MMISSISSIPPIISSISSIPPI SSTATETATE BBASKETBALLASKETBALL GAME 4: TEXAS-PAN AMERICAN MISSISSIPPI STATE BULLDOGS Gregg Ellis, Media Relations Contact  662.325.3595 (O) or 662.322.0145 (C) [email protected]  www.mstateathletics.com P.O. Box 5308, Mississippi State, MS 39762

2009-10 MISSISSIPPI STATE SCHEDULE MISSISSIPPI STATE (2-1) VS. TEXAS-PAN AMERICAN (0-4) Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009  7 p.m. CT Date Opponent Score/Time Humphrey Coliseum - 10,500 (Starkville, MS) N 13 Rider L 88-74 Series Record: MSU leads, 1-0 N 19 Southeastern Louisiana W 82-67 Last Meeting: MSU, 90-60 (11-18-97) N 21 Bethune-Cookman W 67-51 TV: None N 24 Texas-Pan American 7 p.m. XM Radio: Channel 200 N 27 @vs. Richmond (FCS) 5 p.m. Offi cials: Steve Coleman, Ron Groover, Brian Shey N 28 @vs. Old Dominion/Missouri TBA TODAY’S PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP D 5 St. Bonaventure 1 p.m. D 10 # vs. DePaul (ESPN2) 5:30 p.m. MISSISSIPPI STATE TEXAS-PAN AMERICAN D 12 % vs. UCLA (Fox Sports) 3:30 p.m. 3 G Dee Bost, So., 6-2, 170 4 G Julius Hearn, Jr., 6-0, 175 D 16 Wright State (ESPN2) 6 p.m. 2 G Ravern Johnson, Jr., 6-7, 175 11 G Jared Maree, So., 6-3, 200 D 19 at Houston (CSS) 1 p.m. 22 G Barry Stewart, Sr., 6-3, 170 12 G Nick Weiermiller, Jr., 6-1, 203 D 22 Centenary (at Jackson) 7 p.m. 25 G Phil Turner, Jr., 6-3, 170 31 C Luis Valera, Sr., 6-7, 219 D 28 Mississippi Valley State 7 p.m. 32 F , Sr., 6-9, 230 3 3 G Ben Smith, Sr., 6-3, 193 D 31 at San Diego 6 p.m. Top Reserves: F Romero Osby, Top Reserves: G Manny Hendrix, G Riley Benock C Nate Hawkins J 4 at Western Kentucky (CSS) 8 p.m. J 9 at Ole Miss (SEC Network) 12:30 p.m. ONE RECORD ECLIPSED, ONE BIG ONE TO GO J 14 Arkansas (ESPNU) 6 p.m. With 10:20 remaining in the game against Bethune-Cookman, Jarvis Varnado J 16 Georgia (ESPN or ESPN2) 2 p.m. did what he’s done hundreds of times. Block a shot. J 23 at Alabama (CBS) 11 a.m. This time, though, the block was record-setting. His historic swat against the J 28 at Arkansas (ESPN or ESPN2) 8 p.m. Wildcats was No. 413 in his illustrious career, which broke the SEC record of J 30 LSU (SEC Network) 12:30 p.m. 412 held by former LSU All-American and current Cleveland Cavalier, Shaquille F 3 at Vanderbilt (SEC Network) 7 p.m. O’Neal (1990-92). F 6 at Florida (SEC Network) 12:30 p.m. That’s one record. The other that’s now in sight is the NCAA mark of 535 set F 11 Ole Miss (ESPN or ESPN2) 8 p.m. by Wojciech Mydra of Louisiana-Monroe (1998-2002), of which Varnado is now F 13 Auburn (FSN) 6 p.m. 122 shy of tying. To reach the NCAA mark, Varnado needs to average 4.2 blocks F 16 Kentucky (ESPN) 8 p.m. the next 29 games (28 regular season games and at least one SEC Tournament F 20 at LSU (SEC Network) 3 p.m. F 24 Alabama (CSS) 8 p.m. outing). He is currently 17th all-time in the NCAA books. F 27 at South Carolina (ESPN) 5 p.m. Varnado’s Milestone Blocks M 3 at Auburn (SEC Network) 7 p.m. 1st Block — vs. Nicholls on Nov. 11, 2006 M 6 Tennessee (ESPN) 5 p.m. 100th Block — vs. Miami (FL) on March 1, 2008 200th Block — at Florida on March 1, 2008 M 11-14 SEC Tournament (Nashville) TBA 300th Block — vs. San Diego on Dec. 30, 2008 @ - South Padre Island Invitational 400th Block — vs. Rider on Nov. 13, 2009 # - SEC/Big East Challenge (Tampa, FL) 413th Block For SEC Record — vs. Bethune-Cookman on Nov. 21, 2009 % - John R. Wooden Classic (Anaheim, CA) TOP 5 IN THE SEC With a quick glance at the SEC stats, you’ll see MSU ranked in the Top 5 in nu- merous categories. The Dawgs lead the league in blocked shots (9.3), are sec- COACHING FACTS ond in free throw percentage (70.9) and 3-pointers made (9.3), fourth in 3-point percentage (38.9), defensive rebounds (29.3) and rebounding margin (+7.0) and MISSISSIPPI STATE fi fth in rebounding defense (33.3) and assist/turnover ratio (1.1). Coach: Rick Stansbury EIGHT IS ENOUGH Record at MSU: 233-129, 12th year Against Bethune-Cookman on Saturday, Mississippi State was whistled for just Overall Record: Same eight fouls, the fewest since Rick Stansbury took over the helm in 1998-99. Three starters didn’t have any fouls — Jarvis Varnado, Ravern Johnson and Dee TEXAS-PAN AMERICAN Bost. Coach: Ryan Marks MSU BY THE NUMBER Record at Texas-Pan American: 0-4, 1st year 1,250 — The win against Bethune-Cookman was MSU’s 1,250th in school his- Career Record: 148-87, 9th season tory. In SEC lore, that total stands as eighth best, one ahead of Georgia.

D eecadec a d e of CCHAMPIONSHIPSH A M P I O N S H I P S MMISSISSIPPIISSISSIPPI SSTATETATE BBASKETBALLASKETBALL GAME 4: TEXAS-PAN AMERICAN  2 Statistical Comparison MSTATE 3-0 AGAINST GWC FOES Entering Tuesday’s showdown against Texas-Pan American, the Bull- 2009-10 Stats MSU UTPA dogs own a perfect 3-0 ledger against the seven basketball teams that 2009-10 Record 2-1 0-4 currently comprise the Great West Conference. Conference Record 0-0 0-0 Of the seven teams, MSU has only played Chicago State (1-0), Hous- Scoring 74.3 58.2 ton Baptist (1-0) and Texas Pan American (1-0). Scoring Defense 68.7 83.5 In the three wins against the GWC foes, the Bulldogs have outscored Scoring Margin +5.7 -25.2 their opponents 288-215, while their average margin of victory has been Field Goal Pct. 43.3 38.5 24.3 points. Opp.FG Pct. 41.8 54.5 3-Point FG Pct. 38.9 30.3 MSU against the GWC (MSU leads, 3-0) Opp. 3-Point FG Pct. 45.8 40.6 MSU 85, Houston Baptist 74 MSU 90, Texas-Pan American 60 Free Throw Pct. 70.9 59.2 (Dec. 12, 1973 at Starkville) (Nov. 18, 1997 at Starkville)

Opp. FT Pct. 72.0 71.2 MSU 113, Chicago State 81 Rebounding Average 40.3 27.8 (Dec. 4, 1975 at Starkville) Opp. Rebounding Avg. 33.3 39.0 Rebound Margin +7.0 -11.2 MSU ENJOYS MORE NON-CONFERENCE SUCCESS Assists 13.3 13.5 Including last year’s 10-6 ledger against non-conference foes coupled Turnovers 12.7 18.0 with this year’s 2-1 mark, MSU has compiled a dominant 123-40 (.755) Turnover Margin -2.0 -3.2 record against non-conference opponents during the Rick Stansbury era Steals 6.3 5.3 (since 1998-99), including a 115-31 (.788) regular-season mark versus Blocked Shots 9.3 1.5 non-league foes. Statistical Leaders Scoring MISSISSIPPI STATE’S RECORD WHEN . . . MSU PPG UTPA PPG During the Rick Stansbury era, the Bulldogs are: 184-27 when leading Varnado ..... 17.3 Maree ...... 8.5 at halftime (2-0 this year); 163-32 (1-0) when shooting 45 percent or bet- Johnson ..... 12.3 Valera ...... 8.5 ter from the fi eld; 192-61 (2-0) when the opposition shoots less than 45 percent from the fi eld; 186-68 (2-0) when out-rebounding or tying oppo- Rebounding nents; and 141-25 (1-0) when holding opponents to 65 points or less. MSU RPG UTPA RPG Varnado ..... 11.0 Valera ...... 5.3 NOVEMBER DOMINANCE UNDER STANSBURY Turner ...... 8.0 Maree ...... 4.0 Including last year’s 5-2 mark coupled with this year’s 2-1 record, the Assists Bulldogs are 43-15 (.741) in the month of November since Rick Stans- MSU APG UTPA APG bury was named head coach. Bost ...... 4.3 Weiermiller ...... 4.0 Dating back to the 1986-87 season when Richard Williams was over- Stewart ...... 2.7 Hearn ...... 2.5 seeing the program, Mississippi State owns a composite ledger of 66-18 Blocks (.786) in November. MSU BPG UTPA BPG Varnado ...... 6.3 Valera ...... 0.5 DEFENSE STARTING TO GET QUITE STINGY Osby/Turner . 1.0 Four tied ...... 0.3 After Rider torched the Bulldogs in the season opener by hitting 50.8 percent (30 of 59) of its shots overall, including a sizzling 62.5 percent (10 Steals of 16) from 3-point range, MSU’s defense has rebounded nicely. MSU SPG UTPA SPG In the last two games against Southeastern Louisiana and Bethune- Bost/Turner .. 1.3 Hearn ...... 1.5 Cookman, the Bulldogs have limited their opponents to 37.3 percent (52 Benock...... 1.3 Abrahams ...... 0.7 of 118) shooting overall and 40 percent (18 of 45) accuracy beyond the Field Goal Percentage (20 minimum) arc, while giving up just 59 points. MSU FG% UTPA FG% The Wildcats managed just 51 points. And when MSU has held oppo- Varnado ..... 66.7 Valera ...... 57.7 nents to 59 points or less the last two years, it’s been perfect. During that Johnson ..... 44.1 Hawkins ...... 45.8 span, the Bulldogs have held foes to 59 points or fewer on 15 occasions. Each time, Mississippi State has won. 3-Point FG Percentage (10 minimum)

MSU 3FG% UTPA 3FG% Bost ...... 53.8 Smith ...... 34.6 MOVING ON UP THE SCORING CHARTS Turner ...... 50.0 Jones ...... 31.6 After scoring 20-plus points in back-to-back games, including a 20-point effort against Southeastern Louisiana on Thursday, and 10 against Bet- Free Throw Percentage (8 minimum) hune-Cookman, Jarvis Varnado is now 41 points shy of becoming the MSU FT% UTPA FT% 31st MSU player to score 1,000 or more for a career as he now has 959. Bost ...... 73.3 Maree ...... 100.0 Also moving up the record book is senior guard Barry Stewart. With Stewart ...... 70.0 Weiermiller ...... 87.5 his 10 points against the Lions, he now has 1,208 for his career, 20th most in school history. D eecadec a d e of CCHAMPIONSHIPSH A M P I O N S H I P S MMISSISSIPPIISSISSIPPI SSTATETATE BBASKETBALLASKETBALL GAME 4: TEXAS-PAN AMERICAN  3 MISSISSIPPI STATE BY THE NUMBERS

