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MMISSISSIPPIISSISSIPPI SSTATETATE BBASKETBALLASKETBALL GAME 30: SOUTH CAROLINA MMISSISSIPPIISSISSIPPI SSTATETATE BBULLDOGSULLDOGS Gregg Ellis, Assistant Media RelaƟ ons Director 662.325.3595 (O) or 662.418.8494 (C) gellis@athleƟ cs.msstate.edu TwiƩ er: @msuhoopsgregg or @mstateMBK www.hailstate.com Facebook.com/mstateMBK MISSISSIPPI STATE (19-10, 6-8) at SOUTH CAROLINA (10-18, 2-12) 2011-12 MISSISSIPPI STATE SCHEDULE Wednesday Feb. 29, 2012 7 p.m. Date Opponent Score/Time Colonial Life Arena (18,000) TV: SEC Network (Clay Matvick, Barry Booker) N 7 # Eastern Kentucky W 76-66 Series: MSU leads, 15-8 N 9 # Akron (ESPNU) L 68-58 Last Year In Starkville: (MSU, 75-61) N 12 South Alabama W 80-65 Sirius/XM Radio: 201 N 17 @ Texas A&M (ESPN2) W 69-60 N 18 @ Arizona (ESPN2) W 67-57 N 21 Louisiana-Monroe W 78-63 WEDNESDAY’S PROJECTED LINEUP N 25 UT-Martin W 76-50 MISSISSIPPI STATE STARTERS N 27 North Texas W 82-59 No. P Name Year Ht. Wt. PPG RPG Asst. Steals Blocks Minutes 0 G Jalen Steele So 6-3 190 8.0 1.7 0.8 0.3 0.1 22.7 D 3 ! West Virginia (ESPNU) W 75-62 1 F Renardo Sidney Jr 6-10 285 10.3 5.0 0.4 0.8 0.7 22.6 D 10 Troy (SportSouth) W 106-68 3 G Dee Bost Sr 6-2 176 15.9 3.2 5.0 2.1 0.2 35.5 D 13 Florida Atlantic (CSS) W 75-68 22 G Brian Bryant Sr 6-3 168 6.5 4.5 2.0 0.7 0.4 26.1 D 17 at Detroit (Fox Sports Detroit) W 80-75 23 F Arnett Moultrie Jr 6-11 249 16.0 10.7 1.0 0.8 0.8 34.9 D 22 ^ Northwestern State W 82-67 D 28 % Baylor (ESPN2) L 54-52 SOUTH CAROLINA STARTERS D 31 Utah State W 66-64 No. P Name Year Ht. Wt. PPG RPG Asst. Steals Blocks Minutes 13 F Anthony Gill Fr 6-8 235 7.8 4.8 1.2 0.5 0.3 25.3 J 7 at Arkansas (SEC Network) L 98-88 15 F Mailik Cooke Sr 6-6 215 12.4 4.9 1.7 1.8 0.8 31.1 J 12 Tennessee (ESPN2) W 62-58 23 F Damontre Harris So 6-9 226 6.7 5.3 0.5 0.9 2.4 25.6 J 14 Alabama (SEC Network) W 56-52 24 G Bruce Ellington So 5-9 197 10.8 2.4 2.9 0.6 0.1 28.6 J 18 at Ole Miss (CSS) L 75-68 32 G Damien Leonard Fr 6-4 192 6.5 1.2 0.5 0.5 0.1 20.0 J 21 at Vanderbilt (ESPN2) OT W 78-77 J 25 LSU (SEC Network) W 76-71 WHAT TO NOTE AS MSU PLAYS SOUTH CAROLINA . J 28 at Florida (SEC Network) L 69-57 Mississippi State has won fi ve-straight games in this series, currently its longest streak against any SEC team. F 4 Auburn (SEC Network) W 91-88 The Bulldogs have a 65.2 winning percentage against South Carolina, their highest F 9 Ole Miss (ESPN2) W 70-60 against any SEC team. F 11 Georgia (SEC Network) OT L 70-68 The only SEC team on the road MSU has a winning record against is South Carolina F 14 at LSU (ESPNU) OT L 69-67 (6-4). MSU has won the last two at Colonial Life Arena by an average of 9.0 points. F 18 at Auburn (FSN) L 65-55 USC is one of three SEC teams the Bulldogs have a winning record against. The other F 21 Kentucky (ESPN) L 73-64 two are Ole Miss and Georgia. MSU is aiming for its 17th 20-plus win season in school history. Of the fi rst 16, eight F 25 at Alabama (ESPN) L 67-50 have come under Rick Stansbury’s watch. F 29 at South Carolina (SEC Network) 7 p.m. In the loss at Alabama, MSU had season lows in points (50), fi eld goals made (18) and M 3 Arkansas (FSN) 4 p.m. attempted (47). The 17-point setback was also the largest margin of defeat this year. M 8-11 SEC Tournament (New Orleans) TBA In the Bulldogs’ current fi ve-game losing skid, they’ve had the lead or been tied at the half four times. # - 2K Sports Classic (Starkville); @ - 2K Sports Classic (New York Also during the losing streak, MSU is minus-8.1 in the scoring margin and minus-4.2 in City); !