MMISSISSIPPIISSISSIPPI SSTATETATE BBASKETBALLASKETBALL GAME 29: ARKANSAS MISSISSIPPI STATE (15-13, 7-7) AT ARKANSAS (18-10, 7-7) 2010-11 MISSISSIPPI STATE SCHEDULE Wednesday, March 2, 2011 8 p.m. CT Bud Walton Arena (21,678) Date Opponent Score/Time Series Record: Arkansas leads, 27-23 N 12 Tennessee State W 75-65 Last Year In Fayetteville: Arkansas won, 67-62 N 19 Appalachian State W 76-74 TV: CSS N 22 Detroit W 82-76 Announcers: Dave Baker (pxp), Daymeon Fishback (analyst) N 26 Troy W 92-83 XM/Sirus Radio: 201/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 1 F Renardo Sidney So 6-10 275 13.8 7.4 0.7 0.8 0.9 25.1 D 18 @ Virginia Tech L 88-57 2 G Ravern Johnson Sr 6-7 175 17.1 3.5 0.6 0.4 0.6 34.7 D 22 % Washington State (ESPNU) L 83-57 3 G Dee Bost Jr 6-2 176 16.2 3.4 6.0 1.7 0.2 35.4 D 23 % San Diego (ESPNU) W 69-52 15 G Riley Benock Sr 6-4 193 6.5 3.5 2.3 1.2 0.2 32.0 D 25 % Hawaii L 68-57 24 F Kodi Augustus Sr 6-8 224 11.8 7.4 1.8 0.5 1.0 31.6 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 5.0 2.0 1.2 0.9 0.2 18.2 15 G Rotnei Clarke Jr 6-0 184 14.4 3.1 1.3 0.8 0.1 31.1 J 16 Auburn (FSN) W 85-66 21 F Delvon Johnson Sr 6-9 220 9.4 7.4 0.8 0.6 3.2 28.3 J 22 at Georgia (SEC Network) L 86-64 30 G Jeff Peterson Jr 6-0 192 6.5 2.3 2.5 0.9 0.0 22.4 J 27 Vanderbilt (ESPN2) L 81-74 33 F Marshawn Powell So 6-7 220 10.8 4.3 0.9 0.7 0.4 21.6 J 29 Florida (CBS) W 71-64 11 KEY THINGS TO NOTE PLAYING ARKANSAS F 2 at Alabama (SEC Network) L 75-61 With a win against Arkansas, Mississippi State wraps up the No. 2 seed and earns the F 5 at LSU (SEC Network) W 58-57 coveted bye for next week’s SEC Tournament in Atlanta. F 9 Arkansas (SEC Network) W 67-56 MSU has won fi ve out of the last six in this series and 14 out of the last 18 overall. In F 12 at Auburn (FSN) L 65-62 Fayetteville, MSU has won three out of the last seven. The Bulldogs’ last win at Bud F 15 at Kentucky (ESPN) L 85-79 Walton Arena came in 2009, 70-56. F 19 Ole Miss (SEC Network) W 71-58 With the win against Arkansas earlier this year, MSU coach Rick Stansbury moved F 23 LSU (CSS) L 84-82 above .500 against every team in the West. F 26 at Tennessee (ESPN) W 70-69 Rick Stansbury-coached teams are 81-56 against Western Division foes in his 13 years at the helm. M 2 at Arkansas (CSS) 8 p.m. Senior forward Kodi Augustus needs just 11 more rebounds to become the 32nd player M 5 South Carolina (ESPN2) 1 p.m. at MSU to reach 500 for a career. M 10-13 SEC Tournament (Atlanta, GA) TBA With 270 victories, Rick Stansbury ranks 11th all-time in SEC history. In his last four outings, senior guard Ravern Johnson has made 23 of his 39 shots ^ - Mississippi Coliseum (Jackson, MS) (.590), while making 14 of his 22 3-pointers (.636). @ - Battle of the Atlantis (Paradise Island, Bahamas) Against Tennessee, both Kodi Augustus (15 points, 10 rebounds) and Dee Bost (14 % - Diamondhead Classic (Honolulu, HI) points, 10 assists) had double-doubles to mark the fi rst time this season MSU had two % - Orleans Arena (Las Vegas, NV) players achieve that feat in the same game. On the year, MSU players have recorded 11 double-doubles. At Tennessee, senior guard Riley Benock moved past Derrick Zimmerman for the third-most games played at MSU at 128. Jarvis Varnado and Barry Stewart hold the COACHING FACTS record of 141. Ravern Johnson stands at fi fth with 125 games. Dee Bost is now 86 assists shy of tying Derrick Zimmerman’s school record of 514 after MISSISSIPPI STATE he dished out nine for the second-straight game Wednesday against LSU. Coach: Rick Stansbury Record at MSU: 270-153, 13th year Junior guard Dee Bost has MEET ARKANSAS Overall Record: Same enjoyed great success against Arkansas enters Wednesday’s key SEC show- Record vs. Arkansas: 