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MISSISSIPPI STATE 2008-09 MEN’S BASKETBALL Game #17: Mississippi State (11-5, 1-0) vs. Alabama (11-4, 1-0) Wednesday, January 14, 2009 • 7 P.M. • Starkville, Miss. Humphrey Coliseum (10,500) XM Radio: Channel 237 Mississippi State Athletic Media Relations • PO Box 5308 • MSU, MS 39762 Men’s Basketball SID: Gregg Ellis (662.325.3595 or [email protected]) 2008-09 MSU RESULTS (11-5) PROBABLE STARTERS & TOP SUBSTITUTES DATE OPPONENT (TV) SCORE/TIME MISSISSIPPI STATE BULLDOGS (11-5, 1-0) Nov. 15 CENTENARY W 77-55 Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown PPG RPG APG SPG BPG Nov. 17 UL MONROE W 78-49 C 32 Jarvis Varnado 6-9 210 Jr. Brownsville, TN 13.0 9.8 0.8 0.4 5.4 Nov. 19 #NORTH ALABAMA W 102-61 G 25 Phil Turner 6-3 170 So. Grenada, MS 6.6 3.6 1.4 0.9 0.3 Nov. 22 #FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON W 84-58 G 3 Dee Bost 6-2 170 Fr. Concord, NC 9.8 3.3 4.3 1.4 0.0 Nov. 25 at St. Bonaventure W 76-71 G 22 Barry Stewart 6-3 170 Jr. Shelbyville, TN 11.0 3.4 1.7 1.1 0.4 Nov. 28 ^Washington State (HDNet) L 63-52 G 2 Ravern Johnson 6-7 175 So. Lyon, MS 12.1 3.9 1.4 0.4 0.6 Nov. 29 ^Texas Tech (HDNet) L 77-73 F 5 Romero Osby 6-8 230 Fr. Meridian, MS 6.4 3.6 0.6 0.3 0.3 Dec. 6 ALABAMA STATE W 76-67 G 4 Twany Beckham 6-5 190 Fr. Louisville, KY 2.5 1.4 1.6 0.5 0.0 Dec. 10 CHARLOTTE L 70-64 Dec. 13 SOUTH ALABAMA W 79-60 ALABAMA CRIMSON TIDE (11-4, 1-0) Dec. 18 !Cincinnati (ESPN2) L 75-63 Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown PPG RPG APG SPG BPG Dec. 22 *Nicholls State W 74-68 F 32 JaMychal Green 6-9 220 Fr. Montgomery, AL 8.4 6.8 0.5 1.0 1.7 Dec. 30 SAN DIEGO (FSN) L 64-61 ot F 40 Justin Knox 6-9 240 So. Tuscaloosa, AL 5.4 5.3 0.3 0.2 0.8 G 12 Alonzo Gee 6-6 219 Sr. Riviera Beach, FL 14.5 7.7 1.3 0.9 0.7 Jan. 3 HOUSTON (CSS) W 82-65 G 21 Senario Hillman 6-1 192 So. Irwinton, GA 14.3 3.4 2.2 2.1 0.4 Jan. 5 WESTERN KENTUCKY (CSS) W 95-67 G 22 Ronald Steele 6-2 191 Sr. Birmingham, AL 12.9 3.4 3.7 0.9 0.1 Jan. 10 at Arkansas (FSN) W 70-56 Jan. 14 ALABAMA 7 p.m. G 25 Andrew Steele 6-3 215 Fr. Birmingham, AL 3.3 2.3 0.8 0.6 0.0 F 34 Yamene Coleman 6-9 236 Jr. Boykin, AL 4.4 4.8 0.3 0.4 1.0 Jan. 17 VANDERBILT (FSN) 7 p.m. Jan. 21 at LSU 7 p.m. Officials: Gary Maxwell, Mark Whitehead, Mike Nance Jan. 24 at Georgia (ESPN2) 5 p.m. Jan. 31 OLE MISS (Raycom) Noon BULLDOGS LOOK TO EXTEND THREE-GAME WINNING STREAK Feb. 3 at Kentucky 6 p.m. Fresh off its impressive and dominating 70-56 victory at Arkansas on Saturday night, Mississippi State is Feb. 7 ARKANSAS (Raycom) 2 p.m. back at home today against Alabama in hopes of collecting its fourth-straight win. The Bulldogs have had Feb. 11 LSU 7 p.m. their way with the Crimson Tide in recent years, winning five of the last six contests. Last year, MSU took Feb. 14 at Auburn (FSN) 4 p.m. all three games, including the overtime thriller in the quarterfinals of the SEC Tournament in Atlanta, 69-67. Feb. 18 SOUTH CAROLINA 7 p.m. And since taking over the helm in 1998-99, coach Rick Stansbury is 13-9 against the Tide. Feb. 21 at Alabama 3 p.m. Feb. 25 at Tennessee (Raycom) 8 p.m. MSU AND SEC HOME OPENERS VARNADO ON RECORD-SETTING PACE, Feb. 28 AUBURN 5 p.m. In his first 10-years at the helm, Bulldogs coach Rick BOTH FOR MSU AND THE SEC Mar. 4 FLORIDA 8 p.m. Stansbury is 9-1 in SEC home openers, including A year ago as a sophomore, Jarvis Varnado set a Mar. 7 at Ole Miss TBA last year’s 60-49 victory at Humphrey Coliseum school record with 157 blocked shots, a feat that also M. 12-15 +at SEC Tournament (Raycom/CBS) TBA against Georgia. The only loss under Stansbury’s tied the SEC single-season mark set by former LSU # - Legends Classic, regional rounds (Starkville, Miss.) ^ - Legends Classic, championship rounds (Newark, N.J.) watch came in 2003, when Florida escaped with a great Shaquille O’Neal in 1992. Already, Varnado has ! - SEC/Big East Challenge (Cincinnati, Ohio) 74-66 win. Wednesday also marks the first home 87 this year. And