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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 #7 - Mississippi State (3-3) vs. Murray State (3-1) Saturday, December 1, 2007 • Noon CT • Starkville, Mississippi Humphrey Coliseum (10,500) MISSISSIPPI STATE BULLDOGS (3-3) 2007-08 MSU RESULTS (3-3) 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 14.8 7.5 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 4.8 8.7 4.0 bpg Nov. 17 UT MARTIN W 86-70 G 11 Ben Hansbrough 6-3 205 So. Poplar Bluff, MO 10.2 3.2 2.8 Nov. 22 #UC Irvine (ESPNU) W 68-53 UBSTITUTES G 22 Barry Stewart 6-2 170 So. Shelbyville, TN 11.0 5.5 3.0 Nov. 23 #Southern Illinois (ESPN2) L 49-63 S G 44 Jamont Gordon 6-4 230 Jr. Nashville, TN 17.8 6.2 3.7 Nov. 23 #Miami [OH] (ESPN2) L 60-67 Dec. 1 MURRAY STATE Noon OP F/C 21 Brian Johnson 6-9 245 Jr. Laurinburg, NC 4.3 3.2 0.2 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 2.8 2.3 1.0 Dec. 15 *at South Alabama (CSS) 7 p.m. & T Dec. 19 at Loyola Marymount 9 p.m. MURRAY STATE RACERS (3-1) 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 1 Bruce Carter 6-4 200 Sr. Detroit, MI 7.0 4.3 1.8 Jan. 9 at LSU 7 p.m. TARTERS C 43 Tony Easley 6-9 200 So. Auburn, AL 9.0 4.5 0.5 bpg Jan. 12 GEORGIA (LF) 1 p.m. S G 4 Tyler Holloway 6-2 175 Jr. Decatur, AL 14.0 1.3 2.8 Jan. 15 KENTUCKY (ESPN) 8 p.m. Jan. 19 at Alabama (LF) 2 p.m. G 10 Kevin Thomas 6-1 170 Jr. Ft. Lauderdale, FL 6.5 1.5 2.8 Jan. 26 MISSISSIPPI (FSN/SUN) 4 p.m. G 12 Danero Thomas 6-4 190 So. New Orleans, LA 15.5 5.5 1.5 bpg Jan. 30 at Arkansas (LF) 7 p.m. Feb. 2 TENNESSEE (FSN/SUN) 6 p.m. G 3 Ray George 6-4 190 Sr. Decatur, GA 7.0 2.3 2.8 Feb. 6 ALABAMA 7 p.m. ROBABLE P F 25 Marvin Williams 6-6 215 So. Lake Wales, FL 6.0 5.0 1.0 Feb. 9 at Auburn (FSN/SUN) 6 p.m. 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. BULLDOGS BEGIN DECEMBER AND OPEN HOMESTAND WITH MURRAY STATE Feb. 27 AUBURN 7 p.m. The Bulldogs of Mississippi State (3-3) tip off the month of December by playing host to the Mar. 1 at Florida (CBS) 3 p.m. Murray State Racers (3-1) Saturday afternoon to begin another three-game homestand on the MSU Mar. 5 at Vanderbilt 7 p.m. campus. Tip-off is set for noon CT at MSU’s Humphrey Coliseum. Mar. 8 LSU TBA Coach Rick Stansbury’s 3-3 Bulldogs enter their current homestand after claiming a fifth-place M. 13-16 +at SEC Tournament (LF/CBS) TBA team finish at last week’s inaugural Anaheim Classic in California. Following a 68-53 first-round win over UC Irvine on Thanksgiving Day, MState dropped tournament decisions to 18th-ranked # - Anaheim Classic (Anaheim, CA) Southern Illinois (63-49) and Miami of Ohio (67-60). * - Coors Classic (Mobile, AL) As a team defensively, the Bulldogs rank second in the SEC in both field-goal percentage defense ^ - at Jackson, MS (Mississippi Coliseum) (35.7%) and blocked shots (7.5 bpg), while standing third in rebounding (42.5 rpg) on the year. In + - at Atlanta, GA (Georgia Dome) Anaheim, MSU was held to its three lowest scoring outputs of the young season, including just 49 All Times CT points against the defensive-minded SIU Salukis. Individually, the Bulldogs feature four double-digit scorers on the season, headed by preseason all-America candidate and Anaheim Classic All-Tournament Team recipient Jamont Gordon. The MSU-MURRAY STATE GAME FACTS junior from Nashville ranks sixth in the SEC in scoring (17.8 ppg), 12th in assists (3.7 apg) and 15th in rebounding (6.2 rpg). Having averaged 13.3 points and 9.0 rebounds, including a pair of double- MISSISSIPPI STATE BULLDOGS doubles, during the Anaheim Classic, preseason all-SEC senior forward Charles Rhodes is averag- Coach: Rick Stansbury ing 14.8 points (13th in SEC), 7.5 rebounds (9th) and 1.7 blocks (T-10th) per outing for the season. Alma Mater: (Campbellsville, 1982) By way of Murray, Ky., and the Ohio Valley Conference, the Racers of Murray State own a 3-1 record after posting