSSiStS .......................2, 3x, last vs. graMbling (11-21-15)blOCkS ..........................1, 6x, last vs. kentUCky (2-18-16)StealS ..........................................2, vs. MvsU (12-15-14)

SEC HIGHSpOintS ............................. 14, at soUth Carolina (2-26-15)rebOunDS ................... 2, 2x, last vs. kentUCky (2-18-16)fG maDe ...........................4, at soUth Carolina (2-26-15)fG attemptS .................6, 2x, last vs. kentUCky (2-18-16)3pt fG maDe .................... 4, at soUth Carolina (2-26-15)3pt fG attemptS .............. 5, at soUth Carolina (2-26-15)ft maDe ............................ 2, at soUth Carolina (2-26-15)ft attemptS ...................... 3, at soUth Carolina (2-26-15)aSSiStS ....................................... 1, vs. arkansas (1-10-16)blOCkS .......................................1, vs. kentUCky (2-18-16)StealS ......................................1, 2x, last at lsU (2-4-16)


POSTSEASON HIGHSpOintS ............................................................................—rebOunDS ..............................................................—fG maDe ........................................................................—fG attemptS ..................................................................—3pt fG maDe .................................................................—3pt fG attemptS ...........................................................—ft maDe .........................................................................—ft attemptS ...................................................................—aSSiStS ...........................................................................—blOCkS ...........................................................................—StealS ............................................................................—


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SALTER'S 2015-16 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS (* — IndICATES GAME STARTEd)Opponent Min. FG-A 3PT-A FT-A O-D-T PF Ast. TO Blk. Stl. Pts.Samford 3 1-4 0-2 0-0 1-2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2Grambling 10 3-6 1-2 0-0 2-0-2 0 2 1 0 0 7Mississippi Valley St. 15 7-14 1-2 0-0 3-0-3 2 1 1 0 1 15Norfolk St. 4 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0-0 2 0 0 0 0 0Savannah St. 10 3-5 2-3 0-0 1-1-2 1 0 1 0 0 8at Texas 2 1-4 0-1 0-0 0-0-0 1 0 0 0 0 2Tennessee St. 10 1-3 0-1 0-0 1-2-3 2 0 2 0 0 2at Louisiana Tech 3 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-0-1 1 0 2 0 0 0Southern Miss — Did Not Play —vs. Fla. Gulf Coast 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0vs. Western Michigan 8 2-6 2-3 1-2 3-0-3 2 0 1 1 0 7vs. SMU — Did Not Play —SE Louisiana 5 0-2 0-2 0-0 1-1-2 0 0 2 1 0 0vs. South Florida — Did Not Play —at Florida — Did Not Play —Auburn — Did Not Play —Arkansas 8 0-2 0-1 0-2 0-0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0at Missouri 6 2-6 1-3 0-0 0-1-1 1 0 1 0 0 5Ole Miss 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0at Georgia — Did Not Play —South Carolina — Did Not Play —Tennessee 1 0-2 0-0 0-0 1-0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0at Arkansas — Did Not Play —at LSU 10 1-2 1-2 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 1 3Missouri — Did Not Play —at Texas A&M — Did Not Play —Kentucky 8 3-6 2-4 0-0 0-2-2 1 0 1 1 0 8at Ole Miss — Did Not Play —at Vanderbilt — Did Not Play —Alabama — Did Not Play —vs. Vanderbilt [SECT] — Did Not Play —vs. Tennessee [SECT] — Did Not Play —vs. South Carolina [SECT] 5 1-3 1-2 0-0 0-0-0 1 0 0 0 0 3

SALTER'S BULLDOG BITES• Logged 10 minutes against Grambling, adding 7 points off 3 of 6 shooting.• Scored 15 points in 15 minutes against MVSU, going 7 of 14 from the field.• Was 3 of 5 from the field, including 2 of 3 from 3-point range, for 8 points against Savannah State.• Tallied 7 points against Western Michigan in 8 minutes in Puerto Rico.• Collected 5 points in State's road setback at No. 24 Missouri.• Notched 8 points in as many minutes against No. 16 Kentucky.



BlairSchaeferGuard | 5-7 | SophomoreStarkville, Miss. | Starkville HS

BLAIR SCHAEFER’S CAREER STATISTICS

CAREER HIGHSpOintS ................. 12, 2x, last vs. se loUisiana (12-28-15)rebOunDS ........................................6, vs. UlM (11-25-14)fG maDe ............... 4, 2x, last vs. se loUisiana (12-28-15)fG attemptS .........10, 2x, last vs. norfolk st. (11-27-15)3pt fG maDe ........ 4, 2x, last vs. se loUisiana (12-28-15)3pt fG attemptS ............... 9, vs. se loUisiana (12-28-15)ft maDe .................................... 3, vs. saMford (11-13-15)ft attemptS ................ 4, 2x, last vs. tennessee (1-28-16)aSSiStS .........................................5, vs. MvsU (12-15-14)blOCkS ............................................2, vs. UlM (11-25-14)StealS .......................................... 4, vs. MvsU (11-24-15)

SEC HIGHSpOintS ........................................6, vs. kentUCky (2-18-16)rebOunDS ................... 2, 4x, last vs. kentUCky (2-18-16)fG maDe .......................2, 2x, last vs. kentUCky (2-18-16)fG attemptS ..............................7, vs. kentUCky (2-18-16)3pt fG maDe .............................2, vs. kentUCky (2-18-16)3pt fG attemptS ........................ 5, vs. kentUCky (2-18-16)ft maDe ...................... 2, 3x, last vs. tennessee (1-28-16)ft attemptS ............................. 4, vs. tennessee (1-28-16)aSSiStS .....................................3, vs. vanderbilt (1-29-15)blOCkS ...........................................................................—StealS ............................................................................—


POSTSEASON HIGHSpOintS ................................................2, at dUke (3-22-15)rebOunDS ..............................................................—fG maDe ............................................1, at dUke (3-22-15)fG attemptS .........................1, 2x, last at dUke (3-22-15)3pt fG maDe .................................................................—3pt fG attemptS ...........................1, vs. tUlane (3-20-15)ft maDe .........................................................................—ft attemptS ...................................................................—aSSiStS ...........................................................................—blOCkS ...........................................................................—StealS ............................................................................—


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SCHAEFER'S 2015-16 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS (* — IndICATES GAME STARTEd)Opponent Min. FG-A 3PT-A FT-A O-D-T PF Ast. TO Blk. Stl. Pts.Samford 16 1-10 0-5 3-4 2-2-4 1 0 0 0 2 5Grambling 15 1-3 1-3 0-0 0-0-0 1 3 0 0 0 3Mississippi Valley St. 27 3-9 1-6 0-0 1-1-2 0 3 0 0 4 7Norfolk St. 22 3-10 3-8 0-0 0-1-1 0 2 0 0 1 9Savannah St. 14 2-3 2-3 0-0 0-2-2 0 2 0 0 2 6at Texas 4 1-2 1-1 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 3Tennessee St. 27 3-8 3-6 0-0 0-2-2 3 0 5 0 0 9at Louisiana Tech 17 1-5 1-4 0-0 1-0-1 2 1 1 0 0 3Southern Miss 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0vs. Fla. Gulf Coast 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0vs. Western Michigan 16 0-5 0-2 0-0 0-1-1 0 0 0 0 1 0vs. SMU 13 2-2 2-2 0-2 0-1-1 0 0 0 0 0 6SE Louisiana 21 4-9 4-9 0-0 1-2-3 1 1 2 0 0 12vs. South Florida 18 0-3 0-2 2-2 0-1-1 3 1 1 0 0 2at Florida 4 0-2 0-2 0-0 0-2-2 0 0 0 0 0 0Auburn 7 1-3 1-3 0-0 2-0-2 2 0 0 0 0 3Arkansas 15 2-4 1-2 0-0 0-0-0 3 0 0 0 0 5at Missouri 6 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0Ole Miss 3 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0at Georgia 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0South Carolina — Did Not Play —Tennessee 9 1-2 1-2 2-4 2-0-2 1 0 1 0 0 5at Arkansas 2 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0at LSU 6 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 2Missouri 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0at Texas A&M 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0Kentucky 21 2-7 2-5 0-0 1-1-2 2 1 2 0 0 6at Ole Miss 1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0at Vanderbilt 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0Alabama 7 1-3 1-2 1-2 0-0-0 2 0 0 0 0 4vs. Vanderbilt [SECT] 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0vs. Tennessee [SECT] 3 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0vs. South Carolina [SECT] — Did Not Play —

SCHAEFER'S BULLDOG BITES• 3rd on the team with 28 charges taken this season.• Played 16 minutes in MSU's season opener, tallying 5 points, including 3 of 4 at the free-throw line, and 4 re-

bounds.• Tallied 7 points and a career-best 4 steals against MVSU.• Hit a trio of 3-pointers for 9 points against Norfolk State.• Knocked down a pair of 3-pointers for 6 points and had 2 steals and 2 assists against Savannah State.• Matched her season high with 9 points against Tennessee State, going 3 of 6 from 3-point range.• Scored 6 points against SMU and claimed a clutch rebound late to help MSU win the Puerto Rico Classic.• Drained 4 3-pointers for 12 points against Southeastern Louisiana... Matched her career highs for field goals and

3-point field goals made.• Collected 5 points against Arkansas.• Tallied 5 points in MSU's first-ever win against Tennessee.• Knocked down her lone field goal attempt at LSU, a jumper just before halftime.• Had her best scoring effort in SEC play against No. 16 Kentucky, scoring 6 points on a pair of 3-pointers.



JAZMINESPearSForward | 6-0 | JuniorNew Albany, Miss. | Trinity Valley CC

SPEARS' BULLDOG BITES• Saw her first MSU action against Grambling, knocking down her lone field goal attempt while adding 3 rebounds.• Had 5 points and grabbed 3 rebounds against Savannah State.• Collected 4 points against Southeastern Louisiana.

JAZMINE SPEARS' CAREER STATISTICS

CAREER HIGHSpOintS ................................ 5, vs. savannah st. (11-29-15)rebOunDS .............. 3, 4x, last vs. se loUisiana (12-28-15)fG maDe ............................ 2, vs. savannah st. (11-29-15)fG attemptS ......... 3, 2x, last vs. savannah st. (11-29-15)3pt fG maDe ..................... 1, vs. savannah st. (11-29-15)3pt fG attemptS ......................... 2, vs. MvsU (11-24-15)ft maDe ............................. 2, vs. se loUisiana (12-28-15)ft attemptS ....................... 2, vs. se loUisiana (12-28-15)aSSiStS ......................................... 1, vs. MvsU (11-24-15)blOCkS ............................... 1, vs. savannah st. (11-29-15)StealS ............................................................................—

SEC HIGHSpOintS ............................................................................—rebOunDS .......................................................................—fG maDe ........................................................................—fG attemptS ..................................................................—3pt fG maDe .................................................................—3pt fG attemptS ...........................................................—ft maDe .........................................................................—ft attemptS ...................................................................—aSSiStS ...........................................................................—blOCkS ...........................................................................—StealS ............................................................................—



Total 3-Point F-Throw ReboundsYear GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg2015-16 8 0 34 4.3 5 13 .385 1 3 .333 2 2 1.000 7 6 13 1.6 1 0 1 3 1 0 13 1.6TOTAL 8 0 34 4.3 5 13 .385 1 3 .333 2 2 1.000 7 6 13 1.6 1 0 1 3 1 0 13 1.6

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SPEARS' 2015-16 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS (* — IndICATES GAME STARTEd)Opponent Min. FG-A 3PT-A FT-A O-D-T PF Ast. TO Blk. Stl. Pts.Samford — Did Not Play —Grambling 5 1-1 0-0 0-0 2-1-3 0 0 1 0 0 2Mississippi Valley St. 9 0-3 0-2 0-0 0-0-0 1 1 1 0 0 0Norfolk St. 7 1-2 0-0 0-0 1-2-3 0 0 1 0 0 2Savannah St. 6 2-3 1-1 0-0 1-2-3 0 0 0 1 0 5at Texas — Did Not Play —Tennessee St. 2 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0at Louisiana Tech 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0Southern Miss — Did Not Play —vs. Fla. Gulf Coast — Did Not Play —vs. Western Michigan — Did Not Play —vs. SMU — Did Not Play —SE Louisiana 2 1-2 0-0 2-2 3-0-3 0 0 0 0 0 4vs. South Florida — Did Not Play —at Florida — Did Not Play —Auburn — Did Not Play —Arkansas 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0at Missouri — Did Not Play —Ole Miss — Did Not Play —at Georgia — Did Not Play —South Carolina — Did Not Play —Tennessee — Did Not Play —at Arkansas — Did Not Play —at LSU — Did Not Play —Missouri — Did Not Play —at Texas A&M — Did Not Play —Kentucky — Did Not Play —at Ole Miss — Did Not Play —at Vanderbilt — Did Not Play —Alabama — Did Not Play —vs. Vanderbilt [SECT] — Did Not Play —vs. Tennessee [SECT] — Did Not Play —vs. South Carolina [SECT] — Did Not Play —



victOriaviviaNSGuard | 6-1 | SophomoreCarthage, Miss. | Scott Central HS

VICTORIA VIVIANS’ CAREER STATISTICS

CAREER HIGHSpOintS ....................................... 39, at kentUCky (2-12-15)rebOunDS ............. 12, 2x, last at Ul-lafayette (12-17-14)fG maDe ............ 13, 2x, last at loUisiana teCh (12-13-15)fG attemptS ............................. 29, at kentUCky (2-12-15)3pt fG maDe .................... 7, at loUisiana teCh (12-13-15)3pt fG attemptS ............. 15, 2x, last vs. aUbUrn (1-7-16)ft maDe ......................... 10, vs. loUisiana teCh (12-11-14)ft attemptS ................. 11, 2x, last at kentUCky (2-12-15)aSSiStS ..........................4, vs. north dakota st. (12-2-14)blOCkS ......................... 2, 5x, last vs. tennessee (3-5-16)*StealS ...........................................5, vs. MissoUri (2-7-16)

SEC HIGHSpOintS ....................................... 39, at kentUCky (2-12-15)rebOunDS ...................10, 3x, last at ole Miss (2-21-16)fG maDe ................................... 13, at kentUCky (2-12-15)fG attemptS ............................. 29, at kentUCky (2-12-15)3pt fG maDe ............... 5, 3x, last vs. tennessee (3-5-16)*3pt fG attemptS ............................15, vs. aUbUrn (1-7-16)ft maDe .......................... 8, 2x, last vs. ole Miss (3-1-15)ft attemptS .............................. 11, at kentUCky (2-12-15)aSSiStS ........................... 3, 3x, last at arkansas (1-31-16)blOCkS ......................... 2, 4x, last vs. tennessee (3-5-16)*StealS ...........................................5, vs. MissoUri (2-7-16)


POSTSEASON HIGHSpOintS ..............................................15, at dUke (3-22-15)rebOunDS ..................................... 6, at dUke (3-22-15)fG maDe ............................................5, at dUke (3-22-15)fG attemptS ....................................17, at dUke (3-22-15)3pt fG maDe .....................................3, at dUke (3-22-15)3pt fG attemptS ............................. 11, at dUke (3-22-15)ft maDe ................................2, 2x, last at dUke (3-22-15)ft attemptS ..........................2, 2x, last at dUke (3-22-15)aSSiStS ...........................................1, vs. tUlane (3-20-15)blOCkS ...........................................................................—StealS ............................................................................—


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VIVIANS' BULLDOG BITES• A First Team All-SEC selection by the league coaches.• Named to the John R. Wooden Award Late Season Watch List along with the Ann Meyers Drysdale and Naismith mid-

season watch lists. Tabbed to the WBCA Wade Trophy Top 30 Watch List.• Named to SEC All-Tournament Team after scoring a tournament-high 22.0 ppg and pulling down 6.7 rpg.• Won 2nd-straight Gillom Trophy as Mississippi's top female college basketball player.• Became the 5th Bulldog to score 1,000-career points in 2 seasons with her opening 3-pointer against Alabama.• 12th among SEC players and the top sophomore with 1,072 career points.• Averaging 16.2 ppg against ranked foes in her career.• 2nd Team All-SEC by coaches and AP last season... SEC All-Freshman Team honoree as well.• AP All-America Honorable Mention as a freshman.• Haddoublefiguresin17-straightgames,including7gameswith20-pluspoints,from11/21-1/14.• Named SEC Player of the Week Dec. 22 after averaging 14.5 points, 5.8 rebounds, 3.3 steals in a win against Southern

Miss and three-straight victories in the Puerto Rico Classic.• Paced MSU with 12 points and 7 rebounds against No. 6 Texas.• Scored36points,28inthefirsthalf,atLouisianaTech,atallythattiedforthe18th-mostpointsinschoolhistory.• Scored a game-high 23 points on 10 of 19 shooting against No. 17 South Florida.• Collected 14 at Florida... Recorded 4 steals also.• Recorded her 5th career double-double with 23 points, 10 rebounds against Auburn.• Scored 19 points, 16 in the 2nd half, at Missouri.• Claimed her 8th 20-point game of the season with 20 points at Georgia. • Tallied 19 points in MSU's home setback to No. 2 South Carolina.• Equaled a team high with 14 points against No. 19 Tennessee... Drained the tying free throws to force overtime.• Passed 900 points for her career with a 17-point effort at Arkansas.• Scored 14 points and came a rebound shy of a double-double in State's road win at LSU.• Had 13 points, 7 rebounds and a career-high 5 steals in a home win against No. 21 Missouri.• Also had 13 points in a road setback at No. 15 Texas A&M.• Collected her 6th-career double-double with 22 points, 10 rebounds at Ole Miss.• Tallied her 2nd-straight 20-plus point game with 21 in a road win at Vanderbilt.• Scored30pointsinanSECsemifinalwinagainstTennesseeand26inthechampionshipgameagainstSouthCarolina,

the Top 2 scoring performances in the tournament.

VIVIANS' 2015-16 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS (* — INdICATES GAME STArTEd)Opponent Min. FG-A 3PT-A FT-A O-D-T PF Ast. TO Blk. Stl. Pts.Samford *23 4-14 0-5 0-2 1-2-3 2 1 0 0 2 8 Grambling *26 8-14 5-8 1-2 0-4-4 2 1 0 0 1 22Mississippi Valley St. *13 5-10 3-6 1-2 1-2-3 2 0 1 1 3 14Norfolk St. *18 8-14 4-8 0-0 1-3-4 2 1 1 1 0 20Savannah St. *26 10-18 3-8 4-5 4-1-5 1 1 1 0 2 27at Texas *35 5-20 1-7 1-2 1-6-7 4 1 5 1 0 12Tennessee St. *27 7-15 2-6 6-6 1-6-7 3 1 2 0 2 22at Louisiana Tech *29 13-23 7-15 3-3 0-7-7 1 0 1 1 2 36Southern Miss *38 4-14 2-10 0-0 1-5-6 4 3 2 0 4 10vs. Fla. Gulf Coast *37 7-22 1-6 0-0 1-4-5 2 3 0 0 1 15vs. Western Michigan *26 6-14 1-5 2-2 1-3-4 1 3 1 0 4 15vs. SMU *36 7-24 4-10 0-0 4-4-8 1 1 0 1 4 18SE Louisiana *17 5-12 3-7 0-0 3-1-4 3 1 2 0 1 13vs. South Florida *28 10-19 2-7 1-2 0-1-1 3 0 2 0 1 23at Florida *39 4-20 0-4 6-10 2-5-7 2 0 2 0 4 14Auburn *38 9-22 4-15 1-2 2-8-10 3 1 3 0 3 23Arkansas *23 5-15 3-7 0-0 1-4-5 1 3 0 0 2 13at Missouri *29 6-18 0-5 7-9 3-2-5 2 0 1 0 2 19Ole Miss *25 3-11 2-6 0-2 2-7-9 4 2 2 0 1 8at Georgia *38 9-24 2-11 0-0 2-6-8 4 1 1 2 1 20South Carolina *39 7-25 2-9 3-3 1-3-4 4 1 2 0 1 19Tennessee *38 4-16 1-8 5-5 1-6-7 3 0 0 1 0 14at Arkansas *39 5-12 1-2 6-6 1-4-5 2 3 1 0 0 17at LSU *30 6-11 2-4 0-0 1-8-9 3 0 1 0 3 14Missouri *39 5-19 0-4 3-5 0-7-7 4 1 1 0 5 13at Texas A&M *40 5-20 3-7 0-0 0-6-6 3 1 2 0 2 13Kentucky *13 3-11 0-2 1-2 0-1-1 2 0 1 0 0 7 at Ole Miss *38 10-18 1-3 1-2 1-9-10 5 1 3 0 2 22at Vanderbilt *31 9-14 3-7 0-0 0-5-5 5 0 7 0 1 21Alabama *27 2-10 1-6 4-4 0-9-9 4 2 2 0 2 9vs. Vanderbilt [SECT] *30 3-13 0-3 4-4 0-3-3 4 0 1 0 1 10vs. Tennessee [SECT] *40 11-20 5-10 3-6 1-8-9 0 0 4 2 0 30vs. South Carolina [SECT] *40 9-18 4-9 4-4 1-7-8 4 0 3 0 0 26



mOrgaNWilliamGuard | 5-5 | SophomoreBirmingham, Ala. | Shades Valley HS

MORGAN WILLIAM’S CAREER STATISTICS

CAREER HIGHSpOintS ...........................29, vs. arkansas state (11-16-14)rebOunDS ..................................6, vs. texas a&M (2-8-15)fG maDe .......................................... 7, at florida (1-3-16)fG attemptS .......................... 17, vs. tennessee (1-28-16)3pt fG maDe ..................4, vs. arkansas state (11-16-14)3pt fG attemptS ........ 5, 2x, last at texas a&M (2-11-16)ft maDe ........................13, vs. arkansas state (11-16-14)ft attemptS ..................16, vs. arkansas state (11-16-14)aSSiStS ..............................11, vs. savannah st. (11-29-15)blOCkS ............................... 2, vs. savannah st. (11-29-15)StealS ............................... 5, vs. West virginia (11-20-14)

SEC HIGHSpOintS ............................................ 21, at florida (1-3-16)rebOunDS ..............................6, vs. texas a&M (2-8-15)fG maDe .......................................... 7, at florida (1-3-16)fG attemptS .......................... 17, vs. tennessee (1-28-16)3pt fG maDe ...........................2, 2x, last at lsU (2-4-16)3pt fG attemptS ....................... 5, at texas a&M (2-11-16)ft maDe ...................... 9, 3x, last at texas a&M (2-11-16)ft attemptS .............................. 12, at arkansas (1-31-16)aSSiStS ............................7, 3x, last at ole Miss (2-21-16)blOCkS ............................1, 7x, last vs. alabaMa (2-28-16)StealS .............................................. 4, at florida (1-3-16)


POSTSEASON HIGHSpOintS ..........................................14, vs. tUlane (3-20-15)rebOunDS ..................................5, vs. tUlane (3-20-15)fG maDe ...............................2, 2x, last at dUke (3-22-15)fG attemptS ......................................6, at dUke (3-22-15)3pt fG maDe ........................1, 2x, last at dUke (3-22-15)3pt fG attemptS ...............................4, at dUke (3-22-15)ft maDe .........................................9, vs. tUlane (3-20-15)ft attemptS .................................11, vs. tUlane (3-20-15)aSSiStS ..................................4, 2x, last at dUke (3-22-15)blOCkS ...........................................................................—StealS ............................................3, vs. tUlane (3-20-15)


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WILLIAM'S BULLDOG BITES• 9th among active SEC players with 289 career assists.• 2nd on the team in charges taken with 48 this season.• Dished 11 assists, tied for 6th-most in MSU history and most by a freshman, against Savannah State. Also

blocked a personal-best 2 shots.• Collected 6 points and dished 3 assists at No. 6 Texas.• Scored 12 points while dishing 8 assists at Louisiana Tech.• Tied for the team high with 17 points against Southern Miss, coming an assist shy of a double-double.• Averaged 10.7 points, 4.0 assists in the Puerto Rico Classic... Was 11 of 12 (91.7%) at the line in the three

games.• Scored 14 points, going 6 of 6 at the line, against FGCU.• Scored 15 points against No. 17 South Florida, going 4 of 10 from the field and 7 of 8 at the line.• Collected an SEC personal-best 21 points and added 4 steals in MSU's SEC-opening road win at Florida.• Claimed an SEC personal-best 7 assists to go with 7 points against Auburn, and finished one shy of that assists

mark against Arkansas.• Went 9 for 10 at the free-throw line as part of a 16-point effort against Ole Miss. Also had 5 assists.• Scored 10 points, including 4 of 4 at the line, vs. No. 2 South Carolina.• Tallied 11 points, including a key 3-pointer and another big bucket, in State's win against Tennessee.• Claimed her 3rd-straight game in double figures with 11 points at Arkansas. Matched her season high with 9 free

throws made.• Added a 4th-straight double-figure game with 11 points at LSU, matching her SEC career high with 2 made

3-pointers.• Tallied a game-high 17 points in MSU's home win against No. 21 Missouri.• Had her 2nd-highest scoring total of the season with 18 points at Texas A&M.• Scored 10 points and matched her SEC career high with 7 assists in MSU's road win at Ole Miss.• Put in 15 points, including 6 of 6 at the line, and dished 6 assists in MSU's road win at Vanderbilt.• Contributed 12 points to MSU's SEC Tournament semifinal win against Tennessee.

WILLIAM'S 2015-16 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS (* — IndICATES GAME STArTEd)Opponent Min. FG-A 3PT-A FT-A O-D-T PF Ast. TO Blk. Stl. Pts.Samford *23 2-7 0-1 2-3 1-3-4 4 2 1 0 0 6Grambling *14 4-7 0-1 4-4 0-2-2 1 4 0 0 2 12Mississippi Valley St. *20 1-3 0-1 1-1 0-0-0 0 6 0 0 4 3Norfolk St. *15 1-5 0-0 4-4 0-0-0 1 6 1 0 0 6Savannah St. *26 0-7 0-0 2-2 1-2-3 2 11 1 2 2 2at Texas *33 2-7 0-2 2-4 0-4-4 4 3 3 1 1 6Tennessee St. *9 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 2 3 0 1 2at Louisiana Tech *25 3-6 1-2 5-6 0-2-2 0 8 5 0 1 12Southern Miss *38 4-12 1-5 8-8 2-1-3 3 9 3 0 2 17vs. Fla. Gulf Coast *38 3-10 2-4 6-6 0-2-2 2 1 3 0 2 14vs. Western Michigan *21 3-6 1-2 2-2 0-0-0 2 5 2 0 0 9vs. SMU *34 3-12 0-1 3-4 1-3-4 1 6 3 0 0 9SE Louisiana *20 3-4 1-2 5-5 1-1-2 4 8 2 0 1 12vs. South Florida *34 4-10 0-0 7-8 2-1-3 1 3 1 0 2 15at Florida *36 7-14 2-3 5-6 0-2-2 1 4 7 1 4 21Auburn *34 1-5 0-1 5-5 0-0-0 2 7 5 0 2 7Arkansas *26 0-5 0-1 2-2 0-0-0 2 6 1 0 3 2at Missouri *31 3-11 0-1 0-0 1-3-4 2 6 1 0 1 6Ole Miss *26 3-4 1-1 9-10 0-1-1 1 5 5 0 1 16at Georgia *27 1-3 0-1 5-8 1-1-2 1 4 2 0 0 7South Carolina *37 3-13 0-3 4-4 0-1-1 2 3 3 0 0 10Tennessee *40 4-17 1-3 2-2 2-2-4 2 7 1 0 1 11at Arkansas *34 1-6 0-2 9-12 0-5-5 5 4 6 0 1 11at LSU *34 4-12 2-4 1-2 1-2-3 2 3 2 1 1 11Missouri *35 5-13 1-4 6-10 0-2-2 1 2 3 0 2 17at Texas A&M *38 4-15 1-5 9-10 1-2-3 1 6 3 0 1 18Kentucky *21 2-6 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 2 4 2 0 0 4at Ole Miss *39 3-5 0-1 4-6 2-3-5 3 7 5 0 1 10at Vanderbilt *37 4-9 1-2 6-6 0-2-2 2 6 4 0 2 15Alabama *34 3-11 0-2 3-3 0-2-2 3 6 0 1 0 9vs. Vanderbilt [SECT] *27 2-8 1-3 1-2 0-0-0 2 4 3 0 0 6vs. Tennessee [SECT] *37 2-12 1-2 7-8 2-3-5 2 2 2 0 0 12vs. South Carolina [SECT] *40 4-8 0-0 1-2 0-2-2 1 6 7 0 0 9



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SHERISE WILLIAMS’ CAREER STATISTICS

CAREER HIGHSpOintS .............................. 21, vs. florida a&M (12-16-12)rebOunDS .......................9, 6x, last vs. MerCer (11-14-14)fG maDe .......................... 10, vs. florida a&M (12-16-12)fG attemptS .................... 16, vs. florida a&M (12-16-12)3pt fG maDe .................................................................—3pt fG attemptS ...........................................................—ft maDe .............................7, 3x, last vs. UlM (11-25-14)ft attemptS ... 10, 2x, last vs. Miss. valley st. (12-30-13)aSSiStS ......................................... 3, vs. MvsU (11-24-15)blOCkS ................. 4, 4x, last at loUisiana teCh (12-13-15)StealS ........................... 4, vs. Miss. valley st. (12-30-13)

SEC HIGHSpOintS .................................. 5, 2x, last vs. lsU (2-17-13)rebOunDS ............................. 7, vs. vanderbilt (3-4-16)*fG maDe ............................ 2, 3x, last at georgia (3-2-14)fG attemptS ..................................... 8, vs. lsU (2-17-13)3pt fG maDe .................................................................—3pt fG attemptS ...........................................................—ft maDe ............... 3, 2x, last at soUth Carolina (2-24-13)ft attemptS ...................................... 5, vs. lsU (2-17-13)aSSiStS .............................................. 1, vs. lsU (1-15-15)blOCkS ............................... 3, vs. soUth Carolina (1-6-13)StealS ..........................1, 5x, last vs. vanderbilt (3-4-16)*


POSTSEASON HIGHSpOintS ............................................5, vs. tUlane (3-20-15)rebOunDS ..................................2, vs. tUlane (3-20-14)fG maDe ........................................2, vs. tUlane (3-20-15)fG attemptS ..................................2, vs. tUlane (3-20-15)3pt fG maDe .................................................................—3pt fG attemptS ...........................................................—ft maDe ............................1, 2x, last vs. tUlane (3-20-15)ft attemptS ......................2, 2x, last vs. tUlane (3-20-15)aSSiStS ...........................................................................—blOCkS ..............................1, 2x, last vs. tUlane (3-20-15)StealS ............................................................................—

Total 3-Point F-Throw ReboundsYear GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg2012-13 25 6 478 19.1 47 128 .367 0 0 .000 34 60 .567 43 69 112 4.5 69 6 2 66 33 6 128 5.12013-14 32 1 289 9.0 32 74 .432 0 0 .000 38 58 .655 40 45 85 2.7 37 0 7 28 13 11 102 3.22014-15 24 0 202 8.4 28 59 .475 0 0 .000 23 38 .605 30 33 63 2.6 37 0 1 22 10 9 79 3.32015-16 25 2 164 6.6 21 41 .512 0 0 .000 11 22 .500 27 33 60 2.4 20 0 6 17 18 6 53 2.1TOTAL 106 9 1133 10.7 128 302 .424 0 0 .000 106 178 .596 140 180 320 3.0 163 6 16 133 74 32 362 3.4

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Total 3-Point F-Throw ReboundsYear GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg2012-13 11 0 187 17.0 7 32 .219 0 0 .000 13 22 .591 13 20 33 3.0 31 4 0 21 12 1 27 2.52013-14 14 0 73 5.2 8 20 .400 0 0 .000 5 8 .625 8 6 14 1.0 14 0 0 11 1 2 21 1.52014-15 9 0 32 3.6 1 3 .333 0 0 .000 2 2 1.000 4 4 8 0.9 6 0 1 6 1 0 4 0.42015-16 10 2 38 3.8 3 9 .333 0 0 .000 2 4 .500 4 4 8 0.8 5 0 0 8 6 1 8 0.8TOTAL 44 2 330 7.5 19 64 .297 0 0 .000 22 36 .611 29 34 63 1.4 56 4 1 46 20 4 60 1.4

ALL GAMES

SEC GAMES

WILLIAMS' BULLDOG BITES• The Bulldogs' lone senior.• 6th in school history with 74 career blocks.• Grabbed 4 rebounds, 3 offensive, in the opener against Samford. • Contributed 8 points on 4 of 6 shooting and 4 rebounds in nine reserve minutes against Grambling.• Had 6 points and 8 rebounds while blocking a pair of shots against Mississippi Valley State.• Played 8 minutes against Norfolk State, tallying 6 points on 3 of 3 shooting and 4 rebounds.• Equaled her career high with 4 blocks to go with 8 points and 6 rebounds at Louisiana Tech.• Earned the start against Alabama on her Senior Day, adding a bucket and 2 blocked shots.• Recorded 7 rebounds, her most against an SEC foe, in 6 minutes in MSU's SEC Tournament quarterfinal win

against Vanderbilt.

WILLIAMS' 2015-16 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS (* — IndICATES GAME STArTEd)Opponent Min. FG-A 3PT-A FT-A O-D-T PF Ast. TO Blk. Stl. Pts.Samford 9 0-2 0-0 2-2 3-1-4 0 0 0 0 0 2Grambling 9 4-6 0-0 0-0 3-1-4 1 0 0 0 0 8Mississippi Valley St. 16 2-4 0-0 2-2 3-5-8 2 3 1 2 1 6Norfolk St. 8 3-3 0-0 0-0 0-4-4 0 0 0 1 0 6Savannah St. 9 1-2 0-0 1-2 1-3-4 0 0 0 1 0 3at Texas 8 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-0-1 2 0 0 1 1 2Tennessee St. 9 0-0 0-0 1-2 0-1-1 2 0 0 0 1 1at Louisiana Tech 16 4-4 0-0 0-1 2-4-6 2 1 1 4 1 8Southern Miss 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 1 0 1 1 0 0vs. Fla. Gulf Coast 11 1-1 0-0 0-0 2-2-4 0 0 2 0 0 2vs. Western Michigan 5 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 0 0 0 1 0 0vs. SMU 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 1 0 0 0 0 0SE Louisiana 12 1-5 0-0 1-3 1-3-4 2 2 0 1 0 3vs. South Florida 2 0-1 0-0 1-2 2-1-3 2 0 2 0 0 1at Florida — Did Not Play —Auburn — Did Not Play —Arkansas 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0-1 1 0 1 2 0 0at Missouri *4 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0Ole Miss 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0at Georgia — Did Not Play —South Carolina 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 0 0 1 0 0 0Tennessee — Did Not Play —at Arkansas 4 0-0 0-0 2-2 0-0-0 1 0 1 0 1 2at LSU 3 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 1 0 2Missouri — Did Not Play —at Texas A&M 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0Kentucky 5 1-3 0-0 0-0 1-0-1 0 0 0 1 0 2at Ole Miss — Did Not Play —at Vanderbilt 3 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-0-1 0 0 1 0 0 0 Alabama *13 1-3 0-0 0-2 1-2-3 2 0 4 2 0 2 vs. Vanderbilt [SECT] 6 1-2 0-0 1-4 5-2-7 0 0 2 0 1 3vs. Tennessee [SECT] — Did Not Play —vs. South Carolina [SECT] — Did Not Play —

MISSISSIPPI STATE BASKETBALL

Mississippi State Combined Team Statistics (as of Mar 06, 2016)

All games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL

ALL GAMES 26-7 14-2 6-4 6-1

CONFERENCE 11-5 6-2 5-3 0-0

NON-CONFERENCE 15-2 8-0 1-1 6-1

Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds

## Player gp-gs min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg% ft-fta ft% off def tot avg pf dq a to blk stl pts avg

35 Victoria Vivians 33-33 1015 30.8 214-550 . 3 8 9 72-230 . 3 1 3 67-90 . 7 4 4 38 157 195 5.9 90 2 33 55 10 57 567 17.2

02 Morgan William 33-33 983 29.8 90-274 . 3 2 8 17-60 . 2 8 3 130-155 . 8 3 9 18 55 73 2.2 62 1 166 90 6 38 327 9.9

00 Dominique Dillingham 33-33 1077 32.6 100-267 . 3 7 5 18-64 . 2 8 1 54-68 . 7 9 4 59 65 124 3.8 87 2 62 35 14 49 272 8.2

45 Chinwe Okorie 33-30 696 21.1 96-173 . 5 5 5 0-0 . 0 0 0 37-61 . 6 0 7 102 102 204 6.2 90 4 10 49 25 15 229 6.9

15 Teaira McCowan 32-1 432 13.5 83-169 . 4 9 1 0-0 . 0 0 0 44-65 . 6 7 7 93 83 176 5.5 83 4 8 40 45 16 210 6.6

03 Breanna Richardson 31-1 566 18.3 54-137 . 3 9 4 2-15 . 1 3 3 62-89 . 6 9 7 66 61 127 4.1 76 4 30 67 14 20 172 5.5

13 Ketara Chapel 33-32 688 20.8 66-146 . 4 5 2 0-2 . 0 0 0 28-38 . 7 3 7 41 67 108 3.3 57 1 29 42 10 15 160 4.8

23 Kayla Nevitt 28-0 280 10.0 41-99 . 4 1 4 16-44 . 3 6 4 5-9 . 5 5 6 17 17 34 1.2 19 0 16 8 6 12 103 3.7

44 LaKaris Salter 18-0 109 6.1 25-67 . 3 7 3 11-29 . 3 7 9 1-4 . 2 5 0 14 9 23 1.3 14 0 4 13 3 2 62 3.4

01 Blair Schaefer 31-0 305 9.8 29-96 . 3 0 2 24-70 . 3 4 3 8-14 . 5 7 1 10 17 27 0.9 25 0 14 12 0 10 90 2.9

05 Sherise Williams 25-2 164 6.6 21-41 . 5 1 2 0-0 . 0 0 0 11-22 . 5 0 0 27 33 60 2.4 20 0 6 17 18 6 53 2.1

10 Jazzmun Holmes 30-0 276 9.2 20-66 . 3 0 3 2-15 . 1 3 3 18-22 . 8 1 8 7 24 31 1.0 26 0 68 29 3 18 60 2.0

12 Jazmine Spears 8-0 34 4.3 5-13 . 3 8 5 1-3 . 3 3 3 2-2 1.000 7 6 13 1.6 1 0 1 3 1 0 13 1.6

Team 63 66 129 18

Total.......... 33 6625 844-2098 . 4 0 2 163-532 . 3 0 6 467-639 . 7 3 1 562 762 1324 40.1 650 18 447 478 155 258 2318 70.2

Opponents...... 33 6625 634-1718 . 3 6 9 92-339 . 2 7 1 432-603 . 7 1 6 383 762 1145 34.7 730 - 294 692 99 186 1792 54.3

TEAM STATISTICS MS OPP

SCORING 2318 1792


Scoring margin +15.9 -

FIELD GOALS-ATT 844-2098 634-1718

Field goal pct . 4 0 2 . 3 6 9

3 POINT FG-ATT 163-532 92-339

3-point FG pct . 3 0 6 . 2 7 1

3-pt FG made per game 4.9 2.8

FREE THROWS-ATT 467-639 432-603

Free throw pct . 7 3 1 . 7 1 6

F-Throws made per game 14.2 13.1

REBOUNDS 1324 1145


Rebounding margin +5.4 -

ASSISTS 447 294


TURNOVERS 478 692


Turnover margin +6.5 -

Assist/turnover ratio 0.9 0.4

STEALS 258 186


BLOCKS 155 99


ATTENDANCE 80705 52692

Home games-Avg/Game 16-5044 10-3315

Neutral site-Avg/Game - 7-2792

Score by Periods 1st 2nd 3rd 4th O T Totals

Mississippi State 587 568 590 566 7 2318

Opponents 423 410 462 492 5 1792

Date Opponent Score Att.

