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10 NCAA Appearances | 1 Final Four | 6 SEC Championships | 3 SEC Tournament Titles | 18 Postseason Appearances Basketball Media Relations Mississippi State 288 Lakeview Drive, Mississippi State, MS 39762 Bulldogs (0-0) GREGG ELLIS, Primary Contact (W) 662.325.3595 | (C) 662.322.0145 | [email protected] vs. Twitter: @msusportsgregg & @HailStateMBK | www.hailstate.com MORGAN MACGUIRE, Secondary Contact Alabama State (C) 719.660.2039 | [email protected] Hornets (0-0) Twitter: @morgsmac SERIES INFORMATION GAME INFORMATION Projected Starting 5 When: Friday, Nov. 10, 2017 Series: 3-0, Mississippi State Time: 5:30 p.m. CT 1 Lamar Peters Home: 3-0, Mississippi State Location: Starkville 6-0 | 185 | So. | G Away: NA Arena: Humphrey Coliseum New Orleans, LA Neutral: NA TV: SEC Network+ PPG: —————————— Last Meeting: MSU, 67-47 (12-14-2010) PxP: Bart Gregory APG: —————————— Mississippi State Coach: Ben Howland Analyst: Blake DuDonis FG%: —————————— MSU Record: 30-33, 3rd year Sideline: NA FT%: —————————— Career Record: 431-239, 22nd year MSU Radio Network: vs. Alabama State: NM PxP: Neil Price Alabama State Coach: Lewis Jackson Analyst: Richard Williams 3 Xavian Stapleton Alabama State Record: 179-195, 11th year Sirius/XM: NA/190 6-6 | 210 | Jr. | G Career Record: same Flora, MS PPG: —————————— WHAT TO NOTE AS MSU PLAYS ALABAMA STATE . RPG: —————————— On Friday, junior guard Quinndary Weatherspoon was named first-team All-SEC by the league FG%: —————————— coaches after being tabbed second team by the media in mid-October. FT%: —————————— MSU enters its 106th season of basketball having won 12 of its last 15 season openers. Overall, the Bulldogs are 82-23 in lid-lifters and have won 25 of their last 32 dating back to the 11 Quinndary Weatherspoon 1985-86 campaign. 6-4 | 205 | Jr. | G MSU is opening at home for the 11th time in the last 12 years. The last time it opened on the road Canton, MS was 2012-13 at Troy, a 56-53 setback to open the Trojans’ new arena. PPG: —————————— The Bulldogs’ schedule features four first-time opponents — Green Bay, Stephen F. Austin, RPG: —————————— FG%: —————————— North Dakota State and North Florida. FT%: —————————— Mississippi State is 26-4 all-time versus the 10 current teams that comprise the SWAC. MSU has played Alcorn State, Jackson State and Mississippi Valley State the most at five games each. The lone team the Bulldogs haven’t faced is Grambling. 23 Tyson Carter 6-4 | 165 | So. | G The last SWAC team MSU faced was Texas Southern, an 86-73 win on Dec. 2, 2015. Starkville, MS Quinndary Weatherspoon is 151 points shy of becoming the 37th player in school history to PPG: —————————— reach 1,000 for a career. APG: —————————— Junior forward Aric Holman is 9 blocked shots away from tying Marcus Campbell for the 10th FG%: —————————— most in school history with 87. FT%: —————————— MSU is one of five DI teams without any scholarship seniors, along with Chattanooga, Holy Cross, Kentucky and Robert Morris. 