- Big East/SEC Challenge; ^ - Mississippi Coliseum (Jackson, rebounding. The Dogs are also committing 13.5 turnovers and forcing 9.3 turnovers. MS); % - American Airlines Center (Dallas, TX) Dee Bost is 4th in the MSU record books with 228 made 3-pointers and 2nd with 661 attempted 3s. He’s also 6th with 393 made free throws and 5th with 542 attempts. Arnett Moultrie leads the SEC in rebounding (10.7) and double-doubles (16). In the MSU freshman record books, Rodney Hood ranks 10th with 307 points, 10th in assists (2.0) and 4th in minutes averaged (34.0). He’s also 5th overall with 43 made COACHING FACTS 3-pointers and 5th with 113 attempted 3s. MSU is looking to avoid a sub-.500 SEC record for the fi rst time since 2006. MISSISSIPPI STATE Coach: Rick Stansbury What’s Next MSU LOOKS TO END SEC FIVE-GAME SLIDE Record at MSU: 291-164, 14th year Overall Record: Same Mississippi State currently fi nds itself having lost fi ve- Record vs. South Carolina: 11-5 straight SEC games for the fi rst time this year and the fi rst time since the 2005-06 campaign when the Bulldogs dropped seven in a row. SOUTH CAROLINA MSU fi nished 15-15 that season, including a 5-11 ledger in Coach: Darrin Horn SEC play. Record at South Carolina: 60-60, 4th year Who: Arkansas The slide started with a loss at Florida on Jan. 11 and end- When: March 3 Overall Record: 171-108, 6th year ed with a win against Auburn on Feb. 4. Time/TV: 4 p.m./FSN Record vs. Mississippi State: 0-4 Where: Starkville The Dogs actually fi nished 4-4 down the stretch that year. 11000 0 YEARSY E A R S of BBASKETBALLA S K E T B A L L MMISSISSIPPIISSISSIPPI SSTATETATE BBASKETBALLASKETBALL GAME 30: SOUTH CAROLINA Statistical Comparison LAST 10 VERSUS ALABAMA (7-3) 2011-12 Stats MSU OPP Year Where Result Year Where Result 2008 Columbia MSU, 79-75, OT 2010 Columbia MSU, 61-56, OT 2011-12 Record .....................19-10 10-18 2008 Starkville MSU, 73-65 2010 Starkville MSU, 75-70 Conference Record ...................6-8 2-12 2008 Columbia USC, 83-61 2011 Tampa MSU, 82-68 Scoring ....................................71.4 61.6 2009 Nashville USC, 59-44 2011 Columbia MSU, 76-63 Scoring Defense ......................66.8 64.9 2009 Starkville USC, 66-63 2012 Starkville MSU, 60-58 Scoring Margin ........................+4.6 -3.3 *SEC Tournament Field Goal Pct. .........................45.6 40.3 Opp. FG Pct.............................43.3 44.8 FEBRUARY DOMINANCE UNDER STANSBURY 3-Point FG Pct. ........................36.4 32.3 Including last year’s 4-4 mark, coupled with this year’s 2-5 record, the Opp. 3-Point FG Pct. ...............34.7 38.9 Bulldogs are 56-49 (.5338) in the month of February since Rick Stansbury Free Throw Pct. .......................69.4 70.3 was named head coach. Opp. FT Pct. ............................67.9 69.4 Dating back to the 1987-88 season when Richard Williams was over- Rebounding Average ...............36.4 31.2 seeing the program, Mississippi State owns a composite February record Opp. Rebounding Avg. ............33.4 33.1 of 92-90 (.505). Rebound Margin ......................+3.0 -1.9 Assists .....................................12.8 10.0 MSU ENJOYS MORE NON-CONFERENCE SUCCESS Turnovers ................................12.0 12.8 Turnover Margin .......................-1.2 +1.6 Including last year’s 8-6 mark in non-conference action, coupled with Steals.........................................6.1 7.0 this year’s 13-2 record, Mississippi State has compiled a 154-51 (.751) Blocked Shots............................3.6 5.0 record against non-conference opponents during the Rick Stansbury era (since 1998-99), including a 144-41 (.778) regular-season mark. Statistical Leaders Scoring MISSISSIPPI STATE’S RECORD WHEN . MSU PPG OPP PPG During the Rick Stansbury era, the Bulldogs are: 228-41 (17-3 this Moultrie ......... 16.0 Cooke ......... 12.4 year) when leading at halftime; 165-40 (12-3) when shooting 45 percent Bost .............. 15.9 Ellington ......... 10.8 or better from the fi eld; 242-76 (13-4) when the opposition shoots less than 45 percent from the fi eld; 227-84 (16-4) when out-rebounding or ty- Rebounding ing opponents; and 176-33 (11-2) when holding opponents to 65 points or MSU RPG OPP RPG less. Moultrie ......... 10.7 Harris ........... 5.3 Sidney............. 5.0 Cooke ........... 4.9 SCOUTING SOUTH CAROLINA Assists Tennessee led from start to fi nish as the Vols escaped with the road win MSU APG OPP APG at South Carolina, 73-64. Bost ................ 5.0 Ellington ........... 2.9 The Gamecocks trailed just 34-32 at intermission, but the Volunteers D. Smith ..........2.2 Cooke ........... 1.7 built as much as a 16-point lead in the second half.