GAME-BY-GAME SPECIALTY STATS (MSU First) GAME-BY-GAME LEAD/DEFICIT Opponent Bench Paint Off TO 2nd Chance Fast Break Opponent Largest Lead Largest Defi cit Final Score Rider 12/13 30/36 3/20 8/13 4/8 Rider 11-2, 11:57 (1st) 82-69, 1:54 (2nd) L, 88-74 SE Louisiana 12/22 30/28 16/10 17/4 4/2 SE Louisiana 79-61, 1:19 (2nd) Never trailed W, 82-67 Bethune-Cookman 18/26 32/22 19/17 11/2 4/2 Bethune-Cookman 67-45, 1:29 (2ND) 16-15, 8:37 (1ST) W, 67-51 UT-Pan Am UT-Pan Am Richmond Richmond Missouri Missouri

St. Bonaventure St. Bonaventure DePaul DePaul UCLA UCLA Wright State Wright State Houston Houston Centenary Centenary

MVSU MVSU San Diego San Diego Western Kentucky Western Kentucky Ole Miss Ole Miss Arkansas Arkansas Georgia Georgia

Alabama Alabama Arkansas Arkansas LSU LSU Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Florida Florida Ole Miss Ole Miss

Auburn Auburn Kentucky Kentucky LSU LSU Alabama Alabama South Carolina South Carolina Auburn Auburn Tennessee Tennessee

SEC Tournament SEC Tournament NCAA Tournament NCAA Tournament

2009-10 Bulldog Bites AS THE MEN DO, SO DO THE WOMEN ALL-TIME WINNINGEST SEC COACHES While the Mississippi State men led the SEC and was second in 1. , UK ...... 875 the nation in blocked shots (7.5) per outing last year, the Lady Bull- 2. , LSU ...... 448 dogs (6.2) fi nished tops in the SEC and fi fth nationally. Jarvis Var- T3. C.M Newton, Bama/Vandy ...... 340 nado leads the nation with 165 and Lady Bulldog standout Chanel T3. Harry Rabenhorst, LSU ...... 340 Mokango was ninth with 97. MSU was the only BCS school where 4. , UF ...... 312 the men and the women led their conference in blocked shots. T5. , UG/UK ...... 308 17. Rick Stansbury, MSU ...... 233 MAKING THE 3S OFF THE COURT 20. , Bama...... 212 In the spring, MSU not only excelled on the court, it put up im- 26. , Vandy ...... 190 pressive numbers in the classroom, too. The 16 players on the ros- T29. Babe McCarthy, MSU ...... 169 ter posted an overall GPA of 2.68, the second-highest average in T29. Emmett Lowery, UT ...... 160 two years. Seven players fi nished with a GPA of 3.0 or better, while 31. Bonnie Graham, UM ...... 144 two had a 4.0. ALL-TIME SEC DIVISIONAL TITLES OVERCOMING MAJOR DEFICITS 1. Tubby Smith, UK ...... 7 Three times last year, MSU has rallied from double-digit defi cits T2. Rick Stansbury, MSU ...... 4 – Arkansas (15) and South Carolina twice (10 both times) . The T2. Billy Donovan, UF ...... 4 most a Rick Stansbury-coached team has battled back from is 20 T2. , AR ...... 4 (Kentucky, 1-5-02). T2. , UK ...... 4

D eecadec a d e of CCHAMPIONSHIPSH A M P I O N S H I P S MMISSISSIPPIISSISSIPPI SSTATETATE BBASKETBALLASKETBALL GAME 4: TEXAS-PAN AMERICAN  4 MISSISSIPPI STATE BY THE NUMBERS MSU’S 2008-09 RECORD WHEN . . . MISCELLANEOUS MSU INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Leads at Halftime ...... 2-0 Games Scoring in Double Figures: Varnado 3, Johnson 3, Bost 3, Stewart 2, Turner Trails at Halftime ...... 0-1 Games Scoring 20-plus Points: Varnado 2 Is Tied at Halftime ...... 0-0 Games Rebounding in Double Figures: Varnado 2, Turner Shoots 45% or better from the fi eld ...... 1-0 Games With Double Figures in Assists: Shoots less that 45% from the fi eld ...... 1-1 Games With Double-Doubles: Varnado 2 Opp. shoots less than 45% from the fi eld ..... 2-0 Games As Team’s High Scorer (or co-leader): Varnado 3, Stewart, Johnson, Bost Opp. shoots 45% or better from the fi eld ...... 0-1 Games As Team’s High Rebounder (or co-leader): Varndo 2, Turner Games As Team’s Leader in Assists (or co-leader): Bost 2, Stewart Outrebounds (or ties) the opponent ...... 2-0 Games As Team’s Leader in Steals (or co-leader): Bost 2, Turner 2, Varnado, Johson, Outrebounded by the opponent ...... 0-1 Benock Fewer (or ties) TOs than opponent ...... 1-0 Games As Team’s Leader in Turnovers (or co-leader): Bost 2, Varnado, Turner More TOs than opponent ...... 1-1 Holds opponents to 65 points or less ...... 1-0 MSU’S RECORD BY STARTING LINEUP In games decided by 10 points or less ...... 0-0 Bost, Stewart, Johnson, Varnado, Augustus ...... 0-1 Bost, Stewart, Johnson, Varnado, Turner ...... 2-0 MSU’S 2008-09 RECORD IN . . . All Games ...... 2-1 Home Games...... 2-1 GAME-BY-GAME STARTERS Road Games...... 0-0 Neutral-sites ...... 0-0 Opponent Date Guard Guard Guard Forward Foward Record Non-SEC Games ...... 2-1 Rider 11/13/09 Bost Stewart Johnson Augustus Varnado 0-1 SE Louisiana 11/19/09 Bost Stewart Johnson Turner Varnado 1-1 Non-SEC Home Games ...... 1-1 Bethune-Cookman 11/21/09 Bost Stewart Johnson Turner Varnado 2-1 Non-SEC Road Games ...... 0-0 UT-Pan Am 11/24/09 Non-SEC Neutral-site Games ...... 0-0 Richmond 11/27/09 SEC Games ...... 0-0 Missouri 11/28/09 SEC Home Games ...... 0-0 SEC Road Games ...... 0-0 St. Bonaventure 12/05/09 SEC Tournament ...... 0-0 DePaul 12/10/10 Games vs. SEC Western Division ...... 0-0 UCLA 12/12/09 Games vs. SEC Eastern Division ...... 0-0 Wright State 12/16/09 November Games ...... 2-1 Houston 12/19/09 December Games ...... 0-0 Centenary 12/22/09 January Games ...... 0-0 February Games ...... 0-0 MVSU 12/28/09 March Games ...... 0-0 San Diego 12/31/09 Monday Games ...... 0-0 Western Kentucky 1/04/10 Tuesday Games ...... 0-0 Ole Miss 1/09/10 Arkansas 1/14/10 Wednesday Games ...... 0-0 Georgia 1/16/10 Thursday Games ...... 1-0 Friday Games ...... 0-1 Alabama 1/23/10 Saturday Games ...... 1-0 Arkansas 1/28/10 Sunday Games...... 0-0 LSU 1/30/10 Overtime Games ...... 0-0 Vanderbilt 2/03/10 Television Games ...... 0-0 Florida 2/06/10 Games vs. Ranked Opponents ...... 0-0 Ole Miss 2/11/10

MISC. 2008-09 TEAM STATS Auburn 2/13/10 Largest Lead Surrendered in Loss: Kentucky 2/16/10 9, vs. Rider (11-13-09) LSU 2/20/10 Alabama 2/24/10 Largest Defi cit Overcome in Win: South Carolina 2/27/10 1, vs. Bethune Cookman (11-21-09) Auburn 3/03/10 Tennessee 3/06/10 Largest Lead at Anytime: 22, vs. Bethune-Cookman (11-21-09) SEC Tournament NCAA Tournament Largest Defi cit Anytime: 14, vs. Rider (11-13-09)

Win-Loss Differential Diff. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25+ Won 1 1 Lost 1

D eecadec a d e of CCHAMPIONSHIPSH A M P I O N S H I P S MMISSISSIPPIISSISSIPPI SSTATETATE BBASKETBALLASKETBALL GAME 4: TEXAS-PAN AMERICAN  5 National Polls 22009-100 0 9 - 1 0 MIISSISSIPPIS S I S S I P P I S TTATEA T E R OOSTERS T E R (Nov. 20, 2009) No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Exp. Hometown (Prev School) Associated Press 1 Renardo Sidney F 6-10 270 Fr. HS Jackson, MS (Fairfax [CA]) 1. Kansas 2 Ravern Johnson G 6-7 175 Jr. 2L Lyon, MS (Coahoma County HS) 2. Michigan State 3 Dee Bost G 6-2 170 So. 1L Concord, NC (Hargrave Military Academy) 3. Texas 4 Twany Beckham* G 6-5 190 So. 1L Louisville, KY (New Hampton [NH] School) 4. Villanova 5 Romero Osby F 6-8 230 So. 1L Meridian, MS (Northeast Lauderdale HS) 5. Kentucky 10 Shaun Smith G 6-6 195 Fr. HS Brooksville, MS (Noxubee County HS) 6. Purdue 7. Duke 12 Charles Parker G 5-10 154 Fr. HS McKinney, TX (McKinney HS) 8. West Virginia 15 Riley Benock G 6-4 180 Jr. 2L Battletown, KY (Meade County HS) 9. Tennessee 20 Taylor Luczak F 6-8 220 So. 1L Glens Falls, NY (Glen Falls HS) 10. Syracuse 21 Baxter Price G 5-9 145 Fr. HS Brandon, MS (Northwest Rankin HS) 11. North Carolina 22 Barry Stewart G 6-3 170 Sr. 3L Shelbyville, TN (Shelbyville Central HS) 12. Butler 24 Kodi Augustus F 6-8 220 Jr. 2L Baton Rouge, LA (Maine Central Institute) 13. Connecticut 14. Washington 25 Phil Turner G 6-3 170 Jr. 2L Grenada, MS (Grenada HS) 15. Michigan 30 Wendell Lewis C 6-8 240 Fr. HS Selma, AL (Selma HS) 16. Louisville 32 Jarvis Varnado F 6-9 230 Sr. 3L Brownsville, TN (Haywood HS) 17. Ohio State 33 Brandon Bolen G 6-3 195 Jr. 2L Madison, MS (Madison-Ridgeland Academy) 18. Georgetown 45 Elgin Bailey F 6-8 265 Jr. 2L New Orleans, LA (Belaire HS) 19. Clemson 50 John Riek F 7-1 242 Fr. HS Khartoum, Sudan (IMG Academy [FL]) 20. Illinois * Is redshirted this year due having season-ending hip surgery to remove bone spurs. 21. Maryland 22. Minnesota COACHING STAFF PROUNCIATION GUIDE 23. Notre Dame Head Coach: Rick Stansbury Kodi Augustus: CO-dee 24. Vanderbilt Assistant Coach: Robert Kirby Twany Beckham: TWAH-nee 25. Oklahoma Assistant Coach: Phil Cunningham Riley Benock: BEE-knock Assistant Coach: Marcus Grant Ravern Johnson: RAY-vern USA Today/ESPN Wendell Lewis: WIN-dell Director of Operatons: Talvis Franklin 1. Kansas Taylor Luczak: LOU-sack 2. Michigan State Athletic Trainer: Scott Johnson Romero Osby: Ro-mare-oh OZ-bee 3. Texas Strength & Conditioning: Richard Akins John Riek: REEK Jarvis Varnado: Vur-NAR-doe 4. Villanova Basketball Media Relations: Gregg Ellis 5. Kentucky 6. Purdue 7. Duke AN INSIDE LOOK AT THE 2009-10 BULLDOGS 8. West Virginia SQUAD BREAKDOWN Romero Osby (May 7, 1990) Romero Osby, Baxter Price, 9. Syracuse BY CLASS Riley Benock (June 7, 1989) Renardo Sidney, Shaun Smith Seniors (2): Charles Parker (June 30, 1990) Phil Turner 10. Butler Barry Stewart, Jarvis Varnado Ravern Johnson (July 21,1988) 11. Tennessee Tennessee (2) Juniors (6) Wendell Lewis (Sept. 21, 1989) Barry Stewart, Jarvis Varnado 12. North Carolina Kodi Augustus, Elgin Bailey, Dee Bost (Oct. 12, 1989) 13. Connecticut Taylor Luczak (Oct. 15, 1988) Kentucky (2) Riley Benock, Brandon Bolen, Twany Beckham, Riley Benock 14. Washington Ravern Johnson, Phil Turner Elgin Bailey (Oct. 20, 1987) Phil Turner (Oct. 27, 1987) 15. Michigan Sophomores (4) John Riek (Nov. 1, 1989) Louisiana (2) 16. Michigan Twany Beckham, Dee Bost, Kodi Augustus (Nov. 2, 1987) Kodi Augustus, Elgin Bailey 16. Louisville Taylor Luczak, Romero Osby Baxter Price (Nov. 4, 1990) Alabama (1) 18. Ohio State Freshman (6) Twany Beckham (Nov. 14, 1988) Wendell Lewis Shaun Smith (Nov. 19, 1990) 19. Clemson Wendell Lewis, Charles Parker, North Carolina (1) Renardo Sidney (Dec. 6, 1989) 19. Georgetown Baxter Price, John Riek, Dee Bost Renardo Sidney, Shaun Smith Rick Stansbury (Dec. 23, 1959) 21. Illinois New York (1) 22. Maryland BIRTHDAYS SQUAD BREAKDOWN BY Taylor Luczak Barry Stewart (Feb. 4, 1988) STATE 23. California Jarvis Varnado (March 1, 1988) Mississippi (7) Texas (1) 24. Vanderbilt Brandon Bolen (March 21, 1988) Brandon Bolen, Ravern Johnson, Charles Parker 25. Georgia Tech