11/13/15 SAMFORD W 68-47 6463

11/21/15 GRAMBLING W 107-43 3472

11/24/15 MISS. VALLEY ST. W 109-37 3566

11/27/15 NORFOLK STATE W 92-34 3894

11/29/15 SAVANNAH ST. W 92-25 3672

12/2/15 at Texas L 47-53 2887

12/6/15 TENNESSEE ST. W 82-54 3828

12/13/15 at LA Tech W 93-63 3513

12/16/15 SOUTHERN MISS W 78-65 3505

N Dec. 19 vs Florida Gulf Coast Eagles W 65-60 355

N Dec. 20 vs West Michigan Broncos W 90-68 370

N Dec. 21 vs SMU W 72-70 380

12/28/15 SE LOUISIANA W 81-41 3419

12/30/15 vs USF W 68-58 2044

* 01/03/16 at Florida W 76-70 1378

* 01/07/16 AUBURN W 60-45 4610

* 01/10/16 ARKANSAS W 80-55 5712

* 1-14-16 at Mizzou L 54-66 3461

* 01/18/16 OLE MISS W 79-51 7128

* 1/21/16 at Georgia L 43-47 1920

* 01/24/16 SOUTH CAROLINA L 51-57 10626

* 01/28/16 TENNESSEE Wot 65-63 5710

* 01/31/16 at Arkansas W 65-55 5273

* 02/04/16 at LSU W 71-52 2194

* 02/07/16 MIZZOU W 52-42 4521

* 02/11/16 at Texas A&M L 58-64 5645

* 02/18/16 KENTUCKY L 60-83 4355

* 2/21/16 at Ole Miss W 60-51 4411

* 02/25/16 at VANDERBILT W 66-61 2466

* 02/28/16 ALABAMA W 61-52 6224

03/04/16 vs VANDERBILT W 63-46 4214

03/05/16 vs Tennessee W 58-48 5632

03/06/16 vs South Carolina L 52-66 6549

* - Conference game


Mississippi State Combined Team Statistics (as of Feb 28, 2016)

Conference games


ALL GAMES 11-5 6-2 5-3 0-0

CONFERENCE 11-5 6-2 5-3 0-0





02 Morgan William 16-16 529 33.1 48-149 . 3 2 2 9-34 . 2 6 5 70-86 . 8 1 4 8 29 37 2.3 32 1 80 50 3 20 175 10.9


45 Chinwe Okorie 16-14 361 22.6 37-69 . 5 3 6 0-0 . 0 0 0 23-34 . 6 7 6 43 45 88 5.5 43 2 1 28 14 10 97 6.1


15 Teaira McCowan 16-0 227 14.2 33-71 . 4 6 5 0-0 . 0 0 0 16-24 . 6 6 7 49 39 88 5.5 38 1 5 17 23 4 82 5.1

13 Ketara Chapel 16-16 347 21.7 31-73 . 4 2 5 0-1 . 0 0 0 13-14 . 9 2 9 21 30 51 3.2 36 1 13 21 6 6 75 4.7

44 LaKaris Salter 6-0 34 5.7 6-18 . 3 3 3 4-10 . 4 0 0 0-2 . 0 0 0 1 3 4 0.7 2 0 1 3 1 1 16 2.7

23 Kayla Nevitt 13-0 92 7.1 11-29 . 3 7 9 5-17 . 2 9 4 5-7 . 7 1 4 4 5 9 0.7 8 0 3 5 3 4 32 2.5

01 Blair Schaefer 15-0 88 5.9 8-26 . 3 0 8 6-19 . 3 1 6 3-6 . 5 0 0 5 4 9 0.6 13 0 1 3 0 0 25 1.7

10 Jazzmun Holmes 14-0 80 5.7 7-20 . 3 5 0 1-4 . 2 5 0 6-8 . 7 5 0 1 7 8 0.6 7 0 14 16 1 6 21 1.5


12 Jazmine Spears 1-0 2 2.0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0

Team 33 24 57 13

Total.......... 16 3225 358-941 . 3 8 0 58-222 . 2 6 1 227-306 . 7 4 2 249 348 597 37.3 313 10 175 243 73 110 1001 62.6

Opponents...... 16 3225 331-857 . 3 8 6 47-168 . 2 8 0 205-292 . 7 0 2 211 366 577 36.1 357 - 165 305 51 103 914 57.1


SCORING 1001 914



FIELD GOALS-ATT 358-941 331-857


3 POINT FG-ATT 58-222 47-168

3-point FG pct . 2 6 1 . 2 8 0





REBOUNDS 597 577


Rebounding margin +1.3 -

ASSISTS 175 165


TURNOVERS 243 305




STEALS 110 103


BLOCKS 73 51





Score by Periods 1st 2nd 3rd 4th O T Totals

Mississippi State 236 242 237 279 7 1001

Opponents 193 197 246 273 5 914


* 01/03/16 at Florida W 76-70 1378

* 01/07/16 AUBURN W 60-45 4610

* 01/10/16 ARKANSAS W 80-55 5712

* 1-14-16 at Mizzou L 54-66 3461

* 01/18/16 OLE MISS W 79-51 7128

* 1/21/16 at Georgia L 43-47 1920

* 01/24/16 SOUTH CAROLINA L 51-57 10626

* 01/28/16 TENNESSEE Wot 65-63 5710

* 01/31/16 at Arkansas W 65-55 5273

* 02/04/16 at LSU W 71-52 2194

* 02/07/16 MIZZOU W 52-42 4521

* 02/11/16 at Texas A&M L 58-64 5645

* 02/18/16 KENTUCKY L 60-83 4355

* 2/21/16 at Ole Miss W 60-51 4411

* 02/25/16 at VANDERBILT W 66-61 2466

* 02/28/16 ALABAMA W 61-52 6224

* - Conference game


Mississippi State Combined Team Statistics (as of Mar 06, 2016)

Last 5 Games


ALL GAMES 4-1 1-0 1-0 2-1

CONFERENCE 2-0 1-0 1-0 0-0






02 Morgan William 5-5 175 35.0 15-48 . 3 1 3 3-9 . 3 3 3 18-21 . 8 5 7 2 9 11 2.2 10 0 24 16 1 2 51 10.2

45 Chinwe Okorie 5-4 131 26.2 12-23 . 5 2 2 0-0 . 0 0 0 8-14 . 5 7 1 11 21 32 6.4 14 0 1 7 7 5 32 6.4


15 Teaira McCowan 5-0 45 9.0 4-10 . 4 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 9-11 . 8 1 8 1 4 5 1.0 12 0 1 3 5 6 17 3.4

44 LaKaris Salter 1-0 5 5.0 1-3 . 3 3 3 1-2 . 5 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3.0

10 Jazzmun Holmes 4-0 23 5.8 3-8 . 3 7 5 0-1 . 0 0 0 1-2 . 5 0 0 1 2 3 0.8 3 0 3 3 0 0 7 1.8


23 Kayla Nevitt 4-0 29 7.3 2-5 . 4 0 0 2-4 . 5 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.3 1 0 1 0 0 2 6 1.5

01 Blair Schaefer 4-0 15 3.8 1-4 . 2 5 0 1-2 . 5 0 0 1-2 . 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.0

13 Ketara Chapel 5-5 87 17.4 1-18 . 0 5 6 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 6 8 14 2.8 10 0 1 5 1 0 2 0.4

Team 10 9 19 6

Total.......... 5 1000 103-262 . 3 9 3 21-58 . 3 6 2 73-100 . 7 3 0 55 109 164 32.8 104 3 48 79 21 34 300 60.0

Opponents...... 5 1000 91-244 . 3 7 3 13-46 . 2 8 3 78-107 . 7 2 9 53 113 166 33.2 100 - 43 95 16 34 273 54.6


SCORING 300 273



FIELD GOALS-ATT 103-262 91-244


3 POINT FG-ATT 21-58 13-46

3-point FG pct . 3 6 2 . 2 8 3





REBOUNDS 164 166


Rebounding margin -0.4 -

ASSISTS 48 43


TURNOVERS 79 95




STEALS 34 34


BLOCKS 21 16





Score by Periods 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Totals

Mississippi State 70 62 87 81 300

Opponents 60 66 69 78 273


* 02/25/16 at VANDERBILT W 66-61 2466

* 02/28/16 ALABAMA W 61-52 6224

03/04/16 vs VANDERBILT W 63-46 4214

03/05/16 vs Tennessee W 58-48 5632

03/06/16 vs South Carolina L 52-66 6549

* - Conference game


Mississippi State Team Game-by-Game Comparison (as of Mar 06, 2016)

All games

Opponent 1st 2nd Score Mar Total FG FG Pct 3-Pointers 3FG Pct Free Throws FT Pct Rebounds Assist T/Over Block Steal Fouls

SAMFORD 34/14 34/33 68-47 +21 25-77/16-38 .325/.421 2-20/7-18 .100/.389 16-22/8-11 .727/.727 48/31 +17 6/10 10/28 2/1 14/3 18/24

GRAMBLING 50/26 57/17 107-43 +64 42-93/17-47 .452/.362 8-23/0-10 .348/.000 15-19/9-15 .789/.600 57/27 +30 25/6 9/29 5/2 8/4 13/23

MISS. VALLEY ST. 59/14 50/23 109-37 +72 45-91/16-50 .495/.320 10-28/4-13 .357/.308 9-11/1-3 .818/.333 55/25 +30 30/7 10/34 6/1 20/7 11/19

NORFOLK STATE 51/21 41/13 92-34 +58 36-72/14-52 .500/.269 8-23/0-4 .348/.000 12-14/6-13 .857/.462 43/31 +12 29/7 10/23 8/2 9/5 16/18

SAVANNAH ST. 48/12 44/13 92-25 +67 31-71/8-47 .437/.170 11-22/0-4 .500/.000 19-23/9-14 .826/.643 52/32 +20 27/1 10/27 13/4 14/6 14/21

Texas 21/26 26/27 47-53 (6) 17-54/18-46 .315/.391 2-16/2-5 .125/.400 11-20/15-26 .550/.577 30/41 (11) 4/12 19/23 5/3 8/3 31/23

TENNESSEE ST. 35/34 47/20 82-54 +28 27-64/21-57 .422/.368 5-14/2-17 .357/.118 23-31/10-13 .742/.769 48/30 +18 12/8 23/30 1/1 9/10 15/34

LA Tech 53/25 40/38 93-63 +30 37-70/21-59 .529/.356 10-26/4-7 .385/.571 9-12/17-19 .750/.895 37/37 - 24/8 16/24 10/1 8/4 20/18

SOUTHERN MISS 43/34 35/31 78-65 +13 28-60/21-48 .467/.438 6-21/3-8 .286/.375 16-19/20-24 .842/.833 36/24 +12 19/9 14/17 3/2 12/4 22/23

Florida Gulf Coast Eagles 41/29 24/31 65-60 +5 23-57/25-56 .404/.446 5-15/5-18 .333/.278 14-17/5-7 .824/.714 36/32 +4 9/9 15/18 2/5 6/4 18/20

West Michigan Broncos 40/38 50/30 90-68 +22 34-78/18-42 .436/.429 6-16/3-11 .375/.273 16-21/29-36 .762/.806 46/27 +19 19/12 11/17 5/4 6/3 26/21

SMU 46/39 26/31 72-70 +2 29-74/24-59 .392/.407 6-15/1-5 .400/.200 8-22/21-28 .364/.750 39/50 (11) 14/6 10/19 4/6 5/5 24/26

SE LOUISIANA 41/25 40/16 81-41 +40 27-76/12-55 .355/.218 9-25/3-16 .360/.188 18-28/14-18 .643/.778 60/37 +23 18/6 14/24 3/1 4/1 20/28

USF 42/30 26/28 68-58 +10 26-60/19-51 .433/.373 3-11/2-7 .273/.286 13-18/18-22 .722/.818 35/35 - 8/6 20/24 2/3 7/5 28/21

Florida 42/26 34/44 76-70 +6 29-71/22-68 .408/.324 4-12/5-21 .333/.238 14-20/21-28 .700/.750 46/51 (5) 7/11 25/32 5/7 15/13 22/25

AUBURN 33/17 27/28 60-45 +15 20-60/20-50 .333/.400 5-25/2-5 .200/.400 15-19/3-5 .789/.600 40/32 +8 11/13 15/25 2/3 7/8 13/24

ARKANSAS 41/31 39/24 80-55 +25 26-60/22-52 .433/.423 8-17/1-7 .471/.143 20-26/10-14 .769/.714 35/32 +3 23/9 14/23 4/3 10/4 19/25

Mizzou 25/36 29/30 54-66 (12) 21-76/25-50 .276/.500 2-17/5-18 .118/.278 10-12/11-16 .833/.688 40/43 (3) 8/14 10/19 1/3 7/5 21/22

OLE MISS 39/23 40/28 79-51 +28 28-57/19-56 .491/.339 5-14/4-14 .357/.286 18-24/9-19 .750/.474 46/29 +17 18/7 15/16 5/4 7/8 15/23

Georgia 14/17 29/30 43-47 (4) 17-50/19-53 .340/.358 2-20/4-11 .100/.364 7-12/5-10 .583/.500 36/36 - 7/12 19/19 8/4 6/9 20/17

SOUTH CAROLINA 20/22 31/35 51-57 (6) 16-59/19-44 .271/.432 3-13/4-13 .231/.308 16-17/15-23 .941/.652 31/40 (9) 9/9 13/21 2/6 5/5 21/21

TENNESSEE 33/33 25/25 65-63 +2 24-73/24-55 .329/.436 3-16/3-8 .188/.375 14-20/12-20 .700/.600 46/42 +4 12/9 5/14 3/4 5/3 21/24

Arkansas 27/18 38/37 65-55 +10 21-48/19-63 .438/.302 2-7/3-11 .286/.273 21-24/14-19 .875/.737 38/33 +5 11/8 21/16 3/1 5/5 20/24

LSU 30/16 41/36 71-52 +19 28-57/19-48 .491/.396 5-12/1-2 .417/.500 10-13/13-17 .769/.765 35/26 +9 9/7 10/13 3/2 8/6 19/16

MIZZOU 23/18 29/24 52-42 +10 18-55/14-44 .327/.318 1-10/2-12 .100/.167 15-22/12-16 .682/.750 32/37 (5) 7/8 18/27 4/2 8/3 23/29

Texas A&M 32/26 26/38 58-64 (6) 19-61/26-60 .311/.433 5-15/2-5 .333/.400 15-19/10-14 .789/.714 42/39 +3 11/11 17/15 5/5 6/8 14/19

KENTUCKY 30/37 30/46 60-83 (23) 23-65/30-67 .354/.448 5-17/4-9 .294/.444 9-16/19-24 .563/.792 34/49 (15) 10/17 11/9 12/1 0/3 22/21

Ole Miss 30/20 30/31 60-51 +9 24-47/15-57 .511/.263 1-4/3-14 .250/.214 11-18/18-22 .611/.818 37/31 +6 12/9 15/11 8/2 5/8 20/21

VANDERBILT 31/25 35/36 66-61 +5 23-49/19-40 .469/.475 4-10/2-9 .400/.222 16-22/21-25 .727/.840 30/21 +9 10/11 22/25 2/2 8/10 23/24

ALABAMA 28/25 33/27 61-52 +9 21-53/19-50 .396/.380 3-13/2-9 .231/.222 16-22/12-20 .727/.600 29/36 (7) 10/10 13/20 6/2 8/5 20/22

VANDERBILT 27/21 36/25 63-46 +17 23-57/12-37 .404/.324 2-9/3-9 .222/.333 15-22/19-23 .682/.826 32/30 +2 12/7 14/27 4/2 11/3 26/22

Tennessee 25/22 33/26 58-48 +10 17-53/18-64 .321/.281 7-13/2-8 .538/.250 17-22/10-19 .773/.526 45/42 +3 7/6 14/10 6/5 2/7 17/18

South Carolina 21/33 31/33 52-66 (14) 19-50/23-53 .380/.434 5-13/4-11 .385/.364 9-12/16-20 .750/.800 28/37 (9) 9/9 16/13 3/5 5/9 18/14

Note: Game totals are displayed in the format TEAM/OPPONENT for each category


Mississippi State Category Leaders (as of Mar 06, 2016)

All games

Points G Pts Pts/G

Victoria Vivians 33 567 17.2

Morgan William 33 327 9.9

Dominique Dillingham 33 272 8.2

Chinwe Okorie 33 229 6.9

Teaira McCowan 32 210 6.6

Breanna Richardson 31 172 5.5

Ketara Chapel 33 160 4.8

Kayla Nevitt 28 103 3.7

Blair Schaefer 31 90 2.9

LaKaris Salter 18 62 3.4

Jazzmun Holmes 30 60 2.0

Sherise Williams 25 53 2.1

Scoring Average G Pts Avg/G









LaKaris Salter 18 62 3.4




FG Percentage FG Att Pct

Chinwe Okorie 96 173 . 5 5 5

Sherise Williams 21 41 . 5 1 2

Teaira McCowan 83 169 . 4 9 1

Ketara Chapel 66 146 . 4 5 2

Kayla Nevitt 41 99 . 4 1 4

Breanna Richardson 54 137 . 3 9 4

Victoria Vivians 214 550 . 3 8 9

Jazmine Spears 5 13 . 3 8 5

Dominique Dillingham 100 267 . 3 7 5

LaKaris Salter 25 67 . 3 7 3

Morgan William 90 274 . 3 2 8

Jazzmun Holmes 20 66 . 3 0 3

Field Goal Attempts G Att Att/G






Field Goals Made G Made Made/G






3-Point Percentage 3FG Att Pct

LaKaris Salter 11 29 . 3 7 9


Blair Schaefer 24 70 . 3 4 3

Jazmine Spears 1 3 . 3 3 3







3-Point FG Attempts G Att Att/G






3-Point FG Made G Made Made/G






Free Throw Percent FG Att Pct

Jazmine Spears 2 2 1.000







Teaira McCowan 44 65 . 6 7 7

Chinwe Okorie 37 61 . 6 0 7

Blair Schaefer 8 14 . 5 7 1


Sherise Williams 11 22 . 5 0 0

Free Throw Attempts G Att Att/G






Free Throws Made G Made Made/G







Mississippi State Category Leaders (as of Mar 06, 2016)

All games

Rebounds G Reb Reb/G






Rebound Average G Reb Avg/G






Assists G No. Ast/G






Steals G No. Stl/G






Offensive Rebounds G No. Avg/G






Defensive Rebounds G No. Avg/G






Blocked Shots G No. Blk/G






Minutes G No. Min/G






Fouls G No. Per/G






Foulouts G No.

Teaira McCowan 32 4

Chinwe Okorie 33 4

Breanna Richardson 31 4

Dominique Dillingham 33 2

Victoria Vivians 33 2

Turnovers G No. TO/G







Mississippi State Team Game-by-Game (as of Mar 06, 2016)

All games

TEAM STATISTICS

Total 3-Pointers Free throws Rebounds

Opponent Date Score fg-fga pct 3fg-fga pct ft-fta pct off def tot avg pf a t/o blk stl pts avg

SAMFORD 11/13/15 68-47 W 25-77 . 3 2 5 2-20 . 1 0 0 16-22 . 7 2 7 28 20 48 48.0 18 6 10 2 14 68 68.0

GRAMBLING 11/21/15 107-43 W 42-93 . 4 5 2 8-23 . 3 4 8 15-19 . 7 8 9 34 23 57 52.5 13 25 9 5 8 107 87.5

MISS. VALLEY ST. 11/24/15 109-37 W 45-91 . 4 9 5 10-28 . 3 5 7 9-11 . 8 1 8 29 26 55 53.3 11 30 10 6 20 109 94.7

NORFOLK STATE 11/27/15 92-34 W 36-72 . 5 0 0 8-23 . 3 4 8 12-14 . 8 5 7 13 30 43 50.8 16 29 10 8 9 92 94.0

SAVANNAH ST. 11/29/15 92-25 W 31-71 . 4 3 7 11-22 . 5 0 0 19-23 . 8 2 6 24 28 52 51.0 14 27 10 13 14 92 93.6

at Texas 12/2/15 47-53 L 17-54 . 3 1 5 2-16 . 1 2 5 11-20 . 5 5 0 10 20 30 47.5 31 4 19 5 8 47 85.8

TENNESSEE ST. 12/6/15 82-54 W 27-64 . 4 2 2 5-14 . 3 5 7 23-31 . 7 4 2 18 30 48 47.6 15 12 23 1 9 82 85.3

at LA Tech 12/13/15 93-63 W 37-70 . 5 2 9 10-26 . 3 8 5 9-12 . 7 5 0 10 27 37 46.2 20 24 16 10 8 93 86.2

SOUTHERN MISS 12/16/15 78-65 W 28-60 . 4 6 7 6-21 . 2 8 6 16-19 . 8 4 2 14 22 36 45.1 22 19 14 3 12 78 85.3

vs Florida Gulf Coast Eagle DEC. 19 65-60 W 23-57 . 4 0 4 5-15 . 3 3 3 14-17 . 8 2 4 12 24 36 44.2 18 9 15 2 6 65 83.3

vs West Michigan Broncos DEC. 20 90-68 W 34-78 . 4 3 6 6-16 . 3 7 5 16-21 . 7 6 2 23 23 46 44.4 26 19 11 5 6 90 83.9

vs SMU DEC. 21 72-70 W 29-74 . 3 9 2 6-15 . 4 0 0 8-22 . 3 6 4 21 18 39 43.9 24 14 10 4 5 72 82.9

SE LOUISIANA 12/28/15 81-41 W 27-76 . 3 5 5 9-25 . 3 6 0 18-28 . 6 4 3 30 30 60 45.2 20 18 14 3 4 81 82.8

vs USF 12/30/15 68-58 W 26-60 . 4 3 3 3-11 . 2 7 3 13-18 . 7 2 2 13 22 35 44.4 28 8 20 2 7 68 81.7

at Florida 01/03/16 76-70 W 29-71 . 4 0 8 4-12 . 3 3 3 14-20 . 7 0 0 22 24 46 44.5 22 7 25 5 15 76 81.3

AUBURN 01/07/16 60-45 W 20-60 . 3 3 3 5-25 . 2 0 0 15-19 . 7 8 9 19 21 40 44.2 13 11 15 2 7 60 80.0

ARKANSAS 01/10/16 80-55 W 26-60 . 4 3 3 8-17 . 4 7 1 20-26 . 7 6 9 15 20 35 43.7 19 23 14 4 10 80 80.0

at Mizzou 1-14-16 54-66 L 21-76 . 2 7 6 2-17 . 1 1 8 10-12 . 8 3 3 23 17 40 43.5 21 8 10 1 7 54 78.6

OLE MISS 01/18/16 79-51 W 28-57 . 4 9 1 5-14 . 3 5 7 18-24 . 7 5 0 20 26 46 43.6 15 18 15 5 7 79 78.6

at Georgia 1/21/16 43-47 L 17-50 . 3 4 0 2-20 . 1 0 0 7-12 . 5 8 3 14 22 36 43.2 20 7 19 8 6 43 76.8

SOUTH CAROLINA 01/24/16 51-57 L 16-59 . 2 7 1 3-13 . 2 3 1 16-17 . 9 4 1 12 19 31 42.7 21 9 13 2 5 51 75.6

TENNESSEE 01/28/16 65-63 Wot 24-73 . 3 2 9 3-16 . 1 8 8 14-20 . 7 0 0 20 26 46 42.8 21 12 5 3 5 65 75.1

at Arkansas 01/31/16 65-55 W 21-48 . 4 3 8 2-7 . 2 8 6 21-24 . 8 7 5 11 27 38 42.6 20 11 21 3 5 65 74.7

at LSU 02/04/16 71-52 W 28-57 . 4 9 1 5-12 . 4 1 7 10-13 . 7 6 9 16 19 35 42.3 19 9 10 3 8 71 74.5

MIZZOU 02/07/16 52-42 W 18-55 . 3 2 7 1-10 . 1 0 0 15-22 . 6 8 2 13 19 32 41.9 23 7 18 4 8 52 73.6

at Texas A&M 02/11/16 58-64 L 19-61 . 3 1 1 5-15 . 3 3 3 15-19 . 7 8 9 19 23 42 41.9 14 11 17 5 6 58 73.0

KENTUCKY 02/18/16 60-83 L 23-65 . 3 5 4 5-17 . 2 9 4 9-16 . 5 6 3 13 21 34 41.6 22 10 11 12 0 60 72.5

at Ole Miss 2/21/16 60-51 W 24-47 . 5 1 1 1-4 . 2 5 0 11-18 . 6 1 1 11 26 37 41.4 20 12 15 8 5 60 72.1

at VANDERBILT 02/25/16 66-61 W 23-49 . 4 6 9 4-10 . 4 0 0 16-22 . 7 2 7 12 18 30 41.0 23 10 22 2 8 66 71.9

ALABAMA 02/28/16 61-52 W 21-53 . 3 9 6 3-13 . 2 3 1 16-22 . 7 2 7 9 20 29 40.6 20 10 13 6 8 61 71.5

vs VANDERBILT 03/04/16 63-46 W 23-57 . 4 0 4 2-9 . 2 2 2 15-22 . 6 8 2 14 18 32 40.4 26 12 14 4 11 63 71.2

vs Tennessee 03/05/16 58-48 W 17-53 . 3 2 1 7-13 . 5 3 8 17-22 . 7 7 3 15 30 45 40.5 17 7 14 6 2 58 70.8

vs South Carolina 03/06/16 52-66 L 19-50 . 3 8 0 5-13 . 3 8 5 9-12 . 7 5 0 5 23 28 40.1 18 9 16 3 5 52 70.2

Mississippi State 2318 844-2098 . 4 0 2 163-532 . 3 0 6 467-639 . 7 3 1 562 762 1324 40.1 650 447 478 155 258 2318 70.2

Opponents 1792 634-1718 . 3 6 9 92-339 . 2 7 1 432-603 . 7 1 6 383 762 1145 34.7 730 294 692 99 186 1792 54.3

Games played: 33

Points/game: 70.2

FG Pct: 40.2

3FG Pct: 30.6

FT Pct: 73.1

Rebounds/game: 40.1

Assists/game: 13.5

Turnovers/game: 14.5

Assist/turnover ratio: 0.9

Steals/game: 7.8

Blocks/game: 4.7


Mississippi State Opponent Game-by-Game (as of Mar 06, 2016)

All games

OPPONENT STATISTICS

Total 3-Pointers Free throws Rebounds

Opponent Date Score fg-fga pct 3fg-fga pct ft-fta pct off def tot avg pf a t/o blk stl pts avg

SAMFORD 11/13/15 68-47 W 16-38 . 4 2 1 7-18 . 3 8 9 8-11 . 7 2 7 3 28 31 31.0 24 10 28 1 3 47 47.0

GRAMBLING 11/21/15 107-43 W 17-47 . 3 6 2 0-10 . 0 0 0 9-15 . 6 0 0 7 20 27 29.0 23 6 29 2 4 43 45.0

MISS. VALLEY ST. 11/24/15 109-37 W 16-50 . 3 2 0 4-13 . 3 0 8 1-3 . 3 3 3 8 17 25 27.7 19 7 34 1 7 37 42.3

NORFOLK STATE 11/27/15 92-34 W 14-52 . 2 6 9 0-4 . 0 0 0 6-13 . 4 6 2 9 22 31 28.5 18 7 23 2 5 34 40.2

SAVANNAH ST. 11/29/15 92-25 W 8-47 . 1 7 0 0-4 . 0 0 0 9-14 . 6 4 3 14 18 32 29.2 21 1 27 4 6 25 37.2

at Texas 12/2/15 47-53 L 18-46 . 3 9 1 2-5 . 4 0 0 15-26 . 5 7 7 10 31 41 31.2 23 12 23 3 3 53 39.8

TENNESSEE ST. 12/6/15 82-54 W 21-57 . 3 6 8 2-17 . 1 1 8 10-13 . 7 6 9 8 22 30 31.0 34 8 30 1 10 54 41.9

at LA Tech 12/13/15 93-63 W 21-59 . 3 5 6 4-7 . 5 7 1 17-19 . 8 9 5 12 25 37 31.8 18 8 24 1 4 63 44.5

SOUTHERN MISS 12/16/15 78-65 W 21-48 . 4 3 8 3-8 . 3 7 5 20-24 . 8 3 3 7 17 24 30.9 23 9 17 2 4 65 46.8

vs Florida Gulf Coast Eagle DEC. 19 65-60 W 25-56 . 4 4 6 5-18 . 2 7 8 5-7 . 7 1 4 9 23 32 31.0 20 9 18 5 4 60 48.1

vs West Michigan Broncos DEC. 20 90-68 W 18-42 . 4 2 9 3-11 . 2 7 3 29-36 . 8 0 6 4 23 27 30.6 21 12 17 4 3 68 49.9

vs SMU DEC. 21 72-70 W 24-59 . 4 0 7 1-5 . 2 0 0 21-28 . 7 5 0 19 31 50 32.2 26 6 19 6 5 70 51.6

SE LOUISIANA 12/28/15 81-41 W 12-55 . 2 1 8 3-16 . 1 8 8 14-18 . 7 7 8 14 23 37 32.6 28 6 24 1 1 41 50.8

vs USF 12/30/15 68-58 W 19-51 . 3 7 3 2-7 . 2 8 6 18-22 . 8 1 8 11 24 35 32.8 21 6 24 3 5 58 51.3

at Florida 01/03/16 76-70 W 22-68 . 3 2 4 5-21 . 2 3 8 21-28 . 7 5 0 26 25 51 34.0 25 11 32 7 13 70 52.5

AUBURN 01/07/16 60-45 W 20-50 . 4 0 0 2-5 . 4 0 0 3-5 . 6 0 0 10 22 32 33.9 24 13 25 3 8 45 52.1

ARKANSAS 01/10/16 80-55 W 22-52 . 4 2 3 1-7 . 1 4 3 10-14 . 7 1 4 11 21 32 33.8 25 9 23 3 4 55 52.2

at Mizzou 1-14-16 54-66 L 25-50 . 5 0 0 5-18 . 2 7 8 11-16 . 6 8 8 10 33 43 34.3 22 14 19 3 5 66 53.0

OLE MISS 01/18/16 79-51 W 19-56 . 3 3 9 4-14 . 2 8 6 9-19 . 4 7 4 17 12 29 34.0 23 7 16 4 8 51 52.9

at Georgia 1/21/16 43-47 L 19-53 . 3 5 8 4-11 . 3 6 4 5-10 . 5 0 0 15 21 36 34.1 17 12 19 4 9 47 52.6

SOUTH CAROLINA 01/24/16 51-57 L 19-44 . 4 3 2 4-13 . 3 0 8 15-23 . 6 5 2 9 31 40 34.4 21 9 21 6 5 57 52.8

TENNESSEE 01/28/16 65-63 Wot 24-55 . 4 3 6 3-8 . 3 7 5 12-20 . 6 0 0 10 32 42 34.7 24 9 14 4 3 63 53.3

at Arkansas 01/31/16 65-55 W 19-63 . 3 0 2 3-11 . 2 7 3 14-19 . 7 3 7 16 17 33 34.7 24 8 16 1 5 55 53.3

at LSU 02/04/16 71-52 W 19-48 . 3 9 6 1-2 . 5 0 0 13-17 . 7 6 5 11 15 26 34.3 16 7 13 2 6 52 53.3

MIZZOU 02/07/16 52-42 W 14-44 . 3 1 8 2-12 . 1 6 7 12-16 . 7 5 0 10 27 37 34.4 29 8 27 2 3 42 52.8

at Texas A&M 02/11/16 58-64 L 26-60 . 4 3 3 2-5 . 4 0 0 10-14 . 7 1 4 14 25 39 34.6 19 11 15 5 8 64 53.3

KENTUCKY 02/18/16 60-83 L 30-67 . 4 4 8 4-9 . 4 4 4 19-24 . 7 9 2 18 31 49 35.1 21 17 9 1 3 83 54.4

at Ole Miss 2/21/16 60-51 W 15-57 . 2 6 3 3-14 . 2 1 4 18-22 . 8 1 8 18 13 31 35.0 21 9 11 2 8 51 54.2

at VANDERBILT 02/25/16 66-61 W 19-40 . 4 7 5 2-9 . 2 2 2 21-25 . 8 4 0 5 16 21 34.5 24 11 25 2 10 61 54.5

ALABAMA 02/28/16 61-52 W 19-50 . 3 8 0 2-9 . 2 2 2 12-20 . 6 0 0 11 25 36 34.5 22 10 20 2 5 52 54.4

vs VANDERBILT 03/04/16 63-46 W 12-37 . 3 2 4 3-9 . 3 3 3 19-23 . 8 2 6 7 23 30 34.4 22 7 27 2 3 46 54.1

vs Tennessee 03/05/16 58-48 W 18-64 . 2 8 1 2-8 . 2 5 0 10-19 . 5 2 6 20 22 42 34.6 18 6 10 5 7 48 53.9

vs South Carolina 03/06/16 52-66 L 23-53 . 4 3 4 4-11 . 3 6 4 16-20 . 8 0 0 10 27 37 34.7 14 9 13 5 9 66 54.3

Opponents 1792 634-1718 . 3 6 9 92-339 . 2 7 1 432-603 . 7 1 6 383 762 1145 34.7 730 294 692 99 186 1792 54.3

Mississippi State 2318 844-2098 . 4 0 2 163-532 . 3 0 6 467-639 . 7 3 1 562 762 1324 40.1 650 447 478 155 258 2318 70.2

Games played: 33

Points/game: 54.3

FG Pct: 36.9

3FG Pct: 27.1

FT Pct: 71.6

Rebounds/game: 34.7

Assists/game: 8.9

Turnovers/game: 21.0

Assist/turnover ratio: 0.4

Steals/game: 5.6

Blocks/game: 3.0


Mississippi State Points-Rebounds-Assists (as of Mar 06, 2016)

All games

00 01 02 03 05 10 12

Opponent Date Score DILLINGHAM SCHAEFER,B WILLIAM,MO RICHARDSON WILLIAMS,S HOLMES,JAZ SPEARS,JAZ

SAMFORD 11/13/15 68-47 W 1 3 - 1 1 - 0 5 - 4 - 0 6 - 4 - 2 6 - 3 - 1 2 - 4 - 0 1 2 - 3 - 1 DNP

GRAMBLING 11/21/15 107-43 W 8 - 1 - 3 3 - 0 - 3 1 2 - 2 - 4 4 - 6 - 1 8 - 4 - 0 0 - 6 - 8 2 - 3 - 0

MISS. VALLEY ST. 11/24/15 109-37 W 1 0 - 3 - 2 7 - 2 - 3 3 - 0 - 6 4 - 1 - 1 6 - 8 - 3 3 - 4 - 8 0 - 0 - 1

NORFOLK STATE 11/27/15 92-34 W 6 - 2 - 4 9 - 1 - 2 6 - 0 - 6 1 - 2 - 0 6 - 4 - 0 2 - 0 - 8 2 - 3 - 0

SAVANNAH ST. 11/29/15 92-25 W 9 - 3 - 2 6 - 2 - 2 2 - 3 - 1 1 4 - 2 - 1 3 - 4 - 0 2 - 2 - 6 5 - 3 - 0

at Texas 12/2/15 47-53 L 6 - 1 - 0 3 - 0 - 0 6 - 4 - 3 8 - 6 - 0 2 - 1 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 DNP

TENNESSEE ST. 12/6/15 82-54 W 9 - 4 - 2 9 - 2 - 0 2 - 0 - 2 1 4 - 8 - 1 1 - 1 - 0 6 - 1 - 3 0 - 0 - 0

at LA Tech 12/13/15 93-63 W 2 - 2 - 1 3 - 1 - 1 1 2 - 2 - 8 1 2 - 4 - 2 8 - 6 - 1 4 - 1 - 7 0 - 1 - 0

SOUTHERN MISS 12/16/15 78-65 W 1 5 - 2 - 3 0 - 0 - 0 1 7 - 3 - 9 2 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 1 DNP

vs Florida Gulf Coast E DEC. 19 65-60 W 0 - 1 - 3 0 - 0 - 0 1 4 - 2 - 1 1 1 - 5 - 0 2 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 DNP

vs West Michigan Bronco DEC. 20 90-68 W 9 - 5 - 4 0 - 1 - 0 9 - 0 - 5 0 - 4 - 1 0 - 1 - 0 3 - 3 - 4 DNP

vs SMU DEC. 21 72-70 W 1 - 1 - 3 6 - 1 - 0 9 - 4 - 6 6 - 2 - 0 0 - 1 - 0 1 - 0 - 3 DNP

SE LOUISIANA 12/28/15 81-41 W 4 - 9 - 4 1 2 - 3 - 1 1 2 - 2 - 8 4 - 8 - 0 3 - 4 - 2 2 - 0 - 2 4 - 3 - 0

vs USF 12/30/15 68-58 W 4 - 0 - 0 2 - 1 - 1 1 5 - 3 - 3 6 - 4 - 1 1 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 1 DNP

at Florida 01/03/16 76-70 W 1 0 - 2 - 1 0 - 2 - 0 2 1 - 2 - 4 1 1 - 3 - 2 DNP 0 - 1 - 0 DNP

AUBURN 01/07/16 60-45 W 7 - 4 - 2 3 - 2 - 0 7 - 0 - 7 0 - 3 - 1 DNP 0 - 0 - 0 DNP

ARKANSAS 01/10/16 80-55 W 1 6 - 6 - 5 5 - 0 - 0 2 - 0 - 6 DNP 0 - 1 - 0 8 - 1 - 4 0 - 0 - 0

at Mizzou 1-14-16 54-66 L 9 - 5 - 2 0 - 0 - 0 6 - 4 - 6 DNP 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 DNP

OLE MISS 01/18/16 79-51 W 4 - 5 - 1 0 - 1 - 0 1 6 - 1 - 5 8 - 7 - 2 0 - 0 - 0 2 - 2 - 6 DNP

at Georgia 1/21/16 43-47 L 3 - 6 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 7 - 2 - 4 1 - 3 - 1 DNP 4 - 2 - 0 DNP

SOUTH CAROLINA 01/24/16 51-57 L 5 - 2 - 2 DNP 1 0 - 1 - 3 5 - 5 - 2 0 - 1 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 DNP

TENNESSEE 01/28/16 65-63 W 1 4 - 6 - 1 5 - 2 - 0 1 1 - 4 - 7 3 - 5 - 1 DNP 2 - 0 - 0 DNP

at Arkansas 01/31/16 65-55 W 1 1 - 5 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 1 1 - 5 - 4 1 0 - 5 - 0 2 - 0 - 0 2 - 1 - 2 DNP

at LSU 02/04/16 71-52 W 1 0 - 4 - 2 2 - 0 - 0 1 1 - 3 - 3 7 - 3 - 1 2 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 1 DNP

MIZZOU 02/07/16 52-42 W 5 - 6 - 2 0 - 0 - 0 1 7 - 2 - 2 1 - 6 - 0 DNP 0 - 0 - 0 DNP

at Texas A&M 02/11/16 58-64 L 1 1 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 1 8 - 3 - 6 9 - 6 - 2 0 - 1 - 0 0 - 1 - 0 DNP

KENTUCKY 02/18/16 60-83 L 4 - 4 - 2 6 - 2 - 1 4 - 1 - 4 1 3 - 6 - 0 2 - 1 - 0 DNP DNP

at Ole Miss 2/21/16 60-51 W 1 2 - 5 - 2 0 - 0 - 0 1 0 - 5 - 7 0 - 2 - 1 DNP DNP DNP

at VANDERBILT 02/25/16 66-61 W 1 2 - 8 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 1 5 - 2 - 6 4 - 2 - 2 0 - 1 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 DNP

ALABAMA 02/28/16 61-52 W 1 7 - 2 - 1 4 - 0 - 0 9 - 2 - 6 2 - 2 - 0 2 - 3 - 0 3 - 0 - 1 DNP

vs VANDERBILT 03/04/16 63-46 W 1 2 - 2 - 3 0 - 0 - 0 6 - 0 - 4 8 - 3 - 1 3 - 7 - 0 4 - 1 - 2 DNP

vs Tennessee 03/05/16 58-48 W 8 - 3 - 2 0 - 0 - 0 1 2 - 5 - 2 6 - 7 - 3 DNP 0 - 2 - 0 DNP

vs South Carolina 03/06/16 52-66 L 6 - 1 - 0 DNP 9 - 2 - 6 2 - 4 - 2 DNP DNP DNP

13 15 23 35 44 45

Opponent Date Score CHAPEL,KET MCCOWAN,TE NEVITT,KAY VIVIANS,VI SALTER,LAK OKORIE,CHI

SAMFORD 11/13/15 68-47 W 6 - 3 - 1 2 - 3 - 0 DNP 8 - 3 - 1 2 - 3 - 0 6 - 5 - 0

GRAMBLING 11/21/15 107-43 W 6 - 2 - 2 2 1 - 1 1 - 0 2 - 4 - 0 2 2 - 4 - 1 7 - 2 - 2 1 2 - 1 1 - 1

MISS. VALLEY ST. 11/24/15 109-37 W 0 - 2 - 1 1 7 - 1 0 - 0 2 0 - 6 - 4 1 4 - 3 - 0 1 5 - 3 - 1 1 0 - 6 - 0

NORFOLK STATE 11/27/15 92-34 W 0 - 5 - 5 2 0 - 1 1 - 0 5 - 2 - 3 2 0 - 4 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 1 5 - 6 - 0

SAVANNAH ST. 11/29/15 92-25 W 6 - 4 - 1 8 - 1 2 - 1 1 2 - 1 - 1 2 7 - 5 - 1 8 - 2 - 0 0 - 2 - 1

at Texas 12/2/15 47-53 L 2 - 2 - 0 4 - 4 - 0 0 - 1 - 0 1 2 - 7 - 1 2 - 0 - 0 2 - 1 - 0

