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MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY 2007-08 MEN’S BASKETBALL Mississippi State University Athletic Media Relations • PO Box 5308 • MSU, MS 39762 Men’s Basketball SID: David Rosinski • 662-325-3595 • [email protected] Game #8 - Mississippi State (4-3) vs. Southeastern Louisiana (5-2) Saturday, December 8, 2007 • 2 p.m. CT • Starkville, Mississippi Humphrey Coliseum (10,500) • CSS MISSISSIPPI STATE BULLDOGS (4-3) 2007-08 MSU RESULTS (4-3) Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown PPG RPG APG DATE OPPONENT (TV) SCORE/TIME F 23 Charles Rhodes 6-8 245 Sr. Jackson, MS 15.9 7.1 1.7 bpg Nov. 10 LOUISIANA TECH W 75-45 Nov. 15 CLEMSON (FSN/SUN) L 82-84 C 32 Jarvis Varnado 6-9 210 So. Brownsville, TN 4.4 8.4 3.9 bpg Nov. 17 UT MARTIN W 86-70 G 11 Ben Hansbrough 6-3 205 So. Poplar Bluff, MO 10.0 3.0 2.7 Nov. 22 #UC Irvine (ESPNU) W 68-53 Nov. 23 #Southern Illinois (ESPN2) L 49-63 UBSTITUTES G 22 Barry Stewart 6-2 170 So. Shelbyville, TN 11.4 5.4 2.9 S Nov. 23 #Miami [OH] (ESPN2) L 60-67 G 44 Jamont Gordon 6-4 230 Jr. Nashville, TN 17.4 5.9 3.7 Dec. 1 MURRAY STATE W 78-61 OP F/C 21 Brian Johnson 6-9 245 Jr. Laurinburg, NC 4.6 3.3 0.3 Dec. 8 SOUTHEASTERN LA. (CSS) 2 p.m. Dec. 13 MIAMI, FLA. (FSN/SUN) 7 p.m. G 25 Phil Turner 6-3 170 Fr. Grenada, MS 2.7 2.1 0.9 Dec. 15 *at South Alabama (CSS) 7 p.m. & T Dec. 19 at Loyola Marymount 9 p.m. SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA LIONS (5-2) Dec. 21 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (CSS) 7 p.m. Dec. 29 MISSOURI (FSN/SUN) 4 p.m. Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown PPG RPG APG Jan. 5 ^Lafayette College 2 p.m. F 2 Warrell Span 6-6 215 Jr. Patterson, LA 10.9 3.6 1.4 Jan. 9 at LSU 7 p.m. TARTERS F 22 Tavaris Nance 6-6 205 Sr. Ft. Lauderdale, FL 11.0 4.9 2.0 Jan. 12 GEORGIA (LF) 1 p.m. S Jan. 15 KENTUCKY (ESPN) 8 p.m. C 4 Patrick Sullivan 6-9 205 So. Orlando, FL 9.4 9.6 3.3 Jan. 19 at Alabama (LF) 2 p.m. G 3 Kevyn Green 6-5 205 Sr. Portland, OR 15.9 6.1 0.7 Jan. 26 MISSISSIPPI (FSN/SUN) 4 p.m. G 5 Dekyron Nicks 5-9 180 Sr. Bryan, TX 8.6 3.9 3.4 Jan. 30 at Arkansas (LF) 7 p.m. Feb. 2 TENNESSEE (FSN/SUN) 6 p.m. G 11 Jeremy Dunbar 6-5 180 So. DeFuniak Springs, FL 7.0 1.7 0.4 Feb. 6 ALABAMA 7 p.m. ROBABLE Feb. 9 at Auburn (FSN/SUN) 6 p.m. P F 21 David Ndoumba 6-7 210 Fr. Baton Rouge, LA 5.0 6.3 0.4 bpg Feb. 16 ARKANSAS (ESPN) 3 p.m. Officials: TBA Feb. 20 at Mississippi 7 p.m. Feb. 23 at South Carolina (LF) 3 p.m. MSU HOSTS SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA IN MIDST OF THREE-GAME HOMESTAND Feb. 27 AUBURN 7 p.m. In the midst of final exams within a three-game homestand, the Mississippi State Bulldogs (4-3) Mar. 1 at Florida (CBS) 3 p.m. play host to the Lions of Southeastern Louisiana (5-2) Saturday afternoon on the MSU campus. Tip- Mar. 5 at Vanderbilt 7 p.m. off is set for 2 p.m. CT at Humphrey Coliseum, and the game will be regionally televised by CSS. Mar. 8 LSU TBA Coach Rick Stansbury’s 4-3 Bulldogs climbed back over the .500 mark and snapped a two-game M. 13-16 +at SEC Tournament (LF/CBS) TBA losing skid by claiming a 78-61 home victory over Murray State last Saturday. Prior to that during the team’s first road action of the campaign, MState settled for a fifth-place team finish and 1-2 tour- # - Anaheim Classic (Anaheim, CA) ney record at the inaugural Anaheim Classic over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. * - Coors Classic (Mobile, AL) As a team, the Bulldogs currently rank second in the SEC in both field-goal percentage defense ^ - at Jackson, MS (Mississippi Coliseum) (.369; 21st in the NCAA) and blocked shots (7.43 bpg; 6th in NCAA), while ranking fourth among + - at Atlanta, GA (Georgia Dome) league leaders in scoring defense (63.3 ppg) and rebounding margin (+6.6 rpg). All Times CT Individually, Stansbury (189-107 career record) stands two wins shy from tying Richard Williams (191-163) for the top spot on the school’s career wins list. On the court, the Bulldogs cur- MSU-SLU GAME FACTS rently feature four double-figure scorers on the season. Preseason all-America candidate Jamont Gordon leads the way at 17.4 points per game to rank seventh in the