14-13 Arkansas during his career. down having won two-straight games and four out In five gamesaamesmes aagagainstg the of the last fi ve overall. ARKANSAS Razorbacks,ks, he’he’ss scored 88 The Razorbacks have also been tough to beat at Coach: John Pelphrey points for aann aveavaverager of 17.6 home, where they are 15-3. scoring clip. EarlierEarl this year at In their last outing at Bud Walton Arena, they de- Record at Arkansas: 69-56, 4th season the Hump, ?he totaled 18 in the feated then No. 22 Kentucky. The Hogs are led in Overall Record: 149-123, 9th season Record vs. MSU: 2-5 DID YOU KNOW Bulldogs’ 67-56 victory. scoring by Rotnei Clarke at 14.4 D eecadec a d e of CCHAMPIONSHIPSH A M P I O N S H I P S MMISSISSIPPIISSISSIPPI SSTATETATE BBASKETBALLASKETBALL GAME 29: ARKANSAS LAST 10 VERSUS ARKANSAS (6-4) Statistical Comparison Date Where Result Date Where Result 2010-11 Stats MSU OPP Feb. 14, 2007 Starkville W, 84-60 Jan. 10, 2009 Fayetteville W, 70-56 2010-11 Record .....................15-13 18-10 Feb. 28, 2007 Fayetteville L, 67-58 Feb. 7, 2009 Starkville W, 86-77 Conference Record ...................7-7 7-7 Mar. 10, 2007 Atlanta L, 81-72 Jan. 14, 2010 Starkville W, 82-80 Jan. 30, 2008 Fayetteville L, 78-58 Jan. 28, 2010 Fayetteville L, 67-62 Scoring ....................................69.1 70.4 Feb. 16, 2008 Starkville W, 80-74 Feb. 9, 20111 Starkville W, 67-56 Scoring Defense ......................69.8 65.1 Scoring Margin .........................-0.6 +5.3 MSU ENJOYS MORE NON-CONFERENCE SUCCESS Field Goal Pct. .........................43.1 43.5 Including last year’s 13-4 mark in non-conference action, coupled with Opp. FG Pct.............................41.5 40.2 this season’s 8-6 record, Mississippi State has compiled a 142-49 (.744) 3-Point FG Pct. ........................35.4 35.1 record against non-conference opponents during the Rick Stansbury era Opp. 3-Point FG Pct. ...............32.7 30.1 (since 1998-99), including a 132-39 (.772) regular-season mark. Free Throw Pct. .......................71.5 69.5 Opp. FT Pct. ............................64.5 72.1 MISSISSIPPI STATE’S RECORD WHEN . Rebounding Average ...............36.1 34.8 During the Rick Stansbury era, the Bulldogs are: 210-37 (8-6 this Opp. Rebounding Avg. ............37.5 37.6 year) when leading at halftime; 152-36 (7-3) when shooting 45 percent or Rebound Margin .......................-1.5 -2.8 better from the fi eld; 228-72 (14-6) when the opposition shoots less than Assists .....................................12.4 12.0 45 percent from the fi eld; 209-79 (9-6) when out-rebounding or tying op- Turnovers ................................13.5 13.4 ponents; and 164-31 (10-3) when holding opponents to 65 points or less. Turnover Margin .......................-2.3 +1.5 Steals.........................................5.4 7.6 FEBRUARY RECORD UNDER STANSBURY Blocked Shots............................4.3 6.2 Including last year’s 5-3 record, coupled with this year’s 4-4 mark, the Bulldogs are 54-44 (.551) 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 90-86 Johnson ........ 17.1 Clarke ......... 14.4 (.511) in February. Bost .............. 16.2 Powell ......... 10.8 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. Sidney............. 7.4 Johnson ...........7.4 In 28 games this year, the Bulldogs are nearly on the same pace, hav- Augustus......... 7.4 Powell .............4.3 ing drained 217 of their 613 attempts for an 7.8 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 ................ 6.0 Nobles ........... 2.9 tory. Darryl Wilson currently holds the top two spots with 97 in 1996 and Benock............ 2.3 Peterson ...........2.5 94 in 1995. Johnson is nearly on the same pace from a year ago.