TENNESSEE ST. 12/6/15 82-54 W 0 - 0 - 1 3 - 3 - 0 2 - 3 - 2 2 2 - 7 - 1 2 - 3 - 0 1 2 - 1 3 - 0

at LA Tech 12/13/15 93-63 W 4 - 1 - 1 4 - 4 - 0 2 - 1 - 0 3 6 - 7 - 0 0 - 1 - 0 6 - 4 - 3

SOUTHERN MISS 12/16/15 78-65 W 1 7 - 7 - 0 4 - 3 - 0 0 - 1 - 0 1 0 - 6 - 3 DNP 1 3 - 9 - 3

vs Florida Gulf Coast E DEC. 19 65-60 W 1 3 - 7 - 0 DNP 6 - 1 - 2 1 5 - 5 - 3 0 - 0 - 0 4 - 4 - 0

vs West Michigan Bronco DEC. 20 90-68 W 1 1 - 2 - 2 2 4 - 1 3 - 0 5 - 1 - 0 1 5 - 4 - 3 7 - 3 - 0 7 - 5 - 0

vs SMU DEC. 21 72-70 W 1 3 - 6 - 0 4 - 5 - 1 4 - 0 - 0 1 8 - 8 - 1 DNP 1 0 - 8 - 0

SE LOUISIANA 12/28/15 81-41 W 5 - 5 - 0 2 - 3 - 0 7 - 2 - 0 1 3 - 4 - 1 0 - 2 - 0 1 3 - 9 - 0

vs USF 12/30/15 68-58 W 2 - 4 - 2 4 - 2 - 0 3 - 1 - 0 2 3 - 1 - 0 DNP 8 - 1 1 - 0

at Florida 01/03/16 76-70 W 5 - 6 - 0 7 - 9 - 0 2 - 1 - 0 1 4 - 7 - 0 DNP 6 - 7 - 0

AUBURN 01/07/16 60-45 W 4 - 2 - 0 1 0 - 1 3 - 0 DNP 2 3 - 1 0 - 1 DNP 6 - 3 - 0

ARKANSAS 01/10/16 80-55 W 1 9 - 5 - 2 5 - 5 - 1 0 - 1 - 0 1 3 - 5 - 3 0 - 0 - 1 1 2 - 7 - 1

at Mizzou 1-14-16 54-66 L 2 - 5 - 0 8 - 1 0 - 0 5 - 1 - 0 1 9 - 5 - 0 5 - 1 - 0 0 - 4 - 0

OLE MISS 01/18/16 79-51 W 8 - 2 - 2 1 0 - 4 - 0 9 - 1 - 0 8 - 9 - 2 0 - 0 - 0 1 4 - 7 - 0

at Georgia 1/21/16 43-47 L 2 - 3 - 0 4 - 7 - 0 0 - 2 - 0 2 0 - 8 - 1 DNP 2 - 1 - 0

SOUTH CAROLINA 01/24/16 51-57 L 1 0 - 1 - 0 0 - 7 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 1 9 - 4 - 1 DNP 2 - 8 - 0

TENNESSEE 01/28/16 65-63 W 5 - 4 - 1 1 - 7 - 2 DNP 1 4 - 7 - 0 0 - 1 - 0 1 0 - 8 - 0

at Arkansas 01/31/16 65-55 W 6 - 4 - 1 0 - 1 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 1 7 - 5 - 3 DNP 6 - 7 - 0

at LSU 02/04/16 71-52 W 8 - 1 - 1 7 - 5 - 0 1 - 1 - 1 1 4 - 9 - 0 3 - 0 - 0 6 - 6 - 0

MIZZOU 02/07/16 52-42 W 2 - 3 - 2 1 0 - 2 - 0 DNP 1 3 - 7 - 1 DNP 4 - 2 - 0

at Texas A&M 02/11/16 58-64 L 0 - 5 - 2 5 - 6 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 1 3 - 6 - 1 DNP 2 - 7 - 0

KENTUCKY 02/18/16 60-83 L 0 - 0 - 0 4 - 9 - 1 1 2 - 2 - 2 7 - 1 - 0 8 - 2 - 0 0 - 3 - 0

at Ole Miss 2/21/16 60-51 W 2 - 3 - 1 5 - 2 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 2 2 - 1 0 - 1 DNP 9 - 8 - 0

at VANDERBILT 02/25/16 66-61 W 0 - 4 - 1 4 - 1 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 2 1 - 5 - 0 DNP 1 0 - 4 - 0

ALABAMA 02/28/16 61-52 W 2 - 3 - 0 2 - 0 - 0 3 - 0 - 0 9 - 9 - 2 DNP 8 - 6 - 0

vs VANDERBILT 03/04/16 63-46 W 0 - 4 - 0 1 1 - 3 - 1 3 - 0 - 1 1 0 - 3 - 0 DNP 6 - 3 - 0

vs Tennessee 03/05/16 58-48 W 0 - 2 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 DNP 3 0 - 9 - 0 DNP 2 - 1 1 - 0

vs South Carolina 03/06/16 52-66 L 0 - 1 - 0 0 - 1 - 0 0 - 1 - 0 2 6 - 8 - 0 3 - 0 - 0 6 - 8 - 1


Mississippi State Game-by-Game Highs (as of Mar 06, 2016)

All games

Opponent Date Score Points Rebounds Assists Steals Blocked shots

SAMFORD 11/13/15 68-47 13-Dominique Dillingh 11-Dominique Dillingh 2-Morgan William 5-Jazzmun Holmes 1-Teaira McCowan

Breanna Richardson

GRAMBLING 11/21/15 107-43 22-Victoria Vivians 11-Chinwe Okorie 8-Jazzmun Holmes 2-Morgan William 2-Teaira McCowan

Teaira McCowan Dominique Dillingha Chinwe Okorie

MISS. VALLEY ST. 11/24/15 109-37 20-Kayla Nevitt 10-Teaira McCowan 8-Jazzmun Holmes 4-Blair Schaefer 2-Sherise Williams

Morgan William Teaira McCowan

NORFOLK STATE 11/27/15 92-34 20-Victoria Vivians 11-Teaira McCowan 8-Jazzmun Holmes 3-Jazzmun Holmes 3-Chinwe Okorie

Teaira McCowan Dominique Dillingha

SAVANNAH ST. 11/29/15 92-25 27-Victoria Vivians 12-Teaira McCowan 11-Morgan William 3-Teaira McCowan 5-Teaira McCowan

at Texas 12/2/15 47-53 12-Victoria Vivians 7-Victoria Vivians 3-Morgan William 3-Teaira McCowan 1-Kayla Nevitt

Breanna Richardson Morgan William

Breanna Richardson

Victoria Vivians

Sherise Williams

TENNESSEE ST. 12/6/15 82-54 22-Victoria Vivians 13-Chinwe Okorie 3-Jazzmun Holmes 2-Victoria Vivians 1-Teaira McCowan

at LA Tech 12/13/15 93-63 36-Victoria Vivians 7-Victoria Vivians 8-Morgan William 2-Victoria Vivians 4-Sherise Williams

Dominique Dillingha

Breanna Richardson

SOUTHERN MISS 12/16/15 78-65 17-Morgan William 9-Chinwe Okorie 9-Morgan William 5-Ketara Chapel 1-Sherise Williams

Ketara Chapel Dominique Dillingha

Ketara Chapel

vs Florida Gulf Coast Eagles DEC. 19 65-60 15-Victoria Vivians 7-Ketara Chapel 3-Victoria Vivians 2-Morgan William 1-Ketara Chapel

Dominique Dillingha Dominique Dillingha

vs West Michigan Broncos DEC. 20 90-68 24-Teaira McCowan 13-Teaira McCowan 5-Morgan William 4-Victoria Vivians 2-Teaira McCowan

vs SMU DEC. 21 72-70 18-Victoria Vivians 8-Chinwe Okorie 6-Morgan William 4-Victoria Vivians 1-Chinwe Okorie

Victoria Vivians Kayla Nevitt

Victoria Vivians

Teaira McCowan

SE LOUISIANA 12/28/15 81-41 13-Victoria Vivians 9-Dominique Dillingha 8-Morgan William 1-Dominique Dillingha 1-LaKaris Salter

Chinwe Okorie Chinwe Okorie Victoria Vivians Breanna Richardson

Kayla Nevitt Sherise Williams

Morgan William

vs USF 12/30/15 68-58 23-Victoria Vivians 11-Chinwe Okorie 3-Morgan William 2-Morgan William 1-Ketara Chapel

Chinwe Okorie

at Florida 01/03/16 76-70 21-Morgan William 9-Teaira McCowan 4-Morgan William 4-Victoria Vivians 2-Teaira McCowan

Morgan William Chinwe Okorie

AUBURN 01/07/16 60-45 23-Victoria Vivians 13-Teaira McCowan 7-Morgan William 3-Victoria Vivians 1-Chinwe Okorie

Dominique Dillingha

ARKANSAS 01/10/16 80-55 19-Ketara Chapel 7-Chinwe Okorie 6-Morgan William 3-Chinwe Okorie 2-Chinwe Okorie

Morgan William Sherise Williams

at Mizzou 1-14-16 54-66 19-Victoria Vivians 10-Teaira McCowan 6-Morgan William 2-Victoria Vivians 1-Teaira McCowan

OLE MISS 01/18/16 79-51 16-Morgan William 9-Victoria Vivians 6-Jazzmun Holmes 2-Jazzmun Holmes 3-Teaira McCowan

Breanna Richardson

at Georgia 1/21/16 43-47 20-Victoria Vivians 8-Victoria Vivians 4-Morgan William 3-Dominique Dillingha 5-Teaira McCowan

SOUTH CAROLINA 01/24/16 51-57 19-Victoria Vivians 8-Chinwe Okorie 3-Morgan William 2-Dominique Dillingha 1-Breanna Richardso

Teaira McCowan

TENNESSEE 01/28/16 65-63 14-Victoria Vivians 8-Chinwe Okorie 7-Morgan William 2-Dominique Dillingha 1-Dominique Dillingha

Dominique Dillingha Chinwe Okorie

Victoria Vivians

at Arkansas 01/31/16 65-55 17-Victoria Vivians 7-Chinwe Okorie 4-Morgan William 3-Dominique Dillingha 1-Teaira McCowan

Chinwe Okorie

Dominique Dillingha

at LSU 02/04/16 71-52 14-Victoria Vivians 9-Victoria Vivians 3-Morgan William 3-Victoria Vivians 1-Teaira McCowan


Mississippi State Game-by-Game Highs (as of Mar 06, 2016)

All games

Opponent Date Score Points Rebounds Assists Steals Blocked shots

Sherise Williams

Morgan William

MIZZOU 02/07/16 52-42 17-Morgan William 7-Victoria Vivians 2-Morgan William 5-Victoria Vivians 3-Ketara Chapel

Ketara Chapel

Dominique Dillingha

at Texas A&M 02/11/16 58-64 18-Morgan William 7-Chinwe Okorie 6-Morgan William 2-Dominique Dillingha 2-Ketara Chapel

Victoria Vivians Teaira McCowan

KENTUCKY 02/18/16 60-83 13-Breanna Richardso 9-Teaira McCowan 4-Morgan William None 3-Teaira McCowan

Dominique Dillingha

at Ole Miss 2/21/16 60-51 22-Victoria Vivians 10-Victoria Vivians 7-Morgan William 2-Victoria Vivians 3-Teaira McCowan

at VANDERBILT 02/25/16 66-61 21-Victoria Vivians 8-Dominique Dillingha 6-Morgan William 2-Morgan William 2-Chinwe Okorie

ALABAMA 02/28/16 61-52 17-Dominique Dillingh 9-Victoria Vivians 6-Morgan William 4-Dominique Dillingha 2-Sherise Williams

vs VANDERBILT 03/04/16 63-46 12-Dominique Dillingh 7-Sherise Williams 4-Morgan William 5-Teaira McCowan 3-Teaira McCowan

vs Tennessee 03/05/16 58-48 30-Victoria Vivians 11-Chinwe Okorie 3-Breanna Richardso 1-Dominique Dillingha 2-Victoria Vivians

Chinwe Okorie Chinwe Okorie

vs South Carolina 03/06/16 52-66 26-Victoria Vivians 8-Victoria Vivians 6-Morgan William 3-Dominique Dillingha 1-Dominique Dillingha

Chinwe Okorie Breanna Richardson

Chinwe Okorie


Mississippi State Team High/Low Analysis (as of Mar 06, 2016)

All games

Mississippi State - TEAM GAME HIGHS

POINTS 109 MISS. VALLEY ST. (11/24/15)

107 GRAMBLING (11/21/15)

93 at LA Tech (12/13/15)

92 SAVANNAH ST. (11/29/15)

92 NORFOLK STATE (11/27/15)

FIELD GOALS MADE 45 MISS. VALLEY ST. (11/24/15)

42 GRAMBLING (11/21/15)

FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS 93 GRAMBLING (11/21/15)

91 MISS. VALLEY ST. (11/24/15)

FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE .529 (37-70) at LA Tech (12/13/15)

.511 (24-47) at Ole Miss (2/21/16)

3 PT FIELD GOALS MADE 11 SAVANNAH ST. (11/29/15)

10 at LA Tech (12/13/15)

10 MISS. VALLEY ST. (11/24/15)

3 PT FG ATTEMPTS 28 MISS. VALLEY ST. (11/24/15)

26 at LA Tech (12/13/15)

3 PT FG PERCENTAGE .538 (7-13) vs Tennessee (03/05/16)

.500 (11-22) SAVANNAH ST. (11/29/15)

FREE THROWS MADE 23 TENNESSEE ST. (12/6/15)

21 at Arkansas (01/31/16)

FREE THROW ATTEMPTS 31 TENNESSEE ST. (12/6/15)

28 SE LOUISIANA (12/28/15)

FREE THROW PERCENTAGE .941 (16-17) SOUTH CAROLINA (01/24/16)

.875 (21-24) at Arkansas (01/31/16)

REBOUNDS 60 SE LOUISIANA (12/28/15)

57 GRAMBLING (11/21/15)

ASSISTS 30 MISS. VALLEY ST. (11/24/15)

29 NORFOLK STATE (11/27/15)

STEALS 20 MISS. VALLEY ST. (11/24/15)

15 at Florida (01/03/16)

BLOCKED SHOTS 13 SAVANNAH ST. (11/29/15)

12 KENTUCKY (02/18/16)

TURNOVERS 25 at Florida (01/03/16)

23 TENNESSEE ST. (12/6/15)

FOULS 31 at Texas (12/2/15)

28 vs USF (12/30/15)


Mississippi State High/Low Analysis (as of Mar 06, 2016)

All games

Opponent - GAME HIGHS

POINTS 83 KENTUCKY (02/18/16)

70 at Florida (01/03/16)

70 vs SMU (DEC. 21)

68 vs West Michigan Broncos (DEC. 20)

66 vs South Carolina (03/06/16)

66 at Mizzou (1-14-16)

FIELD GOALS MADE 30 KENTUCKY (02/18/16)

26 at Texas A&M (02/11/16)

FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS 68 at Florida (01/03/16)

67 KENTUCKY (02/18/16)

FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE .500 (25-50) at Mizzou (1-14-16)

.475 (19-40) at VANDERBILT (02/25/16)

3 PT FIELD GOALS MADE 7 SAMFORD (11/13/15)

5 at Mizzou (1-14-16)

5 at Florida (01/03/16)

5 vs Florida Gulf Coast Eagles (DEC. 19)

3 PT FG ATTEMPTS 21 at Florida (01/03/16)

18 at Mizzou (1-14-16)

18 vs Florida Gulf Coast Eagles (DEC. 19)

18 SAMFORD (11/13/15)

3 PT FG PERCENTAGE .571 (4-7) at LA Tech (12/13/15)

.500 (1-2) at LSU (02/04/16)

FREE THROWS MADE 29 vs West Michigan Broncos (DEC. 20)

21 at VANDERBILT (02/25/16)

21 at Florida (01/03/16)

21 vs SMU (DEC. 21)

FREE THROW ATTEMPTS 36 vs West Michigan Broncos (DEC. 20)

28 at Florida (01/03/16)

28 vs SMU (DEC. 21)

FREE THROW PERCENTAGE .895 (17-19) at LA Tech (12/13/15)

.840 (21-25) at VANDERBILT (02/25/16)

REBOUNDS 51 at Florida (01/03/16)

50 vs SMU (DEC. 21)

ASSISTS 17 KENTUCKY (02/18/16)

14 at Mizzou (1-14-16)

STEALS 13 at Florida (01/03/16)

10 at VANDERBILT (02/25/16)

10 TENNESSEE ST. (12/6/15)

BLOCKED SHOTS 7 at Florida (01/03/16)

6 SOUTH CAROLINA (01/24/16)

6 vs SMU (DEC. 21)

TURNOVERS 34 MISS. VALLEY ST. (11/24/15)

32 at Florida (01/03/16)

FOULS 34 TENNESSEE ST. (12/6/15)

29 MIZZOU (02/07/16)


Mississippi State Player High/Low Analysis (as of Mar 06, 2016)

All games

Mississippi State - INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS

Points 36 Victoria Vivians at LA Tech (12/13/15)

30 Victoria Vivians vs Tennessee (03/05/16)

27 Victoria Vivians vs Savannah St. (11/29/15)

26 Victoria Vivians vs South Carolina (03/06/16)

24 Teaira McCowan vs West Michigan Broncos (DEC. 20)

Field Goals Made 13 Victoria Vivians at LA Tech (12/13/15)


Field Goal Att. 25 Victoria Vivians vs South Carolina (01/24/16)

24 Victoria Vivians at Georgia (1/21/16)

24 Victoria Vivians vs SMU (DEC. 21)

FG Pct (min 5 made) .875 (7-8) Ketara Chapel vs Arkansas (01/10/16)

.875 (7-8) Chinwe Okorie vs Norfolk State (11/27/15)

3-Point FG Made 7 Victoria Vivians at LA Tech (12/13/15)


5 Victoria Vivians vs Grambling (11/21/15)

3-Point FG Att. 15 Victoria Vivians vs Auburn (01/07/16)

15 Victoria Vivians at LA Tech (12/13/15)

3-Pt FG Pct (min 2 made) 1.000 (2-2) Blair Schaefer vs SMU (DEC. 21)

1.000 (2-2) Kayla Nevitt vs Florida Gulf Coast Eagles (DEC. 19)

Free Throws Made 9 Morgan William at Texas A&M (02/11/16)

9 Morgan William at Arkansas (01/31/16)

9 Morgan William vs Ole Miss (01/18/16)

Free Throw Att. 12 Dominique Dillingham at VANDERBILT (02/25/16)


FT Pct (min 3 made) 1.000 (8-8) Morgan William vs Southern Miss (12/16/15)

1.000 (6-6) Morgan William at VANDERBILT (02/25/16)

1.000 (6-6) Victoria Vivians at Arkansas (01/31/16)

1.000 (6-6) Ketara Chapel vs South Carolina (01/24/16)

1.000 (6-6) Morgan William vs Florida Gulf Coast Eagles (DEC. 19)

1.000 (6-6) Victoria Vivians vs Tennessee St. (12/6/15)

1.000 (5-5) Victoria Vivians vs Tennessee (01/28/16)

1.000 (5-5) Ketara Chapel vs Arkansas (01/10/16)

1.000 (5-5) Morgan William vs Auburn (01/07/16)

1.000 (5-5) Morgan William vs SE Louisiana (12/28/15)

1.000 (4-4) Victoria Vivians vs South Carolina (03/06/16)

1.000 (4-4) Dominique Dillingham vs Tennessee (03/05/16)

1.000 (4-4) Victoria Vivians vs VANDERBILT (03/04/16)

1.000 (4-4) Victoria Vivians vs Alabama (02/28/16)

1.000 (4-4) Teaira McCowan vs Mizzou (02/07/16)

1.000 (4-4) Chinwe Okorie at LSU (02/04/16)

1.000 (4-4) Morgan William vs South Carolina (01/24/16)

1.000 (4-4) Breanna Richardson vs SE Louisiana (12/28/15)

1.000 (4-4) Breanna Richardson vs Savannah St. (11/29/15)

1.000 (4-4) Ketara Chapel vs Savannah St. (11/29/15)

1.000 (4-4) Morgan William vs Norfolk State (11/27/15)

1.000 (4-4) Morgan William vs Grambling (11/21/15)

1.000 (4-4) Jazzmun Holmes vs Samford (11/13/15)

1.000 (3-3) Morgan William vs Alabama (02/28/16)

1.000 (3-3) Kayla Nevitt vs Kentucky (02/18/16)

1.000 (3-3) Victoria Vivians vs South Carolina (01/24/16)

1.000 (3-3) Dominique Dillingham at Mizzou (1-14-16)

1.000 (3-3) Dominique Dillingham vs Arkansas (01/10/16)

1.000 (3-3) Victoria Vivians at LA Tech (12/13/15)

Rebounds 13 Teaira McCowan vs Auburn (01/07/16)

13 Teaira McCowan vs West Michigan Broncos (DEC. 20)

13 Chinwe Okorie vs Tennessee St. (12/6/15)

Assists 11 Morgan William vs Savannah St. (11/29/15)

9 Morgan William vs Southern Miss (12/16/15)

Steals 5 Teaira McCowan vs VANDERBILT (03/04/16)

5 Victoria Vivians vs Mizzou (02/07/16)

5 Ketara Chapel vs Southern Miss (12/16/15)

5 Jazzmun Holmes vs Samford (11/13/15)

Blocked Shots 5 Teaira McCowan at Georgia (1/21/16)

5 Teaira McCowan vs Savannah St. (11/29/15)

Turnovers 7 Morgan William vs South Carolina (03/06/16)

7 Victoria Vivians at VANDERBILT (02/25/16)

7 Morgan William at Florida (01/03/16)

Fouls 5 Breanna Richardson vs South Carolina (03/06/16)

5 Breanna Richardson vs VANDERBILT (03/04/16)

5 Victoria Vivians at VANDERBILT (02/25/16)

5 Victoria Vivians at Ole Miss (2/21/16)

5 Teaira McCowan vs Kentucky (02/18/16)

5 Dominique Dillingham at Texas A&M (02/11/16)

5 Chinwe Okorie vs Mizzou (02/07/16)

5 Ketara Chapel vs Mizzou (02/07/16)


5 Breanna Richardson vs Tennessee (01/28/16)

5 Chinwe Okorie at Mizzou (1-14-16)

5 Breanna Richardson at Florida (01/03/16)

5 Teaira McCowan vs USF (12/30/15)

5 Dominique Dillingham vs SMU (DEC. 21)

5 Chinwe Okorie vs Southern Miss (12/16/15)

5 Teaira McCowan at LA Tech (12/13/15)

5 Chinwe Okorie at Texas (12/2/15)

5 Teaira McCowan at Texas (12/2/15)

Minutes 43 Dominique Dillingham vs Tennessee (01/28/16)

40 Victoria Vivians vs South Carolina (03/06/16)

40 Morgan William vs South Carolina (03/06/16)


40 Dominique Dillingham at VANDERBILT (02/25/16)

40 Dominique Dillingham at Ole Miss (2/21/16)

40 Dominique Dillingham at Texas A&M (02/11/16)

40 Victoria Vivians at Texas A&M (02/11/16)

40 Dominique Dillingham vs Mizzou (02/07/16)

40 Morgan William vs Tennessee (01/28/16)

40 Dominique Dillingham vs South Carolina (01/24/16)

40 Dominique Dillingham vs Auburn (01/07/16)


Mississippi State Opponent High/Low Analysis (as of Mar 06, 2016)

All games

OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS

Points 25 ATWATER, Kaneisha vs Florida Gulf Coast Eagles (DEC. 19)

25 WINGATE, Brandi at LA Tech (12/13/15)

24 Jerontay Clemons vs Southern Miss (12/16/15)

22 Diamond DeShields vs Tennessee (03/05/16)

22 Courtney Williams at Texas A&M (02/11/16)

22 CUNNINGHAM, Sophie at Mizzou (1-14-16)

Field Goals Made 10 Courtney Williams at Texas A&M (02/11/16)

10 ATWATER, Kaneisha vs Florida Gulf Coast Eagles (DEC. 19)

Field Goal Att. 20 Diamond DeShields vs Tennessee (03/05/16)

20 WILLIAMS, Courtney vs USF (12/30/15)


FG Pct (min 5 made) .875 (7-8) Tra'Cee Tanner vs Auburn (01/07/16)

.667 (6-9) Morris, Maci vs Kentucky (02/18/16)

3-Point FG Made 3 Jessica Jackson at Arkansas (01/31/16)

3 ROY, Tina vs South Carolina (01/24/16)

3 Needles,Carlie at Florida (01/03/16)

3 Brittanny Dinkins vs Southern Miss (12/16/15)

3 Amara Mayers vs Samford (11/13/15)

3-Point FG Att. 9 Needles,Carlie at Florida (01/03/16)

9 Taylin Underwood vs SE Louisiana (12/28/15)

3-Pt FG Pct (min 2 made) 1.000 (3-3) Amara Mayers vs Samford (11/13/15)

1.000 (2-2) Andraya Carter vs Tennessee (01/28/16)

1.000 (2-2) Kadesha Floyd vs Miss. Valley St. (11/24/15)

Free Throws Made 11 ADAMS, McKenzie vs SMU (DEC. 21)

10 Muhammad,Madinah at Ole Miss (2/21/16)

10 WINGATE, Brandi at LA Tech (12/13/15)

Free Throw Att. 13 ADAMS, McKenzie vs SMU (DEC. 21)

12 Boyette, Imani at Texas (12/2/15)

FT Pct (min 3 made) 1.000 (10-10) WINGATE, Brandi at LA Tech (12/13/15)

1.000 (8-8) Rebekah Dahlman vs VANDERBILT (03/04/16)

1.000 (6-6) Murray, Taylor vs Kentucky (02/18/16)

1.000 (6-6) Jayla King vs Southern Miss (12/16/15)

1.000 (4-4) Morgan Batey vs VANDERBILT (03/04/16)

1.000 (4-4) Morgan Batey at VANDERBILT (02/25/16)

1.000 (4-4) Epps, Makayla vs Kentucky (02/18/16)

1.000 (4-4) Jordan Danberry at Arkansas (01/31/16)

1.000 (4-4) Lorenzen,Haley at Florida (01/03/16)

1.000 (4-4) WILLIAMS, Courtney vs USF (12/30/15)

1.000 (4-4) MEEKS, Deborah vs West Michigan Broncos (DEC. 20)

1.000 (4-4) Tajanay Veiga vs Southern Miss (12/16/15)

1.000 (3-3) Christa Reed at VANDERBILT (02/25/16)

1.000 (3-3) Kelsey Brooks at Arkansas (01/31/16)

Rebounds 15 Bashaara Graves vs Tennessee (03/05/16)

13 WILSON, A'ja vs South Carolina (03/06/16)

Assists 5 MITCHELL, Tiffany vs South Carolina (03/06/16)

5 Epps, Makayla vs Kentucky (02/18/16)

5 Curtyce Knox at Texas A&M (02/11/16)

5 Sisk,Erika vs Ole Miss (01/18/16)

Steals 4 Hart,Bretta at Ole Miss (2/21/16)

4 Westbrook,Simone at Florida (01/03/16)

4 Christina Reed vs Miss. Valley St. (11/24/15)

Blocked Shots 5 KNIGHT, Whitney vs Florida Gulf Coast Eagles (DEC. 19)

4 Mercedes Russell vs Tennessee (03/05/16)

4 WILSON, A'ja vs South Carolina (01/24/16)

4 Fleming,Tyshara at Florida (01/03/16)

4 DAVIS,Tiyonda vs Savannah St. (11/29/15)

Turnovers 11 Marjorie Butler at Georgia (1/21/16)

10 Christina Reed vs Miss. Valley St. (11/24/15)

Fouls 5 Jaime Nared vs Tennessee (03/05/16)

5 Marqu'es Webb vs VANDERBILT (03/04/16)

5 Cook, Hannah vs Alabama (02/28/16)

5 FRERICKS, Jordan vs Mizzou (02/07/16)

5 Jessica Jackson at Arkansas (01/31/16)

5 Malica Monk at Arkansas (01/31/16)

5 Jordan Danberry at Arkansas (01/31/16)

5 SESSIONS, Khadijah vs South Carolina (01/24/16)

5 Hart,Bretta vs Ole Miss (01/18/16)

5 CUNNINGHAM, Lindsey at Mizzou (1-14-16)

5 Jazmine Jones vs Auburn (01/07/16)

5 Erica Sanders vs Auburn (01/07/16)

5 Westbrook,Simone at Florida (01/03/16)

5 KaeLynn Boyd vs SE Louisiana (12/28/15)

5 REEVES, Teagan vs West Michigan Broncos (DEC. 20)

5 WOODS, Miracle vs West Michigan Broncos (DEC. 20)


5 Brittanny Dinkins vs Southern Miss (12/16/15)

5 Diamond Beatty vs Tennessee St. (12/6/15)

5 Asia Sims vs Tennessee St. (12/6/15)

5 Jayda Johnson vs Tennessee St. (12/6/15)

5 Destiney Elliott vs Samford (11/13/15)

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MSU receives fifth seed, but still hosts NCAA Tourney Michael Bonner The Clarion-Ledger March 14, 2016

STARKVILLE — Mississippi State accomplished a handful of firsts in program history this season. The Bulldogs beat Tennessee for the first time, was ranked a school-record No. 6 nationally, and tied for second in the Southeastern Conference, its best finish ever.

Mississippi State continued its seasons of firsts when it received news it would host the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament – as the fifth seed in the Bridgeport Regional.

“I was just shocked, I saw the five-seed first and my heart kind of dropped,” Dominique Dillingham said.

The top-four seeds host the first weekend, but No. 4 Michigan State’s arena will be occupied by the state’s girl’s high school basketball championships.

“Just the way I planned it,” coach Vic Schaefer said. “Getting to play here at home, it’s just so rewarding."

The Bulldogs play 12th-seeded Chattanooga at 1:30 p.m. Friday in Humphrey Coliseum. Michigan State hosts the 13th-seed Belmont at 11 a.m. The winners of the first round play at 1:30 p.m. Sunday.

The tournament bid represents the second-straight trip to the Big Dance for Schaefer’s team. The Bulldogs were a fifth-seed and lost in the second round at Duke last season.

“You’re going to play somebody good,” Schaefer said. “It doesn’t matter, it’s the NCAA Tournament. We’ve our work cut out for us.”

Three-time defending national champion UConn is the No. 1 seed in the region. Whoever emerges from the first two rounds in Starkville will likely meet the Huskies in Connecticut on March 26.

Mississippi State advanced to the Sweet 16 in 2010, which remain the program’s only trip to the second weekend.

“That’s what I came here for,” leading scorer Victoria Vivians said. “The change, that’s why coach signed all of us, to make history.”

Tickets for individual games and for the entire weekend are already on sale. They can be purchased at hailstate.com/tickets.

Mississippi State fans set a state record for attendance for a women’s basketball game with 10,626 fans against South Carolina earlier this season.

After the announcement, MSU athletic director Scott Stricklin

and Schaefer campaigned to the fans in attendance to attend in similar fashion on a national stage.

“We need to pack the Hump,” Schaefer said. “That’s the bottom line. This is our opportunity. We’ve been given an opportunity. People have heard about the environment that we have here at Mississippi State for women’s basketball, now it’s our time to shine.”

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Mississippi State to host NCAA Women’s Tournament games Logan Lowery NE Miss. Daily Journal March 14, 2016

STARKVILLE – For the second straight year, No. 15 Mississippi State has advanced to the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament.

This time however, the Bulldogs will be dancing at home.

For the first time ever, Starkville will play host to the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament on Friday and Sunday. MSU is hosting as a No. 5 seed and will take on 12th-seeded Chattanooga Friday at 1:30 p.m. on ESPN2.

“I knew we were going to be in, it was just a matter of who and where,” said MSU coach Vic Schaefer. “It is really exciting to see us playing at home. That really is the overwhelming factor.”

Also invading Humphrey Coliseum will be No. 4 seed Michigan State (24-8) and 13th-seeded Belmont (24-8). Those two teams will meet Friday at 11 a.m. also on ESPN2.

The second-round game will be played Sunday at 1:30 p.m., with the winner advancing to the Sweet 16 in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Top-ranked and back-to-back-back national champion UConn is the No. 1 national seed paired in that bracket.

Normally, a fourth-seeded team would host the first and second rounds, but the Spartans’ Breslin Student Events Center is being used for the Michigan high school girls basketball state finals.

“It’s not the first time it’s happened and its not unprecedented,” Schaefer said. “But they’re a great team, well coached and are going to come on the road and probably have a little chip on their shoulder.”

MSU is making its eighth appearance in the NCAA Tournament and second under Schaefer. The Bulldogs are 7-7 all-time at the event, with its best finish coming in 2010, when they advanced to the Sweet 16.

Mississippi State made it to the second round last year in Durham, North Carolina as a No. 5 seed. After defeating Tulane 57-47, the Bulldogs were dispatched by host Duke 64-56.

“Last year, we went all the way up to Duke and lost,” said MSU guard Victoria Vivians. “Now we’ve got to defend our home court, which is something we do well. I think we’ll be more confident and prepared.”

MSU enters the NCAA Tournament at 26-7 and were the runner up in the SEC Tournament. The Bulldogs were

14-2 at home this season, with their only losses coming against No. 3 South Carolina (57-51) and No. 12 Kentucky (83-60).

“Our team is playing well at the right time of year, and we’re getting healthy,” Schaefer said. “I really like where we are right now.”

Mississippi State is 3-2 all-time against Chattanooga and 2-1 at home. The Bulldogs won the previous meeting 103-87 on Dec. 3, 1993 as part of the MSU Classic. The Bulldogs are also 1-0 against Michigan State and 2-1 against Belmont.

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Ole Miss’ Moody, MSU’s Vivians earn Howell, Gillom trophies David Brandt Associated Press March 8, 2016 JACKSON -- Ole Miss' Stefan Moody and Mississippi State's Victoria Vivians couldn't hide from anyone this season. The two had already become stars last season in their first year in the Southeastern Conference, so every time they stepped on the court for their respective teams, opponents were ready. Both embraced the challenge, and this season they were even better. Moody won the Howell Trophy and Vivians won the Gillom Trophy on Monday afternoon at the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Museum. The Howell Trophy, which is named for former MSU great Bailey Howell, is given to the top men's college basketball player in the state, while the Gillom, which is named after former Ole Miss great Peggy Gillom-Granderson, is given to the top women's player.

Both players were back-to-back winners. The awards are sponsored by C Spire Wireless. Mississippi State coach Vic Schaefer said Vivians' ability to evolve as a player has been vital. She has helped lead the 16th-ranked Bulldogs to a 26-7 record. "I really think the longer she plays in her career, the harder it's going to be because she gets everybody's best shot," Schaefer said. "She has to go against everybody's best defender and their best game plan." A year after becoming the first freshman to win the award, the Carthage native became the third back-to-back winner of the award. She joins Alexis Rack as the two Bulldogs to hoist the trophy in back-to-back seasons. Monday's repeat is the fifth time a MSU player has won the award in the nine seasons it has been given out. The Bulldogs have won it three times in Vic Schaefer's four seasons. The 6-foot-1 Vivians is averaging 17.2 points per game this season, which is second in the SEC. She's saved her best for the postseason -- she averaged 22 points in three SEC tournament games. MSU will learn where it plays in the NCAA tournament Monday. She hopes for a deeper run than last year, when MSU lost in the second round. "I've just been in the gym -- putting up extra shots," Vivians said. "Trying to be with my teammates more and trying to get everything good." Vivians earned first-team All-SEC accolades last week after

ranking sixth in scoring in conference play with 15.4 ppg. She shoting 45.1 percent from the field and 40.9 percent from 3-point range in the three games at the SEC tournament. In MSU's regular-season finale against Alabama, Vivians became the fifth Bulldog to notch 1,000-career points in two seasons. "I'm very proud of her," Schaefer said. "It's harder to do it each year because she gets everyone's best defender and best defensive game plan. She gave our team credit and rightfully so because she couldn't do it without her teammates. It's a great award, and we are so proud of Victoria and how she represents Mississippi State." The 5-10 Moody also knows what it's like to be the center of attention on the court after leading the SEC with 23.1 points per game. His marquee game was a 43-point performance in a win against Mississippi State last week. Moody, a native of Kissimmee, Florida, joins former MSU great Jarvis Varnado as the only two players in the award's history to win the trophy back-to-back years. The is the four-straight year a Rebel has been named the state's top player after Jarvis Summers took home the award in 2014 and Marshall Henderson won the honor in 2013. The fifth-fastest player in reach 1,000 career points in Ole Miss history, Moody leads the SEC and is ninth nationally in scoring. He needs only eight points to became only the fifth player in Ole Miss history and

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the 26th player in SEC history to top 700 points in a season. Moody was a very good player last season after transferring from a junior college, averaging 16.6 points per game as the team's shooting guard. But Ole Miss coach Andy Kennedy switched Moody to point guard earlier this season and the senior's production exploded. "We just tried to put him in a position to where he could go and do what he does," Kennedy said. "He's taken that charge. For us to be sitting with a 20-11 record and 10-8 in the league going into (the SEC tournament) and really having a lot to play for is a tribute to him." Mississippi State's Gavin Ware and Quinndary Weatherspoon were the other finalists for the Howell Trophy. Ole Miss' Shandricka Sessom and Delta State's Chelsey Rhodes were the other finalists for the Gillom Trophy.

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Bulldogs miss second straight SEC title Adam Minichino Commercial Dispatch March 7, 2016 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Too much size. Too much experience. Those factors ultimately proved to be too much for the Mississippi State women's basketball team to overcome in its second trip to the Southeastern Conference tournament title game. Tiffany Mitchell and A'ja Wilson tied for team high-scoring honors with 19 points Sunday to lead No. 3 and top-seeded South Carolina to a 66-52 victory against No. 16 and third-seeded MSU before a crowd of 6,549 in the championship game of the Southeastern Conference tournament at Veterans Memorial Arena. "It means a great deal," said South Carolina coach Dawn Staley, whose team went 16-0 in the regular season and 3-0 in Jacksonville. "It means that we put our names in the history book in this traditionally rich conference. It means that our players have put in the work to be amongst one of the top teams in this conference. Hopefully, we can continue."

Khadijah Sessions added 11 points to help South Carolina (31-1) win its second-consecutive SEC tournament title on the heels of its third regular-season title. Victoria Vivians led all scorers with 26 points for MSU (26-7), which, like South Carolina, was playing its third game in three days. "I'm proud of my basketball team," MSU coach Vic Schaefer said. "We're disappointed. I don't think we probably executed defensively like we like to. I think we feel the game got away from us about four minutes left in the first half. It kind of stayed there the rest of the way." Morgan William (nine point, six assists) hit a jump shot off an assist from Breanna Richardson to cut South Carolina's lead to 22-21 with 5 minutes, 35 seconds left in the second quarter. The Gamecocks then went on an 11-0 run to take a 33-21 lead at halftime. The Bulldogs finished the half 0-for-6 from the field with three turnovers. MSU cut the deficit to nine points twice in the third quarter and to 10 points in the fourth quarter. It had two chances to cut into that fourth-quarter hole, but it committed two turnovers and didn't get any closer the rest of the way. MSU finished with 16 turnovers and shot 38 percent (19 of 50) from the field. "I feel like they played defense a little bit harder," said William, who played 40 minutes and tied a season high with seven turnovers. "At our place, our posts really maintained, did a better job, guarding, too, attacking. They were playing to

win it right when they stepped on the court. They had something to play for. They didn't take us lightly. At our place, (they seemed to think), 'OK, Mississippi State.' But they really came after us for the full 40 minutes." The victory helped South Carolina win its eighth-straight game against MSU and become the SEC's eighth back-to-back tournament champion. NOTES: Mitchell was named SEC tournament MVP. Wilson, Vivians, Kentucky's Makayla Epps, and Tennessee's Diamond DeShields also were named to the all-tournament team. ... MSU was making its second appearance in a SEC tournament final. Tennessee defeated MSU 70-67 on March 5, 2000, in Chattanooga, Tennessee. ... MSU entered the game with 53 victories in the past two seasons, which was second only to South Carolina in the SEC. ... The crowd Sunday was the largest in the five-day event. The total attendance was 29,526 for the tournament's first trip to Jacksonville.