D eecadec a d e of CCHAMPIONSHIPSH A M P I O N S H I P S MMISSISSIPPIISSISSIPPI SSTATETATE BBASKETBALLASKETBALL GAME 4: TEXAS-PAN AMERICAN  6 GENERAL INFORMATION MSU KNOWS HOW TO WIN GAMES AT ‘THE HUMP’ Location: ______Starkville, Mississippi Over the course of the last decade, Mississippi State’s Humphrey Coliseum has Founded: ______February 28, 1878 become a diffi cult venue for opposing teams. Since the 2006-07 season, the Bull- Enrollment: ______18,601 dogs have posted a 41-12 mark for an .774 winning percentage. With a 13-5 mark Conference: ______SEC (Western Division) last year, the Bulldogs have reached twin-digit home wins during each of coach Rick Nickname: ______Bulldogs Stansbury’s fi rst 11 seasons at the MSU helm. Colors: ______Maroon (PMS 202) & White Mississippi State is now 137-34 (.801) overall at Humphrey Coliseum under Stans- Arena: ______Humphrey Coliseum (10,500) bury’s direction, including a 65-23 (.739) SEC mark and a 72-11 (.867) record against President: ______Dr. Mark E. Keenum non-conference opponents. Director of Athletics: ______Greg Byrne The Bulldogs have compiled a 35-season composite record of 343-132 (.722) at Faculty Representative: __ Dr. Steven C. Turner “The Hump” since Mississippi State’s basketball facility opened prior to the 1975-76 campaign. BASKETBALL HISTORY First Year of Basketball: ______1908-09 TRACKING MSU’ HOME SUCCESS UNDER RICK STANSBURY Number of Seasons: ______98th Overall SEC Non-SEC All-Time Record: ______1,250-1,045 Season Record Win % Record Win % Record Win % 1998-99 12-2 .857 6-2 .750 6-0 1.000 All-Time SEC Record: ______525-675 1999-00 10-4 .714 4-4 .500 6-0 1.000 Total Number of Head Coaches: ______18 2000-01 13-4 .765 6-2 .750 7-2 .778 Humphrey Coliseum Record: ______343-132 2001-02 13-1 .929 7-1 .875 6-0 1.000 2002-03 12-2 .857 7-1 .875 5-1 .833 20-Win Seasons: ______14 2003-04 12-2 .857 6-2 .750 6-0 1.000 NCAA Tournament Appearances: ______10 2004-05 11-2 .846 6-2 .750 5-0 1.000 NCAA Tournament Record: ______11-10 2005-06 11-5 .688 5-3 .625 6-2 .750 2006-07 16-3 .842 6-2 .750 10-1 .909 NCAA Tournament Final Fours: ______1 2007-08 12-3 .800 7-1 .875 5-2 .714 (1996, lost to Syracuse 77-69 in semis) 2008-09 13-5 .722 5-3 .667 8-2 .750 NIT Appearances: ______6 2009-10 2-1 .000 -- --- 0-1 .000 11-Year Totals 137-34 .801 65-23 .739 72-11 .867 NIT Record: ______6-6 NIT Final Fours: ______1 (2007, lost 63-62 to West Virginia in semis) STANSBURY TEAMS IN THESEC TOURNAMENT SEC Championships: ______6 SEC TOURNAMENT FINAL APPEARANCES SINCE 1998-99 (2004, 1991, 1963, 1962, 1961, 1959) Kentucky ...... 5 SEC Tournament Championships: ______3 Arkansas ...... 4 (2009, 2002 and 1996) Florida ...... 4 SEC Tournament Record: ______25-46 MISSISSIPPI STATE ...... 3 SEC Western Division Titles: ______6 Alabama ...... 1 (2008, 2007, 2004, 2003, 1996, 1995) Arkansas ...... 1 Auburn...... 1 BASKETBALL STAFF Georgia ...... 1 Head Coach: ______Rick Stansbury Ole Miss ...... 1 Alma Mater, Year: _ Campbellsville, 1982 Tennessee ...... 1 Record at MSU/Years: ______233-129/12 SEC TOURNAMENT SEMIFINAL APPEARANCES SINCE 1998-99 Career Record/Years: ______233-129/12 MISSISSIPPI STATE ...... 6 Phone: ______662-325-3800 Kentucky...... 6 Assistant Coach: ______Robert Kirby LSU ...... 6 Assistant Coach: ______Phil Cunningham Arkansas ...... 5 Assistant Coach: ______Marcus Grant Florida ...... 5 Director of Operations: ______Talvis Franklin Auburn ...... 4 Video Coordinator: ______Bennie Ashford South Carolina...... 4 Strength Coach: ______Richard Akins Alabama ...... 2 Athletic Trainer: ______Scotty Johnson Ole Miss ...... 2 Administrative Asst.: ______Suzanne Cook Tennessee ...... 2 Media Relations Contact: ______Gregg Ellis Vanderbilt ...... 1 Offi ce Phone: ______662-325-3595 Georgia...... 1 Cell Phone: ______662-322-0145 Fax: ______662-325-3654 TOP SEC TOURNAMENT RECORDS SINCE 1998-99 Email: _____ [email protected] Kentucky ...... 18-7 Florida ...... 16-8 TEAM INFORMATION MISSISSIPPI STATE ...... 14-9 2008-09 Overall Record ______23-13 Arkansas ...... 13-10 2008-09 SEC Record ______9-7 South Carolina ...... 11-11 SEC Finish: ______3rd (Western Division) LSU ...... 10-11 National Ranking: ______n/a Alabama...... 8-11 Starters Returning/Lost: ______5/0 Georgia ...... 6-9 Letterwinners Returning/Lost: ______12/4 Auburn ...... 6-11 Newcomers: ______6 Vanderbilt ...... 6-11 Roster (Sr./Jr/So./Fr.): ______(2/6/4/6) Tennessee ...... 6-11 Ole Miss ...... 6-11 D eecadec a d e of CCHAMPIONSHIPSH A M P I O N S H I P S MMISSISSIPPIISSISSIPPI SSTATETATE BBASKETBALLASKETBALL GAME 4: TEXAS-PAN AMERICAN  7 THE LAST TIME . . . THE LAST TIME AN MSU PLAYER … Attempted 19 or more free throws in a game: Shot 60 percent or better from the fi eld: Scored 30 or more points in a game: 19, Carl Nichols vs. SE La. (12-1-88) .600 [33-55] vs. Auburn (2-27-08) 31, Jarvis Varnado vs. LSU (2-11-09) Had 16 or more rebounds in a game: Shot 65 percent or better from the fi eld: Scored 34 or more points in a game: 16, Jarvis Varnado vs. F. Dickinson (11-22-08) .660 [35-53] vs. Western Kentucky (1-5-09) 34, Charles Rhodes vs. Oregon (3-21-08) Had 17 or more rebounds in a game: Was held to less than 35 percent from the fi eld: Scored 35 or more points in a game: 17, Jarvis Varnado at LSU (1-9-08) .339 [20-59] vs. Washington (3-19-09) 36, Jeff Malone at Ole Miss (2-19-83) Had 18 or more rebounds in a game: Was held to less than 32 percent from the fi eld: 21, Wesley Morgan vs. SE La. (11-28-05) Scored 37 or more points in a game: .312 [24-77] vs. LSU (2-11-09) Had 22 or more rebounds in a game: 39, Jeff Malone vs. Alabama (1-31-83) Held opp. to 35 percent or less from the fi eld: Scored 40 or more points in a game: 23, Rickey Brown vs. Vanderbilt (12-6-79) .346 [18-52] vs. Bethune-Cookman (11-21-09) 40, Rickey Brown vs. Auburn (3-7-77) Had 24 or more rebounds in a game: Scored 20+ points in back-to-back games: 24, Wiley Peck vs. Alabama (1-27-79) Held opp. to 30 percent or less from the fi eld: Jarvis Varnado (22 vs. Rider 11-13-09 and Had 10 or more offensive rebounds in a game: .290 [17-47] vs. Tennessee SECT (3-15-09) 20 vs. Southeastern Louisiana on 11-19-09). 10, Wesley Morgan vs. SE La. (11-28-05) Made 35 or more fi eld goals: Scored 20+ points in three-consecutive games: Had 10 or more defensive rebounds in a game: 35 vs. Western Kentucky (1-5-09) Jarvis Varnado (21 vs. South Alabama; 23 11, Phil Turner vs. South Carolina (2-18-09) Made 40 or more fi eld goals: vs. Cincinnati; 24 vs. Nicholls, 2008-09) Had 12 or more defensive rebounds in a game: 40 vs. Auburn (3-2-04) Scored 20+ points in fi ve-consecutive games: 12, Jarvis Varnado vs. Rider (11-13-09) Attempted 70 or more shots from the fi eld: Had 10 or more assists in a game: Jeff Malone, 1982-83 (11 consecutive) 72 at Auburn (2-14-09) Scored 30+ points in back-to-back games: 10, Dee Bost vs. Alabama (1-14-09) Attempted 80 or more shots from the fi eld: Jeff Malone (36 at Ole Miss & 30 vs. Had 11 or more assists in a game: 80 at Alabama (2-21-09) Georgia, 1982-83) 14, Gary Ervin vs. Florida A&M (12-20-04) Scored 30+ points in three-consecutive games: Had 15 or more assists in a game: Attempted 40 or fewer shots from the fi eld: Jeff Malone (33 at LSU; 36 at Ole Miss & 16, Chuck Evans at UMKC (2-23-93) 39 vs. Vanderbilt (2-12-05) 30 vs. Georgia, 1982-83) Had 10 or more turnovers in a game: Made 10 or more 3-pointers: Made 10 or more fi eld goals in a game: 10, Charles Rhodes vs. Nicholls (11-11-06) 10 vs. Southeastern Louisiana (11-19-09) 10, Jarvis Varnado vs. LSU (2-11-09) Had fi ve or more blocks in a game: Made 12 or more 3-pointers: Made 11 or more fi eld goals in a game: 5, Jarvis Varnado vs. Washington (3-19-09) 12 at Alabama (2-21-09) 11, Charles Rhodes vs. Auburn (2-27-08) Had seven or more blocks in a game: Made 13 or more 3-pointers: 7, Jarvis Varnado vs.Rider (11-13-09) Made 12 or more fi eld goals in a game: 14 vs. Kentucky (2-3-09) 12, Charles Rhodes vs. Ole Miss (1-26-08) Had eight or more blocks in a game: Made 16 or more 3-pointers: Made 13 or more fi eld goals in a game: 8, Jarvis Varnado vs.SE Louisiana (11-19-09) 16 vs. Arkansas (2-7-09) 13, Horatio Webster vs. SW Missouri St. Had nine or more blocks in a game: (11-23-97) 9, Jarvis Varnado vs. La. Monroe (11-17-08) Did not make a 3-pointer: Made 14 or more fi eld goals in a game: Had 10 or more blocks in a game: [0-11] at Alabama (1-18-05) 14, Cameron Burns at Georgia (1-17-90) 10, Jarvis Varnado vs. Kentucky (1-15-08) Made just one 3-pointer: Made 15 or more fi eld goals in a game: Had 10+ blocks in two consecutive games: vs. Southeastern Louisiana (11-28-05) 16, Raymond Brown vs. Florida (3-2-85) Jarvis Varnado (10 vs. Georgia & 10 vs. Made just two 3-pointers: Attempted 20 or more fi eld goals in a game: Kentucky, 2007-08) at Vanderbilt (1-21-06) Had fi ve or more steals in a game: 20, Dietric Slater at Georgia (2-24-07) Attempted only 10 3-pointers: 5, Barry Stewart vs. Alabama (3-14-08) Attempted 21 or more fi eld goals in a game: 10 vs. Alabama State (12-6-08) 22, Timmy Bowers at Alabama (3-6-04) Had six or more steals in a game: Attempted six 3-pointers or less: Attempted 23 or more fi eld goals in a game: 6, Phil Turner vs. South Carolina (2-18-09) 24, Horatio Webster vs. UT Martin (12-20-97) 6 at Ole Miss (1-29-03) Attempted 25 or more fi eld goals in a game: Attempted 25 or more 3-pointers: 25, Chuck Evans at Alabama (3-6-93) LAST TIME AN MSU TEAM… 25 vs. SE Louisiana (11-19-09) Attempted 26 or more fi eld goals in a game: Scored 100 or more points: Attempted 26 or more 3-pointers: 26, Tony Watts at Ole Miss (2-22-92) 102 vs. North Alabama (11-19-08) 26 vs. South Carolina (2-18-09) Attempted 27 or more fi eld goals in a game: Scored 100 or more points in an SEC game: Attempted 27 or more 3-pointers: 28, Jeff Malone vs. Vanderbilt (1-8-83) 105 vs. Auburn (3-2-04) 27 vs. Rider (11-13-09) Made six or more 3-pointers in a game: Allowed 100 or more points: Attempted 35 or more 3-pointers: 6, Dee Bost vs. Arkansas (2-7-09) 115 at Arkansas (2-20-93) 39 at Alabama (2-21-09) Made seven or more 3-pointers in a game: Was held to 52 points or less: Made 30 or more free throws: 7, Reginald Delk at Arkansas (3-1-06) 52 vs. Washington St. (11-28-08) 30 vs. Arkansas (1-15-05) Made eight or more 3-pointers in a game: Was held to 51 points or less: 8, Winsome Frazier vs. UMKC (11-23-04) 49 vs. Southern Illinois (11-23-07) Made 40 or more free throws: Attempted 11 or more 3-pointers in a game: Was held to 48 points or less: 41 vs. LSU (2-11-09) 11, Barry Stewart at Alabama (2-21-09) 36 vs. George Washington (12-8-96) Made fewer than fi ve free throws: Attempted 12 or more 3-pointers in a game: Held opponent to 60 points or less: 4 at Alabama (1-19-08) 12, Jamall Edmonson vs. Kentucky (2-1-06) 60 vs. Georgia SECT (3-12-09) Made fewer than four free throws: Attempted 13 or more 3-pointers in a game: Held opponent to 57 points or less: 1 at Kentucky (1-13-07) 15, Winsome Frazier vs. UMKC (11-23-04) 57 vs. LSU SECT (3-14-09) Attempted 35 or more free throws: Attempted 16 or more 3-pointers in a game: Held opponent to 51 points or less: 35 vs. LSU SECT (3-15-09) 17, Darryl Wilson vs. Alabama (3-4-95) 51 vs. Bethune Cookman (11-21-09) Attempted 40 or more free throws: Made 14 or more free throws in a game: Held opponent to 48 points or less: 14, Charles Rhodes vs. Oregon (3-21-08) 39 at LSU (1-9-08) 41 vs. Charlotte (11-29-06) Made 15 or more free throws in a game: Shot 50 percent or better from the fi eld: Made 50 or more free throws: 18, Rich Knarr vs. Auburn (2-19-73) .509 [28-55] vs. Georgia (3-12-09) 52 vs. LSU (2-11-09) Attempted 18 or more free throws in a game: Shot 55 percent or better from the fi eld: Attempted fewer than 10 free throws: 18, Charles Rhodes vs. Oregon (3-21-08) .576 [34-59] vs. North Alabama (11-19-08) 9 vs. Southern Illinois (11-23-07) D eecadec a d e of CCHAMPIONSHIPSH A M P I O N S H I P S MMISSISSIPPIISSISSIPPI SSTATETATE BBASKETBALLASKETBALL GAME 4: TEXAS-PAN AMERICAN  8

