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Exhibition | William Carey at MSU | Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012 | Starkville, MS | Humphrey Coliseum (10,500) Gregg Ellis, Assistant Media Relations Director Humphrey Coliseum, Room 202 | 55 Coliseum Boulevard Mississippi State, MS 39762 | Fax: 662.325.3654 Office: 662-325-3595 | Cell: 662-322-0145 E-Mail: [email protected] | www.hailstate.com Twitter: @mstateMBK; @msuhoopsgregg; @RickRay1 2012-13 Men’s Basketball Facebook: www.facebook.com/mstateMBK 10 NCAA Appearances | 1 Final Four | 6 SEC Championships | 3 SEC Tournament Titles | 18 Postseason Appearances At A Glance MISSISSIPPI STATE BULLDOGS (0-0) When: ............................ Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012 Head Coach: Rick Ray (Grand View [IA], 1994) Where: .................................... Starkville, Miss MSU Record: First Year Venue: .............. Humphrey Coliseum (10,500) Time: ..................................................... 4 p.m. Career Record: First Year TV: ................................................ HailStateTV Talent: Jim Ellis (PxP), Bart Gregory (C) VS Sirus/XM: ...................................................N/A Series:.........................................First Meeting Last Meeting: .............................First Meeting WILLIAM CAREY CRUSADERS (1-0) Head Coach: Steve Knight (Southern Miss, 1979) William Carey Record: 537-424, 30 years 2012-13 Schedule/Results Career Record: 537-424, 30 years NOVEMBER 4 WILLIAM CAREY (Ex.) 4 pm 9 at Troy 7 pm WHAT TO NOTE AS MSU PLAYS WILLIAM CAREY . 13 FLORIDA ATLANTIC 7 pm Mississippi State enters its 101th season of basketball having won 26 of its last 28 exhibition Maui Classic (Maui, Hawaii) games. 19 vs. North Carolina (ESPN2) 5 pm MSU and William Carey have never met in the regular season. 20 vs. Butler/Marquette (ESPN2) 1:30 pm/7 pm Last year, the Bulldogs won both their only exhibition games, posting a 97-63 win against 21 vs. TBA TBA Florida Tech and 94-70 victory against Pikeville. 27 ALCORN STATE 7 pm DECEMBER SEC/Big East Challenge (Providence, RI) campaign that saw MSU go 21-12. 1 at Providence (ESPN2) 11 am The Bulldogs have won 11-straight games against Arkansas at Humphrey Coliseum, 4 TEXAS-SAN ANTONIO 7 pm 15 at Loyola-Chicago 6 pm came in 2000, 87-81. 22 vs. Central Arkansas^ 2 pm Dating back to last season, MSU has won 7-straight non-conference, regular-season games 30 ALABAMA A&M (CSS) 3 pm at the Hump. JANUARY 3 NEW ORLEANS (CSS) 6 pm Guard Jalen Steele enters his junior season needing 560 points to become the 34th MSU 9 SOUTH CAROLINA (ESPN3) 7 pm player to reach 1,000 points for a career. 12 at Georgia (SEC Network) 12:30 pm Steele also needs 35 more made 3-pointers to move into the Top 10 category in MSU history. 16 ALABAMA (CSS) 8 pm He currently has 97, while Tang Hamilton (1998-2001) is 10th with 132. 19 at Tennessee (SEC Network) 3 pm 23 at Arkansas (CSS) 8 pm 26 FLORIDA (ESPN2) 7 pm 30 TEXAS A&M (CSS) 8 pm MSU’S PROJECTED STARTING 5 FEBRUARY 2 LSU (FSN) 4:30 pm 6 at Ole Miss (CSS) 8 pm 9 at Florida (FSN) 4 pm 13 MISSOURI (SEC Network) 7 pm 16 at LSU (ESPNU) 4 pm 20 at Alabama (SEC Network) 7 pm 23 VANDERBILT (SEC Network) 12:30 pm 27 at Kentucky (SEC Network) 7 pm G0JR G1FR G32FR C5SR F25SO MARCH Jalen Fred Craig Wendell Roquez 2 OLE MISS (FSN) 4 pm Steele Thomas Sword Lewis Johnson 6 at South Carolina (ESPN3) 6 pm 9 AUBURN (FSN) 4:30 pm P: P: P: P: P: 13-17 SEC Tournament (SEC Network/ABC) TBA R: R: R: R: R: A: A: A: A: A: ^ - Jackson, Miss (Mississippi Coliseum) S: S: S: S: S: MISSISSIPPI STATE BASKETBALL EXHIBITION: WILLIAM CAREY 2012-13 MISSISSIPPI STATE PLAYER BREAKDOWN JALEN STEELE Jr G 6-3 194 Knoxville, TN Leading returning scorer from last year. Career-high 19 points came vs. Georgia MIN PTS RBS AST FG% 3FG% FT% 0 Appeared in all 33 games last and drew 16 starts. FRED THOMAS Fr G 6-5 191 Jackson, MS Led his team to the Class 6A title a year ago after hitting the game-winning shot. MIN PTS RBS BLK FG% 3FG% FT% Played in Alabama-Mississippi All-Star 1 Game. ANDRE APPLEWHITE Fr G 6-5 217 Memphis, TN Led Central High School to Class A championship game a year ago. MIN PTS RBS AST FG% 3FG% FT% Averaged 21.3 points and 11.1 re- 2 bounds as a senior. COLIN BORCHERT Jr F 6-8 231 Phoenix, AZ Third-team NJCAA All-American last year at East Mississippi CC. MIN PTS RBS AST FG% 3FG% FT% Lead Lions to 23-6 record and Region 3 23 title. Had seven double-doubles at EMCC. TRIVANTE BLOODMAN So G 6-0 182 Bronx, NY Led Olney Central College to 25-8 record. MIN PTS RBS AST FG% 3FG% FT% Earned Region 24 Freshman of the 4 Year honors. Had 5 30-plus games at Wadleigh HS. WENDELL LEWIS Sr C 6-9 258 Selma, AL Appeared in all 33 games last year. Led MSU in blocks the last two years MIN PTS RBS BLK FG% 3FG% FT% with 30 each season. 