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GAME 1 [PRESEASON WNIT] • FRIDAY, NOV. 14, 2014 • 8:02 P.M. • STARKVILLE, MISS. • SEC NETWORK + BROCK TURNIPSEED, ASSISTANT MEDIA RELATIONS DIRECTOR 55 Coliseum Blvd. | Humphrey Coliseum, Room 202 | Mississippi State, MS 39762 O: (662) 325-7556 | C: (662) 418-7409 E-Mail: [email protected] www.HailState.com | Twitter: @HailStateWBK; @brockt_msu SCHEDULE/RESULTS GAME INFORMATION Date ........................Friday, Nov. 14 DATE OPPONENT TV TIME Time ...........................8:02 p.m. CST N9 ARKANSAS-FORT SMITH (EXH.) SECN+ W, 114-58 Location ............... Starkville, Miss. Radio ........................................... TBA Preseason WNIT (Nov. 14-23) TV .............................SEC Network + Talent ................Derek Cody (pxp) N14 MERCER SECN+ 8 P.M. .....................Bart Gregory (analyst) N16 ARKANSAS ST./JACKSON ST. SECN+ 6 P.M. Twitter ..................@HailStateWBK N20 Semifinals TBA SERIES HISTORY N23 Championship CBSN 2 p.m. Series................................... Tied 2-2 MISSISSIPPI STATE Home ........................................1-1 MERCER N25 LOUISIANA-MONROE SECN+ 7 P.M. Away .........................................1-1 N29 at New Orleans 2 p.m. BULLDOGS Neutral .....................................0-0 BEARS Last Meeting D2 NORTH DAKOTA STATE SECN+ 7 P.M. 0-0 ...MSU, 89-51 (11/18/17 in Starkville) 0-0 D7 SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA SECN+ 2 P.M. D11 LOUISIANA TECH SECN+ 7 P.M. BULLDOG BITES... D14 at Southern Miss ASN 2 p.m. D15 MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE SECN+ 7 P.M. ► Mississippi State officially begins its 41st season of women's basketball competition Friday evening against D17 at Louisiana-Lafayette 11 a.m. Mercer in the Preseason WNIT. It's the second half of a men's-women's doubleheader. ► The Bulldogs are making their second appearance in the Preseason WNIT, while Mercer is making its first Las Vegas Holiday Hoops Classic (Dec. 20-21) showing. State's first time was the 2002-03 season, with MSU defeating South Alabama and Tulsa before D20 vs. Illinois-Chicago 9:30 p.m. falling to No. 14 Penn State, the tournament runner-up. D21 vs. Miami (Ohio) 4 p.m. D29 ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF SECN+ 7 P.M. ► The Bulldogs have won their last 10 season lid-lifters and 28-straight home openers. ► Friday will be the fifth meeting with Mercer and first since 2007. The series is tied 2-2, with MSU winning the J2 * GEORGIA SECN+ 3 P.M. last two. The series is tied 1-1 in Starkville. J4 * at Missouri SECN+ 2 p.m. J8 * ARKANSAS FSN 8 P.M. ► MSU is coming off a 114-58 exhibition win against Arkansas-Fort Smith on Sunday. Freshman Victoria Viv- J11 * at Vanderbilt SECN+ 2 p.m. ians scored a game-high 20 points while junior Sherise Williams collected 19. Freshmen Blair Schaefer and J15 * LSU SECN+ 7 P.M. Morgan William also had double digits, scoring 15 and 11, respectively. J18 * ALABAMA FSN 3 P.M. ► Mississippi State returns nearly 90 percent of its offense from last season's squad that won 22 games, fourth- J22 * at Ole Miss SECN 8 p.m. most in school