THE LAST TIME (CONTINUED) . . . Had 50 or more rebounds: Had 21 or more turnovers: Had 11 or more blocked shots: 50 vs. South Carolina SECT (3-13-09) 24 vs. St. Bonaventure (11-25-08) 11 at Alabama (2-21-09) Had 55 or more rebounds: Had 25 or more turnovers: Had 12 or more blocked shots: 58 vs. Troy (12-10-05) 25 vs. UT Martin (11-17-07) 13 at Kentucky (2-3-09) Had 26 or more turnovers: Had 16 or more blocked shots: Had 59 or more rebounds: 31 at Kentucky (1-7-97) 16 vs. Georgia (1-12-08) 59 vs. Jacksonville St. (12-22-04) Had fewer than 10 turnovers: Had 10 or more steals: Had 21 or more assists: 6 vs. LSU SECT (3-14-09) 10 at Alabama (2-21-09) 22 vs. Auburn (2-27-08) Had fewer than fi ve turnovers: Had 13 or more steals: Had 23 or more assists: 4 vs. La. Tech (11-10-07) 13 at Georgia (1-24-09) 25 at Loyola Marymount (12-19-07) Had 10 or more blocked shots: Had 20 or more steals: Had 20 or more turnovers: 10 vs. SE Louisiana (11-19-09) 20 vs. Nicholls State (11-17-01) 20 vs. Washington St. (11-28-08)

BRYANT BECOMES FIRST MSU SIGNEE OF 2009-10 SIGNING CLASS Mississippi State men’s basketball coach Rick Stansbury has an- Herald Play of the Year honors for the second-straight season. nounced his fi rst signee of the 2009-10 class, standout guard Brian Bry- He was also selected to play in the Georgia North-South All-Star ant. Game. The 6-foot-3, 165-pound Albany, Ga., native is currently a sophomore “He is the complete package of talent, athleticism, character and work at Northwest Florida State College, where he has guided his team to a ethic,” 13th-year Raiders coach Bruce Stewart said. “He is a winner.” 5-0 start and is averaging 20 points, 7.6 rebounds and 5.4 assists, while Bryant chose MSU over Auburn and Southern Miss. shooting 41 percent from 3-point territory. Bryant is the fi fth NWF State College men’s player to head to the Last year as a freshman, he was limited due to a hand injury. SEC in the last three seasons, following in the footsteps of Auburn’s Tay Prior to enrolling at Northwest Florida, previously known as Okaloosa Waller and Johnnie Lett, Alabama’s Charvez Davis and South Carolina’s Walton, Bryant prepped four years at Dougherty High School, where he Johndre Jefferson. led his team to two regional titles and four playoff appearances. He’s also the second player MSU signed from Northwest Florida, as he As a senior, he averaged 29.6 points, 9.3 rebounds, 3.6 steals and joins forward Branden Vincent, who played for the Bulldogs from 2003- 3.6 assists en route to garnering team MVP honors and earning Albany 04.

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Jarvis Varnado Barry Stewart Dee Bost

F  6-9  230 G  6-3  170 G  6-2 170

Brownsville, TN Shelbyville, TN Concord, NC

 Is MSU’s and the SEC’s all-time lead-  Currenty ranks 20th all-time in scor-  After leading MSU with 156 assists ing shot blocker with 413. ing with 1,208 career points. last year, he’s tops so far with 13.  Is 41 points shy of becoming the  His 10.0 scoring averages ranks  His 11.3 scoring clip is third on the school’s 31st player to reach 1,000. fourth on the team. team.  His 760 rebounds rank 8th all-time.  Is second with 8 assists.  His 53.8 percent 3-point accuracy is tops on the team.  Led the nation in blocked shots the  His 207 made 3-pointers leave him past two seasons and is tops now. 51 shy of Darry Wilson’s 258 record.  Seven made 3s is tied for team most.  Is 122 blocks shy of the NCAA career  Has scored in double-digits 26 times Has started all 39 games for MSU record set by Wojciech Mydra. the last two years. since his arrival.

Season Highs Season Highs Season Highs

Points: 22, Rider (11-13-09) Points: 13, SE Louisiana (11-19-09) Points: 14, Rider (11-13-09) FGM: 3, SE Louisiana (11-19-09) FGM: 8, Rider (11-13-09) FGM: 4, SE Louisiana (11-19-09) FGA: 11, SE Louisiana (11-19-09) FGA: 11, Rider (11-13-09) FGA: 11, Bethune (11-21-09) 3GM: 2, twice (last: Bethune,11-21-09) 3GM: 3, Rider (11-13-09) FTM: 8, SE Louisiana (11-19-09) 3GA: 7, Rider (11-13-09) 3GA: 6, Rider (11-13-09) FTA: 10, SE Louisiana (11-19-09) FTM: 4, SE Louisiana (11-19-09) FTM: 5, Rider (11-13-09) Rebs: 14, Rider (11-13-09) FTA: 4, SE Louisiana (11-19-09) FTA: 6, Rider (11-13-09) Blocks: 8, SE Louisiana (11-19-09) Rebs: 3, SE Louisiana (11-19-09) Rebs: 5, SE Louisiana (11-19-09)  Steals: 3, SE Louisiana (11-19-09) Asstists: 4, Bethune (11-21-09) Asstists: 7, Rider (11-13-09) Minutes: 36, Rider (11-13-09) Steals: 1, SE Louisiana (11-19-09) Steals: 2, Bethune (11-21-09) Double-Doubles: 2 Minutes: 37, Rider (11-13-09) Minutes: 39, Rider (11-13-09)

Career Highs Career Highs Career Highs

Points: 31, LSU (2-11-09) Points: 24, SE Missouri (12-30-07) Points: 25, Arkansas (2-7-09) FGM: 10, 3 times (last: LSU, 2-11-09) FGM: 8, Missouri (12-30-07) FGM: 9, Arkansas (2-7-09) FGA: 18, LSU (1-21-09) FGA: 19, Alabama (2-21-09) FGA: 17, LSU (2-11-09) 3GM: 6, Arkansas (2-7-09) FTM: 11, LSU (1-21-09) 3GM: 6, Tennessee (2-2-08) 3GA: 11, twice (last: USC, 11-13-09) 3GA: 8, 5 times (last: Tenn., 2-25-09) FTA: 13, LSU (1-21-09) FTM: 10, twice (last: LSU 3-14-09) FTM: 10, LSU (2-11-09) Rebs: 17, LSU (1-21-09) FTA: 12, LSU (3-14-09) FTA: 12, LSU (2-11-09) Blocks: 10, 3 times (last: Kentucky, Rebs: 12, Florida (3-4-09) Rebs: 10, South Carolina (3-13-09) 1-15-08) Assists: 7, Missouri (12-30-07) Assists: 10, twice (last: Bama, 1-14-09) Steals: 4, Georgia (1-24-09) Steals: 5, Alabama (3-14-08) Steals: 4, San Diego (12-30-08)  Minutes: 40, Alabama (3-14-08) Minutes: 44, twice (last: LSU, 2-11-09) Minutes: 47, twice (last: Bama, 2-21-09) Double-Doubles: 17 Double-Doubles: 2 Double-Doubles: 2

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THE JUNIORS

24  Kodi Augustus  F  6-8  220  Baton Rouge, LA Was suspended the last two games for inappropriate comments made after the Rider games. Will be back in action against Texas-Pan American. Augustus is coming off an impressive SEC Tournament run that saw him score a career-high 19 points against Georgia in the opening round, while he fi nished averaging 9.8 points a game in tournament play. Against Washington in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament, Kodi was named Chevrolet Player of the Game. Augustus fi nished the year averaging 6.2 points and 3.4.

