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BROCK TURNIPSEED, ASSISTANT MEDIA RELATIONS DIRECTOR 55 Coliseum Blvd. | Humphrey Coliseum, Room 202 | Mississippi State, MS 39762 O: (662) 325-7556 | C: (662) 418-7409 E-Mail: [email protected] www.HailState.com | Twitter: @HailStateWBK; @brockt_msu GAME MISSISSIPPI STATE (27-7, 11-5 SEC) vs. MICHIGAN STATE (25-8, 13-5 B1G) March 20, 2016 (NCAA Tournament 2nd Round) 35 Starkville, Miss. | Humphrey Coliseum (10,500) SCHEDULE/RESULTS BULLDOG BITES... MISSISSIPPI STATE ► OVERALL RECORD ............................. 27-7 Mississippi State plays in the 2nd round of the NCAA Tour- BULLDOGS nament for the 2nd-straight season. MSU has advanced to Record ............................................ 27-7, 11-5 SEC SEC ........................................................11-5 the 2nd round in its last 7 tournament appearances. Seed ................................................................ No. 5 NON-CONFERENCE ............................ 16-2 Ranking (AP/Coaches) ..................................15/14 HOME .................................................... 15-2 ► MSU will face Michigan State for the 2nd time in program Head Coach ...................Vic Schaefer (4th Season) history. The first meeting came in Atlanta in 1987, a game Record at MSU ...............................................89-45 AWAY ...................................................... 6-4 the Bulldogs won 63-53. NEUTRAL ............................................... 6-1 MICHIGAN STATE ► State plays a B1G foe in the tournament for the 3rd time. SPARTANS DATE OPPONENT TV TIME The other 2 both came against Ohio State. N13 SAMFORD SECN+ W, 68-47 Record ............................................ 25-8, 13-5 B1G N21 GRAMBLING SECN+ W, 107-43 ► The Bulldogs are now 8-7 all-time in the NCAA Tournament. Seed ................................................................ No. 4 N24 MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE SECN+ W, 109-37 Ranking (AP/Coaches) ..................................16/17 N27 NORFOLK STATE SECN+ W, 92-34 ► Friday's win tied last year's squad for the program's most Head Coach ............... Suzy Merchant (9th Season) N29 SAVANNAH STATE SECN+ W, 92-25 single-season victories with 27. Record at USC .............................................204-95 D2 at #6/6 Texas LHN L, 47-53 D6 TENNESSEE STATE SECN+ W, 82-54 ► State is now 32-3 at the Hump the last 2 years, the 2nd- SERIES INFORMATION D13 at Louisiana Tech W, 93-63 best mark in the SEC in that stretch. MSU is 60-13 at home Overall .....Miss. St., 1-0 Neutral .....Miss. St., 1-0 D16 SOUTHERN MISS SECN+ W, 78-65 under Vic Schaefer. D19 # vs. Florida Gulf Coast W, 65-60 Home ............ Never Met Overtime ................. N/A D20 # vs. Western Michigan W, 90-68 ► Friday's crowd of 5,115 is 13th in school history and the 3rd- Away ............ Never Met D21 # vs. SMU W, 72-70 largest of Friday's games. MSU has now drawn a school- Last 5 Meetings D28 SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA SECN+ W, 81-41 11/27/87 W, 63-53 Atlanta, Ga. D30 % vs. #20/17 South Florida SECN W, 68-58 record 85,820 fans for the season. J3 * at Florida SECN W, 76-70 ► After holding Chattanooga to 50 points, MSU is now 19-3 J7 * AUBURN SECN W, 60-45 this season when keeping teams below 60 points and 11-1 J10 * ARKANSAS SECN+ W, 80-55 J14 * at #24/RV Missouri SECN+ L, 54-66 when holding foes to 50 or fewer points. J18 * OLE