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MSU women celebrate second win over Tennessee Adam Minichino Commercial Dispatch March 5, 2016 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- There is a new destination in the paint in Starkville: Mount Chinwe. Fans of the Mississippi State women's basketball team have come to know the meaning out of Mount Schaefer. For those who don't know, Mount Schaefer is the name for the steps inside Humphrey Coliseum. Those steps serve as a mountain the players have to run in practice when they make a mistake, or MSU coach Vic Schaefer doesn't like the energy level. After Saturday night's effort, junior Chinwe Okorie has earned a special name for her place in the middle of the lane. The 6-foot-5 center had a team-high 11 rebounds and was a key component in a stifling defense that helped No. 16 and third-seeded MSU beat seventh-seeded Tennessee 58-48 in the semifinals of the Southeastern Conference tournament at Veterans Memorial Arena. "You needed her tonight," Schaefer said. "Last night

(against Vanderbilt) it was Teaira (McCowan). Tonight it was Chinwe. Chinwe was a monster in there rebounding." With Victoria Vivians scoring a game-high 30 points, Okorie led a rebounding effort that helped MSU (26-6) win the backboards 45-42, even though Tennessee (19-13) had 20 offensive rebounds. It marked the sixth time this season Tennessee has been outrebounded, and the second time this season by MSU. The Bulldogs had a plus-four edge in rebounds in a 65-63 overtime victory on Jan. 28 in Starkville. MSU did it again Saturday with Vivians grabbing nine rebounds and Breanna Richardson adding six points and seven rebounds in 29 minutes. Okorie said she was focused on rebounding and defense in the rematch against Tennessee. She said it wasn't easy battling against 6-6 center Mercedes Russell, 6-3 center Nia Moore, and 6-2 forward Bashaara Graves on the low block, but she said she stayed focused and knew she had a job to do. "I respect them a lot for the name they have had over the years," Okorie said. "Grabbing the rebounds was hard work. "I had to be tough. Coach (Johnnie) Harris said, 'Don't let her go in there and take you out of your game. You're strong. You have worked hard for this. You work hard every day in practice. Go out and do it. Do it the way you do it in practice, and do it even better than you do it in practice.' " Okorie and McCowan, a 6-7 freshman who played only eight minutes due to foul trouble, are

an imposing duo to try to scale or get around to secure a rebound. On numerous occasions, Okorie snared rebounds in mountainous fashion in the paint, especially in the second half when the Lady Volunteers attempted to rally. "You recruit those because that's what gives you a chance to beat Tennessee," Schaefer said. "I can't beat Tennessee with 6-2 and 6-3 post players, but I can with a Chinwe and a T. That is what you have to have if you're going to go to the next level." Okorie credited teammates Morgan William (12 points) and Dominique Dillingham, who had to leave the game in the third quarter after tweaking her left ankle, for motivating her with their gritty play. She said seeing them shake off bumps and bruises inspired her to keep pushing and to keep grabbing rebounds. "If my teammates can do this, I can do this," Okorie said. "I don't want to say it is sucking energy from them, but I think it is contagious. It just kept me going and us going. People were tired, but people were saying, 'Steal my energy.' We just believed in each other and trusted in each other." Okorie also said she drew strength from Vivians, who had her second 30-point game of the season, and the third of her career. Vivians hit a variety of highlight-reel shots, including a dagger 3-pointer that came when she sprinted inbounds to get her entry pass back and an off-balance layup in which she appeared to be falling down. With Vivians raining jump shots and hitting acrobatic moves,

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Okorie said it was easy to be a mountain in the middle. "Victoria came out and played like she is supposed to play," Okorie said. "She not only was hitting shots, but she also was grabbing rebounds and she was playing great defense. She was everywhere on the court. That is how we want her to play. That is how we expect her to play. Her coming out and taking over the game just made it easier for us." The combination of Okorie and Vivians, who were key components of two different recruiting classes, made it possible for Schaefer to savor a second-straight victory against Tennessee. This one was even bigger because it secured MSU's second trip to a SEC tournament final. In the process, it held Tennessee to its lowest point total in the 38-game history of the series. It also was the third time the Lady Volunteers have scored 53 or fewer points this season. "I am proud," Schaefer said. "The kids are so tough and competitive. They just get it in their mind that they know how to do something and they know it is important to do it. We're just a grind-it-out basketball team. We are a 1-0 or a 2-1 team. We're going to grind it out. That is just who we are. Every possession is a grind, hopefully, for our opponent. That is what we want to do. We want to make you bleed to score."

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MSU women open tournament play with win over Vanderbilt Adam Minichino Commercial Dispatch March 5, 2016 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- When it comes to defense, Vic Schaefer's voice can pierce through the loudest gym. On this occasion, though, Dominique Dillingham didn't need the Mississippi State women's basketball coach to remind her to pick it up on defense. Still, Schaefer's voice could be heard clearly across the court during a stoppage in play. "C'mon Dominique," Schaefer said to his junior guard, who had been a step slow contesting a jump shot by Vanderbilt's Rachel Bell on the previous possession. It didn't matter to Dillingham that MSU had a 15-point lead with less than five minutes to go when Bell hit the jumper with the shot clock running down. To Dillingham, any basket against her or her team is something she takes personally, which is why she heard Schaefer even before he said the words. That's why Dillingham is the driving force behind the Bulldogs' defensive identity.

"In my head, I was mad she scored on me, too," Dillingham said. "I am thinking just like him. I don't want to get scored on, either." Dillingham showcased the importance of that mentality Friday by making a steal that sparked a game-changing run in No. 16 and third-seeded MSU's 63-46 victory against Vanderbilt in the quarterfinals of the Southeastern Conference tournament at Veterans Memorial Arena. The victory pushed MSU (25-6) into the semifinals of the event for the fourth time, and the first since 2010, to face seventh-seeded Tennessee, which defeated No. 15 and second-seeded Texas A&M 70-60. MSU advanced thanks in large part to Dillingham, who led a balanced scoring effort with 12 points. After going 0-for-5 from the field in the first half, Dillingham was 6-for-8 in the final 20 minutes to help MSU beat Vanderbilt for the second time in nine days. Teaira McCowan added 11 points, five steals, and three blocked shots, Victoria Vivians had 10 points, and Breanna Richardson had eight points to help MSU move within two wins of the program-record mark of 27 it set last season. If MSU is to improve upon that mark, Dillingham will need more efforts like the one she turned in Friday night. While her performance on offense in the second half helped the Bulldogs pull away, Dillingham delivered her biggest contribution on defense. Leading 33-30, Dillingham made a steal just inside the half-court line and fed Jazzmun Holmes for a layup that started

an 11-2 run that stretched from the end of the third quarter into the fourth quarter. The spurt helped MSU bring clarity to a game that featured 48 fouls and 41 turnovers. MSU's defense played a big role in a game Schaefer called "ugly." The Bulldogs limited the Commodores to a season-low 12 field goals (12 of 37) and 32.4-percent shooting from the field. Vanderbilt also committed 27 turnovers, its second-highest total of the season. Dillingham has been at the heart of defensive efforts like that for the past two-and-a-half seasons. At 5-foot-9, Dillingham isn't the fastest or the strongest player on the court, but she will battle you each time to show you she is the toughest. "If you don't have a player like Dom, it is hard to do what I want to do," said Schaefer, whose nickname is the "Secretary of Defense." "We talk all of the time in recruiting meetings, 'Where is the next McDonald's All-American or the next top-50 recruit we're going to recruit?', but I want to know where the next Dominique Dillingham is. I have her one more year and then I got to have somebody else playing that role. "You can't put a value on her role. If I don't have her, my team isn't like it is. If we don't have Dominique doing what she does, we probably don't have the defensive team we have. Her impact on her team, you can't put a value on it." Schaefer said Dillingham's intelligence mixes well with her physicality and her toughness. He said Dillingham isn't afraid of contact, which allows her to hold her own with bigger

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players. Her willingness to help teammates on defense by taking charges also provides an example for everyone to follow. Dillingham said she learned a defensive mentality growing up. She has said several times she wasn't the most gifted offensive player, so she used her determination to excel on defense. She also has relied on knee pads to keep her in the game. She said Friday night that her grandfather, Robert "Bob" Serres, wouldn't let her play basketball if she didn't have her knee pads. "I was always banging my knees," Dillingham said. Dillingham's ability to embrace playing defense has helped elevate MSU into one of the nation's top programs. It entered the game against Vanderbilt fourth in the SEC and 13th nationally in turnovers forced per game (21.4). The victory marked the 18th time the Bulldogs have held an opponent under 40-percent shooting from the field. "We have been really focusing in practice on getting rotations right and trying to keep the ball in front of us," Dillingham said. "I think we have been really working on defense. I think we are really focused and locked in." MSU has won four games in a row since an 83-60 loss to then-No. 16 Kentucky on Feb. 18. Since then, MSU hasn't allowed an opponent to score more than 61 points. Schaefer said the Bulldogs haven't changed anything on defense and have been pretty locked in all season. He said the one of the biggest changes he has been trying to make is to get Dillingham to be

more of an offensive player. It appears to be working because Dillingham is averaging 13.2 points per game in her last four outings. Her effort against Vanderbilt helped her score in double figures for the fourth-straight game for the second time in her career. She also did it early in her freshman season. "We are adding the offense to it," Schaefer said. "She goes 0-for-5 (in the first half) and then 6-for-8 in the second half. You make that and then the kid has a chance maybe to play a long time, not just in the next year and a half. "That is the piece I have been needing her to do. I have basically had to just tell her you're going to do it or else. There wasn't any sweet talking. I told her, 'We have got to have it.' It didn't come early in the season, but it has come here lately, and it makes our team a lot better." With Dillingham, Schaefer has the comfort to know his teams will be strong defensively. Dillingham has accepted the responsibility of being a charge-taker and a defensive leader. She said she enjoys the role because playing defense always has come naturally and that she feels she is a physical player. "I feel it because when coach is talking about defense and focusing, he comes to me," Dillingham said. "I love defense. I take it head on. I love being in charge of it. "With us, it starts with defense. The game was going back and forth for a while and then we really locked in on defense. I think that is what got us going. Just like (Schaefer) said, the steal I got on the sideline got a

fast break and got two points up. I think that really started us. Once we got the defense going, it was over with. We're really good when we're playing really good defense." For a coach like Schaefer who has spent more than 30 years stressing the importance of defense, those are words he would love to hear from all of his players. Hearing Dillingham say them re-affirms her value to the Bulldogs. But that doesn't mean he will stop giving her reminders when something goes wrong, even if MSU is leading by double digits down the stretch. "I don't have to say that to Dom, but I want her to know I am paying attention," Schaefer said.

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MSU gets help with women’s basketball resume Adam Minichino Commercial Dispatch March 5, 2016 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Friday was a good day for the Mississippi State women's basketball team. No. 16 and third-seeded MSU took care of its business Friday night with a 63-46 victory against 11th-seeded Vanderbilt in the quarterfinals of the Southeastern Conference tournament at Veterans Memorial Arena. The victory pushed MSU (25-6) into the semifinals of the event for the fourth time in program history, and first since 2010. MSU received some good news before it took the court when it learned No. 21 Miami defeated No. 14 Florida State 74-56 in the quarterfinals of the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament in Greensboro, North Carolina. The good news didn't stop there. After MSU defeated Vanderbilt, Washington upset No. 11 Stanford 73-65 in the quarterfinals of the Pacific-12 Conference tournament in Seattle. The losses figure to help MSU as it tries to earn a chance to

play host to the first and second rounds of the NCASA tournament for the first time in history. According to espnW's Charlie Creme, though, MSU still has work to do. "It helps because they still have games to play and Florida State doesn't," Creme said, "but there are a couple of other teams -- Syracuse, DePaul -- (ahead of MSU). Those are probably the two key ones." Creme, espnW's NCAA tournament bracketologist, was in Jacksonville on Friday to dissect the winners and losers on a busy day in college basketball. He spent most of the day tweaking the order of his top 16 teams. Those 16 teams figure to be in line for chances to play host to the first two rounds of the NCAA tournament. As a result of FSU's loss, Creme said he moved Syracuse to No. 15 and DePaul to No. 16 in his version of the top 16 seeds. Syracuse defeated North Carolina State in the ACC tournament on Friday to solidify its position. DePaul, which is the top seed for the Big East Conference tournament, won't play until Monday in the event in its home city of Chicago. Creme said he dropped FSU to No. 17 in his seeding of the top teams. He said MSU is No. 18. Creme's latest projection for the 64-team NCAA tournament had MSU as a No. 5 seed going to FSU in Tallahassee, Fla. Creme also dropped FSU to a No. 5 seed, while Kentucky's victory against Florida in the SEC tournament moved it up to a No. 3 seed. Stanford also

moved up to a No. 4 seed, Creme said. But Stanford's fate likely changed after it lost to Washington. Ranked No. 13 in Creme's top 16, the loss could be another plus for MSU as it attempts to stay at home in a return to the NCAA tournament for a second-consecutive season. Creme said FSU likely would edge MSU if it comes down to a team-to-team comparison for a chance to be a host team in the NCAA tournament because it has a better non-conference strength of schedule. Ratings Percentage Index, or RPI, and Strength of Schedule (SOS) are factors the NCAA tournament selection committee uses to determine its 64-team field. According to information updated Friday by the NCAA and RealTimeRPI.com, FSU had a RPI of 12 and a SOS of 22. The RPI is from the NCAA, while the SOS is from RealTimeRPI.com. Stanford was No. 7 in RPI and No. 6 in SOS. MSU had a 28 RPI and a 72 SOS. If that scenario sounds familiar, you're right. Last season, MSU had a RPI of 29 as it awaited the announcement of the 64-team NCAA tournament field. The Bulldogs' SOS was 73. Those numbers factored into MSU receiving a No. 5 seed and being sent to Durham, North Carolina, where it lost to host Duke in the second round. MSU looked to be in strong shape this season. The Bulldogs were just outside the top 10 in the first two NCAA Reveals, which were designed to give women's basketball fans a look at which teams were leading the pack. An 83-60 loss to Kentucky

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on Feb. 18 in Starkville dropped MSU from the group below the top 10 that also was being discussed for the third and final NCAA Reveal. "Florida State's schedule is so much better," Creme said. "If you win two games (at the SEC tournament) and get to the final, that might be enough to do it, although they still kind of need a DePaul loss and/or Syracuse losing or getting blown out (Saturday)." The only bad news MSU received Friday was Tennessee's 70-60 victory against No. 15 Texas A&M in the quarterfinals. Creme said a chance to beat Texas A&M, who entered the game with a RPI of 17, would have helped MSU a little more than an opportunity to defeat Tennessee (RPI of 26 and the nation's best SOS) for a second time. Texas A&M edged MSU 64-58 on Feb. 11 in College Station, Texas. MSU beat Tennessee 65-63 in overtime on Jan. 28 in Starkville. That win was the Bulldogs' first in the 37-game history of the series. Still, Creme said a win is a win and staying alive always helps a team more than a loss. "I think you really want to focus on the wins part at this point in the season when making these very minute differentiations," Creme said. "DePaul beating A&M (80-66 on Dec. 12, 2015) and being able to have a common opponent in there is helpful for DePaul. Mississippi State's real only shot (to earn a top-16 seed) is to get to the final (of the SEC tournament) and then hoping the chips fall in the ACC and the Big East. The losses would have to be early."

When asked what MSU could do to improve its stock for future NCAA tournaments, Creme said it is an "art" to make a schedule that helps your team, but he said a stronger non-conference schedule helps you for postseason consideration. "I think what we have all learned, anybody who has followed this in the last few years, is that the schedule is important," Creme said. "You have got to go out and play a few games outside the league. It doesn't have to be a bunch of top-10 teams. You can play top-40 teams. Get a(n Arkansas) Little Rock or an Arkansas State, some of the upper echelon Conference USA teams, maybe a Liberty, even. You don't have to try to get UConn to come to Starkville or go to a Pac-12 school. You can do little things with the schedule." Entering Saturday's action, MSU had eight wins against teams with RPIs of 181 or higher, including five of 254 or higher. Those wins work against the games MSU played against Texas (RPI of 6), Florida Gulf Coast (63), and South Florida (25). MSU lost to Texas in Austin, Texas, beat Florida Gulf Coast in Puerto Rico, and defeated USF in Jacksonville.

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Schaefer’s Bulldogs exceeding expectations despite youth Bob Carskadon Hail State Beat March 4, 2016 After losing four seniors, the NCAA Tournament team Vic Schaefer had in 2015 turned youthful and inexperienced in a hurry in 2016. A group dependent on a mass number of freshmen and sophomores, with only one senior on the roster at all, measuring up to the success of the previous year’s accomplishments was a tough task for the Mississippi State women’s basketball team. But that’s what everyone predicted them to do, and then some, going into the season. The Bulldogs were picked to finish fourth in the gauntlet that is the SEC, tabbed a preseason top 15 team, despite all the losses and all the follies youth can bring. Schaefer remembers wondering out loud, did all these prognosticators know what they were doing? “I just didn’t think people realized the youth of our team,” he said. But maybe Schaefer was the one not giving his club enough credit. Not only did they meet

those expectations, MSU exceeded them, finishing tied for second in the conference and earning a double-bye in this weekend’s SEC Tournament. With a 24-6 record (11-5 SEC), Schaefer proved as much to himself as anyone that he can win with youth, and just as importantly, that the youth he has is pretty talented. “We’re younger and less experienced [than last year],” Schaefer said. “Sometimes that can be a good thing though. Our depth is very young so I’ve been very pleased with the progress of our young players … they’ve allowed us to substitute and keep some continuity through substitution.” Of course, as young as the team may be, it isn’t lacking for star power. Sophomore Victoria Vivians was named first-team All-SEC, improving on her selection last year to second-team. The second leading scorer in the league, Vivians averaged 16.7 points per game despite, as Schaefer has pointed out, drawing every team’s best player each game. “I think people know that for us to be successful, she’s got to score,” he said. And score she has. On the other side of the floor, however, junior Dominique Dillingham was named to the All-SEC defensive team. Just as Vivians is always guarded by the other team’s best defender, so does Dillingham have to guard the other team’s best scorer night-in and night-out. Then, another mark of the talented youth on the squad, 6’7” freshman forward Teaira McGowan was named to the

SEC All-Freshman team, averaging 6.9 points, 5.9 rebounds and 1.4 blocks per game. Her 172 rebounds led all freshmen in the SEC, and her 41 blocks were the eighth-best single-season performance in MSU history. However, perhaps even more impressive than the statistics of the young Bulldogs has been their ability to stay steady and bounce back from losses. Only twice in conference play did MSU lose back-to-back games. The first time it happened, MSU won the next four games in a row. The second time it happened, State finished the regular season on an unbeaten streak, winning three-straight with an opportunity to add to that number this weekend at the SEC Tournament in Jacksonville, Florida. “If we’ve had a setback, we’ve always bounced back. We’ve been a pretty resilient bunch,” Schaefer said. “I think that says a lot about the character of your team and a little bit about your moxie.” All of that, and with only one senior on the roster. “It’s really quite amazing,” Schaefer conceded. “This league is so tough … We’re the hunted now. We’ve got the bullseye on our back and our kids have to prepare a different way than we did two years ago.” So far, they’ve prepared just fine.

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MSU clinches second-straight top-3 finish in SEC Michael Bonner The Clarion-Ledger February 28, 2016 STARKVILLE — Sherise Williams stood at center court with a microphone hours after Mississippi State honored the forward prior to her final game. She thanked the crowd for four years of support after the Bulldogs’ 61-52 win over Alabama on Sunday. “I’m truly blessed to be around a great program,” Williams said. The farewell speech may not be the final time Mississippi State fans see the senior in Humphrey Coliseum. No. 16 MSU clinched the third seed in the Southeastern Conference Tournament, which begins in Jacksonville on March 2. The top four seeds receive a double bye. With a strong showing in Jacksonville, Mississippi State could host the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament as a top four seed. “This group, to fight scratch and claw to get themselves to 11-5 and have a chance to tie for second and no worse than third in the SEC,” MSU coach Vic

Schaefer said. “It’s really quite an accomplishment. I’m really proud of them.” MSU (24-6, 11-5 SEC) finished tied for second in the conference, after a third-place finish last year. This year’s journey followed the program’s first trip to the NCAA Tournament since 2010. This year's squad was picked to finish third in the SEC in preseason. The Bulldogs began the season ranked No. 13. They spent six weeks in the top 10 and peaked at No. 6. “Every game we have to be ready for a knockdown drag out,” junior Dominique Dillingham said. “We’re not the underdog anymore. Everybody’s coming for us.” The target lies even larger on the back of Victoria Vivians. The sophomore reached 1,000 career points early in the first half against Alabama. She finished with nine points on 2 of 10 shooting. The Crimson Tide (15-14, 4-12) unleashed a box-and-one defense on Mississippi State's leading scorer. Vivians responded by finding an open Dillingham in the corner for two of her game-high 17. “They’re guarding me pretty tough like always,” VIvians said. “They’re starting to do a box-and-one. We worked on box-and-one in practice so we have to play like we practice.” Vivians entered the season finale fresh off of consecutive 20-point performances. She scored 22 against Ole Miss, who also used a box-and-one. The Carthage native followed it up

with 21 points against Vanderbilt. “I need to take Tori on the road,” Schaefer said. “Because she’s playing a lot better on the road lately than she is at home.” Heading into the two road games, Vivians had made 13 of her last 30 shots. She responded away from the Hump making 19 of 32. Mississippi State returns to the court March 4 to play an opponent in the third round of the SEC Tournament. Vivians scored 19 points in her postseason debut last year. Expectations as a whole are higher this year. “It’s a good thing the SEC Tournament is on the road,” Vivians said.

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MSU women look for more history Adam Minichino Commercial Dispatch February 27, 2016 The stretch run is here, and the Mississippi State women's basketball team is poised to add a new entry to another history-making season. On Thursday, No. 16 MSU defeated Vanderbilt 66-61 in Nashville, Tennessee, for its 10th victory in the Southeastern Conference. The win helped the Bulldogs reach double figures in the SEC for the first time in back-to-back seasons. At 1:30 p.m. today, MSU (23-6, 10-5) will have a chance to add two entries to its resume when it plays host to Alabama (15-13, 4-11) at Humphrey Coliseum. A win would help the Bulldogs wrap up a double bye in the SEC tournament for the first time in back-to-back seasons. Sophomore Victoria Vivians also needs three points to reach 1,000 points for her career. That distinction is special because Vivians would be the third-fastest MSU player to reach that milestone. Only greats LaToya Thomas and Tan White reached 1,000 points in their freshman and sophomore seasons faster. Vivians is a great place to start to look at what MSU has done to build off a program-record 27-win season, which also featured

a program-record 11 wins in the SEC. The 6-foot-1 guard from Carthage has continued MSU's tradition of great scorers from the state. Thomas, who was from Greenville, could beat you from distance or from the block, while White could jet by you and get to the rim or pull up and drain a 3-pointer. Vivians has shown flashes of becoming a more versatile offensive player. A year ago, she averaged 14.9 points per game and shot 37.6 percent from the field. Entering the regular-season finale against Ole Miss, she had taken double the number of shots of everybody on the team except Breanna Richardson, including 179 3-pointers and 109 free throws. This season, Vivians has increased her scoring to 17 ppg. on the strength of 38.7-percent shooting. She has attempted more than double the number of shots than everybody on the team, including 202 3-pointers and 72 free throws. MSU coach Vic Schaefer repeatedly has said it is unfair to place so much responsibility on a sophomore, especially one he said gets guarded "harder than anyone in the country." But he also has said MSU needs Vivians to be a player who can't get caught up in her missed shots because she has to be confident the next one is going in. A lot of Vivians' shots have gone in the last two games. She was 10 of 18 from the field in a 60-51 victory at Ole Miss and 9 of 14 from the field against Vanderbilt. Those efforts marked the first time in SEC

play Vivians has shot better than 50 percent from the field. In many ways, that duality is a perfect example of the Bulldogs' season. MSU went untested in a large part of its non-conference season against teams that had no chance to beat it. The toughest games MSU played in 2015 -- against Texas, Florida Gulf Coast, and South Florida -- offered different looks at how it was going to move forward. Against Texas, MSU played a physical game (54 fouls called) in which offense was at a premium. A six-point loss at Austin, Texas, proved to be a positive sign of what was to come. A five-point win against Florida Gulf Coast at the Puerto Rico Classic also was encouraging because it came against an opponent that forced MSU to stop a different kind of offense, one fueled by 3-point shooting. It should be noted, though, that Whitney Knight, Florida Gulf Coast's best player, missed her team's first eight games and was playing in only her second game of the season against MSU. The third game USF offered the most optimistic evaluation of MSU -- at least for three quarters. For 30 minutes, MSU controlled the game against an experienced top-25 team that has one of the nation's best players, senior guard Courtney Williams. The final 10 minutes? Well, the Bulldogs had built a big enough lead that they could withstand a six-point fourth quarter and hold on for a 68-58 victory. There have been other ups and downs, too, that are common in a marathon. MSU survived against SMU in Puerto Rico, it earned a huge road win at Florida to open SEC play, it had

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a bad first quarter and lost at Missouri, and it had a bad 40 minutes and lost at Georgia. The last nine games have offered a mixed bag. MSU was primed for an upset of No. 2 South Carolina before a state- and program-record crowd of 10,626 at the Hump, but it shot just 27.1 percent from the field in a 57-51 loss. The disappointment of coming so close in that game vanished after a 65-63 overtime victory against Tennessee in the next game. The win -- MSU's first against Tennessee -- ended a 36-game losing streak in the series. The momentum grew with victories against Arkansas, LSU, and Missouri, but it disappeared again in another game that was there for the taking, a 64-58 loss to Texas A&M in College Station, Texas. A lackluster 83-60 loss to Kentucky in Starkville followed. That loss was undoubtedly the low point of the season because it dealt a huge blow to the Bulldogs' chances of earning a chance to play host to the first and second rounds of the NCAA tournament for the first time. Victories against Ole Miss and Vanderbilt have helped MSU regain its footing, but it can't relax because Alabama is fighting for its postseason hopes, too. On Thursday, the Crimson Tide snapped a 42-game losing streak to the Lady Volunteers with a victory at Foster Auditorium. A victory by Alabama could drop MSU into a four-way tie with Georgia, Kentucky, and Florida if those three teams win today. The Bulldogs don't want to worry about tiebreakers. That's why today's game has to be a new beginning. While MSU has done well to build on last

season, it hasn't moved forward in a number of areas. The team enters today's game shooting the same percentage from the field -- 40.5 percent -- as it was entering the Ole Miss game last season. While Dominique Dillingham's scoring is up from 5.7 ppg. to 7.9 ppg this season, she is shooting 35.4 percent from the field, which is only .2 percent better than last season. MSU also needs more from its forward combination of Richardson and Ketara Chapel. A year ago, they were averaging 13.6 ppg. and 8.7 rebounds. This season, they are averaging 11.1 ppg. and 7.5 rebounds. You could argue Vivians' growth has absorbed the difference, but it is a risky proposition to suggest MSU can continue at this pace with Vivians, sophomore point guard Morgan William, and Dillingham, who is playing a league-high 38.4 minutes per game in SEC play, shouldering as big of a load as they are carrying. The growth of junior Chinwe Okorie has been another positive. The 6-5 center from Nigeria is shooting 56.7 percent from the field, which is up from 43.3 percent at this time last season. She has worked well with freshman Teaira McCowan, but both players also have missed their share of baskets at the rim that could have made a difference in a few of MSU's losses. But what is done is done. MSU has to decide how it wants this season to be remembered. If it plays with the energy and intensity it had against South Carolina, there is no denying it has the potential to beat just about any team in the nation, as long as it makes a few more shots. It also has to realize it

can't afford any more performances like it delivered against Kentucky. Two years ago, MSU peaked at the right time and played some of its best basketball, advancing to the quarterfinals of the Women's National Invitation Tournament, where it lost on a 3-pointer at the buzzer by USF's Williams. A year ago, MSU took the next step in reaching the second round of the NCAA tournament before bowing out to Duke at Durham, North Carolina. This season, MSU can't be content with its national rankings and its great crowds. It can't be satisfied with coming close against nationally ranked teams, or think next season will be even better with the addition of Oklahoma State transfer Roshunda Johnson and freshman Jacaira "Iggy" Allen. Schaefer understands there are no guarantees for next season. He also knows his juniors will be seniors and his sophomore will be juniors in 2016-17. The Bulldogs have had plenty of lessons this season to help them grow up. Twenty-nine games into the 2015-16 season, it is time to take the next step.

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Vic Schaefer coaching Bulldogs on empty stomach Bob Carskadon Hail State Beat February 25, 2016 In Oxford, Mississippi on February 21, Vic Schaefer woke up early and started his day the same way he does every other game day: with two cups of coffee. From there, he got in his final preparations for the second of two games this season between the Mississippi State and Ole Miss women’s basketball teams. Schaefer’s group won the first one, and they went on to win the second one, too, under the leadership of a coach who, his doctor tells him, nearly destroys his body every season as a side effect of doing the best and most he can for his program. While sipping through coffee and eventually plenty of water, Schaefer did final reviews of notes and film, led the walkthrough with his young ladies and sent them off to eat, get taped up, dress and go over their own last-minute reviews for the big rivalry game. Meanwhile, Schaefer went to the nearest treadmill and just ran. Four miles, maybe a little more. It’s his daily routine during the season and he doesn’t change it for games. He needs that running time, needs an outlet for

the stresses of such an intense job, needs those miles run in a row to expend energy and clear his mind, review whatever pops up in his head. That run was the last thing he did before showering and putting on his suit, the jacket of which he eventually removed in a moment of passion during the game. Tipoff came at 4 p.m., and by 6:15 he was talking to reporters about the big win for the Bulldogs, a 60-51 victory. The team made their way back to Starkville as Schaefer continued to review the performance of his ladies. Finally, long after that game had begun, far, far after those two cups of coffee he had in the morning, Schaefer did something he hadn’t done all day – he ate food. At that point, well over 12 hours into a busy and stressful (and ultimately successful) day, Schaefer had his very first meal. And there was nothing at all strange about it. Not by his standards, anyway. That’s just what he does every day, whether there’s a game or not. He doesn’t eat until one big meal late at night. There just isn’t enough time, and really, he never really feels the need. “It’s very weird,” said sophomore point guard Morgan William, who first noticed her coach’s eccentric eating habits when he would regularly have a fish fry for the team at his house and never sit down for the meal himself. “I don’t know how he does it, because he’ll go run four miles then not eat until 10 hours later. Like, after practice, I’m starving. He goes and runs and he just doesn’t eat.”

Said Schaefer, “It’s just kind of the way I’ve always been.” So, how does he get through the day? “Well, I don’t eat breakfast,” he said. They say it’s the most important meal of the day, but lots of people skip breakfast. Understandable. “I don’t eat lunch,” he continued. “I run four miles at lunch.” Four miles off of two cups of joe and whatever he had for dinner 16 hours prior. Then he has practice or a game, depending on the day. Then review. Then, hours later, finally, a meal. By then, while he may be used to the feeling, he’s just about starving. ‘When I do sit down at dinner at night, I might be there a while, because I’m usually pretty hungry,” he said with an honest laugh. “That’s kind of my day. My stomach doctor, who’s been busier this year than ever before, by the way, he’s tried to encourage me to eat a thing of yogurt in the morning or an English muffin. I’ve been better. But you’ve got to realize, if I did that one time a week, that’s better than anything I’ve ever done in my life. Typically, it’s a two coffee morning and that’s it until dinner.” The weird thing, or rather, one of the weird things, is that Schaefer actually loves to eat. He treasures good food, especially if he’s the one cooking. He trusts himself more than just about anyone else. And in fact, breakfast is one of his favorite things to eat, on the rare occasion he partakes. But he

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almost never does. Day by day, he just waits until dinner. “There’s just never been time, I guess. There’s always more cramming I can do,” he said. “One more film study.” His habits may not be the best when it comes to the matter of health, but just his athletes have trained their bodies to play basketball, he has trained his to coach it. To him, it’s all part of being a successful basketball coach. Schaefer has a plan, though, in a certain way. His weight dips every year during the season when sandwiches and salads are replaced by film study and playcalling, but like a bear preparing for winter hibernation, he spends his summers indulging in life’s more leisurely activities. The offseason is his time for bulking up. “It is,” he admitted. “The main reason is because I don’t run as much. When it gets hot, I’m playing golf or I’m fishing instead of running at lunch.” And, of course, if he’s catching fish, he’s got to fry them, too. And according to those who have been on the receiving end, a Vic Schaefer fish fry is pretty hard to beat. Even he’ll stuff himself on nights such as those. “I get enough trust me,” he confessed with a final laugh. “When there’s good food being cooked, especially if I’m cooking it, I’m testing it most of the time.”

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MSU women trying to improve on offense without losing identity on defense Adam Minichino Commercial Dispatch February 25, 2016 STARKVILLE -- Defense always will be at the core of any team Vic Schaefer coaches. Schaefer has built a reputation on his prowess as a defensive coach in stops at Arkansas and at Texas A&M, so he knows how to shut opponents down and what it takes on that end of the floor to win a national championship. Mississippi State's fourth-year women's basketball head coach also knows a little something about offense. But 28 games into the season, Schaefer realizes it's probably too late to change the identity of the 2015-16 Bulldogs. As much as Schaefer would love to press more and for his guards to push tempo for 40 minutes, injuries and depth at the position have limited the team's ability to do that.

But that doesn't mean Schaefer is going to stop trying. A little more than a month ago, Schaefer suggested he was willing to cut into the practice time he usually dedicates to fundamentals and defense to give his players more time to work on offense. Schaefer has stuck to his word, as the Bulldogs have shaved about 20 minutes off their usual routine to do more shooting and to get more repetitions in half-court offense. He hopes that continued work will pay off at 7 tonight when No. 16 MSU (22-6, 9-5 Southeastern Conference) takes on Vanderbilt (15-12, 4-10) at Memorial Gymnasium. The game can be seen on SEC Network +. The SEC Network will air portions of the game as part of a special SEC Network Women's Basketball Whip Around program. WMXU-FM (106.1) will broadcast the game locally. MSU is coming off a 60-51 victory against Ole Miss on Sunday at The Pavilion at Ole Miss. The Bulldogs shot 51.1 percent from the field and limited the Rebels to 26.6 percent shooting. Those percentages are at the heart of the challenge facing MSU the rest of the season. Wins in both games secure at least a third-place finish in the SEC and wrap up a double bye for the SEC tournament, which starts Wednesday in Jacksonville, Florida. If MSU beats Vanderbilt and Alabama on Sunday in Starkville, it would need Texas A&M to lose at Auburn and to Kentucky to move into the No. 2 spot in the league.

MSU's shooting percentage against Ole Miss was the eighth time this season it has shot 45 percent or better from the field. On the flip side, the Bulldogs have held opponents to less than 40 percent shooting 15 times, including seven times since a victory against then-No. 20 South Florida on Dec. 30 in Jacksonville, Florida. All told, MSU is shooting 40.4 percent overall, which is 10th in the SEC, and 37.4 percent (10th) in SEC games. Since Schaefer said he was considering spending more practice time on offense, MSU is shooting 37.2 percent in its last eight games. The Bulldogs are 5-3 in that stretch. Schaefer said he shows his players the good and the bad when they review games. He said the Bulldogs are getting better shots for shooters like Vivians, junior Dominique Dillingham, and post players like Chinwe Okorie and Teaira McCowan. The trick now is to have the players get into the gym more and develop more consistency to improve their shooting percentages. "It comes down to execution and getting the shots we want at the sports we want them from," Schaefer said. Sophomore point guard Morgan William said Schaefer has been encouraging the players to do a better job of reading defenses to figure out to make the play that has been called work. She said the Bulldogs have been spending more time in practice on offense, and she feels she and her teammates are getting better. "We have to read the defense and make sure we don't slip up," William said. "Our chemistry

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has gotten better on offense, and in practice we have been working more on offense. We have had some better shots and better screens." Schaefer said Wednesday the Bulldogs need to improve on their screens because they continue to draw offensive fouls when they try free up their shooters, especially leading scorer Victoria Vivians, who is second in the SEC in scoring (16.8 points per game) and fifth in SEC action (15.4 ppg). Schaefer said part of the key to MSU's success against Ole Miss was Vivians found her rhythm early and fed off that to finish 10 of 18 from the field. He has said many times that he believes the rest of the Bulldogs gain confidence and can find better shots if Vivians is having a good game, which usually means she is attracting even more attention. "I don't think Victoria took a bad shot Sunday," Schaefer said. "She came off screens on out-of-bounds we put in rhythm and made shots. I think it starts there. Dom's shots were all good shots. She goes 5-for-14, but they were all good shots. If I could get that to 5-for-12, that would be my dream." MSU's offense also could receive a lift tonight from the possible return of freshman guard Jazzmun Holmes, who missed the last two games due to an injury. Schaefer said Wednesday that Holmes is "fairly cleared" and that he felt she would be available for tonight's game. He said the absence of Holmes has forced Dillingham to move over to point guard and has added to the wear and tear on William, who already is battling a leg injury.

"Morgan got tired at Ole Miss on Sunday," Schaefer said. "I could have used (Holmes) then, too. Jazz had some success against Ole Miss earlier in the year, so I think she would have gone in and played with some confidence and really been good for us." Schaefer also wants the Bulldogs to feed the post more. He said it is hard to pass up the 6-foot-5 Okorie and the 6-7 McCowan as many times as the Bulldogs do, but he said the team's perimeter players need to continue to work on using the size of the post players to their advantage. All of those things could help lift the Bulldogs' shooting percentage, but he doesn't believe improvement in shooting percentage will transform MSU into a different team. "When we go out and play we have to lock down and hold someone under 60 and go score 61 or 62," Schaefer said. "That is who we are now. I don't think we're going to morph into some team that is going to score 75 or 80 every night. I think this is who we are, but if were going to try to get better, we have to stop turning down our five players. That is the first place we're not exploring enough." NOTE: Sophomore Blair Schaefer was named Wednesday to the 2016 SEC Community Service Team. Schaefer has been actively involved in the community since joining the Bulldogs, participating in a number of service projects for the team and the M-Club, Mississippi State's student-athlete service organization. "It's a great honor to be on such a team that gives back to the community whenever we have time to do so," Schaefer said.

"Being a student-athlete brings difficulties sometimes with balancing school and basketball, especially with traveling during the heat of the season. However, when I have time to brighten someone's day just by stopping by for 30 minutes or an hour and cheering them on in a race or praising them in school, I like to take advantage of those opportunities. I never realized how much younger kids look up to me until I started giving back to the community and seeing their faces when I show up to support them in their endeavors. I feel like being on this team shows that we appreciate our fans' support on the court, and one way to thank them is by finding time to support them back." Schaefer has been an active participant in Bully's Book Blitz, an effort that sends Bulldog student-athletes to local schools to encourage the importance of reading. She has also participated in Starkville's annual Travis Outlaw Day, playing games and interacting with local children.

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Vivians bails out Bulldogs Parrish Alford Daily Journal February 22, 2016 OXFORD – Every time Ole Miss turned around, Victoria Vivians was there. Mississippi State’s sophomore guard gave the Lady Bulldogs the necessary breathing room each time the Rebels got close in the fourth quarter. Vivians finished with 22 points, and No. 14 MSU rebounded from a 23-point loss to Kentucky on Thursday night with a 60-51 victory at The Pavilion at Ole Miss Sunday. Vivians had 10 rebounds to complete the double-double. MSU coach Vic Schaefer put his team through a 5 a.m. practice on Friday after its loss to Kentucky. “It’s been a hard three or four days for us. We had a really bad game Thursday. I’m really proud of how they responded today,” he said. There was more sweat exerted by MSU (22-6, 9-5 SEC) in Oxford than when the Lady Bulldogs easily defeated Ole Miss 79-51 on Jan. 18 in Starkville. The Rebels (10-17, 2-12 SEC) dropped their eighth straight but remained within striking distance much of the game. Striking was just too difficult as Ole Miss shot just 26.3 percent

and missed numerous times from inside the lane. The Lady Bulldogs’ athleticism and depth in the post helped them to a 28-14 edge in points in the paint. Finally, Rebels Erika Sisk and Madinah Muhammad finished difficult shots on back-to-back possessions early in the fourth quarter and drew within five points at 45-40. Schaefer called a time out with 8 minutes, 34 seconds left. The Lady Bulldogs came out of the timeout and scored seven straight points, the first five on a 15-footer and a banked-in 3-pointer by Vivians. “He was drawing up plays for me to hit big shots … well shots. We had to execute, and I did it. We did it,” Vivians said. Vivians was 10 for 18 from the floor, and MSU shot a collective 51 percent. Muhammad led Ole Miss with 14 points. She was 2 for 18 from the floor but 10 for 11 from the free throw line. The Rebels again cut the lead to five on three Muhammad free throws, but Vivians answered with a free throw and bucket on one possession. It was 55-47 MSU with 3:13 left. “Mississippi State won the game because of three shots that Victoria Vivians made,” Ole Miss coach Matt Insell said. “We were there, we guarded it, we knew what they were in. They were tough shots. That kid made three big-time shots.”