45  Elgin Bailey  F/C  6-8  254  New Orleans, LA Bailey saw action in 27 games last year before dislocating his ankle against Florida. He still managed to fi nish second on the team in blocked shots with 26. Bailey fi nished the year averaging 3.9 points and 2.4 rebounds. He returned to the court against SE Louisiana but did not play against Bethune-Cookman.

15  Riley Benock  G  6-4  180  Battletown, KY Hailing from the same high school as Mississippi State head coach Rick Stansbury, Riley saw action in all 36 games as a reserve. He averaged 2.3 points and 0.9 rebounds per outing. His 16 steals tied for fi fth-most on the team. He is returning from foot surgery to repair a stress fracture over the offseason. He has seen limited action in all three games.

2  Ravern Johnson  G/F  6-7  175  Lyon, MS Johnson’s 83 treys last year were the third-most in a single season as he led the Bulldogs in 3-pointers made (83) attempted (210) and percentage (.395). He started all 36 games and scored 20-plus points a team-high fi ve times and hit a career best six 3-pointers against Western Kentucky last year. Johnson fi nished third on the team in scoring with 12.1 points a game. His current 12.3 scoring clip is second on the team, while his 7 made 3-pointers are tied for the most with Dee Bost.

25  Phil Turner  G  6-3  170  Grenada, MS Started the last 27 games of last season and was third on the team at the foul line with a 78.1 percent effort (57 of 73).Turner scored a career-high 18 points at Rupp Arena against the Wildcats last year. He averaged 8.5 points and hauled in 5.5 rebounds. Collected a double-double against Southeastern Louisiana, and tied his career high with 14 rebounds.

THE SOPHOMORES

4  Twany Beckham  G  6-5  190  Louisville, KY Beckham played in the last 32 games of last season and was one of MSU’S fi rst players off the bench. He logged a total of 33 minutes in the SEC Tournament and averaged 1.5 points, 2.0 rebounds and dished out three assists. He fi nished the year averaging 1.6 points and 1.5 boards a game.

5  Romero Osby  F  6-8  230  Meridian, MS Osby played in all 36 games for the Bulldogs as a true freshman last year. He scored a career-high 15 points against North Alabama. He also averaged 4.1 points and 2.6 boards per contest, while scoring in double-digits three times. Osby also fi nished fourth on the team with 12 blocks. Has seen action in all three games and is averaging 5.3 points and 4.3 boards. He’s also tied for second with three blocks.

THE FRESHMEN

30  Wendell Lewis  C  6-8  Selma, AL Has seen action in all three games and had career highs in points (6) and rebounds (5) against Bethune-Cookman. Signed in April, Lewis chose MSU over SEC rivals Auburn, Georgia, Alabama and Ole Miss. He was selected to compete in the Mississippi-Alabama All-Star game. As a McDonald’s All-American nominee, Lewis was ranked as the 27th best center by ESPN. While earning team MVP honors his senior year, he led the team in points (16.5), rebounds (11.2) and blocks (3).

50  John Riek  F  7-1  242  Khartoun, Sudan Must sit out an NCAA-mandated nine games to start the year. The fi nal member of the MSU recruiting class, Riek inked his commitment to the Bulldogs in May of 2009. With enhanced shot-blocking and rebounding skills, he made a name for himself at the LeBron Skill Academy where he scored 18 points in 24 minutes. His 7 foot, 8 ½ inch wingspan made him the top-rated center by Rivals.com in the class of 2008.

10  Shaun Smith  G  6-6  195  Brooksville, MS The fi rst member of the 2009 MSU signing class, the heralded All-State member from Noxubee County is known for his athleticism and ball-handling skills. Ranked the 23rd best shooting guard in the country by Scout.com, Smith inked his next four years with Bulldog bas- ketball on his birthday. As a senior, he averaged 25.1 points, 5.8 rebounds and 2.2 steals.

1  Renardo Sidney  G  6-10  260  Jackson, MS Is waiting to be cleared to play by the NCAA. One of MSU’s most highly touted recruits, Sidney brings numerous accolades including McDonald’s All American selection, USA Junior National Select Team inclusion as well as Naismith High School Player of the Year fi nal- ist. He was also tabbed Co-MVP at the Jordan Brand Classic at the famous Madison Square Garden in New York City. Sidney made his national impression at the McDonald’s All-Star game where he scored 11 points while grabbing 6 rebounds.

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EXHIBITION 1 — OCT. 31, 2009 EXHIBITION 2 — NOV. 7, 2009 GAME 1 — NOV. 13, 2009 Mississippi State 82 Mississippi State 90 Rider 88 Oklahoma City 54 Georgetown College 70 Mississippi State 74

Humphrey Coliseum  2 p.m. Humphrey Coliseum  2 p.m. Humphrey Coliseum  2 p.m. Starkville, MS Starkville, MS Starkville, MS

STARKVILLE, Miss. — Junior Ravern STARKVILLE, Miss. — Junior forward STARKVILLE, Miss. — Mississippi State Johnson’s 23 points sparked a convinc- Kodi Augustus scored 16 points and senior Jarvis Varnado collected his 16th ing 82-54 win by 18th-ranked Mississippi grabbed 11 rebounds to pace 18th- career double-double despite the Bull- State against Oklahoma City in the exhi- ranked Mississippi State to a 90-70 win dogs dropping a 88-74 decision to Rider bition opener for both teams at Humphrey agaisnt Georgetown College. in front of 7,241 fans at Humphrey Coli- Coliseum. MSU completed its two-game exhibi- seum. Johnson drained 6-of-10 three-point- tion slate having never trailed in either Varnado, collected 22 points and 14 re- ers, shot 8-of-15 from the fl oor and game. bounds on the night as MSU dropped the grabbed fi ve rebounds. Augustus connected on 6-of-9 shots opening game of the season for the fi rst Three other Bulldogs recorded double- from the fl oor and all three of his free time since a 79-76 setback to Louisiana- digit efforts in the win, led by junior Kodi throws. All-SEC senior Jarvis Varnado to- Lafayette in 2002. Augustus’ 16 points. Sophomore Dee taled 17 points, 9 rebounds and 5 blocks. Varnado also tallied seven blocks and Bost joined senior Barry Stewart by scor- Also scoring in double-digits were scored six of the game’s fi rst 11 points to ing 11 points, while Bost added 6 assists. sophomore point guard Dee Bost with 14 give the Bulldogs an early nine-point ad- All-SEC senior Jarvis Varnado grabbed points to go along with his 8 assists, while vantage. 11 rebounds, notched 8 points and Phil Turner totaled 12 points. Dee Bost and Ravern Johnson also blocked 4 shots. Freshman Wendell Lew- Pacing the game in scoring was reached double fi gures, scoring 14 and is continued his impressive preseason Georgetown’s Eddie Gray with 19. 10 points, respectively. performance by claiming 8 rebounds in State jumped out to an early eight-point State maintained the lead until the just 13 minutes. lead in the game’s fi rst 10 minutes. The 45-second mark when a Mike Ringgold OCU point guard Chris Brown led the Tigers responded with a six-point run layup gave the Rider a lead that it would game with 24 points. capped by two consecutive treys from never relinquish. Ringgold and Novar The Bulldogs struggled with their op- Vincent Crutcher to pull within two points Gadson collected 21 points each to lead ponents in the fi rst half, but never trailed with 8:50 left in the half. The Bulldogs re- Rider. in the game. After scoring the fi rst eight sponded in a big way, fi nishing the half The opener was marred by a Rider points, State saw two free-throws from on a 23-5 run sparked by a Varnado pass squad that went 30-of-59 (50 percent) OCU’s Brown spark a 10-0 run that pulled resulting in a dunk from Augustus. MSU from the fi eld, including a sizzling 62-per- the game within a point. At the break, led 41-22 at the break. cent clip from the 3-point stripe. MSU led 38-33 half.