history, and advanced to the WNIT quarterfinals. J26 * at Auburn SECN 8 p.m. J29 * VANDERBILT SECN+ 7 P.M. PRESEASON WNIT BRACKET... F1 * at Tennessee SECN 2 p.m. F8 * TEXAS A&M SECN 2 P.M. 2014 Preseason Women's F12 * at Kentucky SECN 6 p.m. F15 * FLORIDA SECN 3 P.M. National Invitation Tournament Round 1 F22 * at Alabama SECN+ 2 p.m. Round 1 Round 2 Round 2 Nov. 14/15 F26 * at South Carolina FSN 6 p.m. Nov. 14/15 Nov. 16/17 Nov. 16/17 Semifinals Semifinals West Virginia Nov. 20 Nov. 20 Penn State M1 * OLE MISS FSN 1 P.M. Noon ET Fri. Nov. 14 7 pm ET Sat. Nov. 15 at Penn State at West Virginia SEC Tournament — North Little Rock, Ark. (March 4-8) Championship M4-8 SEC Tournament Eastern Kentucky 3 pm ET Towson Sun. Nov. 23 at school TBD All Times Central Seton Hall CBS Sports Network Albany Home Games In Bold Noon ET Fri. Nov. 14 7 pm ET Fri. Nov. 14 2014 Preseason WNIT at Albany * — Denotes SEC Game at Seton Hall Rider St. Francis Brooklyn CHAMPIONS BULLDOGS IN SOCIAL MEDIA Mississippi State Colorado 8 pm CT Fri. Nov. 14 6 pm MT Sat. Nov. 15 @HailStateWBK at MSU at Colorado Mercer North Dakota Facebook.com/ Arkansas State All game times are according to Western Kentucky HailStateWBK host school’s time zone. Produced by 7:05 pm CT Fri. Nov. 14 7 pm CT Fri. Nov. 14 at Arkansas State at Western Kentucky HailStateWBK Jackson State Central Arkansas WWW.HAILSTATE.COM | @HAILSTATEWBK | FACEBOOK.COM/HAILSTATEWBK MISSISSIPPI STATE BULLDOG BASKETBALL • 2014-15 Game 1 • Mercer [Preseason WNIT] • November 14, 2014 MISSISSIPPI STATE 2014-15 ROSTER NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl. Exp. Hometown/School 00 Dominique Dillingham G 5-9 So. 1L Spring, Texas (Klein Collins HS) 1 Blair Schaefer G 5-7 Fr. HS Starkville, Miss. (Starkville HS) 2 Morgan William G 5-5 Fr. HS Birmingham, Ala. (Shades Valley HS) 3 Breanna Richardson F 6-1 So. 1L Conyers, Ga. (Rockdale County HS) 5 Sherise Williams F 6-1 Jr. 2L St. Louis, Mo. (McCluer HS) 10 Martha Alwal C 6-4 Sr. 3L Worthington, Minn. (Worthington HS) 13 Ketara Chapel F 6-1 So. 1L Temple, Texas (Temple HS) 14 Kendra Grant G 5-11 Sr. 3L Richland, Miss. (Richland HS) 21 Jerica James G 5-5 Sr. 3L Wynne, Ark. (North Little Rock HS) 23 Kayla Nevitt G 5-10 Fr. HS Houston, Texas (Andy Dekaney HS) 35 Victoria Vivians F 6-1 Fr. HS Carthage, Miss. (Scott Central HS) 44 LaKaris Salter F 6-1 Fr. HS Tallahassee, Fla. (Florida A&M DRS) 45 Chinwe Okorie C 6-5 So. SQ Lagos, Nigeria (Stoneleigh-Burnham [Mass.] Prep) 51 Savannah Carter G 5-9 Sr. 1L Tulsa, Okla. (Trinity Valley CC) ALPHABETICAL ROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl. Exp. Hometown/School 10 Martha Alwal C 6-4 Sr. 3L Worthington, Minn. (Worthington HS) 51 Savannah Carter G 5-9 Sr. 1L Tulsa, Okla. (Trinity Valley CC) 13 Ketara Chapel F 6-1 So. 1L Temple, Texas (Temple HS) 00 Dominique Dillingham G 5-9 So. 1L Spring, Texas (Klein Collins HS) 14 Kendra Grant G 5-11 Sr. 3L Richland, Miss. (Richland HS) 21 Jerica James G 5-5 Sr. 3L Wynne, Ark. (North Little Rock HS) 23 Kayla Nevitt G 5-10 Fr. HS Houston, Texas (Andy Dekaney HS) 45 Chinwe Okorie C 6-5 So. SQ Lagos, Nigeria (Stoneleigh-Burnham [Mass.] Prep) 