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Slimantics: MSU women’s basketball has become ‘a thing’ Slim Smith Commercial Dispatch February 22, 2016 The first thing you notice about Bob Shearer is his shoes. They are maroon high-top Chuck Taylor All-Stars. Sweet kicks, Bob. "Yeah," Shearer says. "I get a lot of compliments." The second thing you notice is that he is at a women's basketball game, which is odd in this part of the world. Chuck Taylor's were once wildly popular. That's not been the case for women's basketball, at least in Mississippi. Times are changing. It is Thursday night at Humphrey Coliseum where Mississippi State's 13th-ranked Lady Bulldogs will meet No. 16 Kentucky in a key Southeastern Conference contest. An hour before the game, fans are already beginning to pour into the coliseum. Shearer and his wife, Anne, are already in their seats - floor level, just behind south goal. "We could come later," Shearer says. "We have an assigned parking spot, but we kind of like getting here early."

For less-connected fans, arriving early is not a preference. It is essential. It's first-come, first-serve on parking and seating, which didn't use to be a problem. These days, a late arrival means a long walk and whatever seats are available. Bob and Anne are big MSU supporters. The recently-retired CPA has a home in Jackson, where he worked, and a second home in Starkville, which makes it easier for the couple to attend Bulldog sporting events. They have season tickets for both men's and women's basketball and the Shearers have attended all of the women's SEC games, plus a couple of early non-conference games. The success of the women's team since the arrival of head coach Vic Schaefer four years ago has caught the long-time women's basketball season-ticket holder by surprise. "I thought the days when Latoya Thomas (2000-2003) and Tan White (2002-2005) were here would be the best we would ever see," Shearer says. "I was wrong. This is better." The story of the 2015-16 Lady Bulldogs is yet to be completed; there are two regular season games remaining, plus the SEC and NCAA tournaments. But in some respects, the program has already succeeded. On Jan. 28, MSU defeated traditional power Tennessee for its first win over the Volunteers in school history, snapping an 0-for-36 streak. Along the way, the Bulldogs gained their first-ever Top 10 ranking (seventh) and are still contending for their highest-ever SEC finish and their highest NCAA seeding.

The Bulldogs' on-the-court success is impressive, but it's not necessarily the most impressive aspect of the program. Look around Humphrey Coliseum on a game night and you see the evidence of a remarkable phenomenon. Through 15 home games, the Lady Bulldogs have drawn 74,481 fans, a little less than 5,000 per game. On Jan. 24, MSU drew 10,626 fans for its game against second-ranked South Carolina, the largest crowd ever to watch a women's basketball game in the state and the fourth largest crowd in the history of Humphrey Coliseum, which is also the home of the MSU men's team. To put those number in perspective, even the most successful MSU women's teams prior to Schaefer's arrival drew fewer than 2,000 fans per game. Let's face it: Until recently, the Bulldogs couldn't draw a crowd in an elevator. It's not just that the Bulldogs are now breaking attendance records: They are shattering them. Nobody saw this coming. Nobody except Schaefer, that is. Last spring, MSU hired Ben Howland as its men's basketball coach. The high-profile coach's arrival gave the Bulldogs instant credibility. Schaefer's arrival as the women's coach three year earlier came with far less fanfare. For the previous 12 years, he served as an assistant coach, first at Arkansas and later at Texas A&M. While he wasn't a household name among casual fans, Schaefer was well-known and respected in the coaching fraternity. His arrival in Starkville was widely viewed as a real coup for the program, which had made

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it to the NCAA Tournament just six times in its 41-year history. As he weighed his decision about taking over the program, Schaefer had to consider whether MSU had all the necessary ingredients to succeed. There was some precedent for winning, of course. MSU had made it to the NCAA Tournament as recently as 2010. But there were other aspects of building a program for which there was no real precedent, including a strong fan base. If faith is, indeed, "the evidence of things not seen," Schaefer's decision to take over the program was a leap of faith. "When you take over a program like Mississippi State and the community you are investing in and moving your family into, you've got to believe in all of the aspects of what are considered (in) building a program," Schaefer said. "So, if I didn't think we could average 5,000 fans a night and have 10,000 for a game, I wouldn't be here. "You've got to have players if you're going to build a program. Any player across the country can look and see the excitement that's going on here and realize they are going to play in front of that every night. That's huge for recruiting." After a record of 13-17 first season, MSU improved to 22-14 in his second year. Last year, MSU posted a 27-7 record, making the NCAA Tournament field for the first time in five years. MSU is 22-6 so far this season and is a lock for a second straight NCAA bid. Attendance has followed success. Over the past three years, MSU has drawn 190,772 fans, more than the previous 10 season combined.

Those crowds may be unprecedented, but not unexpected, Schaefer said. "I did think it could be done," he said. "But, again, I didn't think it would happen until we got the product right. I think the response we've had is in correlation to the product on the floor." Wins alone are not the only factor in building the kind of fan base the Bulldogs are presently enjoying, though. "I don't think we have the fan base we have if these kids are standing around in a 2-3 zone playing 'hope they miss' defense," said Schaefer, who built is reputation as an expert in defense. "I think the fans appreciate how hard our kids play the game and they honor the game with the way they play, and that's why we have what we have." Indeed, the Bulldogs are often far from an offensive powerhouse. They hang their hats on relentless, suffocating defense. For any offensive lapses they suffer, on the defensive end the Bulldogs cling to opponents like spandex on a fat man. "I do like the way they play," Shearer said. "They play hard. I think the other thing I like about the women's game is that it's something I can relate to a little better. With the men, everything is so fast, I can hardly keep up with what's happening. With the women, you can see how the plays develop. It's fun to watch." That "relatability" factor emerges in another context, as well. Players seem to have a far more intimate, personal relationship with their fans than their male counterparts, where the roles are clear and strictly observed -- players play, fans cheer and the twain never meet. It is understood.

It is decidedly different with the women. "It's the personality our kids have," Schaefer said. "I think that's the infectious piece of this. Our kids go into the stands after the game, and (fans) get to know our kids. I look up there and I've got Teirra McCowan (a 6-foot-7 freshman from Texas) and she's holding a kid in each arm. "Now, it's not just kids wanting their (photos) with my players. It's parents. It's moms and dads. It's students. That's part of the program. That's part of building the program. It's not always what we do, but how we do it, too." The Bulldogs have one home game remaining, Sunday afternoon against Alabama. If the Bulldogs attract a slightly better than their average crowd for that game, attendance could reach the 80,000 mark, almost four times the amount of fans the Bulldogs drew in the season before Schaefer's arrival. On the court, the Bulldogs have yet to achieve their ultimate goal. That's true at the turnstiles, too. "I look forward to the story being written that says we had to turn people away at the gate," Schaefer said. That story hasn't been written. Yet.

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Dillingham starring in role as leader for Bulldog basketball Bob Carskadon Hail State Beat February 18, 2016 Spurred by head coach Vic Schaefer’s constant praise for Dominique Dillingham, his bi-weekly explanations that she’s the catalyst for Mississippi State’s women’s basketball team, one might expect to pull up the season-long stats and find the junior guard as the team’s leading scorer. Or leading rebounder. Leader in assists, steals, blocks – leader in something. Here is a list of categories Dillingham is top four on the team in: scoring (third, 7,7 points per game), assists (third, 51 total), three-pointers made (third, 18), blocked shots (fourth, nine total), steals (second, 36), rebounds (fourth, 4.2 per game), charges taken (second), free throws made (fourth) and field goals made (fourth). Now, here is a list of things she’s first on the team in: That’s it. That’s the list. Dominique Dillingham, fuel to MSU’s fire, doesn’t lead her team in a single thing.

Nothing measurable, anyway. And that’s what Schaefer likes so much about her. “Her will, period, separates her,” MSU’s head coach said when asked what it is about Dillingham that makes her so important. “I just compete,” Dillingham said. “That’s the biggest thing, just competing, trying to be the best I can and trying to beat other people out in other things, being tough against competition. That’s the biggest thing I offer.” It’s a sign of how true her words are, how competitive she is, that she’s managed to affect the game in every single facet, as evidenced by her presence in just about all possible statistical categories. That competitiveness, in fact, is exactly why Schaefer first recruited Dillingham when he got to MSU almost four years ago. He didn’t recruit her for scoring and filling up stat sheets. He wanted a competitor. “We were void of that when we got here,” he said. “She brings that competitive nature and competitive spirit every day in practice. It’s something, obviously, that I can’t do without. If we were to have a class conflict with her, I’m not practicing without her.” Oh yeah, practice. Dillingham is the classic try-hard player. The 40-year-old guy at the gym wearing sport goggles and going way too hard for a casual game of pickup. Annoying at the Y, absolutely necessary in the SEC. Sophomore guard Blair Schaefer, daughter of Vic and teammate of Dillingham, recalls instances of Dillingham having to be literally pulled out of

drills. Even in practice, that competitive drive sparks up. She won’t quit until she’s forced to. That’s why she was voted team captain, and it’s also why teammates listen to her when she has something to say, good or bad. For as big and natural as her smile is both off the court and on, the level of her intensity matches, if not exceeds, her cheery disposition in moments of competition. “She’s kind of the glue to our team,” the younger Schaefer said. “She makes everyone on our team better, not only as a captain, but she makes people want to get out of their box and understand the game better.” That leadership translates to games, where Dillingham is never shy about being vocal with her teammates, whether they need praise and encouragement or just a swift kick in the butt. Few people on the team could do that and get away with it without being hated by their teammates, but it’s perfectly safe for Dillingham. Her teammates respect her too much to ever not take her seriously. Much of that is because there’s nothing her teammates do that she can’t. Rebounding? She gets boards over players a head taller than her. Scoring? She hits some of State’s biggest shots. She does it all, and because she does it all, she can teach it all. “She can get across to people a certain way and tell them how to do something,” Blair explained, “because she can do a lot of things. She has that ability to say, ‘Hey, do this that way, do it this way to be successful,’ because it’s easy to tell someone

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how to do something if you can do it. If you’re not so good in that category, it’s hard to step up and say do this or do that, because you can’t do it yourself. She brings every category to our team up. So much knowledge.” Of course, her biggest contribution – outside of the intangible qualities of competitiveness and heart – is defense. Makes sense, as that’s a place where those qualities tend to show up. Tenacity doesn’t make three-pointers go in the basket, but it quickly results in steals, blocks and frustrated opposition on the defensive end. It’s why Schaefer puts Dillingham on the other team’s best player every game. He wants his best on their best, and Dillingham has a habit of winning those battles. “There’s not a tougher competitor in my mind than Dominique Dillingham,” he said. “If she’s not defensive player of the year in our league, I don’t know who is.” On a top-15 team with record-breakers, high school All-Americans, scoring leaders and SEC stars, Dillingham is the quiet glue that holds them together. In a league with the tallest, longest, quickest and most athletic players, Dillingham is none of the above. But none of that means she isn’t one of the best. Her competitiveness has made sure of that. “I want to make my family proud,” Dillingham said. “I just try to be good at everything I am.”

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Dillingham sparks MSU’s victory with key defensive plays Adam Minichino Columbus Dispatch February 8, 2016

STARKVILLE -- Jordan Frericks knows the tape doesn't lie, so she realizes the No. 11 Mississippi State women's basketball team likes to take charges.

After playing MSU once earlier this season and watching more film of the Bulldogs for a refresher prior to Sunday's matchup, Frericks felt No. 21 Missouri had a good game plan. The key was to go in low and under control against the Bulldogs' aggressive defense.

But Dominique Dillingham has found a way to defy scouting reports. It doesn't matter if you beat her off the dribble once because she is going to adjust and beat you to the spot next time and sacrifice her body to take the charge.

If Dillingham is on the other side of the lane or if her white headband gets knocked off, that's OK, too, because she is going to slide over to help her teammates and absorb contact or

dive into a scrum for a loose ball.

Dillingham's defensive tenacity was on full display Sunday, as she helped draw five offensive fouls, including two charges in the final four minutes, to help No. 11 MSU pull away for a 52-42 victory against No. 21 Missouri before a crowd of 4,521 at Humphrey Coliseum.

"Before the game we have to have that mentality to stride step and go in under control," Frericks said. "We talked about that before the game. It is just something we need to be more disciplined in and not draw that charge because if we stay low we can have easy kickouts."

Dillingham had only five points on 2-of-9 shooting, but anyone who has watched the 5-foot-9 junior play knows it is almost a bonus when she scores. Her worth to the Bulldogs (21-4, 8-3 Southeastern Conference) is better measured by the number of hustle plays she makes or the tenacity she brings to the court. Her grittiness has come to be known as MSU's calling card, and it has helped the program mature into one of the nation's top defensive teams.

Dillingham's defensive plays were crucial down the stretch to help MSU put Missouri (18-6, 5-6) away. She took two charges on Frericks with the Bulldogs leading by three points and was guarding closely on another offensive foul by Kayla McDowell with 2 minutes, 27 seconds. The final forced turnover gave MSU breathing room that allowed Victoria Vivians (13 points, seven rebounds, five steals) to hit a jump shot to extend the lead. Sophie Cunningham (team-high

13 points) drained a jump shot with 1:32 to go to cut the deficit to 45-42, but Morgan William (game-high 17 points) answered with a drive to the basket and Vivians made a steal and converted a three-point play to make it 50-42 with 1:05 remaining.

"That was really frustrating," Missouri coach Robin Pingeton said of her team's 27 turnovers, the second-highest total this season. "Mississippi State is obviously a very good defensive team. I thought we did a really nice job in the half court defensively, for the most part. But when you allow a team to score 29 points off your turnovers, that is half their points. Some of those were dead-ball turnovers with all of our charges. We watched that on film. We knew that was coming, but the ones that lead to transition layups and are uncontested are the tough ones to really wrap your arms around."

Frericks echoed Pingeton's comments when she the charges MSU took were avoidable as long as teams remain under control. But the Bulldogs frustrate teams by pushing them up the line or forcing them to start their offense from uncomfortable position. MSU also enjoys getting into the passing lanes, which can knock opponents off their game and make them rush things. Frericks said that hurried pace works to the Bulldogs' advantage because opponents then aren't able to avoid contact as easily. She agreed that Dillingham, as one example, can be similar to a "mosquito" in that she always appears to be there and you can't shake her.

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MSU coach Vic Schaefer said his teams always will try to play the hardest and toughest defense within the rules. He said toughness and physical are the Bulldogs' "bread and butter" and are things the players work on every day. He said again Sunday how Dillingham has come to epitomize those qualities and how he already is scouring the nation who will be able to replace Dillingham when she graduates.

"We're struggling on offense, but we can't keep struggling there and let them score," Schaefer said. "We still find a way to focus on that end of the floor and get a couple of charges from Dom. Those are big defensive plays."

Dillingham said taking charges is something that has become second nature after years of playing. She admitted she never has been an offensive whiz, so she said she had to find other ways to make an impact. Her intelligence often allows her to anticipate plays so she can get into position to take charge. She said she enjoys taking them and doesn't mind the contact because the team gets a lift from the turnover.

MSU needed a lift in crunch time, as Cunningham scored on a back-door layup to cut MSU's lead to 39-36 with 5:40 to go. The basket came easily because the Bulldogs failed to bring help-side defense or to cut off the baseline. Dillingham said that basket was fresh on her mind later in the fourth quarter when the Bulldogs needed a stop.

"I was really trying to be midline and I was just really focusing on being in help for my

team," Dillingham said. "I just love getting charges. It really fires up everybody. It is really important to get them."

Dillingham laughed later in the news conference when asked about her proficiency to take charges. She said she needed to come up big for the Bulldogs because she is trying to catch William for the team lead in charges taken. William said Dillingham is beating her in that category now and agrees that the Bulldogs get a shot of adrenaline each time Dillingham or someone else takes a charge.

"I think it gives us a lot of momentum," William said. "In practice, we get excited about it, but in games the crowd gets so excited. I feel like it gets the other team in a drought and it just gets us going."

Dillingham added six rebounds, two assists, and a steal in 40 minutes. She did everything without being called for a foul on a day in which 52 were called (23 on MSU). Schaefer laughed after the game when asked how Dillingham managed to do that, but he wasn't surprised because he has watched her find a way for two-and-a-half seasons and he wants her to keep doing it.

"It is just Dom," Schaefer said. "She is a tough, hard-nosed basketball player."

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Schaefer wants Bulldogs to maintain attacking mindset Adam Minichino Columbus Dispatch February 6, 2016

STARKVILLE -- You can almost sense Vic Schaefer cringe when he talks about his team's defense.

If you look at the statistics, it would be difficult for you to tell there has been a drop-off in the Mississippi State's women's basketball team's play. The Bulldogs are still second in the Southeastern Conference in scoring defense at 56.1 points per game.

But Schaefer, whose nickname is "the Secretary of Defense," knows better. He also admits he has sacrificed some defensive drill work in practice to work on offense, just as he hinted he might do a few weeks ago.

While it might pain Schaefer's trained eyes to notice the lack of execution on the finer points, he acknowledges there has been a benefit.

"The bottom line is you've got to score more points than the other team," Schaefer said Friday. "We've spent a little more time on offense of late and I'd like to

think that it has paid off a little bit."

Schaefer hopes that work continues to pay dividends at 2 p.m. today when No. 11 MSU (20-4, 7-3 SEC) plays host to No. 21 Missouri (18-5, 5-5) at Humphrey Coliseum.

Schaefer hasn't scrapped his practice plans. Instead, he said the Bulldogs have shaved about 20 minutes off the time they spend on defense to do more shooting and work on offense. That work paid off Thursday in a 71-52 victory against LSU. The Bulldogs shot 49.1 percent from the field in the victory, only the seventh time this season they have shot 45 percent or better from the field. In the previous game, a 65-55 victory against Arkansas, MSU shot 43.8 percent from the field. Both marks are better than the team's overall field goal shooting percentage (40.9 percent, ninth in the SEC) and its SEC-only mark (37.6, 10th).

Schaefer said he likes how the Bulldogs are sharing the basketball. He said their ability to attack LSU's zone and to take care of the ball (only 12 turnovers) helped them overcome a slow start to win their third game in a row. The latest victory solidified their hold on second place in the SEC with six regular-season games remaining. MSU holds the tiebreaker against Florida based on its win on Jan. 3 in Gainesville, Florida, in the SEC opener for both teams.

In addition to sharing the ball better, Schaefer said MSU is taking better shots and being more aggressive taking the ball to the basket. Still, MSU, which leads the SEC in free-throw

percentage (74.1 percent) has shot 157 fewer free throws compared to this point last season, when MSU was 22-2 (7-2 in the SEC) and getting set to face Tennessee.

"I think there is a big difference in what we are doing offensively, no question," Schaefer said. "I just think it's unfortunate that it takes a game like Georgia (a 47-43 loss on Jan. 21 in Athens, Georgia) to kind of wake you up, make you aware and re-focus. We are light years offensively better, but I said it last night, my point guard is getting healthy. Morgan is feeling better."

Sophomore point guard Morgan William has battled a leg injury all season, but Schaefer said William told him Thursday she felt "pretty good." He said a healthy William, who has a lightning-quick first step, "changes the whole dynamic of our team, especially tempo-wise on our offense."

A healthier William also figures to give MSU a better chance to get out and run more, which could lead to more easy baskets. In the rough-and-tumble SEC, where only No. 2 South Carolina (46.6 percent) and No. 12 Texas A&M (43.5) are shooting better than 43 percent from the field in league play, that is welcome news to Schaefer and the Bulldogs.

"I feel like Morgan has come to realize this is her team," MSU junior center Chinwe Okorie said. "The role of being a captain has become great motivation for her to pick up the team. We are buying into the leadership Dominique (Dillingham) and Morgan are bringing to the team. We're like

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'We are on your ship, so let's go.' It keeps motivating us to push harder and play harder."

Dillingham agrees. The junior guard/forward said the Bulldogs have been in the gym more since a 47-43 loss to Georgia in which the team shot 34 percent from the field. MSU shot a season-low 27.1 percent in the next game, a 57-51 loss to South Carolina in Starkville, and 32.9 percent in a 65-65 overtime victory against Tennessee.

"We are just getting more and more confident in shooting," Dillingham said.

Confidence will be a key ingredient today in a rematch against Missouri. The Bulldogs couldn't overcome a slow start in the first meeting in Columbia, Missouri, falling 66-54. MSU attempted 26 more shots than Missouri, but the Tigers shot 50 percent from the field.

Dillingham said that loss will be motivation today.

"We don't want to lose anymore, so that's enough motivation," Dillingham said. "It was disappointing and embarrassing to go out there and play that way."

If history is any indication, MSU figures to have a strong shooting day. Last season, MSU shot 46.7 percent from the field in its 25th game of the season, a 79-67 loss at Tennessee. That game came on the heels of a 50-percent shooting day in a 69-44 victory against Vanderbilt. The win against the Commodores avenged a 78-62 loss in Nashville, Tennessee, which was the Bulldogs' first loss to the season.

A year ago, MSU shot 45 percent or better from the field nine times. In the final 19 games of the season, the Bulldogs shot less then 40 percent from the field 13 times, including their final six games. Schaefer hopes the added work on offense helps MSU avoid falling into a similar pattern this season.

An added emphasis on attacking the rim could help. Last season, MSU had 26 games in which it attempted 20 or more free throws. This season, MSU has reached that mark 12 times. Schaefer knows a healthier William can help change that number.

"I think (an attacking mind-set) has sunk in," Schaefer said. "I think we are attacking the rim more. We are sharing the basketball more. Again, part of our free throw disparity between this year and last year has been Morgan and her ability to go off the bounce. I think she is getting back to her old self."

Okorie figures to be a beneficiary with a healthier William breaking down defenses and getting into the lane. She is looking forward to the Bulldogs getting even better looks at the basket.

"We are getting better shots. We are leaving out the good shots and getting great shots, and leaving out the bad shots to get good shots," Okorie said. "It really makes a difference and improvement. The guards are getting in the gym more. They are putting so much time into it and it has been working really great."

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No. 13 MSU women want to build on victory against Tennessee Adam Minichino Columbus Dispatch January 30, 2016

STARKVILLE -- Turn the page.

Rock n' roll fans likely have sung along with Bob Seger's classic on nights they have been wandering on a lonely road somewhere what seems like a million miles from home.

Seger sings about the weariness of traveling from city to city and being in the spotlight on a stage in front of thousands of fans in the song that was recorded in 1972 and released in 1973. The live version, released in 1976, has stood the test of time and served as an old friend to many commuters in need of a pick-me-up on a long trip.

At nearly 500 miles, the jaunt from Starkville to Fayetteville, Arkansas, is long enough to make your thoughts drift away to other things before you arrive at your destination.

Vic Schaefer hopes his Mississippi State women's basketball players don't think back to a history-making night Thursday because he knows it could hurt their focus for their next task.

"We have to go on to the next one," Schaefer said Friday after No. 13 MSU went through its first day of practice for its game at 2 p.m. today against Arkansas. "We have already stubbed our toe once -- maybe twice even -- on the road, so we have got to go in there and be prepared mentally as well as physically."

No. 13 MSU defeated No. 19 Tennessee 65-63 in overtime Thursday at Humphrey Coliseum. The victory was the program's first in 37 meetings against the Lady Volunteers. The Bulldogs needed the victory because it snapped a two-game losing skid and a run in which they had lost three of their last four games.

In the Southeastern Conference, a run like that can get you into trouble. It can be especially damaging for a team like MSU (18-4, 5-3) that hopes to earn its second-consecutive top-four finish in the 14-team league. To do that, MSU will have to keep its focus and win the games "the experts" figure it is supposed to win.

A year ago, MSU accomplished that goal, recording a program-best 11 wins and finishing third in the final SEC regular-season standings. This season, a similar finish would help bolster MSU's NCAA tournament resume and improve its chances of earning an opportunity to play host to the first two rounds of the NCAA tournament.

But Schafer knows the Bulldogs have a lot of work to do and a long road left to travel to realize any of those goals.

"We have to play better," Schaefer said. "We really

struggled in some areas (against Tennessee). We have to fix that. Sometimes the victory overshadows some things you don't do well. We have already watched film and, as I like to say, the film doesn't lie."

Tennessee had success attacking MSU's player-to-player defense and getting to the rim. The Lady Volunteers were able to do that so well from all five positions that it forced Schaefer to switch from the player-to-player defense his team nearly always plays to a matchup zone. The move played a big role in Tennessee going 1-for-8 from the field in the fourth quarter, which helped MSU erase a 55-43 deficit and force overtime.

Another area of concern is offense, where MSU shot 32.9 percent (24 of 73, 3 of 16 from 3-point range). Morgan William and Victoria Vivians hit big shots, but they were 4 of 17 and 4 of 16 from the field, respectively, on a night when the Bulldogs often stalled on offense and they were fortunate they made several shots late or at the end of the 30-second shot clock.

MSU has shot better than 45 percent from the field only once in its last 13 games. The Bulldogs are shooting 37.6 percent (320 of 851) in a stretch that has seen them go 10-3. MSU has earned resume-building wins against Florida, Florida Gulf Coast, Auburn, Arkansas, Ole Miss, and Tennessee in that stretch, but Schaefer wants to see improvement in several areas. He wants to see the Bulldogs get out in transition so they can score more easy baskets. He wants to see William, who set a personal record for shots

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attempted in her MSU career against Tennessee, continue to be aggressive on offense. He also wants to see the Bulldogs be smarter and more efficient on offense.

"I thought (against Tennessee) we took much better shots and got good looks," said Schaefer, whose team has slipped to 10th in the SEC in field goal percentage (40.5). "I was much more pleased with our shot selection."

Schaefer continued a theme that has been a staple of his program when he said MSU would continue to watch film and to talk about how it can get better. He said he will continue to encourage his players -- Vivians, in particular -- to attack. He was pleased Vivians made all five of her free-throw attempts, but the 6-foot-1 sophomore guard has attempted five or more free throws only five times this season. She still leads the SEC in scoring at 17.5 points per game and is 11th in field goal percentage (38 percent).

Of players in the top 10 in the SEC in scoring, only Ole Miss' Shandricka Sessom (31) and Georgia's Tiaria Griffin (37) have attempted fewer free throws than Vivians (41).

Schaefer hopes the Bulldogs' inside game will continue to develop to give the team a source of production. Junior center Chinwe Okorie was 5 of 8 from the field and had 10 points and eight rebounds against Tennessee. She has shown an ability to use her 6-5 frame and strength to carve out position deep in the lane to put herself in great position. A year after shooting 42.6 percent from the field, Okorie is shooting 59.5

percent from the field. Schaefer said he hopes to help freshman center Teaira McCowan find a way to slow down so she is able to get back to the rate of production that saw her post four double-digit scoring games in the first two months of the season. The 6-7 McCowan has scored in double figures twice in the last 11 games.

When asked if getting McCowan to slow down is something that applies to all of his players, Schaefer said, "You don't need to rush. If you need to rush it maybe you don't need to take it. When we share the basketball we usually we will find a good shot or a great shot."

After parsing all of the numbers, Schaefer expressed confidence that the Bulldogs will be able to re-focus for the first step against Arkansas (9-12, 4-4), which is coming off a 71-66 overtime loss to Florida in Fayetteville. Arkansas has defeated Texas A&M, Tennessee, and Missouri at home, so the initial step won't be easy.

On Thursday, MSU will go on the road to face LSU, which won at Georgia 53-46 on Jan. 24. Georgia defeated MSU 47-44 on Jan. 21 in Athens, Georgia.

Wins in those two games will help MSU, which is third in the league thanks to a tiebreaker against Florida, solidify its place near the top of the league. Eight teams are up to two games behind MSU, so Schaefer knows his team doesn't have a large margin for error as it gets deeper into the second half of the league schedule.

"Our staff does a good job of keeping our kids grounded,"

Schaefer said. "Our kids understand the importance of moving to the next game, and while it was great and fun (against Tennessee) and you're awfully proud, you have to move on.

"We're nowhere close (to where we want to be) and yet we're still fairly successful to date and awfully skilled. That is part of having a young basketball team and an inexperienced basketball team. ... If we can ever get them executing better and shooting 45 percent, I don't think there is any doubt that I don't know if we lose another game. That is how good this team can be."

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Will Mississippi State’s historic win knock Tennessee out of Top 25? Mechelle Voepel EspnW.com January 29, 2016 It finally happened: Mississippi State beat Tennessee in women's basketball. In Starkville, Mississippi, this is a major "Stop the presses!" moment. Even in the age of the Internet. Which we weren't in way back when these teams' series began, in 1986. That was so long ago, the Lady Vols had not even won their first NCAA title yet. That came in 1987. But Tennessee's 36-0, three-decade streak against the Bulldogs ended with Mississippi State's 65-63 overtime victory Thursday at Humphrey Coliseum. The Bulldogs trailed by 12 points going into the fourth quarter, and it looked like the Lady Vols were going to continue their mastery over Mississippi State -- even in a season in which so many things have seemed to go awry for Tennessee.

However, the Bulldogs took over in the fourth quarter, which turned into Exhibit A of Tennessee's worst offensive nightmares this season. Mississippi State coach Vic Schaefer, who really doesn't like playing zone, realized it could be effective in the fourth quarter. And was it ever: The Lady Vols scored just three points in those 10 minutes -- yes, three. Yikes. And now the question is: Will Tennessee's 31-year stay in the rankings end when The Associated Press poll comes out on Monday? Tennessee, which fell to 12-8 with the loss, is currently ranked No. 19. The last time the Lady Vols weren't in The Associated Press poll was a stretch from early January to mid-February of 1985. They re-entered the rankings in week 14 of the poll that season, and have been there ever since, 546 weeks. Tennessee for so many years was a team that always seemed to slam the door shut on teams when they had them down. But this time, the Lady Vols left it open for the Bulldogs to come back. Credit has to go Mississippi State for that. Sunday, in front of the biggest home crowd they've ever had -- 10,626 -- the Bulldogs put a scare into undefeated and second-ranked South Carolina, but fell 57-51. Going into Thursday's game at The Hump, the Bulldogs kept hearing about the 0-36 stuff. Yet, actually, Mississippi State was the favored team entering this game; the Bulldogs were ranked higher at No. 13 and they were at home, which has become a real advantage with their fan support. Furthermore,

Tennessee's leading scorer, Diamond DeShields, who has been hobbled by an ankle injury, wasn't in the starting lineup. Still, Tennessee played pretty darn well for three quarters, even with no points from DeShields. And then ... well, this Lady Vols squad just doesn't seem to have any confidence about closing out games. So potential victories keep getting away from them. It happened again Thursday, as the offense went dreadfully dry and the Bulldogs outscored the Lady Vols 15-3 in the final quarter. Going into overtime, the momentum was all with Mississippi State, and the Bulldogs were able to close it out and celebrate. They beat Tennessee on the boards 46-42, and that included 20 offensive rebounds. Mississippi State shot just 32.9 percent from the field, and 18.8 percent (3 of 16) from 3-point range. Without the second chances the Bulldogs gave themselves, they couldn't have won this game. But they pounded the offensive boards, and it saved them. On one key possession in the fourth quarter, they got three offensive rebounds, ultimately leading to a Victoria Vivians' basket. That cut Tennessee's lead to six with 5 minutes, 35 seconds left, and you just had the sense then that this game was going to end badly for the Lady Vols. Mississippi State got a huge offensive lift from one of its best defensive players, Dominique Dillingham, who finished with 14 points. Vivians struggled against Tennessee's defense, shooting just 4-of-16, but still had 14 points. Point guard Morgan William also had a tough time shooting, at 4-of-17,

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but she had 11 points and seven assists. It was one of the more special nights in Mississippi State women's basketball history, a program that has become a contender under Schaefer, who's in his fourth season in Starkville. Mississippi State is now 18-4 overall and 5-3 in the brutal SEC. It was another painful emotional punch in the gut for Tennessee. The Lady Vols are playing hard and trying to find their way, but they keep confronting the reality that, especially with DeShields not close to 100 percent physically, their offense is a liability. Jordan Reynolds led the Lady Vols with 15 points; DeShields scored just one basket, which came in overtime. In the last 6½ minutes of the critical fourth quarter, Tennessee scored just one point. If Tennessee somehow loses to Alabama -- the Tide's only wins over the Lady Vols came in another era, 1981 and '84 -- then it would seems certain the Orange would fall from the rankings. If Tennessee wins, then ... we'll see. It's going to be close. These are difficult times in Knoxville. What happened Thursday was a historical event, certainly, in the annals of SEC women's basketball. Through mostly ups, and a few downs, an absolute constant for Tennessee was beating the Bulldogs. Most of the games in this series really weren't even that close; the Lady Vols won by double digits 27 times. Including by 65 points in 1997, a year when Tennessee lost 10 games yet won the national championship.

The most vexing period for the Bulldogs was 2000-04, during the careers of four-time All-American LaToya Thomas and Tan White, both of whom became WNBA players. Thomas, in fact, was the No. 1 draft pick in 2003. During this stretch, Mississippi State lost by single digits in six of eight games against Tennessee. Including the closest the Bulldogs ever got -- until Thursday, that is. That was in the semifinals of the 2003 SEC tournament, when Tennessee's Kara Lawson hit a buzzer-beater to top Mississippi State 76-75. It just seemed like -- even with the best player in program history -- it was impossible for the Bulldogs to beat Tennessee. Now, you might say that it was hard for almost everyone to top the Lady Vols for much of their history, and that's correct. But there was just something that Mississippi State couldn't get past. However, they have now. The Bulldogs had to work overtime to do it, but the zero in their record against Tennessee is, at last, gone.

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Okorie’s growth a sign of MSU’s progress in history-making win Adam Minichino Columbus Dispatch January 29, 2016

STARKVILLE -- Chinwe Okorie has put the backboards at Humphrey Coliseum through a lot in the last two-and-a-half seasons.

From First Deepwater of the Zenith League in her home country of Nigeria to Stoneleigh-Burnham School in Greenfield, Massachusetts, Okorie's resume doesn't have the level of experience of many of her peers on the Mississippi State women's basketball team.

As a result, the 6-foot-5 center had a bigger adjustment to make than her classmates when she arrived as a member of coach Vic Schaefer's first recruiting class in Starkville. Okorie's transition to Division I basketball stalled in her freshman season as NCAA questions about her eligibility forced her to sit out the season.

Last season, Okorie showed the size, strength, and potential to be a force in the middle for the Bulldogs. She also displayed an ability to inflict harm on backboards from close range with a touch that sometimes lacked finesse.

But Okorie didn't stop growing, learning, and refining her skills. Entering the 2015-16 season, Okorie said she was more confident in her ability to see the ball on the backboard better and to temper her strength when she shot it.

As Okorie has grown, so has the MSU women's basketball team. There was no better example of that relationship Thursday night, as Okorie converted a timely offensive rebound and Morgan William added a layup in the waning seconds of the shot clock in overtime to send No. 13 MSU to a 65-63 victory against No. 19 Tennessee before a crowd of 5,710 at Humphrey Coliseum.

"She is growing right in front of us," Schaefer said of Okorie. "Chinwe is slowing down and letting the game happen instead of rushing some things. We all have seen her rush that, but that rebound and stickback was huge."

The win enabled MSU (18-4, 5-3 Southeastern Conference) to post its first victory in the 37-game history of its series against Tennessee (12-8, 3-4). MSU made history by erasing the memory of two double-overtime losses to LSU and Kentucky last season and decades of frustration against one of the game's most storied programs.

Okorie (10 points, eight rebounds) played a starring role by making a play she admitted after the game that she wouldn't have been able to make last season. With MSU trailing 62-61 in OT, MSU ran a half-court set for leading scorer Victoria Vivians (14 points, 4 of 16 from the field), who curled around a screen by Okorie on the left wing and attempted a 3-pointer. Tennessee's Mercedes Russell, a 6-6 center, helped off Okorie and reached out to contest Vivians' shot, which went off the

back of the rim. Okorie didn't give up on the miss and moved to box out the player who was guarding Vivians. The ball appeared to deflect high over Okorie's head, but she reached back and somehow maintained her balance midway up the lane on the left side. Okorie looked like she was going to try to find a teammate, but then she heard something that changed her mind.

"I think it was fumbling in my hand first and then I just grabbed it," Okorie said. "I didn't know I was open, but then I heard Dominique (Dillingham) say, 'Go back up, go back up,' so I knew it was all clear. ... I thought I was double-teamed, so when I heard her I just trusted her judgment."

Okorie heeded Dillingham's wishes and powered the ball back up to give MSU a 63-62 led with 1 minute, 53 seconds remaining.

"She is just like me. Sometimes whenever I miss, I get down on myself," Dillingham said. "But it is just encouraging her to keep shooting it and focusing and not rushing it. She is going to make most of them, so it is just trusting her. She needs to trust us for her to take the shot, too."

If the offensive rebound putback showed how much Okorie's footwork and touch have improved, the next play reflected the evolution of her defense. Te'a Cooper missed a drive that Bashaara Graves rebounded in the lane. Instead of coming down with her arms in an attempt to stop Graves from shooting, Okorie stood straight up and stretched her arms as high as they could go. Okorie's play forced a held ball that gave the ball back to MSU.

It was white-knuckle time from there. The Bulldogs milked the shot clock on their next possession and had just enough

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time left for William to drive the right side for a layup as the shot clock buzzer sounded with 1:05 remaining. Diamond DeShields (four points on 1-of-4 shooting in 30 minutes) hit 1 of 2 free throws with 45.1 seconds to go to set the stage for the finish.

MSU called timeout with 26.7 seconds to set up a final shot. Unable to get a quality shot at the end of regulation, MSU again didn't get a great look at the basket, as Graves blocked a drive by William. The ball went off William out of bounds to give the ball back to Tennessee.

The Lady Volunteers made the most of the final 17 seconds and had a great look at the basket on a left-handed drive to the rim by Cooper (11 points), but her layup was too hard off the backboard. The ball caromed into the center of the lane, where a host of players from both teams tried to gain possession. The scrum continued until the final horn sounded that set off a celebration on the MSU sidelines that has been brewing since Feb. 22, 1986, the date of the first game against Tennessee.

Tennessee coach Holly Warlick praised the play of William, who had some of the game's biggest shots despite going 4 of 17 from the field. The sophomore point guard had 11 points, seven assists, and four rebounds in 40 minutes. Warlick also said Okorie, who had two points in six minutes against Tennessee last season, was a difference-maker inside.

"I don't recall her taking a bad shot," Warlick said. "We couldn't switch off her because of her size and her strength. I thought she did a great job. I thought she and Mercedes (Russell) battled pretty hard. Anytime you have a post in the paint that does what she does, it really opens it up for the

outside. I thought she hit big buckets when they needed big buckets."

Last season, Okorie's size helped her establish position on the low block, but her shooting has betrayed her when she attempted to finish the play. As a result, she averaged 3.4 points per game and shot 42.6 percent from the field. She averaged 1.4 ppg. and shot 40.9 percent in 16 SEC games.

Okorie entered the game against Tennessee averaging 6.0 ppg. and shooting 59.3 percent from the field. Her ability to finish when it counted was just one of several key examples of growth by the Bulldogs. Another was a drive by Vivians on MSU's second possession of OT. Often encouraged by Schaefer to go all the way to the rim and take contact, Vivians did just that, absorbing a hit by DeShields and going up on the right wing for a layup. She completed the three-point play to give MSU a 61-58 lead with 3:14 to play in the extra session.

"Coach is always talking about attack and don't settle," Vivians said. "Everybody was up, so I knew I had the baseline to myself. I just drove and there was contact and I got the and-one."

Schaefer smiled as Vivians answered the question. One question later, he praised all of his players and said how much he loves this season's team, even though the players sometimes drive him crazy. He couldn't help smile after thinking his team was on "life support" trailing 55-43 entering the fourth quarter. Schaefer said he was "embarrassed" by his team's play up until that point and then watched his team erase years of frustration and almosts against a perennial power. The fact that he said it was the first victory against

Tennessee for him and for associate head coach Johnnie Harris made it even special.

Seeing a player like Okorie make such a huge contribution was a fitting ingredient on a history-making night in front of a national television audience.

"Chinwe is doing a great job," Schaefer said. "She gave us some inside looks, also. In the first half, she wasn't just posting, she was pinning and had them deep in the lane. That is a sign of growing up a little bit, too."

Okorie hopes she can build on the effort. She said she knows she has the support of her teammates and her coaches, and knowing others believe in her makes it easier for her to work hard so she can continue to grow.

"Last year, I probably would have just stoned it hard on the backboard," Okorie said. "(The confidence her teammates and coaches have in her) makes my ability to grow like 10 times and my confidence 10 times.

"Dominique has played in a lot of games. She is in my class, but I didn't get to play my freshman year and she played. I respect all of the girls in my class -- Ketara, Dominique, Bre(anna) -- because they were there when I wasn't even there. It is just so much trust it is amazing."

