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MMISSISSIPPIISSISSIPPI SSTATETATE BBASKETBALLASKETBALL GAME 23: ARKANSAS MISSISSIPPI STATE (12-10, 4-4) VS ARKANAS (14-8, 4-5) 2010-11 MISSISSIPPI STATE SCHEDULE Wednesday, February 9, 2011 7 p.m. Humphrey Coliseum (10,500) Date Opponent Score/Time Series Record: Arkansas leads, 27-22 N 12 Tennessee State W 75-65 Last Year: MSU, 82-80 in Starkville; Arkansas, 67-62 in Fayetteville N 19 Appalachian State W 76-74 TV: SEC Network N 22 Detroit W 82-76 Announcers: Clay Matvick (pxp), Joe Dean (analyst) N 26 Troy W 92-83 XM/Sirus Radio: 199/NA N 30 Florida Atlantic L 61-59 D 11 East Tennessee State L 63-62 WEDNESDAY’S PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP D 12 North Carolina A&T W 74-58 MISSISSIPPI STATE STARTERS D 13 Nicholls State W 67-58 No. P Name Year Ht. Wt. PPG RPG Asst. Steals Blocks Minutes D 14 Alabama State (CSS) W 67-46 0 G Jalen Steele Fr 6-3 190 5.1 1.4 0.8 0.4 0.0 16.5 D 18 @ Virginia Tech L 88-57 1 F Renardo Sidney So 6-10 275 13.6 6.5 0.7 0.8 0.8 24.9 D 22 % Washington State (ESPNU) L 83-57 3 G Dee Bost Jr 6-2 176 17.1 3.8 5.8 2.1 0.1 35.1 D 23 % San Diego (ESPNU) W 69-52 15 G Riley Benock Sr 6-4 193 7.1 3.7 2.1 1.1 0.2 32.4 D 25 % Hawaii L 68-57 24 F Kodi Augustus Sr 6-8 224 12.0 7.5 1.9 0.5 0.9 31.3 D 29 & St. Mary’s (ESPNU) L 94-72 ARKANSAS STARTERS J 8 Alabama (SEC Network) L 75-57 No. P Name Year Ht. Wt. PPG RPG Asst. Steals Blocks Minutes J 13 at Ole Miss (ESPN2) W 69-64 12 G Marcus Britt Sr 6-3 198 4.1 1.8 1.1 0.9 0.1 16.5 15 G Rotnei Clarke Jr 6-0 184 13.2 3.1 1.3 0.8 0.0 30.8 J 16 Auburn (FSN) W 85-66 21 F Delvon Johnson Sr 6-9 220 10.0 7.5 0.8 0.7 3.5 29.4 J 22 at Georgia (SEC Network) L 86-64 30 G Jeff Peterson Jr 6-0 192 6.5 2.0 2.4 1.0 0.0 22.5 J 27 Vanderbilt (ESPN2) L 81-74 33 F Marshawn Powell So 6-7 220 10.7 4.3 0.7 0.7 0.5 21.0 J 29 Florida (CBS) W 71-64 13 KEY THINGS TO NOTE PLAYING ARKANSAS F 2 at Alabama (SEC Network) L 75-61 Mississippi State has won four out of the last 5 overall in this series and 13 out of the F 5 at LSU (SEC Network) W 58-57 last 18. F 9 Arkansas (SEC Network) 7 p.m. MSU has won 10 in a row against the Razorbacks at Humphrey Coliseum. F 12 at Auburn (FSN) 6 p.m. Wednesday is the 50th meeting between the two schools, marking the second-shortest F 15 at Kentucky (ESPN) 6 p.m. series in SEC play for MSU. The 22 games the Bulldogs have played against South F 19 Ole Miss (SEC Network) 12:30 p.m. Carolina is the fewest. F 23 LSU (CSS) 8 p.m. In his 13 years at the helm, Rick Stansbury is 79-54 against Western Division schools. F 26 at Tennessee (ESPN) 5 p.m. Junior guard Dee Bost is now just 3 points shy of becoming the 33rd player in school history to score 1,000 for a career. His 390 assists are 6th most in the MSU books. M 2 at Arkansas (CSS) 8 p.m. Dee Bost is second on the team with 46 assists despite playing in just eight games. M 5 South Carolina (ESPN or ESPN2) 1 p.m. In SEC play, that’s tops in the league. He’s also sixth in the assist/turnover ratio depart- M 10-13 SEC Tournament (Atlanta, GA) TBA ment and tied for sixth in minutes played (35.1). Ravern Johnson is now just one 3-point attempt shy of becoming only the third player in ^ - Mississippi Coliseum (Jackson, MS) school history to attempt 600 for a career (Barry Stewart, 779; Darryl Wilson, 645) @ - Battle of the Atlantis (Paradise Island, Bahamas) MSU’s 15.3 fouls a game rank as the 10th fewest in the country. % - Diamondhead Classic (Honolulu, HI) After losing their fi rst six games played on Saturday, the Bulldogs have now won two % - Orleans Arena (Las Vegas, NV) straight. However, they are still looking for their fi rst win on Wednesday (0-2). The LSU game featured the seventh different lineup for Mississippi State this season. Against LSU, freshman guard Jalen Steele earned his fi rst-career start. Senior guard Riley Benock has played in 122 games. In second place is Derrick Zim- COACHING FACTS merman at 127, followed by Tang Hamilton and Tyrone Washington with 123 appear- ances each. Jarvis Varnado and Barry Stewart hold the record of 141. MISSISSIPPI STATE A victory gives Rick Stansbury double-digit wins at home for the 13th-straight season. Coach: Rick Stansbury Record at MSU: 267-150, 13th year MEET ARKANSAS Overall Record: Same The two SEC teams guard Dee Bost has enjoyed the greatest Arkansas comes to Mississippi State looking to Record vs. Arkansas: 13-13 snap a two-game skid following its 69-60 setback at success againstaainstinst areaarr Arkansas home to Ole Miss on Saturday. and Auburn,n, MSU’sMSMSUU next two ARKANSAS Four of the Razorbacks’ SEC losses have been opponents. Bostos iiss averaging Coach: John Pelphrey by 9 points or fewer. 