MISS SECN W, 79-51 ► State claimed its largest rebounding margin since Jan. 18. BROADCAST INFORMATION J21 * at Georgia SECN+ L, 43-47 J24 * #2/2 SOUTH CAROLINA ESPN2 L, 51-57 MSU is 21-1 this year when winning the glass. TELEVISION (OT) ESPN2 J28 * #19/23 TENNESSEE SECN W, 65-63 ► Vivians has averaged 18.8 ppg the last 5 games and 13.7 J31 * at Arkansas SECN+ W, 65-55 Melissa Lee (Play-by-Play) F4 * at LSU SECN W, 71-52 ppg in 3 career NCAA Tournament games. LaChina Robinson (Analyst) F7 * #21/21 MISSOURI SECN+ W, 52-42 ► Vivians averages 16.2 ppg vs. ranked foes this season and F11 * at #15/13 Texas A&M SECN L, 58-64 RADIO F18 * #16/16 KENTUCKY SECN L, 60-83 16.8 in 17 games in her career. WMXU-FM 106.1 (Golden Triangle) Jason Crowder (Play-by-play) F21 * at Ole Miss ESPN2 W, 60-51 ► Vivians moved into 10th in school history with 586 points F25 * at Vanderbilt SECN W, 66-61 Charlie Winfield (Analyst) F28 * ALABAMA SECN+ W, 61-52 this season. M4 ! Vanderbilt (SECT QF) SECN W, 63-46 ► Junior Chinwe Okorie had her most points in a game since M5 ! Tennessee (SECT SF) ESPNU W, 58-48 Jan. 18 with 12 on Friday. M6 ! #3/2 South Carolina (SECT Final) ESPN L, 52-66 M18 ^ CHATTANOOGA (NCAAT) ESPN2 W, 60-50 M20 ^ #16/17 MICHIGAN ST. (NCAAT) ESPN2 1:30 p.m. M26-28 NCAA Regionals BULLDOGS’ POTENTIAL STARTERS (Based On Previous Games) A3-5 NCAA Women’s Final Four (Indianapolis, Ind.) All Times Central Home Games In Bold * — Denotes SEC Game # — Puerto Rico Classic (San Juan, Puerto Rico) % — SEC/AAC Challenge (Jacksonville, Fla.) ! — SEC Tournament (Jacksonville, Fla.) ^ — NCAA Tournament 1st & 2nd Rounds (Starkville, Miss.) 13 00 45 35 2 BULLDOGS IN SOCIAL MEDIA Ketara Dominique Chinwe Victoria Morgan CHAPEL DILLINGHAM OKORIE VIVIANS WILLIAM @HailStateWBK F • Jr. • 6-1 G • Jr. • 5-9 C • Jr. • 6-5 G • So. • 6-1 G • So. • 5-5 2015-16 Stats 2015-16 Stats 2015-16 Stats 2015-16 Stats 2015-16 Stats PPG ..............................4.8 PPG ..............................8.1 PPG ..............................7.1 PPG ............................17.2 PPG ..............................9.8 Facebook.com/ RBD .............................3.4 RBD .............................3.7 RBD .............................6.3 RBD .............................5.9 RBD .............................2.2 AST ..............................1.0 AST ..............................1.9 AST ..............................0.3 AST ..............................1.0 AST ..............................4.9 HailStateWBK BLK ..............................0.3 BLK ..............................0.5 BLK ..............................0.7 BLK ..............................0.3 BLK ..............................0.2 STL ...............................0.4 STL ...............................1.5 STL ...............................0.4 STL ...............................1.7 STL ...............................1.1 FG% ......................44.4% FG% ......................36.9% FG% ......................54.9% FG% ......................38.7% FG% ......................32.6% HailStateWBK 3FG% ...................... 