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Long time coming: Bulldogs beat Lady Vols for first time Logan Lowery Daily Journal January 29, 2016 STARKVILLE – Sometimes traditions are hard to overcome. Mississippi State entered Thursday night’s game 0-36 all-time against Tennessee. The 13th-ranked Bulldogs appeared to be headed for their 37th straight loss to the Lady Vols after falling behind 55-43 in the third quarter. But MSU mounted a feverish comeback in the fourth, outscoring No. 19 Tennessee 15-3 in the final quarter to force overtime. The Bulldogs made three shots in the extra period, including a 3-point play by Victoria Vivians, and made a defensive stop in the final 17 seconds to hang on for a 65-63 victory. “This team showed a tremendous resilient side tonight,” said MSU coach Vic Schaefer. “There’s not a lot of teams that could’ve come back in the fourth quarter against Tennessee at all down 12. (Tennessee) was playing so well, and these kids changed the game.”

State (18-4, 5-3 SEC) shot 32.9 percent for the game and received 14 points each from Vivians and Dominique Dillingham. Morgan William added 11 points and seven assists, while Chinwe Okorie chipped in 10 points and eight rebounds. The Bulldogs committed a season-low five turnovers for the game and outrebounded Tennessee 20-10 on the offensive end. Mississippi State left its starters in for the entire first quarter and was able to build a 17-16 lead. Tennessee’s Jordan Reynolds hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer to tie the game at 33 at halftime. The Lady Vols carried that momentum into the second half starting on a 16-4 run and went on to outscore State 22-10 in the third quarter to take a 12-point lead. Mississippi State mounted a comeback in the fourth and tied the score at 58 with 1:55 on a pair of Vivians free throws. With the same score, Vivians had a chance to win it at the end of regulation, but her one-handed 3-pointer in the corner skipped out as the horn sounded. “I’m really proud of the way we executed in the fourth quarter, both defensively and offensively,” Schaefer said. “It’s just a heck of a win.” Tennessee has now lost four of its last five, falling to 3-4 in the SEC and 12-8 overall. The Lady Vols shot 43.6 percent from the field but committed 14 turnovers. “That’s just the way this season has gone thus far,” said Tennessee coach Holly Warlick.

“There are still a lot of games left, and we’ve got to battle. I can’t complain one bit about our heart, our battle and how hard we played.” Reynolds led Tennessee with 15 points followed by Adraya Carter and Diamond DeShields with 11 each. MSU travels to Arkansas on Sunday at 2 p.m. The Bulldogs defeated the Razorbacks 80-55 in Starkville on Jan. 10.

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Respect across nation continues to grow for MSU Danny P. Smith Starkville Daily News January 28, 2016 People that haven't attended a women's basketball game at Mississippi State for a while are surprised with what's taking place there right now. Sue Kennedy, a former official in the Southeastern Conference and now someone who evaluates officials, attended Sunday's game between the Bulldogs and the South Carolina Gamecocks. She saw the record-breaking crowd of 10,626, was impressed and told MSU coach Vic Schaefer about it prior to the game. Kennedy was the supervisor of officials for the Southland Conference when Schaefer was coaching at Sam Houston State and he was glad to visit with her again. "Sue is one of the all-time greatest and has been in the league since Pat Summitt's days," Schaefer said. "She was here evaluating on Sunday. She came down before the game and hugged me. I hadn't seen her in so long. She said, 'Wow. I never would have believed this would

be going on in Starkville, Mississippi, at Mississippi State.' She said, 'What a tremendous atmosphere and tremendous job,' and was so proud to see the change." Schaefer has turned the Bulldogs into a top 25 program in the four years he's been the coach and crowds have grown from a few hundred to over 10,000 now with Sunday's crowd. Another nice attendance is expected tonight when MSU hosts Tennessee at 8 p.m. The game is being promoted as a "True Maroon Game" and everyone that attends is encouraged to wear maroon. Lately when people come watch the Bulldogs play at Humphrey Coliseum, they win. Before losing a 57-51 decision to the Gamecocks, MSU had a 16-game winning streak at home. The Bulldogs have won 31 of their last 34 games at home going back to the 2013-14 season. The 28-2 record at home the last two seasons is the second-best in the Southeastern Conference. When MSU gets crowds of over 7,000 and 10,000 as it has in the last two games at home, it does encourage the players. "The crowd is what gets us into the game more and our bench is unbelievable," State junior Ketara Chapel said. The Bulldogs reached the NCAA Tournament last season for the first time since 2009-10 season and are set to reach that postseason destination once again this year. MSU stands 17-4 overall and is ranked No. 13 in the nation.

Schaefer said people, like Kennedy, are beginning to take notice of what's taking place in Starkville. "I think people realize this isn't the Mississippi State of old," Schaefer said. "That's no knock on anyone who was here previously or any teams here previously. I think people across the country realize ? number one, the talent we have here with our players and number two, it's the staff that I have here. I think across the country people respect us and they respect how we play the game."

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Historic win for MSU erasing 36 straight losses to Vols Michael Bonner The Clarion-Ledger January 28, 2016 STARKVILLE — Vic Schaefer finished the handshake line with a hug. Mississippi State’s coach embraced his assistant Johnnie Harris for about 30 seconds as the 5,710 fans surrounding them in Humphrey Coliseum celebrated the No. 13 Bulldogs’ 65-63 overtime win over No. 19 Tennessee on Thursday night. Tears formed in Schaefer’s eyes before he walked to midcourt for another hug, this one with MSU athletic director Scott Stricklin. On Wednesday, Schaefer deflected all notion that a game against Tennessee — a team MSU had never beaten — held any more value than any other Southeastern Conference game. "It's not just winning a game," Schaefer said. "It's how we won the game. These kids, they're special." After losing three of its last four games overall, erasing a 12-point fourth-quarter deficit and snapping a 36-game losing streak to Tennessee, Mississippi State celebrated. They danced

on the court. They posed for pictures. This one meant more. "It's just the emotion of knowing so many years of futility and so many years of frustration and almosts," Schaefer said. "...Johnnie and I have been together so long. I don't think she has, I know haven't. We've never beaten Tennessee." Morgan William, the smallest player on the court at 5-foot-5, scored the deciding bucket. The point guard freestyled out of a timeout for a layup as the shot clock expired to give MSU a 65-62 lead. After making a free throw, the Volunteers missed a shot on the final possession. Dominique Dillingham, who led MSU with 14 points, went to the floor for her fourth rebound to cement the historic win. "These kids showed a tremendous resilience," Schaefer said. "There's not a lot of teams that could have come back against Tennessee." The teams shared eight ties in the first half, including 33-33 at halftime. The first 20 minutes also included nine lead changes. Tennessee led by as many as six. Mississippi State’s largest cushion was three. The Bulldogs held that the lead on Tennessee’s final possession of the first half. Jordan Reynolds buried a 3 as time expired to tie the game. The game wasn’t tied again until the end of regulation. Tennessee opened the second half with three straight buckets. The Bulldogs made 1 of 14 shots out of halftime. MSU’s

woes allowed the Volunteers to take a 49-37 lead on a 16-4 run. "We needed to get up on defense and just talk and we had to get stops," Dillingham said. MSU responded in the fourth quarter limiting Tennessee to three points. The Volunteers scored eight points after the third quarter. The celebration can’t last long. Mississippi State now embarks on a tough stretch to finish the season. Five of its final eight games are on the road. "As long as we never give up, we're in any game, just to keep fighting," Dillingham said. "It just gives us a lot of confidence beating Tennessee."

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It’s time for MSU women to take next step vs. Tennessee Adam Minichino Columbus Dispatch January 27, 2016

It's time.

Coming off a strong performance in front of a record crowd at Humphrey Coliseum, there would be no better way for the Mississippi State women's basketball team to take the next step than to make more history Thursday night.

On Sunday, then-No. 10 MSU lost to No. 2 South Carolina 57-51 before a crowd of 10,626, which exceeded the listed capacity of Humphrey Coliseum by 126. The crowd was the biggest in MSU's history, the largest to see a women's basketball game in the state of Mississippi, and the fourth-largest in the history of the Hump.

Even though the Bulldogs fell short, it wasn't due to a lack of effort or not enough support. The Hump was rockin', the music was pumpin', the Bulldogs were taking charges and frustrating the Gamecocks. Unfortunately, a season-low field goal shooting percentage of 27.1 percent was too much to overcome.

No. 13 MSU needs all of those fans back at 8 p.m. Thursday when it plays host to No. 19 Tennessee. Don't let the Tennessee's ranking or record (12-7, 3-3 Southeastern Conference) fool you. The Lady Volunteers always will be relevant in women's basketball because longtime coach Pat Summitt was a trail blazer. She made it cool to want to wear orange and to watch women's basketball because her teams were relentless, especially on the offensive boards, and played with a fire and a swagger that dared you to even think about being competitive with them.

MSU hasn't been able to hang with Tennessee for a majority of the 36 meetings in a series that dates back to 1986. The Bulldogs have been able to stay within nine points of the Lady Volunteers in only nine of those matchups. They are still looking for their first victory in the series.

"That is always motivation playing against Tennessee if you have never beaten them," former MSU point guard Katia May said. "When you start playing, you have nothing to lose, so you might as well play. Regardless of whether you beat them this year or next year, Tennessee is always going to be the team to beat because they are Tennessee.

"It is just different. It is Pat Summitt and everybody else who has been a part of Tennessee. The legacy they have, it is bragging rights to say you have beaten them."

The Bulldogs have come close. There was a 67-63 loss in 2014 in Starkville. There also was a seven-point loss in 2009 in Starkville. MSU's best chance

for a victory came from 2000-04 when it had former All-Americans LaToya Thomas and Tan White. In that span, MSU lost six of seven games to Tennessee by eight points or less. Two of the games were in the SEC tournament, including a 76-75 loss in 2003 in Little Rock, Arkansas.

This year is different. You could argue that by rankings alone MSU should be the favorite, but Tennessee has played a tougher non-conference schedule, so it should be accustomed to playing in a hostile environment and used to getting an 'A' game from another ranked opponent.

You also could argue MSU has been close several times in the past two seasons at home -- against LSU, Kentucky, and South Carolina -- and that the odds say it is due for a victory.

Don't believe either argument. Believe May and Diamber Johnson, another former MSU point guard. Both players were in attendance earlier this month to watch MSU beat Arkansas 80-55 in Humphrey Coliseum. Both players have had their highs and lows against Tennessee. They know how much respect Tennessee has earned throughout the years. They also know how much progress MSU has made under head coach Vic Schaefer and his staff in three-and-a-half seasons.

In fact, May said the tide already is turning and that MSU is creating a new brand that is appealing to younger players.

"Instead of being, 'Oh, we are about to play Tennessee, it will be, 'Oh, we are about to play Mississippi State,' " May said. "Coach Schaefer has done a

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heck of a job. I am proud to have been a part of it."

Johnson agrees, but she doesn't think MSU has taken a "huge step" because the Bulldogs have grown each year since Schaefer's first season in Starkville -- a 13-17 campaign in 2012-13.

"They have added something every year," May said. "Before when you used to say Mississippi State, it was like, 'Ehhhhhhhhhhh.' Now it is like, 'Mississippi State.' You better watch out. It is that type of hype now. It isn't even hype. That is just what it is. It shows how much State has grown and changed since coach Schaefer has been here."

That's why it is time. It's time for MSU to take the next step after a 27-win season in which it won all of the games many expected it to win. Wins against LSU, Kentucky, and Duke would have put MSU on a faster track than even Schaefer expected his team to be on in year three. In year four, MSU has worn the bull's eye on its back and has taken the best shots from most every opponent. It came close to beating then-No. 6 Texas in Austin, Texas, in December, and then earned an impressive victory against then-No. 20 South Florida in Jacksonville, Florida.

But Tennessee is different. There is an aura and an intimidation factor MSU will have to avoid if it wants to make history. The Bulldogs also will have to play with the tenacity they showed against the Gamecocks for 40 minutes. Efforts like MSU had against Southeastern Louisiana, Missouri (first quarter), and

Georgia aren't going to be good enough. After talking about embracing the expectations for the past year-and-a-half, it is time for MSU to take the next step and win a game it should win.

MSU should want to play with that kind of effort because there is a good chance a performance like that will earn this team a place in history. The Bulldogs also should want to play like they did against the Gamecocks because it is the way basketball is supposed to be played. That is something Schaefer has tried to convey to his players since he arrived. You can see it in how junior Dominique Dillingham gets beat off the dribble and then recovers to beat her player to a spot and takes a charge. It is sacrifice. It is commitment. South Carolina coach Dawn Staley saw it Sunday and was impressed.

"Vic does a great job. He loves our game," Staley said. "He loves his team. He loves when basketball is being played the way it is supposed to be played, and he loves when people come and see it because when you work hard and you put a product on the floor that people can be proud of, you want to show them off. It is like a new baby. You want to take pictures, and he wants to show off his baby, and his team is his baby. They played extremely well. They made themselves a national powerhouse, and it is great. I am glad they are in our league."

Staley admitted the crowd at Humphrey Coliseum "affected" her team. She also said she thought South Carolina would handle the atmosphere better. That is a credit to MSU's fans. They accepted a challenge

presented to them in October 2015 to pack the Hump and support a program on the rise.

Now it is MSU's turn to accept its latest mission: Beat Tennessee. Throw the all-time record out. Drown out the sounds of "Rocky Top," the unofficial fight song for Tennessee. Instead, lift cardboard cutouts of Christopher Walken over your heads and demand more cow bell. Ask the DJ at the Hump to play "Don't Stop Believin' " one more time.

It's time.

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MSU hopes for history against No. 2 South Carolina Michael Bonner The Clarion-Ledger January 23, 2016 STARKVILLE — Vic Schaefer barked at his team inside an empty Humphrey Coliseum on Saturday morning. A few hours later a near sellout crowd of 9,932 attended the men’s basketball game against Ole Miss. Schaefer envisions the same support Sunday when his Mississippi State women’s basketball team hosts No. 2 South Carolina. “That’s why you play the game,” Schaefer said. “That’s why you go to school at certain places. That’s why you invest so much time, blood, sweat, tears. For them to be able to experience playing in front of their people, their fans is really going to be special.” No. 10 Mississippi State is promoting the game as a “White Out” and “History at the Hump” trying to draw 10,000 fans. The total would be about 3,000 more than the most ever for a women’s basketball game in Mississippi. Drawing 10,000 isn't the most difficult task for Mississippi State. South Carolina joins

Connecticut as the only undefeated teams in the nation. The Gamecocks beat MSU by 19 last year when the teams were ranked second and 11th respectively. South Carolina led by 13 at halftime and pushed it to 21 in the second half. “It’s a daunting task,” Schaefer said. “South Carolina is awfully talented, well coached, they play the game like we do: extremely hard, defend awfully hard, physical inside, athletic. They’ve got all the tools.” The Bulldogs only had a day to prepare for it all. The NCAA requires teams to take at least one day off during a Sunday-to-Saturday week. MSU played on Monday, which meant a practice on Sunday. Then it prepared for Georgia on Thursday with two practices. It left only one day to gameplan for South Carolina. “It’s very difficult,” Schaefer said. “But at the same time, I think that’s when you rely on your fundamentals, especially defensively. Our kids will have great focus.” Mississippi State enters the matchup with the SEC’s second best offense averaging 76.8 points per game. South Carolina averages 76.7. The Bulldogs’ Victoria Vivians leads the league in scoring at 17.6 per game. The Gamecocks’ Alaina Coates leads the league shooting 69.5 percent for the season. “I think it was just hard to stop them. They have so many weapons to stop them. When you’re not scoring on offense, you can’t outmatch them,” guard

Dominique Dillingham said. “I think just taking one play at a time. If they score, just knowing that we need to score too. Or if we stop them, we need to score. It’s just one play at a time.” South Carolina has won the last six games in the series. Mississippi State is 2-10 all time against teams ranked No. 2. The last win came against Georgia in March of 2000. The Bulldogs hope to rewrite those history books Sunday. “I don’t think anybody will walk out the arena on Sunday and be disappointed with in my kids’ effort,” Schaefer said. “I think that’s what brings people back. I think that’s the respect our kids have earned over the years.”

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Schaefer concerned by recent struggles for MSU women Adam Minichino Columbus Dispatch January 23, 2016

Vic Schaefer is concerned.

The veteran coach has watched the Mississippi State women's basketball team struggle shooting the basketball in its last two Southeastern Conference road games, so he is contemplating a change.

As an assistant and associate head coach with Gary Blair at Arkansas and Texas A&M and now has head coach at MSU, Schaefer relishes the opportunity to work on fundamentals and strategy with his players in practice. For years, Schaefer has said players have to get in the gym and work on their shooting because there isn't enough time to go over everything every week in the hours the team is given.

But after shooting a season-low 27.6 percent in a loss at Missouri and 34 percent Thursday in a loss at Georgia, Schafer is considering using more of his practice time so his players can work on their shooting.

"We're not going to beat anyone if we don't make shots, whether it is home or away," Schaefer said. "The kids have to get in the gym more and shoot on their own or I have to start doing less fundamental work and strategy in my hours a week and spend more time just shooting, which is where I am kind of leaning."

Schaefer made the comments Friday following a 47-43 loss at Georgia. MSU's season-low point total dropped its production in SEC games to 65.3 points per game. MSU is scoring 76.8 ppg. overall, which is second in the Southeastern Conference.

No. 10 MSU (17-3, 4-2 SEC) will try to get back to its higher-scoring ways at 4 p.m. today (ESPN2) when it plays host to No. 2 South Carolina (18-0, 6-0) at Humphrey Coliseum. MSU is trying to make history today and eclipse the 10,000 mark in attendance for the first time in program history.

A return home could help the Bulldogs' shooting. MSU, which is 11-0 at home this season, earned its latest victory at Humphrey Coliseum on Monday in a 79-51 decision against Ole Miss. MSU shot 49.1 percent in that game, but it followed it up by scoring 14 points in the first half against Georgia. MSU shot 26.1 percent in the first 20 minutes and 34 percent for the game in an effort Schaefer called "disappointing" because all of his players weren't aggressive on offense against a 2-3 zone.

Schaefer admitted teams usually are going to see a difference in their shooting percentages on the road and at home, but he said his players have to

overcome those things because they are part of the home-court advantage.

"We have to get the excuses out and make shots and get it done," Schaefer said.

Schaefer said he was pleased with his team's defense against Georgia, but he said his team continues to make mistakes that make it difficult to win. He said MSU's floater on the press gave up long passes multiple times that he said led to 10-11 points. He also said key turnovers and calls that went against his team proved costly on a night sophomore Victoria Vivians (9-of-24 shooting, 2 of 11 from 3-point range, 20 points) was the only player to score in double figures.

"I thought Victoria's shot selection was a lot better. I am not disappointed in that at all," Schaefer said.

But Schaefer also agreed that he doesn't want MSU to continue to have games in which Vivians takes 24 shots and 6-foot-5 center Chinwe Okorie and 6-7 center Teaira McCowan combine to take five. MSU is the only team in the SEC that has one player -- Vivians -- with double the number of shots attempts than every other player on the roster.

"Victoria was at least aggressive and she went to the hole," said Schaefer, who added he thought she was fouled on a few of those drives. "Victoria went to the hole and she didn't settle. She shot 11 3-pointers but they all were not rushed or bad."

Schaefer said he finally had to go to a man-to-man offense

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against Georgia's zone in an attempt to get his players to be more aggressive. The switch helped MSU score 29 points in the second half, but it wasn't enough to overcome that fact that MSU attempted only 12 free throws and Morgan William (seven points) was its only other player with more than four points.

Schaefer said MSU's lack of offensive rebounding is adding to its struggles. "If we're going to shoot that poorly we need to rebound it," Schaefer said. "That is an issue that is concerning. We have to be better at it."

Schaefer acknowledged a change in his approach to practice would be new because he has never done it. That being said, Schaefer also knows things could change again with such a young team, but he knows he can't afford to wait much longer because things likely will get even tougher as opponents have even more film to watch and things to try to shut the Bulldogs down.

"The other ain't working, so I may have to be an active participant in my own remedy," Schaefer said. "I am not saying we are going to do it, but that is the road we're headed down if we don't change."

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Mississippi State’s rise follows its ‘Pied Piper’ David Brandt The Associated Press The New York Times January 23, 2016 STARKVILLE, Miss. — Vic Schaefer said he could have taken several head coaching jobs while he was an assistant for 15 years at Arkansas and Texas A&M. His former boss — Texas A&M Coach Gary Blair — has an offbeat theory about why Schaefer finally took the helm of the Mississippi State women’s team in 2012. “It’s because he’s so cheap,” Blair said. “Both schools wear maroon, and he didn’t want to change his wardrobe.” Jokes aside, Schaefer agreed that there were similarities between the programs beyond the colors. Much like Texas A&M before Blair and Schaefer arrived in 2003, Mississippi State had never been a consistent threat in the Southeastern Conference. Schaefer saw a program that could rise in a hurry. Four years later, it appears he was right. No. 10 Mississippi State (17-3, 4-2) is about to embark on one of the biggest weeks in its history. The Bulldogs host No. 2 South Carolina on Sunday and No. 18 Tennessee on Thursday.

A few wins could solidify the program as a favorite to win the conference title. The rapid rise has caught even Schaefer by surprise. It was not until the preseason that he realized his team might be ready to make the jump from very good to elite. “Once we got these kids on campus and realized the skill set we had, we knew we had a pretty good basketball team,” Schaefer said. “There’s a lot of basketball left, but, yes, it’s very rewarding to see us at this point.” It was not just the winning that had Schaefer excited. It was the enthusiasm around the program. More than 7,100 fans went to Humphrey Coliseum to watch the Bulldogs beat their in-state rival, Mississippi, last Monday. That was the second-largest crowd in program history. Now the university is making a social media push to try to draw 10,000 fans against South Carolina. Blair said Schaefer’s charisma — along with the winning — was perfect for kindling fan interest. “Vic can talk with a fire hydrant,” Blair said. “And then he can squeeze a little money out of it and get it to join the booster club.” Mississippi State Athletic Director Scott Stricklin said it was the atmosphere he expected when he hired Schaefer. “I wanted to make women’s basketball something that’s really important — not just something you have to do,” Stricklin said. “Something you can get behind and create a

following. He’s been our Pied Piper.” The 54-year-old Schaefer’s easygoing, down-home personality has been a perfect fit in Starkville. Schaefer, a Houston native, has slowly worked his way through the women’s college coaching ranks, starting with the head coaching job at Sam Houston State from 1990 to 1997. He had just one winning season during eight seasons with the Bearkats while dealing with a meager budget and resources. In 1997, Schaefer said he was making $35,000 a year and had $25,000 in debt when he decided to join Blair as an assistant at Arkansas. It was a great choice. He went to 11 N.C.A.A. tournaments with Blair during his time at Arkansas and Texas A&M, capped by the Aggies’ national championship run in 2011. Finally, Schaefer earned his chance to lead another program in 2012 when Mississippi State called. “I really felt like Mississippi State was committed and wanted to win,” Schaefer said. “One big thing is I’ve been able to hire the right people, and I have the resources. I’m smart enough to know I can’t do it by myself.” The Bulldogs were 13-17 during Schaefer’s first season, but he quickly built his roster. He brought several good players to campus and then added one elite talent, Victoria Vivians, who helped push Mississippi State into the Top 10. Vivians, a 6-foot-1 sophomore guard from Carthage, Miss., leads the team with nearly 18

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points per game. She said she always wanted to stay close to home even before Schaefer arrived at Mississippi State, but a few conversations with Schaefer during recruiting solidified her decision. Now Vivians is playing in games with SEC title implications. “It’s been everything I expected,” Vivians said. “Coach Schaefer is always so positive with us, and it rubs off on everyone. “Mississippi State’s never really been known for women’s basketball — usually it’s all about football, men’s basketball or baseball — so this is something that’s been really fun.”

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Schaefer, Bulldogs demonstrate special connection with fans Bob Carskadon Hail State Beat January 22, 2016 To get inside Humphrey Coliseum and find a seat on gameday for Mississippi State women’s basketball, one has to navigate and constantly moving (and laughing, eating and playing) maze of children and families. Middle schoolers sprint by on the steps into the arena, elementary students pop out of every possible door or crevice in the concourse, looking for their parents or their friends or where exactly the smell of popcorn is coming from. The seats themselves are filled with toddlers to high schoolers, parents and grandparents surrounding them. They’re among the most enthusiastic during the games – both the kids and adults – and within moments of the game ending (typically a win for the Bulldogs here lately) the kids are swarming all the players on the team who have stepped over the understood boundaries of the court and climbed into the stands to take pictures, sign autographs and just talk with their fans.

“I look up there and I’ve got [6’7” freshman forward] Teaira McCowan up there usually holding a kid with each arm,” head coach Vic Schaefer said. His team is in the news now daily, ranked in the Top 10 and quickly becoming recognized as one of the SEC’s great powers in women’s college basketball. They’re getting attention outside of the fanbase for winning, but it’s those moments in the stands that the program wasn’t just built on, but built specifically for. MSU’s team isn’t just important to the community: they’re part of it. The games serve as practically a citywide event, a bi-weekly carnival of games (including the Kidz Court play area for children in the practice facility before each contest) and interaction. “When you talk about building a program, it’s more than just wins and losses,” the head coach explained. “It’s more than just who the coach is, who the staff is.” Schaefer’s face broke into a wide, bright smile when he was asked about the particularly strong connection between his team and their fans. Even away home, the relationship is evident. There are often a few of the more devoted fans on the team plane when the Bulldogs travel, there are regularly organized buses of supporters for away games, and anywhere MSU goes there seems to be at least a small cluster of people nearby who find their way to see the team. Whether it’s a dozen people on the road, the 7,100 who were at MSU’s last home game or the 10,000-plus they’re hoping to

have when they host No. 2 South Carolina Sunday, Schaefer and his group treat them like family. “When we played at Florida, we had 15-20 fans there,” he recalled. “We went into the stands and saw the 15 or 20 from Florida who happened to be Mississippi State Bulldogs.” The attitude of the team bleeds into the entire atmosphere of the events surrounding games. Toralyn Knox, wife of MSU running backs and special teams coordinator Greg Knox, has seen her little kids become fixtures of games, always finding their way onto the video board and roaming The Hump confidently and fearlessly with their friends. “They love it,” she said. “They look forward to it. They always tell me what time we need to leave so they can get here on time to plays at Kidz Court.” “It’s just a good activity for the kids to do,” agreed MSU professor Dr. Adam Love, whose three-year-old daughter Elaina is a regular at Kidz Court. “It’s fun for them to come out and see their friends.” For the Knox family, it’s a welcome comfort. They’ve been to six different schools through Greg’s career, including three different programs in the SEC. None have been quite like what they have at MSU, where appropriately enough, their cousin Ketara Chapel is a junior forward on Schaefer’s team. “It is probably the best family atmosphere that I’ve been around in college sports,” Toralyn said. Of course, hosting events for kids hasn’t been the only reason

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for the surge in attendance and the growing following Schaefer’s team has. Dominating on the court has played a significant role, too. From day one, just over three years ago, MSU fans could see the difference Schaefer was making. They saw that things were quickly projecting in the right direction. Then, two years ago, the Bulldogs made a not-entirely-surprising and extremely entertaining run in the WNIT, ending the season on a particularly high note, expectations quickly rising. Last year, Schaefer’s third, his team took the next step. They cracked the top 15, they made the NCAA Tournament (very nearly hosting) and advanced to the second round. Now, in year four, MSU is among not just the SEC’s, but the nation’s elite. The crowds had been coming as it was, but now they’re really showing up, evidenced by the second-largest crowd in program history for a Monday night game against an unranked opponent this week. “I think our kids have earned the respect of anyone who has ever come in The Hump and watched us play, by how they play the game, how they honor the game and with their effort,” Schaefer said this week. “I think parents want their daughters and sons to see how hard our kids play and how they play the game.” There are a great number of things Vic Schaefer loves about being a coach, about being at Mississippi State and about his players. The bond between team and fans may be his greatest joy. “The personalities that our kids have,” he said, “I think that’s the infectious piece. Our kids go into the stands after a game. You

get to know our kids. They all have beautiful smiles. They have great personalities. “Now,” he continued, “it’s not just kids wanting their pictures with my players. It’s parents, it’s moms and dads, it’s students. That’s part of the program. That’s part of building the program. Not what we do, but how we do it. A lot of people don’t do that. “It warms my heart after a ballgame,” Schaefer shared as his reflections came to an end. “It’s what I really enjoy most, to see our kids, how they interact and their personalities, and the relationships that they’ve built with our fanbase. I think our fans like it, too.”

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Miss. State thriving under Coach Mechelle Voepel espnW.com January 22, 2016 Vic Schaefer had been in the coaching business a long time when he took over at Mississippi State in 2012. He knew what it would require to build a consistently competitive program there, just as he had helped his good friend Gary Blair do at Arkansas and Texas A&M as an assistant coach. But on top of all that knowledge and experience, having a little geographical luck didn't hurt, either. When Schaefer got the Bulldogs job, the player who would turn out to score more points than any girl in Mississippi state high school history -- 5,745 -- was a prep sophomore: Victoria Vivians, a 6-foot-1 guard from Carthage. "The first call I made was to her high school coach," Schaefer said. "We worked our tails off in recruiting her because we knew the importance of keeping her here. Obviously, it's been big for us. It's a special time to have a kid like her on our basketball team." What the Bulldogs are still trying to establish this season, though, is that they are a consistently solid offensive team around Vivians too. In her second collegiate season, she is

averaging a team-best 17.6 points per game for No. 10 Mississippi State. But in a 47-43 loss on Thursday at Georgia, Mississippi State was too dependent on Vivians, who had 20 points. Georgia's zone pretty much shut down the inside game of Mississippi State, which got no relief from its dismal 2-of-20 shooting from 3-point range. It was the opposite of what had happened on Monday in Mississippi State's 79-51 victory over in-state rival Mississippi, when the Bulldogs showed they didn't have to depend on double-digit scoring from Vivians to win. She had eight points and nine rebounds as some of the Bulldogs' other strengths were on display. Sophomore point guard Morgan William and two of Mississippi State's big threats inside, 6-5 junior Chinwe Okorie and 6-7 freshman Teaira McCowan, all scored in double figures in that game, played in front of 7,128 fans at the Bulldogs' Humphrey Coliseum in Starkville. It was the program's second-largest home crowd -- the Bulldogs drew 7,326 last March against Ole Miss -- but Mississippi State is hoping for even more on Sunday. That's when No. 2 South Carolina, the SEC leader, visits "The Hump" (ESPN2, 5 p.m. ET). That's one of two huge back-to-back home games coming up for the Bulldogs. They host No. 18 Tennessee on Jan. 28 (SEC Network, 9 p.m. ET), which could be a historically significant game. Mississippi State is the only SEC team that has never beaten the Lady Vols, who are 36-0 in the series that began in 1986.

Mississippi State is 17-3 overall and 4-2 in the SEC, part of the second-place logjam. Thursday's loss was offensively very ugly -- the score was 17-14 at halftime -- and like Mississippi State's other two defeats this season, it came on the road with Vivians as the only Bulldog to score in double figures. Mississippi State fell at Texas 53-47 on Dec. 2 and at Missouri 66-54 on Jan. 14. But the Bulldogs responded to the losses by winning their next game by 28 points, both times. So let's see how they do against the unbeaten Gamecocks. Point guard Morgan William has tallied 106 assists to 49 turnovers in 26.5 minutes per game. She ranks second at Mississippi State at 9.2 PPG. AP Photo/Jim Lytle William, who is second on the team in scoring at 9.2 PPG and leads in assists (106), said that the Bulldogs feed off their home environment. And having the chance to play a big rivalry game against Mississippi right after losing to Missouri was actually the best thing for the Bulldogs. "It was a nice atmosphere, and I'm glad I'm able to be a part of this program and that rivalry," said William, who is from Birmingham, Alabama. "Our fans gave us a lot of great energy." Mississippi State had a few strong seasons before Schaefer took over. The Bulldogs under coach Sharron Fanning-Otis went to the NCAA tournament six times, most recently in 2010, when they made the Sweet 16. Four-time All-American LaToya Thomas (2000-03) and Tan

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White (2002-06) remain the program's all-time leading scorers. Fanning-Otis was the program's sixth coach, and the only one who had a winning career record; she was 281-232 in 17 seasons. But she had a winning mark in the SEC just three times. What Schaefer hoped to do was make Mississippi State a real contender in the SEC, which would also mean being a national contender. He went 5-11 in the league his first two seasons, then turned that around last year, going 11-5. The 27-7 Bulldogs set records for most overall wins, and SEC victories, in program history, and they put a scare in Duke before falling in the NCAA tournament's second round 64-56 in Durham, North Carolina. They lost four seniors from that team -- Martha Alwal, Kendra Grant, Jerica James and Savannah Carter -- and Schaefer is very grateful for how much they contributed to last year's breakthrough season. Those were players he and his staff inherited when they took over the Bulldogs, and they bought into what Schaefer asked of them. He has just one senior this season, reserve forward Sherise Williams. So nearly all of the team that Schaefer has now is coming back next season. Yes, as you might expect with Schaefer, the Bulldogs spend a lot of time in practice on defense. That has long been Schaefer's specialty, and part of his big contribution to Texas A&M's NCAA title in 2011.

But Mississippi State has shown offensive prowess too, Thursday's game notwithstanding. The Bulldogs have averaged 76.8 PPG, and it starts, of course, with the scoring dynamo Vivians. She could seemingly put the ball through the rim at will throughout high school. (She also played a varsity season as an eighth grader.) As Vivians has adjusted to college defenses geared specifically to stop her, she has learned, Schaefer said, "You can turn down a good shot and go get a great shot." But Vivians also knows that she has some strong post players to pass to, and the Bulldogs will need more from them offensively as the season continues. The development of the rookie McCowan, in particular, should be fun to watch. Teaira McCowan, a 6-foot-7 freshman center, leads Mississippi State in rebounding at 6.9 boards per game. She ranks third in scoring at 8.5 PPG. Jim Lytle/AP Photo You could say that, though, about Mississippi State as a whole. There's a junior class led by guard Dominique Dillingham who has, as much as anyone, helped put the "bulldog" in the Bulldogs with her toughness and sense of urgency on court. There's the sophomore group led by Vivians and William, the latter of whom took seven on-ball charges in a 72-70 victory over SMU in a tournament in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on Dec. 21. (And you can imagine what kind of Christmas present that was to Mr. Defense. Schaefer still sounds giddy recounting it:

"That's on-ball charges, not helping! I mean, that's hard to do!") And certainly while not making the upcoming South Carolina and Tennessee games the be-all and end-all of the regular season -- there still will be eight tough SEC games left -- Schaefer is excited to have two such chances to showcase his team to the hometown fans against marquee foes and try to bounce back from the loss at Georgia. "I think anybody likes to play in front of a big crowd, and that's going to be a plus for all of our players," Schaefer said. "Part of building a program is not just the wins and losses, but it's about the fan base. "It's been neat watching things change here. Our first year here, if you were on press row, you'd have to whisper, or everybody in the gym could hear you. Over the course of time, I give our kids the credit: They've earned the respect of our fans, who enjoy watching them play. We're getting after it."

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Being the Bre she wants to be Adam Minichino Columbus Dispatch January 20, 2016

STARKVILLE -- Breanna Richardson didn't hesitate.

It didn't matter that the Mississippi State women's basketball team was leading Ole Miss by 28 points with less than five minutes remaining. It also didn't enter Richardson's mind she was seeing her first action after a hard fall to the floor against Auburn forced her to miss two games.

The only thing Richardson thought about was gaining possession of the loose ball.

Richardson's quick reaction with 4 minutes, 7 seconds remaining Monday night helped MSU gain control and call a timeout that didn't play a big role in No. 10 MSU's 79-51 victory at Humphrey Coliseum. In the bigger picture, though, Richardson's hustle and quick thinking reflected a focus and an aggressiveness that the Bulldogs are going to need as they approach the toughest portion of their schedule.

Richardson had eight points and seven rebounds in 17 minutes Monday to help MSU bounce back from a loss to then-No. 24 Missouri that snapped the team's 11-game winning streak. She and MSU (17-2, 4-1 Southeastern Conference) will try to use the momentum they

gained from recording the program's largest margin of victory in the series against Ole Miss at 6 p.m. Thursday when it plays at Georgia (13-5, 1-4).

"I guess we're just used to playing hard and getting on the ground for all loose balls with coach (Vic) Schaefer," Richardson said. "I didn't really think about my head."

Richardson said she enjoyed being back on the court after missing games against Arkansas and Missouri. The 6-foot-1 junior forward from Conyers, Georgia, suffered a concussion when she crashed to the court after grabbing a rebound. She returned to the court with intensity and didn't hesitate to take the basketball aggressively to the basket. Her best stretch came in the fourth quarter when she had a blocked shot and then ran the floor to take a pass from Jazzmun Holmes for a layup. On the next possession, Richardson went hard to the rim and converted a three-point play. She missed a drive on the next trip but reacted quickly to re-gain possession and give the Bulldogs a chance to call timeout.

Her eight-point performance was her biggest scoring output in her last seven games. Through 19 games, Richardson is averaging 5.9 points and 4.0 rebounds in 16 minutes. She also is shooting 35.3 percent from the field.

Those numbers are down from last season, when she averaged 8.5 points and 6.1 rebounds per game and shot 43.9 percent from the field in 19.6 minutes per game in the first 19 games. She finished the season averaging 8.4 points and 5.7 rebounds, but

she played some of her best basketball down the stretch. She started 14 of the Bulldogs' final 15 games and had six double-digit scoring games. On the flip side, Richardson had two scoreless games, one game in which she scored one point, and another in which she scored three. Schaefer has said repeatedly through the last two seasons he needs production and consistency from Richardson and classmate Ketara Chapel at the four position, or power forward. He praised Richardson for her effort in her first game back.

"It's nice to have Breanna Richardson back," Schaefer said. "We missed her. We managed to get through that little stretch without her OK, but it is good to have her back. She brings a lot of athleticism and some toughness and some rebounding to the table. I thought she did a great job tonight."

Richardson said she doesn't mind being the team's biggest cheerleader when she is on the bench, but she admitted it was tough watching the Bulldogs the last two games, especially at Missouri. She said she was excited to play with the energy she showed against Ole Miss and hopes she can continue to bring it the rest of the season. Richardson showed some of the same work ethic in a 76-70 win at Florida on Jan. 3, scoring 11 points, grabbing three offensive rebounds, and making two steals. She also played well in MSU's only other loss at then-No. 6 Texas with eight points. She was 6 of 10 from the free-throw line and added six rebounds and three steals.

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But Richardson continues to work through turnover issues. She had four in 16 minutes against Texas and four against Florida in 28 minutes. She had two assists and one turnover against Ole Miss and didn't appear to let it or any of her missed shots from the field alter her focus or sap her energy.

"I am just playing. I am not really worrying about anything," Richardson said. "A lot of people told me I haven't been playing like me and I have been out there thinking too much. I guess I am just coming out here and trying not to think too much and going with the flow."

Richardson said she has heard the comments from teammates, friends, coaches, and her parents. She said she hasn't been playing like she wants to and is "trying to get back to the old Bre."

The "old Bre" played some of her best basketball as a freshman, when she averaged a career-best 9.5 points and 5.9 rebounds. She started 31 games in her first season at MSU, but since then she has been in and out of the starting lineup as Schaefer searches for the most productive player at that position. Richardson has shown flashes of that consistency. The most recent stretch came last season, when she scored in double figures five times in a span of six games to re-gain her starting spot. She played in 30 or more minutes in eight of the Bulldogs' final 15 games.

With games against No. 2 South Carolina and No. 18 Tennessee as well as road games against Arkansas and LSU in the next few weeks, Richardson knows she will need to play with the

same resolve she showed against Ole Miss. She said she thought she was showing that focus in practice prior to suffering the concussion, and hopes to return to that form the rest of the season.

"I just play with a little chip on my shoulder now," Richardson said. "I think sitting out allowed me to see a lot of things and understand the game a little better. When I come back, I know how to apply them and play even better.

"It goes back to coming in and practicing hard every day. Practice goes into the game, so if I come in and work hard every day, it will translate to the game."

n NOTES: MSU slipped four spots to No. 10 in this week's USA Today Top 25. It also is No. 10 in The Associated Press Top 25, which was released Monday. ... At 4 p.m. Sunday (ESPN2), MSU will try to make "History At The Hump" with 10,000 fans for its game against No. 2 South Carolina. MSU had a crowd of 7,128 Monday for its victory against Ole Miss. It was the second-largest crowd in program history.

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William leads MSU’s victory train Adam Minichino Columbus Dispatch January 19, 2016

STARKVILLE -- The swagger is back.

When Morgan William burst onto the Division I scene last season, she did it with a flair that dared defenses to stop her. She backed up that confidence with a lightning-quick first step and nifty ballhandling that helped her score in double figures in seven of her first nine games with the Mississippi State women's basketball team.

William's comment following a 29-point performance in a victory against Arkansas State set the tone for an electrifying freshman season.