3 Breanna Richardson F 6-1 So. 1L Conyers, Ga. (Rockdale County HS) 44 LaKaris Salter F 6-1 Fr. HS Tallahassee, Fla. (Florida A&M DRS) 1 Blair Schaefer G 5-7 Fr. HS Starkville, Miss. (Starkville HS) 35 Victoria Vivians F 6-1 Fr. HS Carthage, Miss. (Scott Central HS) 2 Morgan William G 5-5 Fr. HS Birmingham, Ala. (Shades Valley HS) 5 Sherise Williams F 6-1 Jr. 2L St. Louis, Mo. (McCluer HS) COACHING STAFF PRONOUNCIATION GUIDE Head Coach: Vic Schaefer — 3rd Season (Texas A&M, 1984) Martha Alwal ALL-Wall Associate Head Coach: Johnnie Harris — 3rd Season (Arkansas Baptist, 1996) Ketara Chapel Kah-TARE-ah CHAP-ul Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coord.: Aqua Franklin — 3rd Season (Texas A&M, 2009) Jerica James JER-i-ca Chinwe Okorie CHIN-way Oh-CORE-ee Assistant Coach: Elena Lovato — 1st Season (Pittsburg State, 2008) Breanna Richardson Bree-AHN-ah Director of Operations: Maryann Baker — 3rd Season (Texas A&M, 2011) LaKaris Salter La-CARE-is Director of Scouting/Video Coord.: Skylar Collins — 2nd Season (Texas A&M, 2012) Sherise Williams Sha-REESE ROSTER BREAKDOWN BY CLASS BY REGION SENIORS (4) ALABAMA (1) MINNESOTA (1) OKLAHOMA (1) Martha Alwal Morgan William Martha Alwal Savannah Carter Savannah Carter Kendra Grant ARKANSAS (1) MISSISSIPPI (3) TEXAS (3) Jerica James Jerica James Kendra Grant Ketara Chapel Blair Schaefer Dominique Dillingham JUNIOR (1) FLORIDA (1) Victoria Vivians Kayla Nevitt Sherise Williams LaKaris Salter FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF SOPHOMORES (4) GEORGIA (1) MISSOURI (1) NIGERIA (1) Ketara Chapel Breanna Richardson Sherise Williams Chinwe Okorie Dominique Dillingham Chinwe Okorie Breanna Richardson FRESHMEN (5) Kayla Nevitt LaKaris Salter Blair Schaefer Victoria Vivians Morgan William WWW.HAILSTATE.COM | @HAILSTATEWBK | FACEBOOK.COM/HAILSTATEWBK MISSISSIPPI STATE BULLDOG BASKETBALL • 2014-15 Game 1 • Mercer [Preseason WNIT] • November 14, 2014 GETTING TO THE BASICS VIC SCHAEFER HEAD COACH ► Mississippi State opens its 41st season of basketball Friday night when it hosts Mercer at 8 p.m. in the Preseason WNIT ► Named Mississippi State's opener. 7th coach on March 13, 2012. ► Entering his 10th season as a head coach, holding a ► Mississippi State, which enters its third year under head coach 115-141 record in stints at Sam Vic Schaefer, begins the campaign in the WNIT after ending a Houston State and MSU. 22-14 2013-14 season with a run to the postseason tournament's ► Has compiled a 35-31 mark quarterfinals. in two seasons in Starkville. ► Led his second MSU squad ► The Bulldogs enter the year after winning four of their last six (2013-14) to a 22-14 record, SEC STANDINGS (FINAL 2013-14) the most wins since the 2008-09 campaign and contests to end the 2013-14 season. fourth-most in school history. ► Took last season's Bulldogs to the WNIT SEC OVERALL DAWGS VS. BEARS quarterfinals, the first time State has won three TEAM W L PCT. W L PCT. ► Mississippi State and Mercer meet for the fifth time Friday postseason games in a season. ► Became the first MSU coach to take the Bull- South Carolina 14 2 .875 29 5 .852 night, but the first since 2007.