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MMISSISSIPPIISSISSIPPI SSTATETATE BBASKETBALLASKETBALL GAME 20: VANDERBILT 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 15/18 MISSISSIPPI STATE (15-4, 2-2) AT VANDERBILT (14-4, 4-0) 2011-12 MISSISSIPPI STATE SCHEDULE Saturday, Jan. 22, 2012 6 p.m. Date Opponent Score/Time Memorial Gymnasium (14,316) TV: ESPN2 (Brad Nessler, Jimmy Dykes) N 7 # Eastern Kentucky W 76-66 Series: Vandy leads, 74-44 N 9 # Akron (ESPNU) L 68-58 Last Year: (VU 81-74, Starkville; VU 87-81, Atlanta) N 12 South Alabama W 80-65 SiriusXM Radio: 200 N 17 @ Texas A&M (ESPN2) W 69-60 N 18 @ Arizona (ESPN2) W 67-57 N 21 Louisiana-Monroe W 78-63 SATURDAY’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 1 F Renardo Sidney Jr 6-10 285 10.6 5.2 0.4 0.9 0.8 21.8 D 3 ! West Virginia (ESPNU) W 75-62 3 G Dee Bost Sr 6-2 176 16.0 3.3 4.4 2.2 0.3 34.2 D 10 Troy (SportSouth) W 106-68 4 G Rodney Hood Fr 6-8 204 11.7 5.2 2.1 0.5 0.5 33.7 D 13 Florida Atlantic (CSS) W 75-68 22 G Brian Bryant Sr 6-3 168 7.5 4.6 1.8 0.4 0.4 25.8 D 17 at Detroit (Fox Sports Detroit) W 80-75 23 F Arnett Moultrie Jr 6-11 249 16.1 11.0 1.2 0.9 0.9 33.2 D 22 ^ Northwestern State W 82-67 D 28 % Baylor (ESPN2) L 54-52 VANDERBILT STARTERS D 31 Utah State W 66-64 No. P Name Year Ht. Wt. PPG RPG Asst. Steals Blocks Minutes 1 G Brad Tinsley Sr 6-3 210 9.9 2.9 4.8 0.8 0.4 28.1 J 7 at Arkansas (SEC Network) L 98-88 3 C Festus Ezeli Sr 6-11 255 7.0 5.8 1.9 3.8 1.6 20.1 J 12 Tennessee (ESPN2) W 62-58 5 F Lance Goulbourne Sr 6-8 230 10.1 7.4 1.0 1.5 1.2 28.9 J 14 Alabama (SEC Network) W 56-52 23 G John Jenkins Jr 6-4 220 19.8 3.1 1.2 0.8 0.8 32.8 J 18 at Ole Miss (CSS) L 75-68 44 F Jeffery Taylor Sr 6-7 225 16.9 5.6 2.0 1.4 0.5 31.6 J 21 at Vanderbilt (ESPN2) 6 p.m. J 25 LSU (SEC Network) 7 p.m. WHAT TO NOTE AS MSU PLAYS VANDERBILT . J 28 at Florida (SEC Network) 12:30 p.m. Mississippi State is looking to avoid its fi rst three-game losing streak to Vanderbilt since 1992-94. F 4 Auburn (SEC Network) 3 p.m. Nashville hasn’t been too kind to the Bulldogs over the years, as they’ve won just 8 of F 9 Ole Miss (ESPN or ESPN2) 6 p.m. the 52 meetings at Vandy. MSU has lost three-straight at Vanderbilt, with its last win F 11 Georgia (SEC Network) 12:30 p.m. coming in 2004. F 14 at LSU (ESPNU) 8 p.m. Since 1999, the Bulldogs are fourth in the SEC in road wins with 38. Kentucky is fi rst F 18 at Auburn (FSN) 7 p.m. with 62, followed by Florida with 56 and Tennessee with 48. F 21 Kentucky (ESPN) 8 p.m. Against Ole Miss, MSU fell to 0-4 when trailing at the half. Saturday’s game features four of the SEC’s Top 5 scorers in John Jenkins (1st), Jeffery F 25 at Alabama (ESPN or ESPN 2) 5 p.m. Taylor (3rd), Arnett Moultrie (4th) and Dee Bost (5th). F 29 at South Carolina (SEC Network) 7 p.m. Arnett Moultrie leads the SEC in rebounding (11.0) and is tied for fi rst in the SEC with M 3 Arkansas (FSN) 8 p.m. Kentucky’s Anthony Davis for the most double-doubles with 10. M 8-11 SEC Tournament (New Orleans) TBA Against Ole Miss, MSU lost for the fi rst time when Moultrie records a double-double. Against Alabama, Dee Bost joined UNC Asheville’s J.P. Primm as the only two active # - 2K Sports Classic (Starkville); @ - 2K Sports Classic (New York players in the NCAA with 1,400 career points, 500 career assists and 150 career steals. City); !- Big East/SEC Challenge; ^ - Mississippi Coliseum (Jackson, In the MSU freshman record books, Rodney Hood currently ranks 6th in scoring av- MS); % - American Airlines Center (Dallas, TX) erage (11.7), 10th in assists (2.1) and 4th in minutes averaged (33.7). He’s also tied for sixth with 29 made 3-pointers. MSU has two of the SEC’s top fi ve scorers — Moultrie (4th) & Bost (5th). Moultrie is also second in the league in FG% (.581) and third in FT% (.833). Bost and Hood are tied for fi rst in minutes played (33.9), while Moultrie is fourth at 33.1. COACHING FACTS Twice this year, Moultrie has scored 25-plus points and had 10-plus rebounds. The last MSU player to do that twice