"If somebody stops me, which they rarely do, I just know I have to go and drive because coach always says nobody can stop me, so I try to drive and get the foul, or drive and dish it," William said.

Seven games into her sophomore season, William had reached double digits only once. While she was running the team and handing out assists with poise, William wasn't looking for her shot or challenging defenders. That all changed last month when MSU coach Vic Schaefer talked with William and junior forward Ketara Chapel and encouraged them to get back to the way they played

last season when they were making their biggest contributions.

William has heeded Schaefer's call for more offense and has done her best to return to the hard-charging creator that powered the Bulldogs to a program-record 27-win season in 2014-25.

William offered another example of her plucky leadership Monday, scoring a game-high 16 points and handing out five assists to lead No. 10 MSU to a 79-51 victory against Ole Miss before a crowd of 7,128 at Humphrey Coliseum.

The second-largest crowd in program history watched MSU (17-2, 4-1 Southeastern Conference) earn its largest margin of victory in its 90th meeting against Ole Miss. The Bulldogs have won four in a row in the series and 10 of the last 12, including nine in a row in Starkville.

"Morgan William is the engine that makes their train," Ole Miss coach Matt Insell said. "I told them all that. I told them you cannot let that engine get going, and we let that engine get going."

William caught fire in the opening minute by scoring on a drive to the rim for the game's first points that gave MSU a lead it never relinquished. One possession later, she added another driving layup against junior guard Erika Sisk, one of Ole Miss' best defenders, but she left the game 45 seconds later to tend to a "knot" in her leg. Freshman point guard Jazzmun Holmes led the Bulldogs for nearly the next four minutes before William returned to a 1-

2-2 zone defense. On MSU's second possession, she helped the Bulldogs get going again when she fed Kayla Nevitt for a 3-pointer.

"Morgan is someone we rely on heavily," Schaefer said. "Her energy and the way she plays and how hard she plays -- she is physical, too, for her size. I thought she set the tone tonight. She got the first two or three baskets on driving layups, and she set the tone for how aggressive we were going to be in getting to the rim."

Schaefer said he challenged William before the game to get to the free-throw line 11-12 times. When she is at her best, William is creating havoc in individual matchups or finding gaps in zones. Her 29-point effort in a 93-83 victory against Arkansas State in the Preseason Women's National Invitation Tournament on Nov. 14, 2014, still stands as her career high in part because she was 13 of 16 from the free-throw line. The number of made free throws and attempts remain her best one-and-a-half seasons into her MSU career. Last season, she had she four games when she attempted 10 or more free throws. Her 9-of-10 showing from the free-throw line against Ole Miss was the first time she hit double digits in free throw attempts this season.

Still, William has found a way to spark the Bulldogs on offense. Since last month, she has scored in double figures in seven of MSU's 12 games. Her highest scoring game of the season -- a 21-point effort against Florida -- came in that stretch. That game came on the heels of a 15-point effort against then-No. 20 South Florida when

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she was 7 of 8 from the free-throw line.

William also can get it done from the field. Last season, she delivered a dagger with a sweet between-the-legs dribble and step-back jump shot to beat Ole Miss 64-62 in Oxford.

"It's Ole Miss. We don't want to lose to them," William said. "I don't want to lose to them while I am here. Coach always says, 'It's a big game,' so you don't want to lose to them. It is our state."

In addition to doing it on offense, William has a knack for being just as much of a pest on defense. An ideal example came in the third quarter after MSU weathered a spurt by Ole Miss that saw the Rebels cut the Bulldogs' lead to 13 points. William helped squash Ole Miss' momentum by taking a charge on Madinah Muhammad. A little more than a minute later, William drained a 3-pointer off a pass from Breanna Richardson (eight points, seven rebounds in 17 minutes) to kick the lead back to 53-34.

MSU junior Dominique Dillingham said William is by far the leader on the team in charges taken. She said the 5-foot-5 floor general from Birmingham, Alabama, sets the standard for the rest of the Bulldogs with her energy and effort.

"I think she gives us confidence on the offensive end," Dillingham said. "When she is going, nobody can stop her, and when she is going, I don't think anybody can stop us. I think she means that much to us."

Insell offered William a compliment later in his post-game news conference when he said he hoped Ole Miss freshman guard Alissa Alston follows William's lead and becomes that kind of player.

Last season, William served as an apprentice to senior point guard Jerica James. Coming off the bench in all 34 games gave William a chance to see how opponents were playing so she was prepared when she entered the game. This season, William, who is a team captain, is acting as a mentor to Holmes. The tandem of William and Holmes had one of its best games of the season with 11 assists.

"I don't think there is any doubt our point guard play tonight was outstanding," Schaefer said.

Chinwe Okorie had a SEC-high 14 points and seven rebounds, while Teaira McCowan had 10 points, four rebounds, and three blocked shots. Victoria Vivians had eight points and nine rebounds, which snapped her streak of 17-straight games scoring in double figures. Kayla Nevitt added nine points and Chapel had eight for MSU, which shot 49.1 percent (28 of 57) from the field. It was the first time in the last 10 games the Bulldogs have shot 45 percent or better from the field, and sixth time this season.

Shandricka Sessom led Ole Miss (9-9, 1-4) with 14 points. Madinah Muhammad added 10 and A'Queen Hayes had nine points and nine rebounds for the Rebels, who had the second-lowest scoring output of the season.

William had her hand in that statistic, too, as MSU forced 16

turnovers that led to 27 points. Armed with a white cushion that looked like a volleyball knee pad on her right shin, William praised the work of MSU Director of Sports Medicine Mary McLendon for helping work the "knot" out of her leg. McLendon's magic helped William deliver another impactful performance, even if it was only in 26 minutes.

"I just kept attacking," William said. "She kept giving me the lane, so I attacked again and got another basket (at the start of the game). When I am aggressive, I can get to the free-throw line, or it draws attention to me and I can get my teammates open shots."

NOTES: MSU, which won its 16th-straight game at Humphrey Coliseum, will play at 6 p.m. Thursday at Georgia. It will return home to play host to No. 2 South Carolina at 4 p.m. Sunday (ESPN2) in what is being billed as "History At The Hump." ... At 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, MSU will hold another Hail State Hoops Luncheon at Mize Pavilion. Fans can RSVP by phone 662-325-0198 or email at [email protected]. The cost for each luncheon is $12 per person.

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MSU’s low-post presence wears down Ole Miss Michael Bonner The Clarion-Ledger January 18, 2016 STARKVILLE – Three Ole Miss defenders surrounded 6-foot-7 Teaira McCowan. The wingspan of Mississippi State’s freshman corralled the trio in a boxout. The Rebels maneuvered to escape, but were called for a foul as McCowan fell to the ground -- taking all three with her. Mississippi State’s size frustrated Ole Miss all night in a 79-51 win Monday at Humphrey Coliseum. “Big T’s just a freshman,” MSU coach Vic Schaefer said. “Those kids, I thought were special tonight.” McCowan teamed with Chinwe Okorie to provide the 10th-ranked Bulldogs with a 38-14 advantage in the paint and a 46-29 edge on the glass. McCowan finished with four points, two rebounds and two blocks in eight first-half minutes. The highlight came as she swatted Shandricka Sessom on drive, stared the Ole Miss guard down, then grinned to the crowd. She finished with 10 points and four rebounds.

Okorie, at 6-foot-5, took over in the second half. The junior matched McCowan's game total in the second half. She finished with 14 points and seven boards. “We’ve worked really hard and prepared a lot for this game tonight,” Okorie said. “So I think I went in playing with confidence and confidence in my teammates.” Okorie didn’t attempt a shot in Mississippi State’s loss at Missouri last Thursday. She finished 5 of 6 from the field on Monday. MSU used the performance to bounce back after its second loss of the season. The Bulldogs (17-2, 4-1) ran off 11 straight victories after its only other loss at No. 6 Texas. “Honestly, coming into tonight to play this game, I wasn’t looking to score,” Okorie said. “More for me it was to defend on the court.” Sessom, Ole Miss’ leading scorer, scored 14 to lead her team. Erika Sisk, who averages 10.8 points per game, was held to three points. “We’ll grow from this. We’ll get better,” Ole Miss coach Matt Insell said. “We’re not a 79-51 type game there. When you get to Oxford it will be a lot different.” The second-largest crowd in MSU history, 7,128 fans, witnessed the largest margin of victory in series history. The largest crowd, 7,326, came in last year's regular season finale when the two met in the Hump. "No question, 7,100 is absolutely really unique and special in women's basketball," Schaefer said.

Insell picked up a technical foul in the first half. The coach was unhappy with the officials all night. Mississippi State shot five more free throws than Ole Miss, but made 18 compared to the Rebels’ nine. “I can’t comment on what my thought is on the foul trouble,” Insell said. “You guys saw me. So you all can write that.” MSU’s Morgan William made as many from the line as Ole Miss. The sophomore went 9 of 10 to lead MSU with 16 points. Williams saves her best for the Rebels. As a freshman last year, she crossed up the defender and hit a buzzer beater in Oxford last year. “It’s Ole Miss,” William said. “I don’t want to lose to them in my career. Coach always says it’s big game.”

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MSU attendance record could fall tonight Adam Minichino Columbus Dispatch January 18, 2016 STARKVILLE -- Crowds for Ole Miss-Mississippi State women's basketball games typically haven't been record-setters. Prior to last season, only two of MSU's 10 biggest crowds at Humphrey Coliseum came against Ole Miss. The same is true at Tad Smith Coliseum in Oxford, where none of the Rebels' top 15 home crowds have been against the Bulldogs. But a MSU-record crowd of 7,326 for a 55-47 victory against Ole Miss last season at Humphrey Coliseum signaled a change. At the time, the crowd was a record for a women's basketball game in the state of Mississippi. Ole Miss eclipsed that mark on Nov. 13, 2015, when it had a crowd of 7,407 for its victory against Mississippi Valley State in its annual School Kids Game. Both records could be in jeopardy at 6 tonight (SEC Network) when No. 7 MSU (16-2, 3-1 Southeastern Conference) plays host to Ole Miss (9-8, 1-3) at Humphrey Coliseum. "I am really proud of our crowds," MSU coach Vic

Schaefer said. "We have some free pizza and some T-shirts and things like that, but it isn't like we're going out and giving away 1,000 tickets. Our crowds all have been very legitimate. I think it says a lot about our state, which is a tremendous state, and the support from women's basketball." Tonight's game will be the 90th meeting in a series Ole Miss has dominated 63-26 over the years. MSU leads the series 23-11 since 2000, and has won nine of the last 11, including the last three in a row, and eight in a row at home. It also will be the first of two regular-season meetings. The teams will play at 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 21, at the Pavilion at Ole Miss. Any record that is set tonight could be in jeopardy next month in Ole Miss' new facility, which seats 9,500. All of the talk about breaking records is a far cry from 2010, when MSU had a crowd of 2,134 for its 73-54 victory. The 2009-10 MSU team advanced to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament for the first time in program history. In Vic Schaefer's first season as head coach at MSU in 2012-13, a crowd of 1,531 watched the Bulldogs beat the Rebels 72-57. Total attendance for MSU women's basketball games at Humphrey Coliseum has increased from 22,384 in 2012-13 to 48,733 in 2013-14 (when MSU advanced to the quarterfinals of the Women's National Invitation Tournament) to 67,598 last season, which was a record-setting 27-win season. Tonight, Schaefer anticipates a great atmosphere to help his

team rebound from a 66-54 loss to No. 24 Missouri on Thursday at Columbia, Missouri. The loss snapped the Bulldogs' 11-game winning streak. MSU owns a 15-game winning streak in Humphrey Coliseum, which is ninth longest in the nation (second in the SEC). "I will be shocked if it is not 7,000 or 8,000 people," Schaefer said. "We had a great crowd for Arkansas (5,712 for an 80-55 victory on Jan. 10), so I think (tonight) will be a great opportunity for Bulldogs and Mississippi State University to really showcase our program on national TV." MSU also will have opportunities to pack Humphrey Coliseum against No. 2 South Carolina on Jan. 24 and No. 13 Tennessee on Jan. 28. It also will play host to No. 24 Missouri (Feb. 7), No. 9 Kentucky (Feb. 18), and Alabama (Feb. 28). MSU is fifth in the SEC in average attendance (4,214 in 10 dates). South Carolina (14,533) leads the league and is followed by Tennessee, Kentucky, and Texas A&M. "I don't think it will be our largest crowd this year," Schaefer said of the game against Ole Miss. "It may be, but we have some other teams coming in, and if we do our part as the season goes, we are still winning people over that come to see us play once, they come back. It was a cold, drizzly day when we played Arkansas and we had 5,700. I am really proud of our fan base and what we have been able to do. I am proud to be in the state of Mississippi and being a part of it." MSU is third in the SEC and 16th in the nation in scoring

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defense (53.0 points per game). The Bulldogs are second in the league and 13th nationally in 3-point field goal percentage defense (25.3 percent). MSU also are fourth in the nation in forcing 24.2 turnovers per game. The Rebels rank just ahead of MSU in the category at 25.4. "They are really athletic and have a lot of quickness and speed and are going to press us," Schaefer said. "They play pretty hard. Those are all things that at times can give us some issues, so we are going to have to be ready to go (tonight), and I am sure we will be." NOTES: Tickets are $5 for adults. Admission is free to high school and MSU students. The first 500 MSU students in attendance will receive a free StarkVegas T-shirt, and free pizza will be available to students while supplies last. Fans can also get free glow sticks, and Elvis will be in attendance. ... Bully's Kidz Kourt opens at 5 p.m. in Mize Pavilion, offering games and inflatables for children.

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Freshman Holmes learning on the fly for seventh-ranked Bulldogs Adam Minichino Columbus Dispatch January 12, 2016 STARKVILLE -- Jazzmun Holmes doesn't remember much about her performance against Auburn. It's understandable for Holmes not to recall a lot of details from that game because she played only one minute and committed three turnovers. When given a few seconds to think, Holmes remembers one of the turnovers came after she fell trying to negotiate the Tigers' trap in the half-court set. "It was a critical turnover," Holmes said of the miscue. Even though she is only 17 games into her Mississippi State career, Holmes understands how difficult it is for freshman point guards in the Southeastern Conference. Holmes showed Sunday she is also is a quick learner. Coming off her shortest outing of the season, Holmes had one

of her strongest games, scoring eight points and handing out four assists without a turnover in No. 7 MSU's 80-55 victory against Arkansas at Humphrey Coliseum. Holmes will try to put back-to-back efforts together at 7 p.m. Thursday when MSU (16-1, 3-0 Southeastern Conference) takes on No. 24 Missouri (14-2, 1-2). The game will give the Bulldogs a chance to start 4-0 in SEC for the first time in program history. "She played great today," MSU coach Vic Schaefer said of Holmes' effort against Arkansas. "She has got to be in the top five, top 10 in assist-to-turnover ratio. That is what we're looking for. She had three quick turnovers against Auburn but today does not turn it over. She plays 14 minutes and made some great decisions." Holmes is sixth in the nation with an assist-to-turnover ratio of 3.1. That figure puts her second in the SEC to Georgia's Marjorie Butler (3.2). Holmes, a 5-foot-8 standout from Harrison Central High School, also is 11th in the SEC in assists (3.3). She is averaging 2.5 points and 1.3 rebounds per game. But those statistics pale in comparison to the value Schaefer places on taking care of the basketball, which is why Holmes has been so valuable. That's why it was important for Holmes, who had zero assists and three turnovers against Florida and Auburn, to bounce back with a strong game against Arkansas. Granted, Florida and Auburn are two of the SEC's most prolific trapping teams, but Schaefer is

confident Holmes is going to be fine. "This is a hard league to grow up in, to throw to the wolves," Schaefer said. "It is like any high school All-American that walks out and you go, 'OK, by the way, you're not going to rookie league, Class A, AA, or AAA, you're going straight to the major leagues. You know as well as I do what that guy is going to do. If he is pitching, he is going to get rocked. If he is batting, he isn't going to touch the ball. "That is essentially what you're asking a freshman to do when they come in and play in the SEC, and at point guard no less. It's just a tremendous strain on that person." Schaefer said Holmes, the team's only other active true point guard, has been getting a ton of minutes in practice because the Bulldogs are trying to limit sophomore point guard Morgan William, who is battling shin issues. William has been seen recently wearing a walking boot on her right leg. Schaefer said Holmes' court vision has helped her accumulate 56 assists and only 18 turnovers. She had eight assists in three-consecutive games against Grambling State, Mississippi Valley State, and Norfolk State. She also had seven assists against Louisiana Tech. If I can get the rest of our kids to run, she is really good in the open floor," Schaefer said. "I am really happy and pleased with her. We are going to need her to step in and play and be effective."

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Holmes said she has used the practice time to get more comfortable. She said Schaefer didn't say anything to her about bouncing back from the game against Auburn, but she said assistant coach Dionnah Jackson, a former All-America guard at Oklahoma, encouraged her to play through her mistakes and to go 100 percent every time she makes a mistake. That can be challenging for a first-year player, especially against an opponent that thrives on using its pressure on the ball to create turnovers for 40 minutes. But Holmes looked more confident against Arkansas. She used a screen at the top of the key to rub her defender off and drain a 3-pointer. She also was 5 of 6 from the free-throw line for her second-highest scoring game of the season. She had 12 points against Samford in the season opener. Holmes said life as a Division I point guard in the SEC is much harder than what she expected. "It is much harder and you can't take any days off," Holmes said. The added repetitions in practice have helped Holmes understand how to navigate screens on defense and how to get back on defense. She also said she is getting better at putting plays behind her. That can be tough with Schaefer's voice in her head urging her to take care of the basketball, but she knows she will be able to work through it and to help the Bulldogs run the offense. Holmes' ability to forget her performance against Auburn set the stage for her to play a key role in helping MSU record 23

assists on 26 field goals against Arkansas. She hopes to develop the consistency MSU will need to see its history-making season continue. "I thought I did pretty good (against Arkansas) and limited turnovers and played good defense," Holmes said. "I was able to distribute the ball to my teammates and to have them make open jump shots."

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Chapel has one of best days in MSU’s win vs. Arkansas Adam Minichino Columbus Dispatch January 11, 2016 STARKVILLE -- Confidence has been an elusive quality Ketara Chapel has tried to corral to be a consistent contributor for the Mississippi State women's basketball team. In some stretches -- like last season in MSU's run to the Preseason Women's National Invitation Tournament championship -- Chapel has showcased the inside-outside game and skill set to be one of the most effective forwards in the Southeastern Conference. In other stretches, though, Chapel has been a non-factor and has failed to assert herself, especially on offense. If Chapel's performance Sunday is any indication, she might be ready to leave those inconsistent ways in the past. Chapel matched her career high with 19 points to lead four players in double figures in No. 7 MSU's 80-55 victory against Arkansas before a crowd of 5,712 at Humphrey Coliseum. The sixth-largest crowd in program history watched as Chapel went 7 of 8 from the field and 5 of 5 from the free-throw line in 32 minutes. She also grabbed five rebounds, had two

assists, and made one steal to help make up for the absence of junior forward Breanna Richardson, who missed the game with a concussion. Chapel's 19-point effort matched her output against No. 16 West Virginia in a 74-61 victory in the semifinals of the WNIT. Chapel backed that effort up with 17 points and six rebounds in a victory against Western Kentucky in the WNIT title game. But Chapel might have delivered an even better performance against Arkansas (6-10, 1-2 Southeastern Conference), at least according to one fan. "This is the best game of her career," said the fan, who was sitting at courtside. "Ketara is playing lights out." When asked if her showing against Arkansas compared to West Virginia, or if it was the best game of her MSU career, Chapel smiled and said, laughing, "Well, we shall see moving on." Chapel played some of her best ball when MSU (16-1, 3-0) needed it the most to extend its winning streak to 11 games. After MSU pushed its 41-31 halftime lead to 16 points twice in the third quarter, Arkansas whittled the deficit to 48-40 on a drive by Kelsey Brooks with 2 minutes, 57 seconds remaining in the stanza. But Chapel responded following two free throws by Dominique Dillingham (16 points, six rebounds, five assists) by scoring on a nifty up-and-under move against Jessica Jackson on the left block. She then fed Chinwe Okorie (12 points, seven rebounds, three steals) for a jump shot that banked in off the glass. To complete the trifecta, Chapel overplayed Jackson on the right block and made a steal. "Knowing you have teammates that trust in you, that is the big

thing," Chapel said. "Knowing they trust me with the ball, it helps a lot with my confidence." Chapel showed that confidence in the fourth quarter when she scored six-straight points to help the Bulldogs seal the deal. Four of the points came on jump shots, including one that nearly went for a 3-pointer. Chapel didn't hesitate on either jumper, which was a great sign for a player who has looked uncertain at times on offense. "When she is aggressive, it is hard to stop her," Dillingham said. "I see it in practice all of the time. She is aggressive and she makes shots, so I am very confident in her. When said plays good, we all play good, too, and it helps us all as a team." Schaefer spoke with Chapel and sophomore point guard Morgan William in December in an effort to get them to play bigger roles. The conversations worked with both players, as Chapel scored in double figures in four-straight games (Southern Mississippi, Florida Gulf Coast, Western Michigan, and SMU), while William has scored in double figures in five of the last nine games. But Chapel slipped following the run of games she had 54 points, scoring 16 points in the last four games. The latest stretch was similar to the first eight games of the season in which Chapel scored only 24 points. Schaefer said he didn't speak to Chapel again because he wasn't concerned about her lack of aggressiveness, but he admitted he liked the energy and assertiveness Chapel showed against Arkansas. "I am really proud of her," Schaefer said. "She continues to work and get better. The first two years, this is the time of year where she has kind of disappeared a little bit, and I think she is really

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embracing the opportunity to continue to stay in the role she is in and getting better." Schaefer was equally impressed by Chapel's work guarding Jackson, a preseason first-team All-SEC pick. Even though Jackson had a game-high 20 points on 9-of-18 shooting, Chapel tried to stay in front of her and attempted to negate Jackson's two-inch height advantage. Arkansas coach Jimmy Dykes said MSU's pressure didn't bother his team, but he said his squad was "way too careless" in the halfcourt. He said his team's inexperience -- four first-year players, including three freshmen in the backcourt -- had a lot to do with his team's 23 turnovers, which matched a season high, and led to 28 points for the Bulldogs. Still, Dykes felt the squad took a "good step forward." It was coming off an 85-32 loss at No. 2 South Carolina and a 67-61 win Thursday against No. 13 Texas A&M. Victoria Vivians had 11 of her 13 points in the first quarter, but Dykes said MSU is a lot more than one player. He praised Chapel and William for their play, and said the Bulldogs also have players who can come off the bench and contribute. "I know (Vivians) leads them in scoring, but they have other players besides her, and other kids stepped up today," said Dykes, who has the fifth-youngest team in terms of returning scholarship players under the current head coach. "We knew (Chapel) was a 15-foot shooter and a driver, and she made her shots today. That's why I say it is not just about Vivians. She is good, but Chapel is good, the little point guard is good. They have shooters off the bench. His daughter (Blair Schaefer) can knock down a three."

Schaefer said Chapel "has a different look to her right now," which could be a promising sign as MSU moves into the heart of its SEC schedule. In Schaefer's system, the four player, or point four, as he calls it, has to make a lot of decisions in the offense. He said the importance of that position is magnified by the presence of so many quality players at the same position in the SEC. Without Richardson on Sunday, MSU needed Chapel to play 31 or more minutes for the fifth time this season. Richardson suffered the injury Thursday after she fell going for a rebound in a 60-45 victory against Auburn at Humphrey Coliseum. LaKaris Salter didn't score in eight minutes and helped fill the void left by Richardson. "I have a lot of confidence in (Ketara)," Schaefer said. "The fact that she goes 7-for-8 (from the field) and 5 of 5 from the line, that talks about her aggressiveness. To see her play the way she is playing again, we need that. "She has that confident look to her. If you leave her open, she is going to knock down a shot. She is confident in her shot." Schaefer said he has noticed a change in Chapel's demeanor since his talk with her. While he said her overall aggressiveness was good in all of the stretches, he said Chapel looked like she was still trying to find her place in the offense. He said she has responded by being more aggressive looking for her shot. Chapel said she was still figuring out her role early in the season and trying to share the ball with her teammates. Those sentiments were reflected in the statistics, as she went scoreless and didn't attempt a shot in three of the Bulldogs' first eight games. But Chapel said she has a better understanding of what she needs

to do to help MSU play to its potential. "My confidence has went up (since the start of the season)," Chapel said. That's a great sign for Schaefer, whose team is about to enter one of its toughest stretches. MSU will play at 7 p.m. Thursday at Missouri, which was ranked No. 20 entering the week before it lost to Tennessee, beat Georgia, and lost to South Carolina. It will play host to Ole Miss at 6 p.m. Monday (SEC Network) at Humphrey Coliseum and then go to Georgia before returning home to play host to No. 2 South Carolina and No. 12 Tennessee. That's why efforts like the one Chapel delivered -- evenif it wasn't the best game of her career -- will be crucial in the next few months. "If we are going to be as good as everybody thinks we are right now, this isn't about one player," Schaefer said. "The one game we lost (a 53-47 decision on Dec. 2 at Texas), I'd love to have that one back and do it again because we certainly are not one- or two-dimensional right now. We are multi-dimensional right now, and I think that makes us so hard to defend."

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Chapel rises for Bulldogs; Rebels fall at home David Brandt Associated Press January 11, 2016 STARKVILLE – Mississippi State’s usual leading scorer Victoria Vivians had 11 points in the first quarter on Sunday and then essentially vanished, scoring just two points the rest of the game. That’s no problem for these Bulldogs, who proved they’re far from a one-person show. Ketara Chapel scored a career-high 19 points, Dominique Dillingham added 16 and No. 7 Mississippi State pulled away to beat Arkansas 80-55. “It shows we have a lot of depth,” Chapel said. “Different people step on different nights, so we don’t have to always count on Victoria even though she’s a great player.” Mississippi State (16-1, 3-0 SEC) has won 11 games in a row. The Bulldogs never trailed, scoring their first three points when Vivians pulled up from 25 feet away and nailed a deep jumper. The Razorbacks stayed close throughout the first quarter, but the Bulldogs pulled away for a 41-31 halftime lead.

Vivians scored 13 points and Chinwe Okorie added 12 for MSU. Arkansas (6-10, 1-2) briefly cut the lead to 48-40 in the third quarter, but Mississippi State responded with eight straight points to end the threat. The Razorbacks were led by Jessica Jackson, who scored 20 points on 9 of 18 shooting from the field. Vivians – the Bulldogs’ leading scorer at 18.3 points per game – we cold after hitting three 3-pointers in the first five minutes. Her teammates picked up the slack with 22 points in the second quarter, including six from Dillingham. Arkansas coach Jimmy Dykes said he wasn’t surprised Mississippi State’s offense kept rolling even with Vivians struggling. “That’s more than just a one-man team,” Dykes said. Chapel came into the game averaging just 5.9 points and usually isn’t counted on as a consistent scoring threat. But when Vivians struggled she added some much-needed offense, making 7 of 8 shots from the field and all five of her free throws. “That’s a good night for anybody,” MSU coach Vic Schaefer said. “When you’ve got (Chapel) getting 19 and Dominique getting 16, it really takes some pressure off Victoria and others.” Mississippi State once again relied on outstanding defense to put distance between itself and the opponent. The Razorbacks managed just 12 points in the

third quarter as the Bulldogs pushed their lead to 58-43. Mississippi State came into the game giving up just 52.1 points per game, which ranks 10th nationally. Arkansas has had a difficult stretch to start SEC play, with three straight games against No. 2 South Carolina, No. 13 Texas A&M and the 7th-ranked Bulldogs. The Razorbacks pulled off an upset win over the Aggies, before lopsided losses to the Gamecocks and MSU. “We never accept losing,” Dykes said. “But I do like that we continue to fight.” Missouri (14-2), No. 20 last week, entertains MSU on Thursday. Rebels fall at home Florida 85, Ole Miss 65: The Rebels (9-7, 1-2) lost in their first appearance on court at The Pavilion at Ole Miss. Ole Miss freshman Alissa Alston scored a career-high 17 points, while Erika Sisk and Madinah Muhammad each added 15. Florida (14-2, 2-1) had five players in double figures, led by Tyshara Fleming with 12, and a 62-44 edge in rebounds.

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No. 7 Bulldogs’ home dominance continues Logan Lowery Daily Journal January 8, 2016 STARKVILLE – No. 7 Mississippi State extended its home winning streak to 14 games dating back to last season as it defeated Auburn 60-45 Thursday night. The Bulldogs (15-1, 2-0 SEC) own a 26-1 record at Humphrey Coliseum over the last two seasons. “Sometimes we don’t practice well and sometimes we don’t shoot around well,” said MSU coach Vic Schaefer. “But when the lights come on with these kids, they really hook up and play. I’m really proud of our effort. We beat an outstanding team today.” Two MSU players posted double-doubles as Victoria Vivians led all scorers with 23 points and 10 rebounds and Teaira McCowan added 10 points and 13 boards in 19 minutes off the bench. The Bulldogs shot 33.3 percent from the field and cashed in 25 Auburn turnovers for 20 points on the other end. It was a back-and-forth battle in the early going and knotted at 12

at the 1:34 mark of the first quarter. But the Bulldogs responded with a 19-1 run, holding Auburn without a basket until the 1:24 mark of the second quarter. MSU led 33-17 at the break behind Vivians’ 13 points. “We attacked pressure with pressure,” Schaefer said. “We had two quarters tonight where we held them to single digit points. They only scored five points in the second quarter. We not only played hard, we played right if you look at how many free throws they had.” The Tigers shot 40 percent for the game but only attempted five free throws. Tra’Cee Tanner was the only Tiger in double figures with 15 points. Brandy Montgomery, who entered as the SEC’s leading scorer averaging 18.4 points, was held to eight. Mississippi State is back at home Sunday hosting Arkansas at 2 p.m.

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William, Bulldogs ready to take next step Adam Minichino Columbus Dispatch January 5, 2016 STARKVILLE -- Morgan William is back in attack mode. All it took for the Mississippi State point guard to revert to the darting, shifting, scoring ways of her freshman season was a little show and tell from coach Vic Schaefer. Just like he did in a talk with forward Ketara Chapel, Schaefer showed William her statistics from a year ago and compared them to her start to the 2015-16 season. There was no comparison. As William looked and listened, it dawned on her that as team captain she had a responsibility to do more. "He just told it like it was," William said. "He said, 'Mo, you were attempting all of these free throws (last season) and now you're not attempting any. You were getting to the basket and scoring (last season) and now you're not.' "I was just like, 'You're right.' Ever since then, I have been attacking and staying aggressive and getting to the free-throw line

and scoring and shooting the ball with confidence." Just as Schaefer's talk sparked a revival in Chapel, who scored in double figures in four-straight games, it also has paid dividends with William, who is averaging 13.6 points in the last eight games. She also is averaging 5.5 assists and 5.6 free throw attempts per game in that span. William will try to keep that pace going at 7:30 p.m. Thursday when No. 7 MSU (14-1, 1-0 Southeastern Conference) plays host to Auburn (11-3, 1-0) at Humphrey Coliseum. William is coming off a SEC-best 21-point effort in a 76-70 victory Sunday at Florida. William helped seal the deal by going 5 of 6 at the free-throw line in the final 1 minute, 32 seconds. She also was 7 of 14 from the field and had four assists and four steals in 36 minutes. That effort came on the heels of a 15-point effort in a 68-58 victory against then-No. 20 South Florida on Dec. 30, 2015, in Jacksonville, Florida. William was 7 of 8 from the free-throw line in the victory. "(Ketara and Morgan) weren't doing anything and I went back and showed them the stats at this time last year," Schaefer said after the game against USF. "Morgan had been to the line a ton and we couldn't get her to the line. I have got to get her to the line." William's play in the last eight games has evoked memories of how she played early in her freshman season when she had a swagger that dared defenders to try to stop her.

An issue with her right shin is the only thing that has slowed William recently. William had her right foot in a boot Tuesday during the team's luncheon and at a media availability, but the lingering issue likely won't prevent her from playing. That's good news because William appears to have found her rhythm and is emerging as the Bulldogs' second-best scoring option. "I guess I was being selfish to the team and not going to score," William said. "I really don't have an excuse." William said she felt she was being "selfish" because she wasn't "playing like herself." That has changed thanks to six double-figure scoring games to end 2015 and to open 2016. Last season, William averaged 9.1 ppg. in 34 games off the bench. She was second on the team in assists (123) and shot a school-record 82.4 percent from the free-throw line (team-high 171 attempts). She was even better in SEC play (85.2 percent). William made an immediate in the first 15 games, averaging 10.9 ppg. and scoring in double figures eight times. She had three games with double-digit free throw attempts in that stretch. Overall, she was 77 of 93 (84.7 percent) from the free-throw line in the first 15 games. William's latest run has lifted her scoring average to 9.7 ppg., which is second on the team. She also leads the team in assists (5.2 per game) and free throw percentage (88.9 percent, 56 of 63. The streak started with eight free throw attempts in a victory against Southern Mississippi. Since then, Schaefer only has

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had to remind William to attack to get her going, which is what he did prior to the game against USF. "That was one of the first things coach wrote on the board today: Morgan stay aggressive. Attack," William said last week. "He said, 'Get to the line.' He told me to stay aggressive, so I stayed aggressive. He told me in huddles to get people together and get their minds right and play defense, so I got them up in huddles and told them what to do and we did good on defense." Junior Dominique Dillingham has noticed a difference in William in the last month. "After coach Schaefer talked to her and (Ketara), I definitely could see her attacking more and just being her old self, getting to the free-throw line more and just attacking," Dillingham said. "She can get into the lane whenever she wants, so she is just being more confidence and taking what the defense gives her now. "I have definitely seen more of (that swagger). Once she starts going hard, it is hard for anybody to stop her. I think she just has to keep doing what she is doing and she is going to be fine." Although William admits she still isn't 100 percent, she said she is just trying to get through the lingering issues with her shin. Schaefer is excited to have William back as an aggressor who can create shots for her teammates and who can break a defense down to get to the free-throw line.

"She has really stepped up," Schaefer said. "She is shooting the ball extremely well and great from the free-throw line. She has a lot of confidence right now." NOTES: MSU moved up two spots to a school-record No. 6 in the USA Today Coaches' Poll, which was released Tuesday. The ranking is one better than what MSU is ranked (No. 7) in this week's The Associated Press poll. ... MSU signee Jacaira "Iggy" Allen was nominated Tuesday for the McDonald's All American Games. The 5-foot-11 Â½ guard led Ft. Lauderdale Dillard High School (Fla.) to the Class 5A state title and a national runner-up finish last season. The final rosters for the 24 girls and 24 boys selected for the games will be announced Jan. 17 on ESPNU. The 15th-annual girls game will air live on ESPNU at 6:30 p.m. March 30 at the United Center in Chicago. ... MSU's game against Auburn will be broadcast on the SEC Network as part of "whip-around coverage" that will feature multiple games.

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Bulldogs get past Gators Mark Long Associated Press January 4, 2016 GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Mississippi State showed it can win even when leading scorer Victoria Vivians has an off day. Morgan William scored a season-high 21 points, picking up the slack amid Vivians’ worst shooting performance of the season, and the eighth-ranked Bulldogs beat Florida 76-70 in the SEC opener for both teams Sunday afternoon. The Bulldogs (14-1) extended their winning streak to nine and ended Florida’s 12-game winning streak. Maybe more important, a team with hopes of winning the conference championship and making a deep run in the NCAA Tournament found a second scoring threat. “We’re not one-dimensional,” Mississippi State coach Vic Schaefer said. “That’s our best player and she has a bad night and we still put 76 points on the board. It speaks volumes about our team.” Vivians finished with 14 points on 4-of-20 shooting. The last time she struggled like that, the Bulldogs lost 53-47 at then-No. 6 Texas in early December. William scored just six points in that one. She stepped up on Sunday, responding to a conversation she had with

Schaefer about scoring more a few weeks ago. “Coach tells me how it is,” William said. “Don’t take it personal. Just got to do it. That’s what I’ve been doing: stepping up for my teammates. I’ve got to play my role and that’s to be another scorer.” The Gators (12-2) trailed by double digits much of the afternoon, but cut the lead to 72-68 on Carlie Needles’ 3-pointer with 49 seconds to play. They couldn’t get any closer and lost for the first time since Nov. 13. Needles led the Gators with 17 points. Mississippi State won consecutive league openers for the first time since 1992-93. Breanna Richardson (11) and Dominique Dillingham (10) also reached double figures for the Bulldogs. But William did most of the heavy lifting, making two 3-pointers in the first half and five free throws in the closing minutes. “They’re not a one-headed monster, for sure,” Florida coach Amanda Butler said. “Vivians is very, very talented and everybody knows you’ve got to stop her. But Morgan was the separating factor for them today, though. She did a great job when they needed big baskets and plays for her team, as a great point guard should.” MSU improved to 5-0 on Sundays this season. Early to rise Schaefer said the only time his team could shoot in the O’Connell Center on Saturday was at 6:30 a.m. No problem.

“Our kids are tough,” he said. “It’s just what they gave us. Home-court advantage? No big deal. I’m so dang proud of them and how hard they played and their mentality and their approach and them being a pro.” Mississippi State hosts Auburn on Thursday.

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MSU women knock off nationally-ranked South Florida Adam Minichino Commercial Dispatch December 30, 2015 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- This is the team Vic Schaefer wants to coach. Coming off a lackluster effort Monday in a rout of Southeastern Louisiana, the No. 8 Mississippi State women's basketball team wanted to redeem itself in a nationally televised broadcast against No. 20 South Florida. Schaefer and the Bulldogs got what they wanted. Victoria Vivians scored a game-high 23 points and Morgan William added 15 to lead MSU to a 68-58 victory in the first game of the SEC/AAC Challenge at Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena. "Night and day," MSU coach Vic Schaefer said when asked to compare his team's effort Wednesday to its 81-41 victory against Southeastern Louisiana. "I think better teams peak the interest of our players. That is part of growing up a little bit. I

want everybody to peak our players' interest. Florida and Central Florida played in the second game of the doubleheader, which wasn't completed in time for this edition. MSU (13-1) won despite scoring only six points in the fourth quarter. The Bulldogs' recipe for victory was increased intensity that forced the Bulls (7-3) into a season-high 24 turnovers. MSU capitalized on those mistakes for a 25-15 edge in points off turnovers. MSU also did a solid job defensively on senior guard Courtney Williams, who entered the game averaging 24.3 points per game. Williams had a season-low 12 points on a season-worst 4-of-20 shooting effort from the field. USF coach Jose Fernandez said both factors were keys in the final result. "I thought Mississippi State did a very good job defending us," Fernandez said. "They bumped us off our cuts and were pressuring our point guards and our wings and pushing us out to 28 feet (when we started our offense). That really hurt us." Schaefer agreed and praised the effort of junior guard Dominique Dillingham, who started the game guarding Williams. But Dillingham wasn't the only one who defended well. Schaefer said a key was the ability of all of the Bulldog defenders to push the Bulls out beyond their comfort zone on offense. "We played our tails off," Schaefer said of the defense on Williams.

Leading 42-30 at halftime, MSU continued its momentum in the third quarter. Even after losing Dillingham to her fourth foul at the 7-minute, 53-second mark and Vivians to her third foul at the 6:09 mark, MSU extended its lead to 51-34 on a 3-pointer by Kayla Nevitt. William, Chinwe Okorie (eight points, 11 rebounds), Breanna Richardson (six points, four rebounds), and Blair Schaefer scored in the final five-plus minutes of the quarter in a balanced effort that saw MSU extend its lead to as many as 22 (62-40) with 27.4 seconds remaining in the quarter. After three quarters, USF had 20 turnovers. It entered the matchup with only one game -- a 74-70 loss at St. John's -- in which it has committed 20 or more turnovers in a game. The Bulls had 21 in the loss to the Red Storm. But USF didn't go quietly. In a turnover-filled fourth quarter, the Bulls cut the deficit to 62-49 with 5:11 remaining. The Bulldogs were their worst enemy in the Bulls' 7-0 run, going 7:11 without a field goal dating back to the 2:30 mark of the third quarter. MSU did just enough in the fourth quarter, as Vivians had all of MSU's points. She scored four of the points on drives to the basket to finish 10 of 19 from the field. Schaefer still would like Vivians, who was 1 of 2 from the free-throw line, to go to the foul line more, but Fernandez said he saw Vivians being more aggressive. "I thought she attacked more off the bounce more," Fernandez said. "I thought she was really assertive. She did a good job."