Oklahoma City Georgetown College Rider (1-0) Player FG 3FG FT RB PF PT A Min Player FG 3FG FT RB PF PT A Min Player FG 3FG FT RB PF PT A Min Phillips f 2-8 1-2 0-0 5 1 5 1 34 Moses 9-19 0-0 0-0 10 2 18 1 37 Ringgold 10-19 0-0 1-4 6 2 21 1 39 Williams c 0-4 0-0 0-1 3 4 0 1 14 Pearson 3-6 0-0 0-0 5 5 6 1 13 Jackson 1-4 0-1 0-0 5 5 2 1 12 Brown g 9-23 0-1 6-8 6 3 24 0 36 Gray 6-11 2-4 5-5 5 2 19 2 37 Thompson 6-12 4-6 0-2 3 2 16 2 39 Graham g 3-6 0-2 0-0 4 1 6 2 34 Walls 1-4 1-4 0-0 1 1 3 0 18 Robinson 3-5 2-2 7-9 4 2 15 4 27 Bingham g 4-13 2-7 1-1 3 1 11 0 34 Byron 0-8 0-1 0-0 2 4 0 2 11 Gadson 7-11 2-2 5-7 11 1 21 2 37 Cuevas 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 1 6 Hamilton 0-1 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 0 3 Youngblood 0-4 0-2 4-4 3 4 4 2 21 Ennis 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 Boggs 1-2 1-1 0-0 0 1 3 1 6 Thompson 1-1 0-0 1-2 4 0 3 1 11 McKnight 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 1 11 Saxton 4-5 1-2 1-1 2 1 10 2 25 Mansell 2-3 2-3 0-0 0 1 6 0 8 Nicholson 2-3 0-0 0-0 2 2 4 0 14 Ferguson 1-4 0-0 3-4 4 4 5 3 19 Nd-Ezuma 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 1 James 1-3 0-0 0-1 4 3 2 1 16 Crutcher 2-6 2-5 0-0 2 2 6 0 25 Penn 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 1 5 TOTALS 22-62 3-12 7-11 32 18 54 7 200 Outen 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 3 0 0 6 TOTALS 30-59 10-16 18-28 38 19 88 14 200 TOTALS 27-66 7-18 9-10 33 25 70 12 200 Mississippi State Mississippi State (0-1) Player FG 3FG FT RB PF PT A Min Mississippi State Player FG 3FG FT RB PF PT A Min Augustus f 6-11 1-6 3-4 5 3 16 0 25 Player FG 3FG FT RB PF PT A Min Augustus 4-9 1-1 0-1 5 4 9 0 15 Varnado c 3-6 0-0 2-4 11 1 8 2 27 Augustus 6-9 1-2 3-3 11 1 16 2 27 Varnado 8-8 0-0 6-8 14 3 22 2 36 Johnson g 8-15 6-10 1-1 5 1 23 2 34 Varnado 7-7 0-0 3-5 9 3 17 2 30 Johnson 4-11 2-8 0-0 1 1 10 1 29 Bost g 3-8 2-5 3-3 3 2 11 6 28 Johnson 3-4 1-1 2-3 1 1 9 0 17 Bost 3-11 3-6 5-6 2 5 14 7 39 Stewart g 3-8 3-7 2-2 5 3 11 2 31 Bost 5-10 2-6 2-2 2 2 14 8 32 Stewart 2-10 2-7 1-4 3 3 7 3 37 Osby 4-8 1-2 0-0 5 2 9 3 21 Stewart 3-10 0-7 2-2 0 0 8 3 31 Osby 2-3 0-0 0-0 3 1 4 0 11 Smith 0-2 0-0 0-0 1 3 0 4 14 Osby 1-4 0-0 7-8 3 2 9 0 16 Benock 0-2 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 1 4 Parker 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 Parker 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 Turner 3-6 2-3 0-0 5 2 8 1 25 Luczak 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 2 Benock 0-1 0-1 0-0 3 1 0 1 13 Lewis 0-2 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 0 4 Price 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 1 1 Luczak 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 TOTALS 26-62 10-27 12-19 37 20 74 15 200 Turner 3-6 1-2 5-5 3 1 12 0 21 Lewis 2-4 0-0 0-3 8 2 4 0 13 Halftime: Rider 44, MSU 42. FG%: MSU 41.9%, Rider Lewis 2-2 0-0 1-2 0 2 5 0 10 Bolen 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 3 50.1%. 3FG%: MSU 37.0%, Rider 62.5%. FT%: MSU Bolen 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 1 TOTALS 29-63 13-30 11-14 47 17 82 19 200 63.2%, Rider 64.3%. Turnovers: MSU 12 (Varnado 4), TOTALS 30-53 5-19 25-30 33 13 90 17 200 Halftime: MSU 38, OCU 33. FG%: MSU 46.0%, OCU Rider 6 (Thompson, Gadson 2). Blocked Shots: MSU 35.5%. 3FG%: MSU 43.3%, OCU 25.0%. FT%: MSU Halftime: MSU 41, GC 22. FG%: MSU 55.6%, GC 9 (Varnado 7), Rider 2(Ringgold, Gadson 1). Steals: 78.6%, OCU 63.6%. Turnovers: MSU 14 (Varnado, 27.3%. 3FG%: MSU 14.3%, GC 30.0%. FT%: MSU MSU 2 (Bost, Turner 1), Rider 5 (Gadson 3). Offi cials: Johnson 3 4), OCU 12 (James 3). Blocked Shots: 83.3%, GC 100.0%. Turnovers: MSU 17 (Varnado 5), Rick Crawford, James Barker, James Williams. Atten- MSU 6 (Varnado 4), OCU 2 (Phillips, Williams 1). GC 12 (Ferguson, Crutcher 4). Blocked Shots: MSU 6 dance: 7,241. Steals: MSU 3 (Bost 2), OCU 3 (Three with 1). Of- (Varnado 5), GC 3 (Pearson 2). Steals: MSU 7 (Turn- fi cials: Tom Eades, Bruce Benedick, James Williams. er 3), GC 6 (Hamilton 2). Offi cials: Tony Greene, Mike Attendance: 2,938. Nance, Ron Groover. Attendance: 2,995.

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GAME 2 — NOV. 19, 2009 GAME 3 — NOV. 21, 2009 GAME 4 — NOV. 24, 2009 Mississippi State 82 Mississippi State 67 Mississippi State Southeastern Louisiana 67 Bethune-Cookman 51 Texas-Pan American

Humphrey Coliseum  7 p.m. Humphrey Coliseum  6 p.m. Humphrey Coliseum  7 p.m. Starkville, MS Starkville, MS Starkville, MS

STARKVILLE, Miss. — All-SEC center STARKVILLE, Miss. — Jarvis Varnado Jarvis Varnado fell just short of his second swatted 4 shots to become the SEC’s all- career triple-double and tied for a game- time leading shot-blocker as Mississippi high 20 points to power Mississippi State State cruised to a 67-51 victory against to an 82-67 victory against Southeastern the Bethune-Cookman Wildcats. Louisiana in Humphrey Coliseum. Varnado surpassed Shaquille O’Neals’ Varnado recorded his second-straight previous SEC record of 412 and now has 20-point effort and swatted eight shots to batted 413 shots in his career. The all-star go along with his nine rebounds. senior also recorded 10 points and 10 re- Notching the game’s only double-dou- bounds for his second double-double in ble was junior Phil Turner, who had14 re- the season’s fi rst three games. bounds and 10 points. Three other Bulldogs also scored 10 Also scoring in double-digits were Rav- points, including senior Barry Stewart, ern Johnson (17), Barry Stewart (13) and who also handed out 4 assists. Dee Bost (10). Albert Abrahams registered the game’s Leading SELU was center Patrick Sul- other double-double for the Wildcats with livan, who shot 9-of-21 from the fi eld to 15 points and 11 rebounds. score 20 points. The fi rst half saw several lead changes The Bulldogs never trailed and led 41- before two Osby free throws sparked a 29 at the break. 10-0 MSU run. The Bulldogs led 31-24 at In a hard-fought second half, SELU or- the half. chestrated a 10-2 run sparked by a Pat- State saw BCU quickly close the gap rick Sullivan layup to close the MSU lead to just 33-30 but responded with an 8-0 to just 59-51 with 10:43 left. A trey from run capped by a Varnado layup that put Bost ended the stretch, and the Bulldogs the game out of reach for good. Varnado scored seven-straight capped by a Stew- brought down the SEC’s all-time career art trey to ice the win. blocks record with a reject of an Abra- hams jumper with 10:20 remaining in the second half.

Southeastern Louisiana (2-1) Bethune Cookman (1-3) Player FG 3FG FT RB PF PT A Min Player FG 3FG FT RB PF PT A Min Marks 2-4 0-0 1-2 6 4 5 3 29 Starling 2-3 0-0 0-0 6 1 4 2 24 Sullivan 9-21 0-0 2-2 7 3 20 0 35 Adams 0-1 0-0 4-4 0 4 4 0 10 Hutchin 5-14 4-8 0-0 2 1 14 0 25 Reed 4-19 1-4 0-0 1 1 9 4 38 Fortenberry 2-7 0-3 0-0 2 2 4 2 28 Elliott 0-3 0-0 2-2 4 2 2 0 21 Patterson 0-0 0-0 2-2 2 2 2 4 18 Jones 3-7 0-2 0-0 4 0 6 1 22 Jones 3-4 2-3 0-0 2 1 8 2 21 Thomas 1-3 1-2 0-0 2 1 3 1 23 Ndoumba 0-1 0-0 0-0 2 2 0 0 13 Abrahams 6-11 0-0 3-5 11 3 15 1 26 Forest 2-11 0-3 2-3 4 3 6 0 21 Bryant 0-0 0-0 2-2 0 0 2 0 2 Dixon 3-4 2-3 0-0 1 1 8 1 10 Anusionwu 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 2 TOTALS 26-66 8-20 7-9 30 19 67 12 200 Dukes 2-4 2-4 0-0 0 2 6 0 16 Mississippi State (1-1) Williford 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 16 Player FG 3FG FT RB PF PT A Min TOTALS 18-52 4-12 11-13 32 15 51 9 200 Varnado 6-8 0-0 8-10 9 1 20 1 30 Mississippi State (2-1) Johnson 7-13 3-6 0-0 3 2 17 0 31 Player FG 3FG FT RB PF PT A Min Bost 3-5 2-3 2-5 5 1 10 4 32 Varnado 4-11 0-0 2-5 10 0 10 2 31 Stewart 4-11 1-5 4-4 3 1 13 1 32 Johnson 4-10 2-6 0-0 2 0 10 0 26 Turner 3-12 2-6 2-2 14 1 10 3 34 Bost 2-7 2-4 4-4 4 0 10 2 31 Osby 2-5 1-2 0-0 4 1 5 1 13 Stewart 3-6 2-4 2-2 1 1 10 4 31 Benock 1-3 0-2 0-0 2 1 2 1 15 Turner 4-7 1-1 0-0 5 3 9 2 22 Luczak 1-1 1-1 0-0 0 0 3 0 1 Osby 2-6 0-2 3-4 6 1 7 3 24 Lewis 1-3 0-0 0-0 2 1 2 0 7 Parker 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 1 Bailey 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 Benock 2-4 1-3 0-0 2 0 5 0 19 Parker 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 Luczak 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 1 Price 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 Price 0-0 0-0 0-0 5 0 0 0 1 TOTALS 28-62 10-25 16-21 47 9 82 12 200 Lewis 3-4 0-0 0-0 2 1 6 0 13 Halftime: MSU 41, SELU 29. FG%: MSU 45.2%, TOTALS 24-56 8-20 11-15 37 8 67 13 200 SELU 39.4%. 3FG%: MSU 40.0%, SELU 40.0%. Halftime: MSU 31, BCU 24. FG%: MSU 42.9%, BCU FT%: MSU 76.2%, SELU 77.8%. Turnovers: MSU 34.6%. 3FG%: MSU 40.0%, BCU 33.3%. FT%: MSU 13 (Bost, Turner 3), SELU 11 (Sullivan 3). Blocked 73.3%, BCU 84.6%. Turnovers: MSU 13 (Bost 5), Shots: MSU 10 (Varnado 8), SELU 7 (Sullivan 3). BCU 15 (Reed 4). Blocked Shots: MSU 9 (Varnado Steals: MSU 9 (Varnado 3), SELU 5 (Patterson 3). 4), BCU 4 (Reed 2). Steals: MSU 8 (Johnson, Bost, Offi cials: Ted Valentine, Doug Sirmons, Carlos Gon- Turner, Benock 2), BCU 9 (Reed 3). Offi cials: James zalez. Attendance: 4,544 Barker, Jeremy Mosier, Chuck Jones. Attendance: 3,721

D eecadec a d e of CCHAMPIONSHIPSH A M P I O N S H I P S 2009-2010 Mississippi State Basketball Mississippi State Combined Team Statistics (as of Nov 21, 2009) All games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES 2-1 2-1 0-0 0-0 CONFERENCE 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 NON-CONFERENCE 2-1 2-1 0-0 0-0