45 E.J. Datcher The Bulldogs’ roster features six players looking to make their collegiate debut — Abdul Ado, 6-10 | 240 | So. | C KeyShawn Feazell, and Nick Weatherspoon, along with walk-ons Tate Clayton, T.J. Gray Harpersville, AL and Mitchell Storm. PPG: —————————— The Weatherspoon duo marks the first time MSU has two brothers playing together since RPG: —————————— Reginald and Richard Delk in 2007. MSU is one of 29 schools with brothers on the roster. FG%: —————————— MSU returns 77 percent of its scoring from a year ago and 77.6 percent of its rebounding. FT%: —————————— 2017-18 MISSISSIPPI STATE SCHEDULE/RESULTS NOVEMBER JANUARY 17 OLE MISS (SECN) 7:30 p.m. 10 ALABAMA STATE (SECN+) 5:30 p.m. 2 ARKANSAS (SECN) 8 p.m. 20 at Texas A&M (SECN) 6 p.m. 18 FLORIDA A&M (SECN+) 1 p.m. 6 at Ole Miss (SECN) 3:30 p.m. 24 SOUTH CAROLINA (SECN) 2:30 p.m. 20 GREEN BAY (SECN+) 7 p.m. 10 at Florida (SECN) 6 p.m. 27 TENNESSEE (SECN) 6 p.m. 22 STEPHEN F. AUSTIN (SECN+) 7 p.m. 13 AUBURN (SECN) 2:30 p.m. MARCH 26 JACKSONVILLE STATE (SECN+) 2 p.m. 16 VANDERBILT (SECN) 6 p.m. 3 at LSU (SECN) Noon 30 NORTH DAKOTA STATE (SECN) 6 p.m. 20 at Alabama (SECN) 7:30 p.m. 23 at Kentucky (ESPN) 8 p.m. 2018 SEC Tournament DECEMBER 27 MISSOURI (SECN) 7:30p.m. 8-12 SEC Tournament (SECN, ESPNU, ABC) TBA 3 DAYTON (SECN) 7 p.m. 9 NORTH GEORGIA (SECN+) 4 p.m. 31 at South Caroina (SECN) 7:30 p.m. ^ - Jackson, Miss (Mississippi Coliseum) 12 at Cincinnati (ESPN2) 6 p.m. FEBRUARY ! - St. Louis (Scottrade Arena) 16 UT Martin (SECN+) 7 p.m. 3 GEORGIA (ESPNU) 5 p.m. 20 LITTLE ROCK (SECN+) 7 p.m. 6 ALABAMA (SECN) 6 p.m. 23 vs. Southern Miss (SECN+) ^ 6 p.m. 10 at Missouri (ESPN2) 1 p.m. 30 North Florida (SECN+) 1 p.m. 14 at Vanderbilt (SECN) 6 p.m. 2016-17 Bulldog Basketball | hailstate.com Mississippi State Basketball @HailStateMBK Game 1 | Alabama State 2017-18 MISSISSIPPI STATE NUMERICAL ROSTER GENERAL INFORMATION Location: ...................................Starkville, MS No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Exp. Hometown Founded: ...........................February 28, 1878 0 Nick Weatherpsoon G 6-2 195 Fr. HS Canton, MS (Velma Jackson HS) Enrollment: ..........................................21,622 Conference: .............................................SEC 1 Lamar Peters G 6-0 185 So. 1L New Orleans, LA (Landry-Walker HS) Nickname:......................................... Bulldogs 2 Eli Wright G 6-4 190 So. 1L Owensboro, KY (22 Feet Academy) Colors: .................................. Maroon & White Arena: ..............Humphrey Coliseum (10,500) 3 Xavian Stapleton G 6-6 210 Jr. 1L Flora, MS (Louisiana Tech) President: .......................Dr. Mark E. Keenum 5 Mitchell Storm F 6-7 202 So. TR Madison, MS (East Mississippi CC) Athletics Director: ........................John Cohen 10 Tate Clayton G 6-2 170 Fr. HS Tupelo, MS (Tupelo HS) Web Site: .......................... www.hailstate.com Twitter: ..................................