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Vivians said she felt comfortable attacking off the bounce from either wing. She said she hopes she can use her effort Wednesday to be more consistent as an attacking threat on the wing. Williams didn't play in the fourth quarter. Still, USF cut the deficit to 66-56 on a layup by Laura Ferreira (team-high 19 points) with 58 seconds to play. Up until that point, MSU had scored only four points in the quarter. MSU used a 16-3 run in the first quarter to take a 19-10 lead. The cushion grew to as many as 16 points twice in the second quarter. A jump shot by Ketara Chapel with 1:02 left in the second quarter gave MSU a 41-25 lead. MSU shot 50 percent (17 of 34) from the field in the first half. It made only nine field goals in the second quarter and shot 43.3 percent (26 of 60) from the field for the game. The Bulldogs also forced 13 turnovers in the first half. The Bulls committed at least five of the turnovers trying to push tempo or to make things happen. Williams had eight points (2 of 11 from the field) in the first half. She didn't hit her first field goal until there was 2:10 left in the first half. Dillingham picked up two fouls in the first half. William and Vivians also shared responsibility for guarding Williams. "She didn't get off to a good start," Fernandez said. "I think, too, she needed to get to the free-throw line and finish around the rim. "She struggled when the ball didn't go through the hole, so we

have to find other ways to get to the basket or the free-throw line." The Bulldogs played a large role in affecting Williams' performance, which should please Schaefer with the Southeastern Conference opener against Florida up at noon Sunday. He also was pleased with the intensity and hustle he saw from the Bulldogs. The effort included freshman center Teaira McCowan diving on the floor for a loose ball with 6:59 to play. Those are the kind of plays Schaefer wants the Bulldogs to deliver every night. "I loved our inside game in the first half," Schaefer said when asked if the team he watched Wednesday was the team he wanted to coach. "We had a little trouble in the second half with some things, but I thought in the first half we really established an inside game. We struggled down there in the second half with positioning and posting and had some offensive fouls, but I really loved how we went inside and establishing a presence down there."

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Vivians scores 18 as No. 8 Mississippi St tops SMU 72-70 The Associated Press USA Today December 21, 2015 SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Mississippi State did just about everything it could to lose during the second half against SMU, thanks to a cold shooting touch and often mediocre defense. But the eighth-ranked Bulldogs still prevailed, beating the Mustangs 72-70 on Monday in the Puerto Rico Classic. Victoria Vivians scored 18 points and Ketara Chapel added 13 as Mississippi State (11-1) won its third game in three days and sixth straight overall. Mississippi State controlled most of the game and had a 65-54 lead going into the fourth quarter. The Bulldogs suffered through some cold shooting in the fourth quarter, scoring just seven points, but did enough on defense to secure the win. "We just had a lot of things go wrong that could have spelled defeat, but it didn't," Mississippi State coach Vic Schaefer said. "We found a way to get a stop late."

The Mustangs never led, but trailed just 71-70 with 10 seconds remaining and had the ball. They had three shots to try to win, but Gabrielle Wilkins' 3-pointer missed, as did two putback attempts after offensive rebounds. McKenzie Adams led SMU (5-6) with 21 points. Wilkins added 14. The Mustangs were hurt by 19 turnovers and allowed Mississippi State to grab 22 offensive rebounds. Mississippi State's Vivians shot just 7 of 24 from the field, but added eight rebounds and a team-high four steals. Chinwe Okorie scored 10 points and grabbed eight rebounds. Morgan William scored nine points and had a team-high six assists. Vivians started the game on a roll with 16 points in the first half, shooting 4 of 7 from 3-point range. But she was just 1 of 10 from the field in the second half, which helped SMU slowly climb back into the game. Vivians' one second-half basket was crucial — she had a steal and layup with just over four minutes remaining to give the Bulldogs a 71-66 lead and slow the Mustangs' rally. "We had that mindset that we weren't going to give up and lose," Chapel said. TIP-INS Mississippi State: The Bulldogs shot 19 of 44 from the field (43.2 percent) in the first half and just 10 of 30 (33.3 percent) in the second half. Mississippi State had more offensive

rebounds (22) than defensive rebounds (18). SMU: The Mustangs outscored Mississippi State 21-8 on free throws, but made just one 3-pointer. UP NEXT No. 8 Mississippi State hosts Southeastern Louisiana on Dec. 28. SMU at Tulsa on Jan. 2.

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McCowan stands tall for No. 9 MSU David Brandt Associated Press December 21, 2015 SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Maybe this bodes well for Mississippi State, with Southeastern Conference play starting next month. Teaira McCowan scored a career-high 24 points and had 13 rebounds to lead the No. 9 Bulldogs over Western Michigan 90-68 on Sunday in the Puerto Rico Classic. McCowan, a 6-foot-7 freshman, was dominant in the post, grabbing 10 offensive rebounds and shooting 9 of 16 from the field. Victoria Vivians added 15 points for the Bulldogs (10-1) while Ketara Chapel had 11. Meredith Shipman led Western Michigan (7-3) with 17 points. The Broncos made 29 of 36 (81 percent) free throws and kept the game close for much of the afternoon. The Bulldogs led just 40-38 at halftime, but put the game away with a 27-11 advantage in the third quarter. “We came out in the second half and played much, much better,” said Mississippi State coach Vic Schaefer, whose team has won five straight. “We probably played our worst half of the year

(in the first half) and we were still up two.” In the third quarter, Chinwe Okorie had seven points and five rebounds and McCowan established a consistent presence in the paint. McCowan looked like a star during the season’s first few weeks, with three straight double-doubles against Grambling, Mississippi Valley State and Norfolk State. But her production dipped sharply once the Bulldogs played better competition — and bigger players — in December. McCowan didn’t play at all in Saturday’s win against Florida Gulf Coast because of what Schaefer described as a bad matchup, but the coach gave her plenty of playing time against Western Michigan. That changed Sunday when McGowan was again able to go to the offensive glass and finish and show a soft touch around the basket. She made 6 of 8 free throws. “You just have to take advantage of it, produce and do as much as you can when you’re in,”McCowan said. Said Schaefer: “When we can get her to play hard every possession and establish her presence inside it’s just hard to get around her. You can make two left turns and you’re still only halfway there. She’s really coming along.” TIP-INS Mississippi State: The Bulldogs took 78 shots to just 42 for Western Michigan. … McGowan has 41 offensive

rebounds this year to 33 on the defensive boards. Western Michigan: The Broncos were hurt by 17 turnovers and gave up 21 offensive rebounds. Western Michigan shot 10 of 20 from the field in the first half. UP NEXT Mississippi State plays SMU on Monday. Western Michigan plays Florida Gulf Coast on Monday.

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Victoria day: Vivians breaks out with season-high 36 David Brandt Associated Press December 14, 2015 RUSTON, La. – Mississippi State’s Victoria Vivians sprinted down the court with the basketball and surveyed her options, glancing at the other maroon and white jerseys working to get in position for a shot. Nothing looked appealing so she stopped a few feet short of the 3-point line and let it fly. Good choice. The end result was one of Vivians’ seven 3-pointers as the sophomore guard scored a season-high 36 points in ninth-ranked Mississippi State’s 93-63 victory over Louisiana Tech on Sunday afternoon. “I like shooting,” Vivians said. “So if it’s going in, I’m going to keep shooting.” The shots were certainly falling for Vivians during the first half, when she scored 28 points on 10 of 13 shooting from the field, including 7 of 10 from 3-point range as the Bulldogs built a 53-25 halftime lead. Mississippi State (7-1) led by as many as 48 points late in the

third quarter. The 30-point margin was the second worst home loss in Louisiana Tech history. Mississippi State used a 29-2 run that started in the first quarter and extended into the second to take control. Vivians scored 19 points during that run, including five 3-pointers. “She was feeling it and I was running everything I could for her,” Mississippi State coach Vic Schaefer said. “She really got some good, clean looks.” Morgan William added 12 points and eight assists for the Bulldogs. Louisiana Tech (4-5) scored the game’s first nine points, but that was the end of the good news. Mississippi State responded with 19 straight points and the Lady Techsters could never get back into the game. “You see our young team back down a little bit,” Louisiana Tech coach Tyler Summitt said. “It’s an experience for us and we’ve got to know that when somebody goes on a run, you’ve got to stay consistent and keep playing hard. It’s a good learning point for us.” Brandi Wingate led Louisiana Tech with 25 points. She made 7 of 12 shots from the field and all 10 of her free throws. Vivians has been very good this season, leading the Bulldogs with 17.9 points per game heading into Sunday. But after she hit back-to-back 3-pointers in quick succession early in the first quarter it became clear this could be an impressive day. Vivians’ height as a guard – she’s 6-foot-1 – allows her to

shoot over just about everyone on the perimeter and keeps her competitive when venturing into the paint. While Vivians was undeniably the star on Sunday, the rest of the Bulldogs were pretty good, too. Mississippi State shot 62.9 percent (22 of 35) from the field in the first half. Breannan Richardson added 12 points off the bench. Mississippi State hosts Southern Miss on Wednesday.

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Bulldogs suffer first loss Mark Rosner Associated Press December 3, 2015 AUSTIN, Texas – Imani Boyette prefers playing defense, where she uses her 6-foot-7 frame to deter Texas’ opponents. As for offense, the senior center is sometimes indifferent. But on Wednesday night, Boyette saved her team on both ends of the court. Boyette scored 21 points – eight more than her average – as No. 6 Texas beat ninth-ranked Mississippi State 53-47. Boyette also grabbed 10 rebounds. “We needed her tonight,” Texas coach Karen Aston said. “We couldn’t get any flow going with our guards.” No other Longhorns scored more than nine points in a game they won despite shooting 39 percent and turning the ball over 23 times. Boyette scored eight during the third period, when Texas (6-0) created some separation with a 9-2 run that built an 11-point lead. “I get yelled at for not shooting,” Boyette said. “I’m trying to take more shots.” Victoria Vivians led Mississippi State (5-1) with 12 points, but

the Bulldogs’ leading scorer for the season missed 15 of 20 shots while guarded by either Empress Davenport or Tasia Foman. Vivians, who came in averaging 18 a game, said the poor shooting was “all my fault.” Her coach, Vic Schaefer, said Texas defended Vivians well. “She’s taking responsibility; hats off to her,” Schaefer said. “I’m gonna disagree and give them a little credit. They were chasing her pretty hard.” Mississippi State shot 31.5 percent and committed 19 turnovers. Texas led 26-21 after an ugly first half that included 21 turnovers – 12 by the Longhorns. Texas threw a procession of careless passes but shot with considerably more accuracy, outshooting Mississippi State 41.7 percent to 32.1. When the Longhorns managed to find teammates with their passes, instead of opponents or nobody at all, they scored fairly easily inside – 18 points in the paint. Mississippi State missed all 10 of its 3-point attempts in the half. Both teams cited extreme physical play for the substandard offense. “We usually win the grinder games,” Schaefer said. “We’re a grinder team and take great pride in that. (But) they have some really tough kids. They guarded as well as anybody has guarded us in a long time. We probably set the game back 30 years on offense.”

Rash of turnovers Texas, after taking care of the ball pretty well during its first 4 1/2 games, committed 10 turnovers during the second half at Tennessee Sunday before committing 23 against Mississippi State. Aston, while hoping to do better, said, “We did beat two top-10 teams.” Mississippi State hosts Tennessee State on Sunday.

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MSU women continue to have success sharing Adam Minichino The Commercial Dispatch November 30, 2015 STARKVILLE -- There's no telling how far the Mississippi State women's basketball can go if it remains in a giving mood. Judging from the efforts of Morgan William and the rest of the Bulldogs on Sunday, MSU doesn't intend to stop sharing the basketball anytime soon. Victoria Vivians had a season-high 27 points, and William handed out a career-high 11 assists to help No. 8 MSU beat Savannah State 92-25 before a crowd of 3,672 at Humphrey Coliseum. "It's fun to see us passing the ball to teammates and seeing them get great shots," William said. "We don't have to create our shots or force shots. Coach tells us an extra pass is what makes a good shot become a great shot." The win capped a five-game season-opening homestand for MSU (5-0) and set the stage for its biggest test, a matchup against No. 8 Texas at 7 p.m. Wednesday (Longhorn Network) in Austin, Texas. Texas (5-0) defeated No. 4 Tennessee 64-53 on Sunday to

snap the Lady Volunteers' 27-game home winning streak. MSU's win was its 10 straight at home, which now is the second-longest streak in the Southeastern Conference. The Bulldogs extended that streak thanks to another performance highlighted by generosity. Ten players had assists for MSU, which finished with 27, its third-highest total of the season. Entering the game, MSU was second in the nation in assists per game (22.5) and fourth in the nation in scoring (94 points per game). While the victories and gaudy statistics have come against teams ranked 146 or lower in the final 2014-15 Ratings Percentage Index (RPI), according to RealTimeRPI.com, there is no denying MSU's production is some of its best in recent memory. In coach Vic Schaefer's fourth season in Starkville, the Bulldogs have their most assists (117) and fewest turnovers (49) through five games. It also is the second-straight season MSU has a positive assist-to-turnover ratio in that span. Historically, MSU has had its issues with assists and turnovers. You have to go all the way back to 2000 for the last time MSU had more assists (537) than turnovers (513) in a season. Considering MSU had 334 assists and 603 turnovers in Schaefer's first season as head coach at MSU in 2012-13, its start to the 2015-16 campaign is encouraging. "I think (sharing the basketball) is something we have talked about and focused on," Schaefer said. "I think as a player you learn to enjoy someone else's success as much as your own. I

think when it becomes less about yourself and more about the team, I think that is what happens, you get more unselfishness and more sharing the ball." William's 11 assists tied for the sixth most in a game in program history, and matched the most by a Bulldog sophomore. Four of William's assists were to Vivians, who shot 10 of 18 from the field. The effort marked the fourth game in a row she has shot 50 percent or better from the field. Against the Tigers, many of her shots came in rhythm thanks to timely passes from her teammates. "I know I did a lot of settling last year," said Vivians, who is shooting 50 percent (35 of 70) from the field after shooting 36.8 percent (team-high 14.9 ppg.) last season. "Like coach said, good shot or great shot, make the extra pass and it is a great shot, especially if they are wide open and you know your teammates can knock it down." MSU held Savannah State (1-3) to 2-of-19 shooting in the first half to build a 48-12 halftime lead. The Tigers, who were 8 of 47 from the field (17 percent), avoided tying a Bulldog record thanks to a layup by Lauryn Fields with 14.2 seconds remaining. The record for fewest field goals in a game by an opponent is seven. MSU didn't have to be concerned about a lack of scoring. Sophomore Kayla Nevitt (12 points) was the only other player in double figures. Junior Dominique Dillingham had nine points, while freshman Teaira McCowan had eight points, a team-high 12 rebounds, and five blocked shots. Twelve

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of the 13 Bulldogs who played scored. Things were going so smoothly for MSU that Schaefer removed Vivians and William from the game in the second half for not shooting the ball. Vivians passed up an open look in the corner, while William was admonished for not attacking the basket. She was quickly reinserted into the game and didn't make the same mistake again. William said film study and the instruction she receives from assistant coach Dionnah Jackson help her develop an even better understanding of what Schaefer expects and how she can help turn a good shot into a great shot. "He shows us film and how we rush shots or we are settling," William said. "(When he took me out), he told me to attack the basket and make shots, and to attack the basket and look for the five player (the center)." Last season, William shared the point guard duties with senior Jerica James. Even though William didn't start any of MSU's 34 games last season, she often was on the court in crunch time, so she started to understand how Schaefer likes a point guard to run his team. She played an integral role in MSU's program-record 27-win season with 123 assists (103 turnovers) in 21.4 minutes per game. This season, William, who is the team's captain, is serving as mentor for freshman point guard Jazzmun Holmes. Entering the game, Holmes, who had six assists Sunday to give her 31 for the season, had played more minutes than William, but that changed as William logged 26 to Holmes' 14.

Schaefer said his goal was to play some of his starters more minutes to help get them in better game condition and to prepare them for what he expects to be a big test against Texas. Regardless of the opponent or who is in the Bulldogs' lineup, though, sharing the basketball figures to remain a constant. "I feel really good about our team," Schaefer said. "We have some really good chemistry. We shared the basketball tonight (27 assists on 31 baskets). I am excited about Wednesday. Everyone wants to know how good we are, and we will certainly find out Wednesday night."

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Vivians finds range for No. 10 MSU Adam Minichino The Commercial Dispatch November 22, 2015 STARKVILLE -- It doesn't matter whether you prefer the term shooter or scorer. Let's agree those players are a different breed. When asked to describe their craft, some will shrug their shoulders and attribute their success to hours of practice in the gym, while others will say that they been blessed with a gift. So how does it feel to be in one of those "zones" when everything you send toward the rim goes in? Victoria Vivians doesn't really know. If she did, she wouldn't tell you because she isn't going to divulge the secret. There's no secret that the Mississippi State sophomore was back in her element Saturday, scoring a game-high 22 points to lead four players in double figures in the No. 10 Mississippi State women's basketball team's 107-43 victory against Grambling State before a crowd of 3,472 at Humphrey Coliseum. Teaira McCowan had 21 points and 11 rebounds, Chinwe Okorie added 12 points and 11

rebounds, and Morgan William had 12 points, four assists, and two steals on a day 12 of the 13 Bulldogs who played scored. "It's great to see Victoria knocking down shots," said MSU coach Vic Schaefer, whose team improved to 2-0. "We certainly need that. I think everybody in the county understands the importance of her having the ability to knock down shots. At one point, I think she hit four in a row, and three of them were from the same spot on the floor." Vivians, who led MSU in scoring last season at 14.9 points per game, had eight points in 23 foul-plagued minutes in a season-opening 68-47 victory against Samford on Nov. 13. Vivians started slowly Saturday, going 0-for-6 from the field (0-for-3 from 3-point range) in 11 minutes. But just like former Detroit Pistons great Vinnie "the Microwave" Johnson, Vivians showed she, too, can heat up in a hurry. The exciting thing about Vivians' scoring against Grambling State (1-3) was that it came from a variety of places. She lit her hot hand by hitting a pair of pull-up jump shots off half-court weaves from nearly the same spot. The mid-range makes gave her the confidence to go deeper, which shouldn't be surprising because the former Scott Central High School standout has range to Carthage. Vivians drained a 3-pointer from Dominique Dillingham at the 5-minute, 7-second mark of the third quarter to push MSU's lead to 61-28. Dillingham provided another assist n a 3-pointer later in the quarter before Jazzmun Holmes had one of her eight assists on a Vivians trey that closed the quarter.

"I felt better," Vivians said. "I took my time on shots and didn't rush so many. I took good shots." Vivians felt she might have rushed too many of her shots against Samford, which accounted for her 4-for-14 shooting. Schaefer acknowledged Vivians gets "that look" in her eye and plays with a confidence you can sense from her body language. As much as he has become accustomed to watching Vivians drain shots from distance, he praised her for taking smart shots that came within the offense. "There is nobody happier than the head coach seeing Tori make shots because I need her to make shots and our team needs her to make shots," Schaefer said. "When she (makes shots), that is why she is on the Wooden Watch list (for the nation's top player)." William has only played with Vivians for a little more than one year, but she, too, notices a difference when Vivians finds her stroke. She saw that look from her classmate Saturday. "I can see when she is on because coach starts calling plays for her, but when I pass it to her I just know when she is going to make it because she will follow through and she will run back and look at me like, 'I see you. I got you," William said. "After passing it to her so many times, I just know when she is going to make or miss it. I just see it in her eyes." In the preseason, Vivians said she worked hard on her ballhandling to become a more

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versatile offensive player. Those skills were more on display against the Tigers, as she moved off the ball and attempted to create shots for herself. She said she is more confident in that area, and hopes not to only be a shooter who is one-dimensional. Schaefer also praised the Bulldogs for being aggressive rebounding to the tune of a 57-27 advantage. Thirty-four of the rebounds came on the offensive end, with McCowan leading the way with nine and Okorie adding six. Grambling State had only one player taller than 6-foot. Schaefer also was pleased with his team's ability to force 29 turnovers, which led to a 40-2 edge in that category. MSU countered that with 25 assists and only nine turnovers. Nine players had assists. The Bulldogs also took eight charges. "I was glad to see us come out and execute," Schaefer said. MSU will play host to Mississippi Valley State at 7 p.m. Tuesday. It also will play host to Norfolk State at 6 p.m.

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Confident Nevitt eager to contribute Adam Minichino The Commercial Dispatch November 13, 2015 STARKVILLE -- Hesitancy can cripple a shooter. Kayla Nevitt admits there were so many things going through her head last season in her first year with the Mississippi State women's basketball team that she questioned whether she shoot the ball, where she should shoot it from, and how she should shoot the ball. Thankfully, Nevitt says with a smile, the questioning voices in her head have quieted and are allowing her to do what comes naturally on the basketball floor. It took only three shots Tuesday for that to be apparent. Lost in the cacophony of MSU's 128-34 victory against Mississippi College in an exhibition game at Humphrey Coliseum was the calm of Nevitt going 2-for-3 from the field and scoring five points in six minutes. The 5-foot-10 sophomore guard from Houston, Texas, would have played more and scored more points, but she was involved in an automobile accident, so coach Vic Schaefer wanted to limit Nevitt's playing time. That shouldn't be the case at 5:15 p.m. today when No. 11 MSU kicks off its 2015-16

season against Samford at the Hump. For Nevitt, the game will be a chance to offer an extended viewing of her offensive skills. This time, Nevitt won't show any hesitation when she gets the ball. "It has to do with my confidence," Nevitt said. "(Against Mississippi College), I didn't think twice about it. If I was open, I shot it." Nevitt has one of the smoothest looking jump shots on the team. Her stroke is similar to former MSU standout Kendra Grant in that she has good elevation and a strong follow-through. But last season, Nevitt appeared in 18 games (the fewest on the team) and averaged 2.9 points per game and shot 35.3 percent from the field. This season, Nevitt feels her scoring and her minutes per game (7.4 last season) could increase with the departure of Grant and Savannah Carter. Victoria Vivians, the team's leading scorer (14.9 ppg.), returns with junior guard Dominique Dillingham and sophomore guard Blair Schaefer, who also have improved, but Nevitt is confident she can make a bigger impact now that she better understands the rigors of the Southeastern Conference. She hopes she will be able to provide the scoring touch she showed at Andy Dekaney High School (Texas), where she averaged 11.8 points, 2.3 assists, 3.8 rebounds, and 3.1 steals for her career. Her accomplishments earned her a three-star rating from ESPN and four stars from Premier Girls Basketball Report.

MSU coach Vic Schaefer hopes Nevitt can take the hard work she put in in the offseason and have the results translate to the court. "I thought Kayla played really well early (against Mississippi College)," Schaefer said. "I need Kayla to play well, so I was excited to see her. I think the more confidence improves the better she is going to be for us." Nevitt showed what she can offer the Bulldogs against the Choctaws, hitting a 3-pointer from the corner and driving from the wing and hitting a pull-up jumper in the lane. She said she didn't allow any doubt to creep into her head that caused her to wonder if any of her teammates were open. Instead, she attacked the rim and let the basketball fly. "I was calm and I wasn't nervous like I was last year," Nevitt said. "It just all came to me." Nevitt said the only other time she recalled being hesitant with her shooting was when she was a freshman in high school. She said that, too, was a new situation, where she had to get adjusted to new teammates and a new system. She said that nervousness dissipated after a couple of games in part because her sister, Shunta Nevitt, was a member of the team. Shunta Nevitt is a senior on the Southern Arkansas women's basketball team. She also wears No. 23. Kayla Nevitt said point guard Morgan William sensed her hesitation in her game last season. She said William tried to encourage her to "let it flow" because she saw her make shots every day in practice and wanted

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her to bring that confidence to the games. Even though it was only three shots, Nevitt believes she can take confidence from her performance against Mississippi College and build on it. She knows she will have to play with that confidence because MSU has crept up in the national rankings and will be tested by every team on its schedule. The challenge MSU will face is similar to the one Nevitt will face individually because she knows she is competing with her teammates for playing time. On a team in which all 14 eligible players can contribute, Nevitt intends to answer that call without hesitation. "I feel like every day at practice we have to lay it on the line and go 100 percent," Nevitt said. "It is always somebody competing against each other in practice. That is what makes us so great. It is a challenge, and everybody is competing for minutes, so I just try to bring it every day like everybody else, and, hopefully, it shows on the court."

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MSU women’s basketball picks up Florida guard Adam Minichino The Commercial Dispatch November 12, 2015 Jacaira Allen is used to bearing big burdens. Imagine you're a freshman who is about to embark on your first season as a member of your high school's girls basketball team. It's picture day and one of your teammates comes up with a nickname -- Prodigy -- she feels suits your personality and your game. Instead of allowing Allen to take the nickname, Coconut Creek High girls basketball coach Max Ruback wanted Allen to earn everything that came to her, so he opted to give her an abbreviated moniker -- Igy -- in an attempt to motivate her to get the rest of the letters to spell out Prodigy. "I was a 14-year-old kid and I didn't really know what he meant (when he said he wanted her to earn everything she got)," Allen said Wednesday. "As the season progressed, I realized exactly what he was talking about." Allen didn't take Ruback's move as a slight and tweaked it to her

liking, adding another 'g' to create an even better alias: Iggy. It's a second name she will bring to Starkville to signal the arrival of another potential prodigy for coach Vic Schaefer's program. On Wednesday, Allen signed a National Letter of Intent to play basketball for Schaefer and MSU. The move comes after Allen tweeted last week she had given a verbal commitment to MSU over offers from Ohio State, Georgia Tech, Miami, and Ole Miss. "Mississippi State has a coach who has been through it already and who has won a national championship (at Texas A&M) and has experienced assistant coaches," Allen said. "I feel like they have it all planned out for me. I feel they know exactly what they're going to do with me when I get there. I put my trust in them." Contrary to published reports that listed her up to two inches shorter, Allen said she is 5-foot-11 Â½. Last season, she led Fort Lauderdale Dillard High to a Florida High School Athletic Association Class 5A state title. The championship was Dillard High's ninth, which is the second most in state history, and fifth in the last six seasons. In her first 31 games last season, Allen averaged15.1 points, 12.4 rebounds, and 3.2 assists. Her accomplishments helped her earn first-team All-State honors in Class 5A and that classification's Florida Dairy Farmers Miss Basketball award. Following the Florida state tournament, Dillard went on to play in the Dick's Sporting Goods High School Nationals title game in New York, where it lost to Miami Country Day, the

state of Florida's Class 3A champion. Allen is rated the No. 77 player in the Class of 2016 by espnW and Dan Olson's Collegiate Girls Basketball Report and No. 66 by All-Star Girls Report. Schaefer, who had one scholarship available, said MSU recruited two players and that Allen was the highest rated of the two. He feels she has an ideal skill set and makeup to fit in as a Bulldog. He praised the work of assistant coach Elena Lovato and the rest of his coaching staff for making Allen and her mother feel comfortable with them and the program. "I don't think there is any doubt you're getting an ultra competitive, super athletic kid who is tough, physical, and has the SEC body already and the SEC frame," Schaefer said. "I think from a competitive standpoint and how hard she plays the game it is really the piece to the puzzle we needed." Schaefer envisions Allen being a big three player, or small forward, for the Bulldogs. With Dominique Dillingham projected to be a senior in 2016-17, Schaefer feels Allen gives MSU the potential to have someone who can guard several positions and who is physical and strong enough to step in and contribute on both ends of the floor. He said the Bulldogs are excited to have the makings of an exceptional backcourt when you consider Oklahoma State transfer Roshunda Johnson will be eligible next season. "She is someone who complements our team," Schaefer said. "Hopefully we have gotten another Dominique in a little bit bigger frame. We

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also have added that SEC body that we had to have, and it is ready made. She is ready to go and you're going to get a kid who has been coached in a great AAU program (Miami Suns) and by a coach (Marcia Pinder) who has won nine state championship. We're getting somebody who is ready to go. We think that was critical for us." Allen is excited about that challenge, but she said she is focused on closing her high school career with another state title. She said this will be her first season as a team captain and that is eager to continue to set the vibe for her squad. She said she enjoys being "hype" when she is on the floor because she feels her teammates pick up on her energy and play the same way. Ericka Haney, who has coached Allen the past two years with the Miami Suns' Team Fowles, said Allen made the right college choice because her style of play fits into the Bulldogs' aggressive defensive scheme and up-tempo offense. "Mississippi State is going to love her," Haney said. "She is high energy and high motor. She only knows one speed and that is to go hard. She can do a lot of things and can take over a game. I think they will enjoy watching her energy and explosiveness. "Her upside is ridiculous. I think she will add a lot to the program over the next four years." Haney feels Allen will make a significant impact because she has matured throughout her high school years and that she has the size and the strength to do a variety of things. She also believes an up-and-coming

program like MSU, which is ranked No. 11 in The Associated Press preseason poll, its highest in school history, is the right place for Allen. Allen agrees and sees MSU as a place where she can continue to grow into a prodigy. She said she feels she earned that nickname last season, but that she likes Iggy and will stick with it. "I have watched highlights of (MSU) and met the players," Allen said. "They remind me a lot of me. They're always hype and goofy, but they know when it is time to be serious and play."

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Bulldogs will have place in spotlight this season Adam Minichino The Commercial Dispatch November 9, 2015 "The Bulldogs are the most upwardly mobile team in the SEC. After three straight losing seasons, Vic Schaefer's rebuilding job produced a school-record 27 wins. Now Mississippi State is in position to challenge at the top of the conference. Sophomore Victoria Vivians is one of the most exciting young scorers in the country and leads a deep and versatile roster." -- Charlie Creme's analysis of Mississippi State in his Southeastern Conference preview posted last week on ESPN.com STARKVILLE Vic Schaefer doesn't always agree with Charlie Creme. That's not a bad thing, though, because college coaches usually have a spin on things they want their players to follow. Last season, the Mississippi State women's basketball coach questioned Creme's valuation of the Southeastern Conference and his seeding for the Bulldogs in

his NCAA tournament Bracketology. This season, Schaefer and Creme might be as close as they ever will be when it comes to their opinions of MSU's potential for the 2015-16 season. When your team is ranked No. 11 in The Associated Press poll, No. 12 in ESPN's rankings, and No. 13 in the USA Today poll, which is voted on by the coaches, it's easy to find agreement, even if it is with a member of the national media. Schaefer and the Bulldogs aren't shying away from the attention. In fact, they're welcoming it. With a schedule that features non-conference games against ranked opponents like Texas and South Florida, MSU will be tested before it begins SEC play. Games against No. 2 South Carolina and No. 4 Tennessee at Humphrey Coliseum will push the excitement surrounding the program to all-time heights. MSU's first step on what could be another history-making season will come at 7 p.m. Tuesday when it plays host to Mississippi College in an exhibition game at the Hump. The matchup will be the team's final tuneup for its season opener against Samford at 5:15 p.m. Friday. So are we to believe Creme's assessment of MSU and to think that the Bulldogs could challenge the Gamecocks and the Lady Volunteers? Yes. That's easy. If MSU remains at the same place it was last season and you factor in the contributions from newcomers Zion Campbell, Jazzmun Holmes, Teaira McCowan, and Jazmine Spears, it has a strong chance to challenge the mark it

set last season with a program-best 27 wins. But MSU is shooting even higher because the Bulldogs have improved up and down the lineup. Leading scorer Victoria Vivians looks to be in better shape and has worked to become an even better scorer. Juniors Dominique Dillingham and Breanna Richardson have improved their shooting and ballhandling, while sophomores Kayla Nevitt and LaKaris Salter have shown that they, too, worked hard in the offseason and are ready to take on bigger roles. Playing a bigger role is a position sophomore Morgan William will be in. A year ago, William served as understudy to senior Jerica James, watching on the bench at the start of games and coming in to provide a spark. This season, William will be the starter and will be counted on to be a floor general and captain. The improvement each of those players has made is just a sample. You could argue MSU could go as deep as 14 players. The only player who won't get a chance to contribute in games is junior Roshunda Johnson, who will have to sit out this season due to NCAA transfer rules. Better shooting, ballhandling, rebounding, and depth figure to give MSU a chance to shatter the mark it set last season for overall wins and victories in the SEC (11). The key will be the Bulldogs' mind-set. The days of sneaking up on anyone are gone. They have been replaced by a bull's eye that will be on the team's back for every game. It doesn't matter if a team is ranked or unranked, or in the top 100 of the Ratings Percentage

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Index (RPI) or if it has a RPI of 150-200. Every team knows a victory against MSU will be a resume-builder. Will that be too much to handle? It won't be if MSU develops a killer instinct. Too many times last season, players smiled or patted their chests as if to say 'My bad" after they committed mistakes. Granted, no one is perfect and coaches want their players to be relaxed and to have fun when they're playing, but MSU needs to develop an assassin's precision. It needs to play with the confidence that it is the nation's No. 11 team and that is should beat teams by 30 and 40 points. Schaefer has said many times in the past few years that he loves his players. He also has said that the players he has recruited are some of the nicest young women he has had the pleasure of coaching. But Schaefer has said before -- and he reiterated last week at the team's annual media day -- that the time for being a well-mannered young lady ends when his players step on the court. That's why it was revealing to hear Schaefer's respond to someone playing devil's advocate who wondered if MSU is too nice, and if that mentality would prevent the program from taking the next step this season? "For two hours we have to be monsters," Schaefer said. "We have a job to do and we have to do it to the best of our ability." To illustrate his point, Schaefer talked about the past two seasons -- in which MSU has won 22 and 27 games -- and how he would go into the locker

room at halftime "madder than a wet hen" that his team was leading an opponent by 20 points, not 40. He mentioned the gold standard in women's basketball -- Connecticut -- as an example of a team that goes out with ruthless efficiency and does what it is supposed to. If that means beating a team by 50, that's what it does. It doesn't make any excuses. It doesn't feel self conscious because it strives for excellence and, nearly every time out, it usually reaches that goal. Schaefer wants MSU to reach for the same bar. He isn't saying the Bulldogs are going to challenge the Huskies for the national title this season, but he has been around long enough to know this team has enough pieces that it could be alive deep into March and, possibly, in April. For it to survive that long, Schaefer knows the Bulldogs will have to develop a swagger that dares anyone to beat them and gives them the confidence and poise to respond to any challenge. If MSU plays with that mind-set, look out because Humphrey Coliseum is going to be rockin'. "We have been that team that the team we're supposed to beat by 60 we beat them by 25," Schaefer said. "I want to be the team that if there is somebody on our schedule that we're supposed to beat by 20, we beat them by 20, not by five. If there is somebody on our schedule we're supposed to beat by 30, we beat them by 30, not by 15. "I think that's where we are. We have tremendous kids. They are wonderful young ladies. They are sweet as can be, but the bottom line is when the lights come on, we have to get a little

bit of an edge to us, and play with a little bit of an edge."

MISSISSIPPI STATE BULLDOGS (26-7 Overall, 11-5 SEC)

Head Coach: Vic Schaefer (4th Season)Assoc. Head Coach: Johnnie Harris (4th Season)Assistant Coach: Dionnah Jackson (1st Season)Assistant Coach: Elena Lovato (2nd Season)

•SEC All-Defensive Team selection•Scored double figures 8 of last 12 games•Avg. 11.0 ppg last 5 games; •7th among active SEC players in career steals (175), the top junior•Started 86 of the last 88 games of her career•1st on team with 49 charges drawn

PPG RPG SPG FG% 3FG% FT%2015-16 8.2 3.8 1.5 .375 .281 .794Career 7.6 4.2 1.7 .346 .287 .692

00 • DOMINIQUE DILLINGHAMG•5-9•Jr. Spring, Texas (Klein Collins HS)

•2nd on the team in made 3-pointers with 24•3rd on team in 3pt FG%•Set season highs in 3-pointers made (24) and field goals (29)•Scored her SEC personal best with 6 points vs. No. 16 Kentucky•Drawn 28 offensive fouls, 3rd on the team

PPG RPG APG FG% 3FG% FT%2015-16 2.9 0.9 0.5 .302 .343 .571Career 2.7 0.9 0.6 .310 .324 .788

1 • BLAIR SCHAEFER G•5-7•So. Starkville, Miss. (Starkville HS)

•2nd on team in scoring•Double digits in 9 of last 13 games•2nd SEC at FT line (83.9%)•2nd in SEC with 166 assists, 4th in MSU single-season history•9th among active SEC players, 1st by a So., with 289 career assists•MSU's career FT leader (84.0%)


2 • MORGAN WILLIAM G•5-5•So. Birmingham, Ala. (Shades Valley HS)

•15th among active SEC players in career rebounds (534)•Played in her 100th-career game in SEC semifinal•3rd on team with 62 made free-throws•3rd on team with 66 offensive rebounds•Missed 1st 2 games of her career vs. Arkansas & Missouri


3 • BREANNA RICHARDSON(Bree-AHN-ah)F•6-1•Jr. Conyers, Ga. (Rockdale County HS)

•Bulldogs' lone senior•6th in MSU annals with 74 career blocked shots•3rd on team in blocks w/ 0.7 bpg (18 overall)•Tied her career high with 4 blocks vs. Louisiana Tech•Claimed 7 rbds. in 6 min. vs. Vanderbilt in SEC Tourney quarterfinal

PPG RPG BPG FG% 3FG% FT%2015-16 2.1 2.4 0.7 .512 .000 .500Career 3.4 3.0 0.7 .424 .000 .596

5 • SHERISE WILLIAMS (Sha-REESE)F•6-1•Sr. St. Louis, Mo. (McCluer HS)

•Had her SEC high with 6 assists vs. Ole Miss•2nd on team with 68 assists (2.3 apg)•5th on team in steals with 18 (0.6 spg)•Scored 4 pts. vs. Vandy in the SEC Tournament quarterfinal


10 • JAZZMUN HOLMES G•5-8•Fr. Gulfport, Miss. (Harrison Central HS)

•Logged her 1st SEC action in the 1st meeting with Arkansas•Scored season-high 5 pts. vs. Savannah State•Played under MSU asst. coach Elena Lovato at TVCC in 2014, help-

ing the team to the national title

PPG RPG APG FG% 3FG% FT%2015-16 1.6 1.6 0.1 .385 .333 1.000Career 1.6 1.6 0.1 .385 .333 1.000

12 • JAZMINE SPEARS F•6-0•Jr. New Albany, Miss. (Trinity Valley CC)

•Started the last 32 games•4th on team in FG%•5th on team on offensive glass (41, 1.2 rpg)•4th on the defensive glass (67, 2.0 rpg)•3 rebounds from 300 career boards•Played her 100th game vs. Tennessee in SEC semifinal


13 • KETARA CHAPEL (Kah-TARE-ah)F•6-1•Jr. Temple, Texas (Temple HS)

•SEC All-Freshman Team selection•Scored 11 pts. vs. Vandy in SEC Tournament quarterfinal•8th in SEC on off. glass (2.9 rpg) ; T5th in SEC play (3.1 rpg)•4th in SEC in blocked shots with 1.4 bpg•45 blocks 2nd by MSU Fr., 8th in MSU single-season history•Has 5 double-doubles on the season


15 • TEAIRA MCCOWAN (Tee-AIR-ah)C•6-7•Fr. Brenham, Texas (Brenham HS)

•Had the best SEC scoring performance of her career with 12 pts. vs. No. 16 Kentucky

•Tallied her previous SEC high with 9 points vs. Ole Miss•5th on the team with 16 made 3-pointers•Scored a career-high 20 points vs. Mississippi Valley St.


23 • KAYLA NEVITT G•5-10•So. Houston, Texas (Andy Dekaney HS)

PPG RPG SPG FG% 3FG% FT%2015-16 — — — — — —Career — — — — — —

25 • ZION CAMPBELL C•6-3•Fr. Washington, D.C. (Riverdale Baptist School)

•First Team All-SEC selection•Named to Wooden Late Season Top 20 & Wade Trophy Watch List•Also on Drysdale & Naismith Midseason Watch Lists•2nd in SEC in scoring (17.2 ppg);•Named to SEC All-Tournament Team (22.0 ppg, 6.7 rpg)•Had 2 best scoring efforts in SEC Tournament (30 - UT; 26 - USC)

PPG RPG SPG FG% 3FG% FT%2015-16 17.2 5.9 1.7 .389 .313 .744Career 16.0 5.4 1.6 .379 .320 .745

35 • VICTORIA VIVIANS G•6-1•So. Carthage, Miss. (Scott Central HS)

•Had her best scoring performance of the SEC slate with 8 points against No. 16 Kentucky

•Making 37.9% of her 3-point attempts•Tallied a season-high 15 points against Mississippi Valley St.


44 • LAKARIS SALTER (La-CARE-is)F•6-1•So. Tallahassee, Fla. (Florida A&M DRHS)

•Was a nominee for Allstate Good Works Team•Started 30 games this season•4th on team in scoring (7.0 ppg); 1st in rebounds (6.1 rpg)•Tops team in FG% (55.5%), 9th in MSU single-season history•Grabbed 11 rebounds in the SEC Tourney semifinal win vs. Tenn.


45 • CHINWE OKORIE (CHIN-way Oh-CORE-ee)C•6-5•Jr. Lagos, Nigeria (Stoneleigh-Burnham [Mass.] Prep)

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