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 32 Jarvis Varnado 3-3 97 32.3 18-27 . 6 6 7 0-0 . 0 0 0 16-23 . 6 9 6 7 26 33 11.0 4 0 6 7 19 3 52 17.3 02 Ravern Johnson 3-3 86 28.7 15-34 . 4 4 1 7-20 . 3 5 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 1 5 6 2.0 3 0 1 2 1 3 37 12.3 03 Dee Bost 3-3 102 34.0 8-23 . 3 4 8 7-13 . 5 3 8 11-15 . 7 3 3 2 9 11 3.7 6 1 13 10 0 4 34 11.3 22 Barry Stewart 3-3 100 33.3 9-27 . 3 3 3 5-16 . 3 1 3 7-10 . 7 0 0 1 6 7 2.3 5 0 8 1 1 1 30 10.0 24 Kodi Augustus 1-1 15 15.0 4-9 . 4 4 4 1-1 1.000 0-1 . 0 0 0 2 3 5 5.0 4 0 0 1 1 0 9 9.0 25 Phil Turner 3-2 81 27.0 10-25 . 4 0 0 5-10 . 5 0 0 2-2 1.000 7 17 24 8.0 6 0 6 6 3 4 27 9.0 05 Romero Osby 3-0 48 16.0 6-14 . 4 2 9 1-4 . 2 5 0 3-4 . 7 5 0 4 9 13 4.3 3 0 4 4 3 0 16 5.3 30 Wendell Lewis 3-0 24 8.0 4-9 . 4 4 4 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 4 4 8 2.7 3 0 0 1 0 0 8 2.7 15 Riley Benock 3-0 38 12.7 3-9 . 3 3 3 1-7 . 1 4 3 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 4 4 1.3 1 0 2 3 0 4 7 2.3 20 Taylor Luczak 2-0 2 1.0 1-1 1.000 1-1 1.000 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 1.5 12 Charles Parker 2-0 2 1.0 0-1 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 45 Elgin Bailey 1-0 3 3.0 0-1 . 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 21 Baxter Price 2-0 2 1.0 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 5 5 10 1 Total...... 3 600 78-180 . 4 3 3 28-72 . 3 8 9 39-55 . 7 0 9 33 88 121 40.3 37 1 40 38 28 19 223 74.3 Opponents...... 3 600 74-177 . 4 1 8 22-48 . 4 5 8 36-50 . 7 2 0 24 76 100 33.3 53 - 35 32 13 19 206 68.7

TEAM STATISTICS MS OPP Date Opponent Score Att. SCORING 223 206 11-13-09 RIDER L 74-88 7241 Points per game 74.3 68.7 11-19-09 SE LOUISIANA W 82-67 4544 Scoring margin +5.7 - 11-21-09 BETHUNE-COOKMAN W 67-51 3721 FIELD GOALS-ATT 78-180 74-177 Field goal pct . 4 3 3 . 4 1 8 * - Conference game 3 POINT FG-ATT 28-72 22-48 3-point FG pct . 3 8 9 . 4 5 8 3-pt FG made per game 9.3 7.3 FREE THROWS-ATT 39-55 36-50 Free throw pct . 7 0 9 . 7 2 0 F-Throws made per game 13.0 12.0 REBOUNDS 121 100 Rebounds per game 40.3 33.3 Rebounding margin +7.0 - ASSISTS 40 35 Assists per game 13.3 11.7 TURNOVERS 38 32 Turnovers per game 12.7 10.7 Turnover margin -2.0 - Assist/turnover ratio 1.1 1.1 STEALS 19 19 Steals per game 6.3 6.3 BLOCKS 28 13 Blocks per game 9.3 4.3 ATTENDANCE 15506 0 Home games-Avg/Game 3-5169 0-0 Neutral site-Avg/Game - 0-0

Score by Periods 1st 2nd Totals Mississippi State 114 109 223 Opponents 97 109 206 2009-2010 Mississippi State Basketball Mississippi State Game-by-Game Highs (as of Nov 22, 2009) All games

Opponent Date Score Points Rebounds Assists Steals Blocked shots RIDER 11-13-09 74-88 22-Jarvis Varnado 14-Jarvis Varnado 7-Dee Bost 1-Phil Turner 7-Jarvis Varnado Dee Bost SE LOUISIANA 11-19-09 82-67 20-Jarvis Varnado 14-Phil Turner 4-Dee Bost 3-Jarvis Varnado 8-Jarvis Varnado BETHUNE-COOKMAN 11-21-09 67-51 10-Dee Bost 10-Jarvis Varnado 4-Barry Stewart 2-Riley Benock 4-Jarvis Varnado Barry Stewart Ravern Johnson Ravern Johnson Phil Turner Jarvis Varnado Dee Bost 2009-2010 Mississippi State Basketball Mississippi State Team Game-by-Game Comparison (as of Nov 22, 2009) 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 RIDER 42/44 32/44 74-88 (14) 26-62/30-59 .419/.508 10-27/10-16 .370/.625 12-19/18-28 .632/.643 37/38 (1) 15/14 12/6 9/2 2/5 20/19 SE LOUISIANA 41/29 41/38 82-67 +15 28-62/26-66 .452/.394 10-25/8-20 .400/.400 16-21/7-9 .762/.778 47/30 +17 12/12 13/11 10/7 9/5 9/19 BETHUNE-COOKMAN 31/24 36/27 67-51 +16 24-56/18-52 .429/.346 8-20/4-12 .400/.333 11-15/11-13 .733/.846 37/32 +5 13/9 13/15 9/4 8/9 8/15

Note: Game totals are displayed in the format TEAM/OPPONENT for each category 2009-2010 Mississippi State Basketball Mississippi State Points-Rebounds-Assists (as of Nov 22, 2009) All games

02 03 05 12 15 20 21 22 24 25 30 32 Opponent Date Score JOHNSON,R BOST,DEE OSBY,ROME PARKER,CH BENOCK,RIL LUCZAK,TAY PRICE,BAXT STEWART,B AUGUSTUS, TURNER,PHI LEWIS,WEND VARNADO,J RIDER 11-13-09 74-88 L 1 0 - 1 - 1 1 4 - 2 - 7 4 - 3 - 0 D N P 0 - 0 - 1 D N P D N P 7 - 3 - 3 9 - 5 - 0 8 - 5 - 1 0 - 1 - 0 2 2 - 1 4 - 2 SLU 11-19-09 82-67 W 1 7 - 3 - 0 1 0 - 5 - 4 5 - 4 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 2 - 2 - 1 3 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 1 3 - 3 - 1 DNP 1 0 - 1 4 - 3 2 - 2 - 0 2 0 - 9 - 2 BCU 11-21-09 67-51 W 1 0 - 2 - 0 1 0 - 4 - 2 7 - 6 - 3 0 - 0 - 0 5 - 2 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 1 0 - 1 - 4 D N P 9 - 5 - 2 6 - 5 - 0 1 0 - 1 0 - 2

45 Opponent Date Score BAILEY,ELG RIDER 11-13-09 74-88 L DNP SLU 11-19-09 82-67 W 0 - 0 - 0 BCU 11-21-09 67-51 W DNP 2009-2010 Mississippi State Basketball Mississippi State Category Leaders (as of Nov 22, 2009) All games

Points G Pts Pts/G Scoring Average G Pts Avg/G Jarvis Varnado 3 52 17.3 Jarvis Varnado 3 52 17.3 Ravern Johnson 3 37 12.3 Ravern Johnson 3 37 12.3 Dee Bost 3 34 11.3 Dee Bost 3 34 11.3 Barry Stewart 3 30 10.0 Barry Stewart 3 30 10.0 Phil Turner 3 27 9.0 Kodi Augustus 1 9 9.0 Romero Osby 3 16 5.3 Phil Turner 3 27 9.0 Kodi Augustus 1 9 9.0 Romero Osby 3 16 5.3 Wendell Lewis 3 8 2.7 Wendell Lewis 3 8 2.7 Riley Benock 3 7 2.3 Riley Benock 3 7 2.3 Taylor Luczak 2 3 1.5 Taylor Luczak 2 3 1.5 Charles Parker 2 0 0.0 Elgin Bailey 1 0 0.0 Baxter Price 2 0 0.0

FG Percentage FG Att Pct Field Goal Attempts G Att Att/G Taylor Luczak 1 1 1.000 Ravern Johnson 3 34 11.3 Jarvis Varnado 18 27 . 6 6 7 Jarvis Varnado 3 27 9.0 Kodi Augustus 4 9 . 4 4 4 Barry Stewart 3 27 9.0 Wendell Lewis 4 9 . 4 4 4 Phil Turner 3 25 8.3 Ravern Johnson 15 34 . 4 4 1 Dee Bost 3 23 7.7 Romero Osby 6 14 . 4 2 9 Phil Turner 10 25 . 4 0 0 Field Goals Made G Made Made/G Dee Bost 8 23 . 3 4 8 Jarvis Varnado 3 18 6.0 Riley Benock 3 9 . 3 3 3 Ravern Johnson 3 15 5.0 Barry Stewart 9 27 . 3 3 3 Phil Turner 3 10 3.3 Elgin Bailey 0 1 . 0 0 0 Barry Stewart 3 9 3.0 Charles Parker 0 1 . 0 0 0 Dee Bost 3 8 2.7

3-Point Percentage 3FG Att Pct 3-Point FG Attempts G Att Att/G Taylor Luczak 1 1 1.000 Ravern Johnson 3 20 6.7 Kodi Augustus 1 1 1.000 Barry Stewart 3 16 5.3 Dee Bost 7 13 . 5 3 8 Dee Bost 3 13 4.3 Phil Turner 5 10 . 5 0 0 Phil Turner 3 10 3.3 Ravern Johnson 7 20 . 3 5 0 Riley Benock 3 7 2.3 Barry Stewart 5 16 . 3 1 3 Romero Osby 1 4 . 2 5 0 3-Point FG Made G Made Made/G Riley Benock 1 7 . 1 4 3 Ravern Johnson 3 7 2.3 Dee Bost 3 7 2.3 Phil Turner 3 5 1.7 Barry Stewart 3 5 1.7 Kodi Augustus 1 1 1.0 Romero Osby 3 1 0.3 Riley Benock 3 1 0.3 Taylor Luczak 2 1 0.5

Free Throw Percent FG Att Pct Free Throw Attempts G Att Att/G Phil Turner 2 2 1.000 Jarvis Varnado 3 23 7.7 Romero Osby 3 4 . 7 5 0 Dee Bost 3 15 5.0 Dee Bost 11 15 . 7 3 3 Barry Stewart 3 10 3.3 Barry Stewart 7 10 . 7 0 0 Romero Osby 3 4 1.3 Jarvis Varnado 16 23 . 6 9 6 Phil Turner 3 2 0.7 Kodi Augustus 0 1 . 0 0 0 Free Throws Made G Made Made/G Jarvis Varnado 3 16 5.3 Dee Bost 3 11 3.7 Barry Stewart 3 7 2.3 Romero Osby 3 3 1.0 Phil Turner 3 2 0.7 2009-2010 Mississippi State Basketball Mississippi State Category Leaders (as of Nov 22, 2009) All games

Rebounds G Reb Reb/G Assists G No. Ast/G Jarvis Varnado 3 33 11.0 Dee Bost 3 13 4.3 Phil Turner 3 24 8.0 Barry Stewart 3 8 2.7 Romero Osby 3 13 4.3 Phil Turner 3 6 2.0 Dee Bost 3 11 3.7 Jarvis Varnado 3 6 2.0 Wendell Lewis 3 8 2.7 Romero Osby 3 4 1.3

Rebound Average G Reb Avg/G Steals G No. Stl/G Jarvis Varnado 3 33 11.0 Dee Bost 3 4 1.3 Phil Turner 3 24 8.0 Phil Turner 3 4 1.3 Kodi Augustus 1 5 5.0 Riley Benock 3 4 1.3 Romero Osby 3 13 4.3 Jarvis Varnado 3 3 1.0 Dee Bost 3 11 3.7 Ravern Johnson 3 3 1.0

Offensive Rebounds G No. Avg/G Blocked Shots G No. Blk/G Jarvis Varnado 3 7 2.3 Jarvis Varnado 3 19 6.3 Phil Turner 3 7 2.3 Romero Osby 3 3 1.0 Romero Osby 3 4 1.3 Phil Turner 3 3 1.0 Wendell Lewis 3 4 1.3 Kodi Augustus 1 1 1.0 Dee Bost 3 2 0.7 Ravern Johnson 3 1 0.3 Kodi Augustus 1 2 2.0 Barry Stewart 3 1 0.3

