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2013-14 Game 33 • Tulane [WNIT 1st Rd.] • March 20, 2014 WBB CONTACT: BROCK TURNIPSEED, ASST. MEDIA RELATIONS DIRECTOR Address: 55 Coliseum Blvd. Humphrey Coliseum, Room 202 Mississippi State, MS 39762 Office Phone: (662) 325-7556 Cell Phone: (662) 418-7409 Fax: (662) 325-3654 E-Mail: [email protected] WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Twitter: @brockt_msu or @hailstateWBK 2013-14 BULLDOG WNIT FIRST ROUND BASKETBALL SCHEDULE Nov. 8 Fri. at Houston W, 76-68 MISSISSIPPI STATE Nov. 13 Wed. Jackson State W, 81-42 BULLDOGS 19-13 Nov. 17 Sun. New Orleans W, 111-38 Head Coach: Vic Schaefer (2nd Season at MSU) Nov. 21 Thurs. Tennessee Tech W, 90-45 Nov. 26 Tue. Savannah State W, 81-63 vs. Nov. 29-Dec. 1 % Gulf Coast Showcase Naples, Fla. Nov. 29 Fri. % Grand Canyon W, 71-62 TULANE Nov. 30 Sat. % James Madison W, 65-52 Dec. 1 Sun. % Middle Tennessee L, 48-62 GREEN WAVE 20-10 Dec. 4 Wed. Louisiana-Lafayette W, 78-51 Head Coach: Lisa Stockton (20th Season at Tulane) Dec. 7 Sat. Alabama State W, 75-49 Dec. 14 Sat. Southern Miss W, 71-61 Thursday, March 20, 2014 | 7 p.m. CST Dec. 17 Tue. at North Dakota State W, 72-62 Starkville, Miss. | Humphrey Coliseum Dec. 20 Fri. Southeastern Louisiana W, 109-57 Radio: WKBB-FM 100.9 & WXWX-FM 96.3 Dec. 30 Mon. Mississippi Valley State W, 98-58 Television: None Jan. 2 Thurs. * at Florida (SUN) L, 72-82 Live Video & Audio: www.HailState.com/HSTVLive Jan. 5 Sun. * Auburn L, 74-82 Twitter: @HailStateWBK | Facebook: Hail State Women’s Basketball Jan. 12 Sun. * at Arkansas W, 54-50 Jan. 16 Thurs. * Tennessee (CSS) L, 63-67 BULLDOG BITES... Jan. 19 Sun. * at Texas A&M L, 35-73 Jan. 23 Thurs. * at Ole Miss L, 85-87 (OT) ► Mississippi State returns to the postseason for the first time since the 2009-10 team made its historic run to the NCAA Sweet 16, hosting Tulane Thursday in the WNIT opening round. Jan. 26 Sun. * Missouri (SPSO) W, 69-62 Jan. 30 Thurs. * at LSU L, 56-65 ► The last time the Bulldogs played in the WNIT was 2008. It will be the Feb. 2 Sun. * Georgia (CSS) W, 80-67 team's seventh appearance in the tournament. Feb. 6 Thurs. * South Carolina L, 64-71 ► State is hosting its first WNIT game since 2007 when the Dawgs, ironi- Feb. 9 Sun. * at Auburn L, 43-51 cally, knocked off Tulane 79-73 in the second round. Feb. 16 Sun. * Vanderbilt (SEC TV) W, 64-62 ► The Bulldogs are 2-1 all-time at home in the WNIT. Feb. 20 Thurs. * at Alabama L, 64-72 (OT) ► MSU has lost two straight and four of its last five in the WNIT. State Feb. 23 Sun. * Ole Miss W, 72-70 (OT) dropped a 62-61 decision at Southern Miss in the second round of Feb. 27 Thurs. * Kentucky L, 74-81 (OT) the 2008 tournament. Mar. 2 Sun. * at Georgia (SPSO) L, 48-77 ► This will be the first time State has played in the WNIT since it expanded to 64 teams in 2010. Mar. 5 Wed. ! Missouri W, 73-70 Mar. 6 Thurs. ! Florida L, 67-71 ► The contest marks the first postseason game for any member of the Bulldog roster. Mar. 20 Thurs. ^ Tulane 7 p.m. ► Thursday's winner will face either Southern Miss or Lamar in the second round (March 22-25). All Times Central Home Games In Bold BULLDOGS’ POTENTIAL STARTERS (Based On Previous Game) * — Denotes SEC Game % — Gulf Coast Showcase (Naples, Fla.) ! — SEC Tournament (Duluth, Ga.) ^ — WNIT BULLDOGS IN SOCIAL MEDIA 10 51 00 11 3 @HailStateWBK Martha Savannah Dominique Katia Breanna ALWAL CARTER DILLINGHAM MAY RICHARDSON C • Jr. • 6-4 G • Jr. • 5-9 G • Fr. • 5-9 G • Sr. • 5-2 F • Fr. • 6-1 2013-14 Stats 2013-14 Stats 2013-14 Stats 2013-14 Stats 2013-14 Stats Facebook.com/HailStateWBK PPG ............................15.3 PPG ...............................6.9 PPG ...............................8.9 PPG ...............................7.3 PPG ...............................9.2 RBD ...............................8.7 RBD ...............................4.8 RBD ...............................3.9 RBD ...............................1.8 RBD ...............................5.6 AST ................................0.5 AST ................................2.3 AST ................................1.3 AST ................................5.1 AST ................................0.8 BLK ................................2.6 BLK ................................0.0 BLK ................................0.3 BLK .............................. .03 BLK ................................0.3 HailStateWBK STL.................................0.8 STL.................................2.2 STL.................................1.7 STL.................................1.3 STL.................................1.0 MIN ............................32.7 MIN ............................27.7 MIN ............................27.7 MIN ............................25.0 MIN ............................23.2 WWW.HAILSTATE.COM | @HAILSTATEWBK | FACEBOOK.COM/HAILSTATEWBK MISSISSIPPI STATE BULLDOG BASKETBALL • 2013-14 Game 33 • Tulane [WNIT 1st Rd.] • March 20, 2014 VIC SCHAEFER HEAD COACH A veteran coach of 29 seasons, Schaefer embarks on his second season as head coach of the Bulldogs looking to take the next step in his quest of build- ing a championship program. Schaefer began laying the pieces of a championship foundation last sea- son in Starkville. He led the Bulldogs to SEC wins against Ole Miss, Alabama, Arkansas and Missouri before capping the year with a thrilling upset of No. 11 Georgia. Under his watch, Martha Alwal earned All-SEC honors and won the Gillom Trophy as a sophomore after leading the SEC in double-doubles, re- SEC STANDINGS bounding and blocked shots. He also added more stellar pieces to the Bulldog SEC OVERALL program as his first recruiting class rated as one of the best in program history. TEAM W L PCT. W L PCT. Building a championship program is something he has done at every stop in his coaching career, including his previous stops at Arkansas and Texas A&M. He has helped construct winners by teaching South Carolina 14 2 .875 27 4 .871 intense, high-pressure defense, and compiling some of the nation’s top-ranked recruiting classes. Tennessee 13 3 .812 27 5 .844 In those 15 seasons in Fayetteville and College Station, Schaefer earned the moniker the “Secretary Texas A&M 13 3 .812 24 8 .750 of Defense” as his defenses helped those squads to the postseason all but once (his first season at Texas Kentucky 10 6 .625 24 8 .750 A&M) while averaging 22 wins a year. Florida 8 8 .500 19 12 .613 Under the guidance of one of the most-respective teachers of defense in the nation, Arkansas and Georgia 7 9 .437 20 11 .645 Texas A&M made 11 NCAA Tournament appearances. In his first season in Fayetteville, the Razorbacks LSU 7 9 .437 19 12 .613 advanced to the Final Four before making three more trips to the second round. With his alma mater, he Vanderbilt 7 9 .437 18 12 .600 won a national championship while helping the program to a pair of Sweet 16 appearances, an Elite Eight Auburn 7 9 .437 17 14 .548 showing, two trips to the second round and a first-round berth. Alabama 7 9 .437 14 16 .467 In his nine years as associate head coach to friend and mentor Gary Blair at Texas A&M, his teams Arkansas 6 10 .375 19 11 .633 consistently were atop the Big 12 in turnovers caused, steals, turnover margin and assist-to-turnover ratio. Missouri 6 10 .375 17 13 .567 In 2011, his smothering defense topped the nation in turnover margin en route to guiding the Aggies Mississippi State 5 11 .312 19 13 .594 to the NCAA national championship in the program’s first trip to the Women’s Final Four. That squad also Ole Miss 2 14 .125 12 20 .375 earned Texas A&M’s first No. 1 national ranking while finishing the season with a 33-5 record, the most wins in school history. The following season, his final Texas A&M squad finished first in the Big 12 in turnover margin en MISSISSIPPI STATE QUICK FACTS route to advancing to a fifth-straight conference tournament title game and the Sweet 16 in the team’s Location: Starkville, Miss. seventh-consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance. Founded: February 28, 1878 Schaefer was also part of Texas A&M squads that won two Big 12 Tournament titles (2010 & 2008) Enrollment: 20,500 and the conference regular season title in 2007. In addition to the 2011 national championship, Schaefer Colors: Maroon (PMS 202) and White helped coach the Aggies to the 2009 Sweet 16 and the 2008 Elite Eight. Nickname: Bulldogs Not only has Schaefer proven himself as one of the nation’s premier defensive coaches, but he has Conference: Southeastern also been one of the top recruiters in women’s basketball, helping ink nine Top 20 recruiting classes dur- Arena (Capacity): Humphrey Coliseum (10,500) ing his tenures at Texas A&M and Arkansas. His strong reputation as a coach and recruiter earned him President: Dr. Mark Keenum BasketballScoop.com’s 2009 Assistant Coach of the Year. Faculty Representative: Dr. Steven Turner While at Texas A&M, he played an integral role in the Aggies finishing among the country’s Top 10 Director of Athletics: Scott Stricklin signing classes four-straight years. His final class with the Aggies rated as the nation’s No. 2 signing class, Associate AD/Women’s Sports: Ann Carr and he helped land the nation’s top class during the 2011 national championship run. In addition to 2012’s No. 2 class and 2011’s top-rated class, the Aggies’ 2010 signing class ranked No. 5 nationally and tops in COACHING STAFF the Big 12. A year earlier, he helped ink the Big 12’s No.