@HailStateMBK 11 Quinndary Weatherspoon G 6-4 205 Jr. 2L Canton, MS (Velma Jackson HS) Hashtag ......................................... #HailState 12 Drew Davis G 5-10 165 Sr. 1L Atlanta, GA (Ft. Walton Beach HS) 13 Nick Singleton G 6-5 195 Jr. 1L Decatur, GA (Kennesaw State) BASKETBALL HISTORY First Year of Basketball: .....................1908-09 15 T.J. Gray G 6-0 170 So. HS Columbus, MS (Columbus HS) All-Time Record: .........1,377-1,175/105 years 22 KeyShawn Feazell F 6-8 230 Fr. HS New Hebron, MS (Lawrence County HS) All-Time SEC Record: .......................577-761 Total Number of Head Coaches: ................20 23 Tyson Carter G 6-4 165 So. 1L Starkville, MS (Starkville HS) Humphrey Coliseum Record: ............428-178 24 Abdul Ado F 6-11 250 Fr. HS Lagos, Nigeria (Hamilton Heights HS) 20-Win Seasons: ........................................17 NCAA Tournament Appearances: ..10 (11-10) 34 Schnider Herard C 6-10 260 So. 1L Port-au-Prince (Prestonwood Christian) NCAA Tournament Final Fours: .........1 (1996) 35 Aric Holman F 6-10 225 Jr. 2L Owensboro, KY (Owensboro HS) NIT Appearances: ............................... 8 (7-8) 45 E.J. Datcher C 6-10 240 Fr. 1L Harpersville, AL (Vincent HS) NIT Final Fours: .................................1 (2007) SEC Championships: ...................................6 (2004, 1991, 1963, 1962, 1961, 1959) Head Coach: Ben Howland (Weber State, 1979; 3rd year) SEC Tournament Championships: ...............3 Assistant Coaches: George Brooks (Mississippi State, 1997; 8th year) (2009, 2002 and 1996) Korey McCray (Mercer, 2001; 3rd year) SEC Tournament Record: ......................30-53 Ernie Zeigler (Cleary College, 1994; 3rd year) SEC Western Division Titles: ........................7 Director of Basketball Operations: Michael Moynihan (2010, 2008, 2007, 2004, 2003, 1996, 1995) Director of Basketball Performance: Collin Crane Graduate Assistant Coaches: Alfred Aboya TEAM INFORMATION Bo Rodriguez 2016-17 Overall Record ........................16-16 2015-16 SEC Record .....................6-12, 12th National Ranking: ......................................n/a 2016-17 A-Z Roster By State/Country Starters Returning/Lost:.............................4/2 Letterwinners Returning/Lost:..................10/4 No. Name Yr. Alabama (1) Newcomers:..................................................6 24 Ado, Abdul Fr. 45 Datcher, EJ So. Roster (Sr./Jr/So./Fr.): ........................(1/4/7/4) 23 Carter, Tyson So. Georgia (2) MEDIA INFORMATION 10 Clayton, Tate Fr. 12 Davis, Drew Sr. Credentials 13 Singleton, Nick Jr. nMedia members may obtain both season 45 Datcher, EJ So. credentials and game-by-game passes by 12 Davis, Drew Sr. Kentucky (2) contacting Gregg Ellis at 662-325-3595. 22 Feazell, KeyShawn Fr. 35 Holman, Aric Jr. 2 Wright, Eli So. SEC Teleconference 15 Gray, T.J. So. nThe SEC Teleconference is coordinated Louisiana (1) through the SEC media relations office. To 34 Herard, Schnider So. 1 Peters, Lamar So. partcipate, contact Craig Pinkerton of the SEC 35 Holman, Aric Jr. at 205-458-3038. Ben Howland is scheduled for 11:17 a.m. CT. 1 Peters, Lamar So. Mississippi (8) 23 Carter, Tyson So. 13 Singleton, Nick Jr. 10 Clayton, Tate Fr. Media On Twitter 3 Stapleton, Xavian Jr. 22 Feazell, KeyShawn Fr. 15 Gray, T.J. So. 5 Storm, Mitchell So. 3 Stapleton, Xavian Jr. Will Sammon, Clarion Ledger @WillSammon 5 Storm, Mitchell So. David Brandt, Associated Press 0 Weatherspoon, Nick Fr. 0 Weatherspoon, Nick Fr. @davidbrandtAP 11 Weatherspoon, Quinndary Jr. Bob Carskadon, HailState Beat 11 Weatherspoon, Quinndary Jr. @bobcarskadon Joel Coleman, Starkville Daily News 2 Wright, Eli