in a season was Charles Rhodes in 2008 (3 times). MISSISSIPPI STATE Coach: Rick Stansbury What’s Next MOULTRIE SEC POW, WOODEN AWARD FINALIST Record at MSU: 287-158, 14th year Overall Record: Same Following two outstanding performances that led to wins Record vs. Vanderbilt: 10-8 against Tennessee and Alabama, junior forward Arnett Moultrie was named the SEC’s player of the week Monday. In those two outings, he averaged 19 points on 72.2 per- VANDERBILT cent shooting, 8.5 rebounds and 2.5 blocked shots. Coach: Kevin Stallings On Tuesday, the accolades continued to mount, as the Record at Vanderbilt: 251-151, 13th year Who: LSU Memphis native was named one of 25 fi nalists for the John R. When: Jan. 25 Overall Record: 374-214, 19th year Wooden Award after not even making the preseason watch Time/TV: 7 p.m./SEC Net Record vs. Mississippi State: 8-8 Where: Starkville list. 11000 0 YEARSY E A R S of BBASKETBALLA S K E T B A L L MMISSISSIPPIISSISSIPPI SSTATETATE BBASKETBALLASKETBALL GAME 20: VANDERBILT Statistical Comparison LAST 10 VERSUS VANDERBILT (4-6) 2011-12 Stats MSU OPP Year Where Result Year Where Result 2004 Atlanta* VU, 74-70, OT 2009 Starkville MSU, 73-66 2011-12 Record .......................15-4 14-4 2005 Starkville MSU 60-54 2010 Nashville VU, 75-72 Conference Record ...................2-2 8-0 2006 Nashville VU, 80-52 2010 Nashville* MSU, 62-52 Scoring ....................................73.5 74.6 2007 Starkville MSU, 83-70, OT 2011 Starkville VU, 81-74 Scoring Defense ......................64.7 65.0 2008 Nashville VU, 86-85 2011 Atlanta* VU, 87-81 Scoring Margin ........................+8.8 +9.6 *SEC Tournament Field Goal Pct. .........................46.3 46.7 Opp. FG Pct.............................42.2 41.9 JANUARY DOMINANCE UNDER STANSBURY 3-Point FG Pct. ........................34.5 39.8 Including last year’s 3-3 mark, coupled with this year’s 2-2 record, the Opp. 3-Point FG Pct. ...............31.1 32.2 Bulldogs are 54-47 (.535) in the month of January since Rick Stansbury Free Throw Pct. .......................70.9 68.6 was named head coach. Opp. FT Pct. ............................67.3 66.8 Dating back to the 1987-88 season when Richard Williams was over- Rebounding Average ...............37.0 36.0 seeing the program, Mississippi State owns a composite January record Opp. Rebounding Avg. ............33.9 32.6 of 97-87 (.527) Rebound Margin ......................+3.1 +3.4 Assists .....................................13.0 13.2 MSU ENJOYS MORE NON-CONFERENCE SUCCESS Turnovers ................................ 11.7 14.6 Turnover Margin ......................+0.5 -0.7 Including last year’s 8-6 mark in non-conference action, coupled with Steals.........................................6.6 6.6 this year’s 13-2 record, Mississippi State has compiled a 154-51 (.751) Blocked Shots............................4.0 4.2 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: 226-38 (15-0 this Moultrie ......... 16.1 Jenkins ......... 19.8 year) when leading at halftime; 163-38 (10-1) when shooting 45 percent Bost .............. 16.0 Taylor ......... 16.9 or better from the fi eld; 240-73 (11-1) when the opposition shoots less than 45 percent from the fi eld; 224-82 (13-2) when out-rebounding or ty- Rebounding ing opponents; and 175-32 (10-1) when holding opponents to 65 points or MSU RPG OPP RPG less. Moultrie ......... 11.0 Goulbourne ........... 7.4 Sidney............. 5.2 Ezeli ........... 5.8 MISSISSIPPI-TENNESSEE CONNECTIONS Assists Mississippi State currently has two players on its roster from the state MSU APG OPP APG of Tennessee — junior forward Arnett Moultrie (Memphis) and sopho- Bost ................ 4.4 Tinsley ........... 4.4 more guard Jalen Steele (Knoxville). D. Smith ..........2.4 Taylor ........... 2.1 Vanderbilt doesn’t have anyone from Mississippi on its roster. In addition, Vandy’s basketball media media relations director Andy Blocks Boggs and MSU assistant coach Marcus Grant went to the same high MSU BPG OPP BPG school — Macon Central in Georgia.