Defensive Rebounds G No. Avg/G Minutes G No. Min/G Jarvis Varnado 3 26 8.7 Dee Bost 3 102 34.0 Phil Turner 3 17 5.7 Barry Stewart 3 100 33.3 Romero Osby 3 9 3.0 Jarvis Varnado 3 97 32.3 Dee Bost 3 9 3.0 Ravern Johnson 3 86 28.7 Barry Stewart 3 6 2.0 Phil Turner 3 81 27.0

Fouls G No. Per/G Turnovers G No. TO/G Dee Bost 3 6 2.0 Dee Bost 3 10 3.3 Phil Turner 3 6 2.0 Jarvis Varnado 3 7 2.3 Barry Stewart 3 5 1.7 Phil Turner 3 6 2.0 Kodi Augustus 1 4 4.0 Romero Osby 3 4 1.3 Jarvis Varnado 3 4 1.3 Riley Benock 3 3 1.0

Foulouts G No. Dee Bost 3 1 2008-09 Mississippi State Basketball Individual Career History

Kodi Augustus

Total 3-Point F-Throws Rebounds Scoring Season gp-gs min/avg fg-fga pct fg-fga pct ft-fta pct off def tot avg pf fo ast to blk stl pts avg 2007-08 11-0 52/4.7 5-13 . 3 8 5 2-7 . 2 8 6 4-7 . 5 7 1 3 9 12 1.1 802731161.5 2008-09 25-9 328/13.1 52-108 . 4 8 1 10-31 . 3 2 3 42-53 . 7 9 2 30 56 86 3.4 38 1 8 33 7 7 156 6.2 2009-10 1-1 15/15.0 4-9 . 4 4 4 1-1 1.000 0-1 . 0 0 0 2 3 5 5.0 400110 99.0 TOTAL 37-10 395/10.7 61-130 . 4 6 9 13-39 . 3 3 3 46-61 . 7 5 4 35 68 103 2.8 50 1 10 41 11 8 181 4.9

Elgin Bailey

Total 3-Point F-Throws Rebounds Scoring Season gp-gs min/avg fg-fga pct fg-fga pct ft-fta pct off def tot avg pf fo ast to blk stl pts avg 2007-08 31-0 212/6.8 18-38 . 4 7 4 0-0 . 0 0 0 16-41 . 3 9 0 20 26 46 1.5 43 0 1 16 8 4 52 1.7 2008-09 27-0 290/10.7 39-89 . 4 3 8 0-0 . 0 0 0 28-46 . 6 0 9 21 43 64 2.4 44 1 6 32 26 16 106 3.9 2009-10 1-0 3/3.0 0-1 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 000000 00.0 TOTAL 59-0 505/8.6 57-128 . 4 4 5 0-0 . 0 0 0 44-87 . 5 0 6 41 69 110 1.9 87 1 7 48 34 20 158 2.7

Riley Benock

Total 3-Point F-Throws Rebounds Scoring Season gp-gs min/avg fg-fga pct fg-fga pct ft-fta pct off def tot avg pf fo ast to blk stl pts avg 2007-08 28-0 228/8.1 15-37 . 4 0 5 14-33 . 4 2 4 5-8 . 6 2 5 2 17 19 0.7 16 0 22 16 4 4 49 1.8 2008-09 36-0 409/11.4 26-67 . 3 8 8 21-56 . 3 7 5 8-12 . 6 6 7 5 27 32 0.9 35 1 25 17 2 16 81 2.3 2009-10 3-0 38/12.7 3-9 . 3 3 3 1-7 . 1 4 3 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 4 4 1.3 102304 72.3 TOTAL 67-0 675/10.1 44-113 . 3 8 9 36-96 . 3 7 5 13-20 . 6 5 0 7 48 55 0.8 52 1 49 36 6 24 137 2.0

Brandon Bolen

Total 3-Point F-Throws Rebounds Scoring Season gp-gs min/avg fg-fga pct fg-fga pct ft-fta pct off def tot avg pf fo ast to blk stl pts avg 2007-08 9-0 12/1.3 0-2 . 0 0 0 0-1 . 0 0 0 1-2 . 5 0 0 1 3 4 0.4 100300 10.1 2008-09 13-0 23/1.8 1-4 . 2 5 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 001002 20.2

TOTAL 22-0 35/1.6 1-6 . 1 6 7 0-1 . 0 0 0 1-2 . 5 0 0 1 4 5 0.2 101302 30.1

Dee Bost

Total 3-Point F-Throws Rebounds Scoring Season gp-gs min/avg fg-fga pct fg-fga pct ft-fta pct off def tot avg pf fo ast to blk stl pts avg 2008-09 36-36 1137/31.6 108-307 . 3 5 2 54-161 . 3 3 5 122-170 . 7 1 8 27 102 129 3.6 81 2 156 102 1 52 392 10.9 2009-10 3-3 102/34.0 8-23 . 3 4 8 7-13 . 5 3 8 11-15 . 7 3 3 2 9 11 3.7 6 1 13 10 0 4 34 11.3 TOTAL 39-39 1239/31.8 116-330 . 3 5 2 61-174 . 3 5 1 133-185 . 7 1 9 29 111 140 3.6 87 3 169 112 1 56 426 10.9

Ravern Johnson

Total 3-Point F-Throws Rebounds Scoring Season gp-gs min/avg fg-fga pct fg-fga pct ft-fta pct off def tot avg pf fo ast to blk stl pts avg 2007-08 29-0 187/6.4 31-65 . 4 7 7 7-24 . 2 9 2 4-10 . 4 0 0 10 20 30 1.0 10 0 10 12 4 3 73 2.5 2008-09 36-36 1099/30.5 156-362 . 4 3 1 83-210 . 3 9 5 39-46 . 8 4 8 30 80 110 3.1 49 0 40 55 18 14 434 12.1 2009-10 3-3 86/28.7 15-34 . 4 4 1 7-20 . 3 5 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 1 5 6 2.0 3012133712.3 TOTAL 68-39 1372/20.2 202-461 . 4 3 8 97-254 . 3 8 2 43-56 . 7 6 8 41 105 146 2.1 62 0 51 69 23 20 544 8.0

Wendell Lewis

Total 3-Point F-Throws Rebounds Scoring Season gp-gs min/avg fg-fga pct fg-fga pct ft-fta pct off def tot avg pf fo ast to blk stl pts avg 2009-10 3-0 24/8.0 4-9 . 4 4 4 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 4 4 8 2.7 300100 82.7 TOTAL 3-0 24/8.0 4-9 . 4 4 4 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 4 4 8 2.7 300100 82.7 2008-09 Mississippi State Basketball Individual Career History

Taylor Luczak

Total 3-Point F-Throws Rebounds Scoring Season gp-gs min/avg fg-fga pct fg-fga pct ft-fta pct off def tot avg pf fo ast to blk stl pts avg 2008-09 10-0 13/1.3 2-4 . 5 0 0 0-1 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 1 2 3 0.3 200100 40.4 2009-10 2-0 2/1.0 1-1 1.000 1-1 1.000 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 100100 31.5 TOTAL 12-0 15/1.3 3-5 . 6 0 0 1-2 . 5 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 1 2 3 0.3 300200 70.6

Romero Osby

Total 3-Point F-Throws Rebounds Scoring Season gp-gs min/avg fg-fga pct fg-fga pct ft-fta pct off def tot avg pf fo ast to blk stl pts avg 2008-09 36-0 452/12.6 51-118 . 4 3 2 8-28 . 2 8 6 39-58 . 6 7 2 28 66 94 2.6 53 1 12 28 12 8 149 4.1 2009-10 3-0 48/16.0 6-14 . 4 2 9 1-4 . 2 5 0 3-4 . 7 5 0 4 9 13 4.3 304430165.3 TOTAL 39-0 500/12.8 57-132 . 4 3 2 9-32 . 2 8 1 42-62 . 6 7 7 32 75 107 2.7 56 1 16 32 15 8 165 4.2

Charles Parker

Total 3-Point F-Throws Rebounds Scoring Season gp-gs min/avg fg-fga pct fg-fga pct ft-fta pct off def tot avg pf fo ast to blk stl pts avg 2009-10 2-0 2/1.0 0-1 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 100100 00.0 TOTAL 2-0 2/1.0 0-1 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 100100 00.0

Baxter Price

Total 3-Point F-Throws Rebounds Scoring Season gp-gs min/avg fg-fga pct fg-fga pct ft-fta pct off def tot avg pf fo ast to blk stl pts avg 2009-10 2-0 2/1.0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 000000 00.0 TOTAL 2-0 2/1.0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 000000 00.0

John Riek

Renardo Sidney

Shaun Smith

Barry Stewart

Total 3-Point F-Throws Rebounds Scoring Season gp-gs min/avg fg-fga pct fg-fga pct ft-fta pct off def tot avg pf fo ast to blk stl pts avg 2006-07 35-0 848/24.2 96-240 . 4 0 0 68-174 . 3 9 1 82-107 . 7 6 6 28 83 111 3.2 51 0 43 27 5 32 342 9.8 2007-08 34-34 1214/35.7 129-337 . 3 8 3 62-186 . 3 3 3 71-102 . 6 9 6 46 111 157 4.6 80 2 88 78 4 44 391 11.5 2008-09 36-36 1138/31.6 126-343 . 3 6 7 72-197 . 3 6 5 121-156 . 7 7 6 28 107 135 3.8 84 2 66 66 10 46 445 12.4 2009-10 3-3 100/33.3 9-27 . 3 3 3 5-16 . 3 1 3 7-10 . 7 0 0 1 6 7 2.3 5081113010.0 TOTAL 108-73 3300/30.6 360-947 . 3 8 0 207-573 . 3 6 1 281-375 . 7 4 9 103 307 410 3.8 220 4 205 172 20 123 1208 11.2 2008-09 Mississippi State Basketball Individual Career History

Phil Turner

Total 3-Point F-Throws Rebounds Scoring Season gp-gs min/avg fg-fga pct fg-fga pct ft-fta pct off def tot avg pf fo ast to blk stl pts avg

2007-08 30-11 498/16.6 41-124 . 3 3 1 24-79 . 3 0 4 15-27 . 5 5 6 18 66 84 2.8 43 1 25 28 10 26 121 4.0 2008-09 36-27 863/24.0 101-220 . 4 5 9 46-122 . 3 7 7 57-73 . 7 8 1 49 149 198 5.5 72 0 57 51 18 46 305 8.5 2009-10 3-2 81/27.0 10-25 . 4 0 0 5-10 . 5 0 0 2-2 1.000 7 17 24 8.0 606634279.0 TOTAL 69-40 1442/20.9 152-369 . 4 1 2 75-211 . 3 5 5 74-102 . 7 2 5 74 232 306 4.4 121 1 88 85 31 76 453 6.6

Jarvis Varnado

Total 3-Point F-Throws Rebounds Scoring Season gp-gs min/avg fg-fga pct fg-fga pct ft-fta pct off def tot avg pf fo ast to blk stl pts avg 2006-07 35-13 473/13.5 75-116 . 6 4 7 0-1 . 0 0 0 24-45 . 5 3 3 61 85 146 4.2 74 1 11 19 67 12 174 5.0 2007-08 34-34 968/28.5 109-170 . 6 4 1 1-2 . 5 0 0 50-100 . 5 0 0 75 189 264 7.8 99 5 18 41 157 18 269 7.9 2008-09 36-36 1012/28.1 180-328 . 5 4 9 0-1 . 0 0 0 104-159 . 6 5 4 103 214 317 8.8 83 2 28 60 170 22 464 12.9 2009-10 3-3 97/32.3 18-27 . 6 6 7 0-0 . 0 0 0 16-23 . 6 9 6 7 26 33 11.0 40671935217.3 TOTAL 108-86 2550/23.6 382-641 . 5 9 6 1-4 . 2 5 0 194-327 . 5 9 3 246 514 760 7.0 260 8 63 127 413 55 959 8.9