SEC, along with averaging 5.9 MISSISSIPPI STATE BULLDOGS rebounds and 3.7 assists on the year. On the heels of back-to-back, 20-point outings, all-SEC senior Coach: Rick Stansbury forward Charles Rhodes ranks 11th in the conference in both scoring (15.9 ppg) and rebounding (7.1 rpg). Sophomore guards Barry Stewart and Ben Hansbrough also supply twin-digit scoring for the Alma Mater: (Campbellsville, 1982) season at 11.4 and 10.0 points per contest, respectively, while fellow second-year standout Jarvis MSU Record: 189-107 (10th year) Varnado tops the league in blocks (3.9 bpg) and is tied for fourth in rebounding (8.4 rpg). Career Record: 189-107 (10th year) Picked this preseason to finish fourth in the East Division of the 12-member Southland Confer- ence, Southeastern Louisiana brings a 5-2 record to Starkville with both setbacks coming to SEC foes. SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA LIONS Most recently, the Lions dropped a 63-61 overtime decision at Alabama this past Saturday. SLU also Coach: Jim Yarbrough fell at LSU, 72-62, back on Nov. 12. Guided by third-year head coach Jim Yarbrough, the Lions’ five Alma Mater: (Florida State, 1987) victories on the year have all come by double figures. Scoring 73.6 points a game and holding the opposition to an average of 54.4 points on just 34-percent shooting, Southeastern is led in scoring by School Record: 37-28 (3rd year) senior guard Kevyn Green at 15.9 points per game and 41-percent three-point shooting. Career Record: 134-70 (8th year) The Bulldogs own a 15-1 all-time series lead The Bulldogs enter Saturday’s game having SERIES INFORMATION over Southeastern Louisiana through the years, won 22 consecutive December home games... Series Record: MSU leads, 15-1 having prevailed in the first 15 meetings by an Under Stansbury’s guidance, MSU has compiled at Starkville: MSU leads, 13-1 average margin of 26.2 points per game before a 29-1 (.967) mark in December home games dat- at Hammond: MSU leads, 1-0 dropping a 57-46 home decision to the Lions in ing back to 1998-99... That lone December home at Neutral Sites: MSU leads, 1-0 the most recent meeting two years ago. loss was to Richmond (83-72) on Dec. 2, 2000. Last Meeting: SLU, 57-46 (11-28-05 @ MSU) With a 10-year head coaching record of 189-107 On the heels of back-to-back, 20-point efforts at Mississippi State, Rick Stansbury enters the (22 vs. Murray State & 25 vs. Miami of Ohio), sen- TELEVISION: CSS middle game of MSU’s current three-game home- ior all-SEC forward Charles Rhodes is bidding to PLAY-BY-PLAY: JIM ELLIS; COLOR: RICHARD WILLIAMS stand needing two wins to tie his former mentor become the first Bulldog player since All- RADIO: XM RADIO - 200 (MSU FEED) Richard Williams (191-163; 1987-98) in becoming American Lawrence Roberts (four straight 20- the all-time winningest men’s basketball coach in point games in 2004-05) to score 20 or more Available on MSU’s 29-station radio network through- school history. points in at least three consecutive contests. out Mississippi and via www.mstateathletics.com PxP: Jack Cristil (51st year) STATISTICAL COMPARISON MSU OWNS 15-1 ALL-TIME SERIES LEAD OVER SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA VS OUTHEASTERN A In a series dating back to the 1957-58 basketball campaign, the Bulldogs of Mississippi State own MSU . S L . a 15-1 all-time record (13-1 in Starkville games) versus Southeastern Louisiana University, though MSU SLU their lone setback to SLU came during the most recent meeting between the two teams (57-46 on Nov. Overall Record . .4-3 5-2 28, 2005 in Starkville). Prior to the loss to the Lions two years ago, MState had prevailed in each of the previous 15 MSU-SLU hardwood meetings by an average margin of 26.2 points per triumph. Conference Record . .0-0 0-0 Mississippi State and Southeastern Louisiana met on the hardwood six times in seven years (1958- Scoring . .71.1 73.6 64) during the Babe McCarthy era, with all six games having been played at MSU’s “New Gym” Scoring Defense . .63.3 54.4 (later known as McCarthy Gym). The series was renewed under the guidance of MSU’s Richard Williams, as the two teams have Scoring Margin . .+7.9 +19.1 met 10 more times since the 1987-88 campaign.