18.2 points againsagainstgai t the Tigers Arkansas coach John Pelphrey has never won at Record at Arkansas: 65-53, 4th season and 17.5 points? against the Humphrey Coliseum, losing all three decisions by a Overall Record: 145-120, 9th season Razorbacks. Record vs. MSU: 2-4 DID YOU KNOW slim margin of 5.7 points. D eecadec a d e of CCHAMPIONSHIPSH A M P I O N S H I P S MMISSISSIPPIISSISSIPPI SSTATETATE BBASKETBALLASKETBALL GAME 23: ARKANSAS LAST 10 VERSUS ARKANSAS (5-5) Statistical Comparison Date Where Result Date Where Result 2010-11 Stats MSU OPP Mar. 1, 2006 Fayetteville L, 80-70 Feb. 16, 2008 Starkville W, 80-74 2010-11 Record .....................12-10 14-8 Feb. 14, 2007 Starkville W, 84-60 Jan. 10, 2009 Fayetteville W, 70-56 Conference Record ...................4-4 4-5 Feb. 28, 2007 Fayetteville L, 67-58 Feb. 7, 2009 Starkville W, 86-77 Mar. 10, 2007 Atlanta L, 81-72 Jan. 14, 2010 Starkville W, 82-80 Scoring ....................................68.4 70.5 Jan. 30, 2008 Fayetteville L, 78-58 Jan. 28, 2010 Fayetteville L, 67-62 Scoring Defense ......................69.9 65.5 Scoring Margin .........................-1.5 +5.0 MSU ENJOYS MORE NON-CONFERENCE SUCCESS Field Goal Pct. .........................42.3 43.8 Including last year’s 13-4 mark in non-conference action, coupled with Opp. FG Pct.............................41.7 39.9 this season’s 8-6 record, Mississippi State has compiled a 142-49 (.744) 3-Point FG Pct. ........................33.5 33.3 record against non-conference opponents during the Rick Stansbury era Opp. 3-Point FG Pct. ...............32.7 30.8 (since 1998-99), including a 132-39 (.772) regular-season mark. Free Throw Pct. .......................70.4 68.7 Opp. FT Pct. ............................63.1 71.3 MISSISSIPPI STATE’S RECORD WHEN . Rebounding Average ...............36.1 34.4 During the Rick Stansbury era, the Bulldogs are: 209-35 (7-4) when Opp. Rebounding Avg. ............38.5 38.5 leading at halftime; 150-34 (5-1) when shooting 45 percent or better from Rebound Margin .......................-2.4 -4.1 the fi eld; 225-70 (11-3 this year) when the opposition shoots less than 45 Assists ..................................... 11.8 12.2 percent from the fi eld; 208-76 (8-3) when out-rebounding or tying oppo- Turnovers ................................13.2 13.5 nents; and 162-30 (8-2) when holding opponents to 65 points or less. Turnover Margin .......................-1.9 +2.1 Steals.........................................5.4 8.4 FEBRUARY RECORD UNDER STANSBURY Blocked Shots............................4.1 6.5 Including last year’s 5-3 record, coupled with this year’s 1-1 mark, the Bulldogs are 51-41 (.554) in the month of February since Rick Stansbury Statistical Leaders was named head coach. Scoring Dating back to the 1987-88 season when Richard Williams was over- MSU PPG OPP PPG seeing the program, Mississippi State owns a composite ledger of 88-82 Johnson ........ 17.7 Clarke ......... 13.2 (.518) in February. Bost .............. 17.1 Powell ......... 10.9 BOMBS AWAY . AGAIN AND AGAIN Rebounding Last year, Mississippi State set a single-season record with 296 made MSU RPG OPP RPG 3-pointers, an average of 8.2 an outing. Augustus......... 7.5 Johnson ...........7.5 In 22 games this year, the Bulldogs are nearly on the same pace, hav- Sidney............. 6.5 Powee .............4.3 ing drained 163 of their 487 attempts for an 7.4 average. Assists Last year, Ravern Johnson led MSU with 87 3-pointers on 214 at- MSU APG OPP APG tempts, exceeding his total of 83 in 2008-09, the third-most in school his- Bost ................ 5.8 Nobles ........... 3.3 tory. Darryl Wilson currently holds the top two spots with 97 in 1996 and Benock...........