5 Had first double-double last year against UT Martin. GAVIN WARE Fr F 6-9 270 Starkville, MS As a senior at Starkville HS, led team to 26-5 record and averaged 15.2 points. MIN PTS RBS BLK FG% 3FG% FT% Led SHS to Class 6A title in 2010. 20 Played in Mississippi-Alabama All-Star game. ROQUEZ JOHNSON So F 6-7 210 Montgomery, AL Appeared in 13 games last season. Had career-best 5 rebounds vs. Troy. MIN PTS RBS AST FG% 3FG% FT% Scored first-career points against UT 25 Martin. Expected to have bigger role this year. BULLDOG BASKETBALL MISSISSIPPI STATE BASKETBALL EXHIBITION: WILLIAM CAREY 2012-13 MISSISSIPPI STATE PLAYER BREAKDOWN/NOTES CRAIG SWORD Fr G 6-3 189 Montgomery, AL Earned Alabama Mr. Basketball honors last season and was named the 6A MIN PTS RBS AST FG% 3FG% FT% Alabama player of the year. 32 Averaged 17.5 points and 8 assists as a senior. MSU TO MAKE FIRST APPEARANCE IN INCOMING FRESHMAN JACOBY DAVIS MAUI INVITIONAL LATER THIS MONTH OUT FOR THE ENTIRE SEASON Thanksgiving week, Mississippi State will be Incoming freshman point guard Jacoby Da- in Hawaii participating in the prestigious Maui vis will miss the entire season after tearing the Invitational for the first time in school history. ACL in his left knee back in July during summer The Bulldogs open play against national workouts. powerhouse North Carolina on Nov. 19 and will then play either Marquette or Butler on Nov. 20. came to MSU after averaging 21 points and 5 They will also play a game on Nov. 21 to con- - clude action. consin. MSU last played in Hawaii in 2010, when it went 1-2 in the Diamondhead Classic. The FIRST YEAR COACHES Dawgs lost to Washington State and Hawaii BODE WELL IN DEBUTS and beat San Diego. In the modern era, first-time Mississippi State BULLDOGS 2012-13 ROSTER when making their debuts. FEATURES A LOT OF NEW FACES Since 1947 when Paul Gregory took over, When the Bulldogs open the regular season eight of the nine first-year coaches won their on the road at Troy on Nov. 9, the roster will initial game. feature seven new players. The only coach that failed to do so was Joe Dan Gold in 1965 when MSU dropped a 87-72 squad that posted 21 wins, a total that includes overtime decision to Northeast Louisiana in the walk-ons Baxter Price and Tyson Cunningham. lidlifter. NBA DRAFT TAKES ARNETT MOULTRIE This past June, Arnett Moultrie became the second MSU player to be drafted in the NBA in the last three years. Moultrie, an All-SEC standout who played at Mississippi State just one season after transfer- ring from UTEP, was the 27th overall pick by the Miami Heat. However, moments after the selection, the Heat traded the Memphis native to Philadelphia. Moultrie was the first MSU player taken in the first round since 1996, when Erick Dampier 21st) were both drafted. LAST TIME OUT FOR MSU SCOUTING WILLIAM CAREY This is the first exhibition game of the year for The Crusaders come to Starkville after post- Mississippi State. ing a 13-18 ledger a year ago. Last season, the Bulldogs concluded play They return eight players from that squad, in- with a double-overtime 101-96 loss to UMass cluding Jamal Doss and Donzedrick Smith, who in the opening round of the NIT played at Hum- averaged 8.5 and 7.3 points an outing. phrey Coliseum. Doss also averaged 5.4 rebounds, while re- Arnett Moultrie led MSU with 34 points in his turnee Frenando Garcia averaged 4.0 boards. final game wearing the Maroon 7 White, while The Crusaders are led by coach Steve Dee Bost totaled 20 in his final appearance. Knight, now in his 31st season at the helm with In the outing, MSU rallied from a 10-point a record of 537-424. deficit at the half to force overtime. William Carey opened its season Saturday From the field, MSU was 32-of-75 shooting afternoon at Blue Mountain, posting a 73-62 win. and lost the battle of the boards, 56-41. Guy Payne led the Crusaders with 13 points, Also in double digits for MSU was Jalen Steel while Kevlin Nixon added 12. They dropped their with 17 points and Brian Bryant with 12. exhibition game to Jacksonville State, 75-58. BULLDOG BASKETBALL MISSISSIPPI STATE BASKETBALL EXHIBITION: WILLIAM CAREY MSU COACH RICK RAY First-Year Coaches In The SEC Here is a look at how first-year SEC coaches opened their respective tenures .