0.0% 3FG% ....................28.1% 3FG% ..................... .0.0% 3FG% ....................31.0% 3FG% ....................28.3% FT% .......................73.7% FT% .......................79.7% FT% .......................61.2% FT% .......................74.7% FT% .......................84.3% WWW.HAILSTATE.COM | @HAILSTATEWBK | #HAILSTATEHOOPS MISSISSIPPI STATE BULLDOG BASKETBALL • 2015-16 Game 35 • vs. Michigan State [NCAAT 2nd Rd.] • March 20, 2016 MISSISSIPPI STATE 2015-16 ROSTER NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl. Exp. Hometown/School 00 Dominique Dillingham G 5-9 Jr. 2L Spring, Texas (Klein Collins HS) 1 Blair Schaefer G 5-7 So. 1L Starkville, Miss. (Starkville HS) 2 Morgan William G 5-5 So. 1L Birmingham, Ala. (Shades Valley HS) 3 Breanna Richardson F 6-1 Jr. 2L Conyers, Ga. (Rockdale County HS) 5 Sherise Williams F 6-1 Sr. 3L St. Louis, Mo. (McCluer HS) 10 Jazzmun Holmes G 5-8 Fr. HS Gulfport, Miss. (Harrison Central HS) 11 Roshunda Johnson* G 5-7 Jr. TR Little Rock, Ark. (Parkview HS/Oklahoma St.) 12 Jazmine Spears F 6-0 Jr. JC New Albany, Miss. (New Albany HS/Trinity Valley CC) 13 Ketara Chapel F 6-1 Jr. 2L Temple, Texas (Temple HS) 15 Teaira McCowan C 6-7 Fr. HS Brenham, Texas (Brenham HS) 23 Kayla Nevitt G 5-10 So. 1L Houston, Texas (Andy Dekaney HS) 25 Zion Campbell C 6-3 Fr. HS Washington, D.C. (Riverdale Baptist School) 35 Victoria Vivians G 6-1 So. 1L Carthage, Miss. (Scott Central HS) 44 LaKaris Salter F 6-1 So. 1L Tallahassee, Fla. (Florida A&M DRS) 45 Chinwe Okorie C 6-5 Jr. 1L Lagos, Nigeria (Stoneleigh-Burnham [Mass.] Prep) ALPHABETICAL ROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl. Exp. Hometown/School 25 Zion Campbell C 6-3 Fr. HS Washington, D.C. (Riverdale Baptist School) 13 Ketara Chapel F 6-1 Jr. 2L Temple, Texas (Temple HS) 00 Dominique Dillingham G 5-9 Jr. 2L Spring, Texas (Klein Collins HS) 10 Jazzmun Holmes G 5-8 Fr. HS Gulfport, Miss. (Harrison Central HS) 11 Roshunda Johnson* G 5-7 Jr. TR Little Rock, Ark. (Parkview HS/Oklahoma St.) 15 Teaira McCowan C 6-7 Fr. HS Brenham, Texas (Brenham HS) 23 Kayla Nevitt G 5-10 So. 1L Houston, Texas (Andy Dekaney HS) 45 Chinwe Okorie C 6-5 Jr. 1L Lagos, Nigeria (Stoneleigh-Burnham [Mass.] Prep) 3 Breanna Richardson F 6-1 Jr. 2L Conyers, Ga. (Rockdale County HS) 44 LaKaris Salter F 6-1 So. 1L Tallahassee, Fla. (Florida A&M DRS) 1 Blair Schaefer G 5-7 So. 1L Starkville, Miss. (Starkville HS) 12 Jazmine Spears F 6-0 Jr. JC New Albany, Miss. (New Albany HS/Trinity Valley CC) 35 Victoria Vivians G 6-1 So. 1L Carthage, Miss. (Scott Central HS) 2 Morgan William G 5-5 So. 1L Birmingham, Ala. (Shades Valley HS) 5 Sherise Williams F 6-1 Sr. 3L St. Louis, Mo. (McCluer HS) * — Sitting out 2015-16 season due to NCAA transfer rules COACHING STAFF PRONOUNCIATION GUIDE Head Coach: Vic Schaefer - Fourth Season (Texas A&M, 1984) Associate Head Coach: Johnnie Harris - Fourth Season (Arkansas Baptist, 1996) Ketara Chapel – Kah-TARE-ah CHAP-ul Teaira McCowan – Tee-AIR-ah Assistant Coach: Dionnah Jackson - First Season (Oklahoma, 2005) Chinwe Okorie – CHIN-way Oh-CORE-ee Assistant Coach: Elena Lovato - Second Season (Pittsburg State, 2008) Breanna Richardson – Bree-AHN-ah Director of Operations: Maryann Baker - Fourth Season (Texas A&M, 2011) LaKaris Salter – La-CARE-is Director of Scouting/Video Coord.: Skylar Collins - Third Season (Texas A&M, 2012) Victoria Vivians – VI-vee-ans Sherise Williams – Sha-REESE ROSTER BREAKDOWN BY CLASS BY REGION SENIORS (1) FRESHMEN (3) ALABAMA (1) MISSOURI (1) Sherise Williams Zion Campbell Morgan William Sherise Williams Jazzmun Holmes ARKANSAS (1) TEXAS (4) JUNIORS (6) Teaira McCowan Ketara Chapel Roshunda Johnson Ketara Chapel Dominique Dillingham Dominique Dillingham FLORIDA (1) Teaira McCowan Roshunda Johnson LaKaris Salter Chinwe Okorie Kayla Nevitt GEORGIA (1) Breanna Richardson WASHINGTON, D.C.