with a minimum of 16 games, * - at Jackson (Mississippi Coliseum) + - at Tampa, Fla. (St. Pete Times Forum) opener against the Crimson Tide for a Stansbury- including one in the SEC Tournament, Varnado coached squad. In all, State has opened against would need to average 4.4 blocks to surpass those MSU-Alabama Game Facts seven different teams, including Arkansas three totals. He also needs just 101 more blocks to tie MISSISSIPPI STATE BULLDOGS times. And going back 20 years, the Bulldogs are 15- O’Neal’s league record of 412. Coach: Rick Stansbury 5 in league lid-lifters at the Hump. Alma Mater: (Campbellsville, 1982) A LOOK AT THE CRIMSON TIDE MSU Record: 219-120 (11th year) SUCCESS FROM DOWNTOWN Career Record: 219-120 (11th year) Alabama enters Wednesday’s showdown sporting Mississippi State is currently second in the SEC with an 11-4 ledger after holding off LSU on Sunday after- ALABAMA CRIMSON TIDE 119 made 3-pointers, just behind Florida with 122. In Coach: Mark Gottfried noon, 65-59, in Tuscaloosa. The Tide, which was Alma Mater: (Alabama) the last three games, the Bulldogs have made some picked to finish second in the Western Division, has School Record: 205-128 (11th year) serious noise by knocking down 36 on 74 attempts won six of its last seven, with the setback coming to Career Record: 277-152 (14th year) (.486). Against Western Kentucky, the Bulldogs Clemson (66-59) on Jan. 6. Bama has three players SERIES INFORMATION drained 14, tying a school record set four times. scoring in double-digits, led by Alonzo Gee’s 14.5 Series Record: Alabama leads, 110-70 Ravern Johnson, Barry Stewart and Dee Bost clip. He’s also tops in rebounding with a 7.7 average. Last Year: MSU, 66-56 @ Tuscaloosa; MSU 73-66 have accounted for a bulk of the treys with 10, nine However, it’s a team that’s won only twice in @ Starkville; MSU, 69-67 @ SECT and six, respectively. Starkville the last 10 years (2004 and 2005). Mississippi State-Alabama Game Notes • January 14, 2009 Statistical Comparison MSU’S SEC HOME OPENERS UNDER RICK STANSBURY (9-1) SEC Team Date Opponent Result Date Opponent Result MSU at Alabama Jan. 2, 1999 South Carolina W, 66-60 Jan. 7, 2004 Arkansas MSU, 80-62 Rankings Jan. 5, 2000 Georgia W, 71-59 Jan. 5, 2005 Auburn MSU, 90-53 Jan. 6, 2001 Arkansas W, 87-73 Jan. 7, 2006 Arkansas MSU, 69-67 2008-09 Stats MSU BAMA Jan. 5, 2002 Kentucky W, 74-69 (ot) Jan. 10, 2007 Ole Miss MSU, 77-67 Category Rank Jan. 7, 2003 Florida UF, 74-66 Jan. 12, 2008 Georgia MSU, 60-49 2008-09 Record 11-5 11-4 Scoring. 6 Conference Record 1-0 1-0 MSU ENJOYED MORE NON-CONFERENCE SUCCESS Scoring Defense . T5 Scoring 75.4 72.5 Including last year’s 11-7 ledger against non-conference foes, coupled Scoring Margin. 5 Scoring Defense 64.1 63.6 with this year’s 10-5 mark, Mississippi State has compiled a dominant Scoring Margin +11.3 +8.9 Field Goal Pct. 4 121-38 (.761) record against non-conference opponents during the Rick Field Goal Pct 46.4 43.8 Opp. Field Goal Pct. 2 Stansbury era (since 1998-99), including a 113-30 (.790) regular-season Opp. Field Goal Pct. 36.3 38.5 mark versus non-league foes. 3-point FG Pct . 3 3-Point FG Percentage 37.4 29.6 Opp. 3-point FG Pct. 3 Opp. 3-Point FG Pct. 31.6 27.9 JANUARY AND HOME DOMINANCE UNDER STANSBURY 3-point FG Made . 2 Free Throw Percentage 69.1 68.2 Including last year’s 6-1 January record, the Bulldogs are 42-37 (.532) Free Throw Pct. 5 Opp. Free Throw Pct. 60.4 67.0 in the month of January since Rick Stansbury was named head coach. Rebounding Average 40.2 40.9 Dating back to the 1988-89 season when Richard Williams was over- Rebounding Average . 4 Opp. Rebounding Ave. 38.3 37.2 seeing the program, Mississippi State owns a composite ledger of 85-77 Opp. Rebounding Avg.. 12 Rebound Margin +1.9 +3.7 (.525) in January. Offensive Rebounds . 10 Turnovers 15.8 13.3 At home, MSU has put together a 130-30 (.813) mark at Humphrey Rebound Margin . 9 Turnover Margin -2.1 +2.0 Coliseum under Stansbury’s guidance, including a 60-20 (.750) SEC Assists.