an 81-67 home victory over Arkansas State this past Monday. Picked to finish MSU Record: 188-107 (10th year) fourth in the OVC preseason poll, Murray State also owns home wins over Avila University (84-55) Career Record: 188-107 (10th year) and Rider (66-65) this season, while dropping an 87-63 decision at Western Kentucky. Guided by sec- ond-year head coach Billy Kennedy, the Racers are led in scoring and rebounding by sophomore MURRAY STATE RACERS guard Danero Thomas (15.5 ppg & 5.5 rpg). Junior guard Tyler Holloway averages 14.0 points a Coach: Billy Kennedy game, while shooting 70 percent from the field overall and 71 percent (12-of-17 treys) from the arc. The Bulldogs will resume their current three-game homestand by playing host to Southeastern Alma Mater: (Southeastern Louisiana, 1986) Louisiana next Saturday (Dec. 8) and then welcoming Miami of Florida on Dec. 13. School Record: 19-15 (2nd year) Career Record: 123-139 (10th year) The Bulldogs own a 6-2 all-time series lead and While recording his seventh and eighth career current six-game series win streak over Murray double-doubles during last week’s Anaheim SERIES INFORMATION State, though the two schools haven’t met on the Classic, all-SEC senior forward Charles Rhodes Series Record: Miss. State leads, 6-2 hardwood since the 1961-62 hoops campaign. became the 29th member of MSU’s 1,000-point at Starkville: Miss. State leads, 3-0 club during his 25-point, 10-rebound effort Coach Rick Stansbury owns a composite record against Miami of Ohio in the third-place contest. at Murray: Miss. State leads, 3-2 of 8-0 against current members of the Ohio Valley Last Meeting: Miss. St., 69-57 (12-15-61 @ Mur.) Conference, having knocked off those prior OVC Under Stansbury’s guidance, the Bulldogs have First Meeting: Murray St., 56-36 (1-21-41 @ Mur.) foes by an average margin of 20.0 points per win. compiled an overall record of 56-10 (.848) in games played during the month of December, Rick Stansbury (188-107) enters MSU’s current including a 28-1 (.966) mark in December home TELEVISION: NONE three-game homestand needing three wins to tie games dating back to 1998-99... That lone Available on MSU’s 29-station radio network through- his former mentor Richard Williams in becoming December home setback came against Richmond out Mississippi and via www.mstateathletics.com the all-time winningest coach in school history. (83-72) on Dec. 2, 2000. PxP: Jack Cristil (51st year); Jim Ellis (25th year) STATISTICAL COMPARISON BULLDOGS AND RACERS RENEW HOOPS SERIES AFTER LONG HIATUS VS URRAY TATE Mississippi State owns a 6-2 all-time series lead, including a current six-game series winning MSU . M S streak, over the Racers of Murray State through the years. Having first faced each other on the hard- MSU MUR wood during the 1940-41 campaign (56-36 Murray State win at Murray), the two teams then battled Overall Record . .3-3 3-1 one another seven times over a six-year period (1956-61) with the Bulldogs claiming each of the last six head-to-head meetings. Conference Record . .0-0 0-0 Most recently (Dec. 15, 1961 at Murray, Ky.), coach Babe McCarthy’s unbeaten Mississippi State Scoring . .70.0 73.5 team came away from Racer Arena with a 69-57 road triumph over coach Cal Luther’s Murray State Scoring Defense . .63.7 68.2 ballclub. In that contest some 46 years ago, the Maroons (as Mississippi State’s athletic teams were known at the time) received 17 points apiece from the trio of W.D. “Red” Stroud, Joe Dan Gold and Scoring Margin . .+6.3 +5.3 Stan Brinker. Leland Mitchell also added 13 points for the winners, who claimed their sixth straight Field Goal Pct . .44.5 52.6 win during a season-opening, 10-game win streak en route to posting a 24-1 overall record (13-1 SEC Opp. Field Goal Pct. .35.7 45.4 mark) and earning a share of the school’s third of four SEC championships captured during a five- 3-Point FG Percentage .