2007-08 GAME NOTES GAME 31 Cassie Chance, Women’s Basketball Contact MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY Assistant Director, Athletic Media Relations Post Offi ce Box 5308 · Mississippi State, MS 39762 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 662.325.0972 (o) · 662.617.4644 (c) · 662.325.2563 (f) [email protected] · www.mstateathletics.com 2008 WOMEN’S NATIONAL INVITATION TOURNAMENT Mississippi State Lady Bulldogs (16-14) vs. Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles (20-13) Monday, March 24, 2008 · 7 p.m. CT · Reed Green Coliseum (8,095) · Hattiesburg, Miss. SCHEDULE / RESULTS SERIES INFORMATION NOVEMBER Overall series: Southern Mississippi leads 20-13 In Starkville: Series tied 8-8 9 SE LOUISIANA W, 71-55 In Hattiesburg: Southern Mississippi leads 12-5 11 CENTENARY W, 76-57 At neutral sites: Never met 15 at Belmont W, 66-51 MSU’s series streak: Won 1 18 MERCER W, 89-51 Lee-McNelis vs. MSU: 6-7 (2-1 at USM) 22 ! vs. Iowa L, 54-60 Fanning vs. USM: 6-8 (6-4 at MSU) 23 ! vs. #10 Oklahoma L, 73-88 27 ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF W, 85-56 Last Meeting: Mississippi State 77, Southern Mississippi 56 (Nov. 29, 2007 at Starkville, Miss.) 29 SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI W, 77-56 DECEMBER 2 at Memphis W, 92-57 13 at Louisiana Tech W, 63-50 16 GEORGIA TECH L, 58-70 20 MCNEESE STATE W, 94-52 30 LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE W, 80-55 JANUARY Sharon Fanning Head Coach Joye Lee-McNelis 3 at UAB W, 79-69 210-175 (13) Record at School (Yrs.) 38-49 (3) 7 MISSISSIPPI VALLEY W, 104-45 10 at Vanderbilt L, 72-50 533-401 (34) Career Record (Yrs.) 267-205 (16) 13 KENTUCKY L, 60-64 20 at #8 LSU L, 31-84 vs. Mississippi (49-54) Last Game vs. Arkansas-Little Rock (W, 67-57) 24 MISSISSIPPI W, 57-52 27 at Arkansas L, 56-42 NR/NR Ranking (AP/Coaches) NR/NR 31 ALABAMA W, 72-59 107 NCAA RPI 176 FEBRUARY 120 Real Time RPI 176 3 at Auburn L, 42-68 7 #2 TENNESSEE (CSS) L, 69-87 86 253 10 FLORIDA (RSN) W, 83-71 Real Time SOS 14 at Mississippi L, 63-75 17 #24 GEORGIA L, 56-60 Lost 3 Current Team Streak Won 1 21 at South Carolina W, 58-54 24 at #3 Tennessee (RSN) L, 46-72 Alexis Rack (11.7) Leading Scorer Pauline Love (16.4) MARCH Tysheka Grimes (6.6) Leading Rebounder Pauline Love (10.4) 2 #6 LSU (FSN) L, 49-64 Marneshia Richard (4.7) Leading Assists Andrea Barber (6.3) 6 $ #8 seed Mississippi (FSN) L, 49-54 24 & Southern Mississippi 7 p.m. MEDIA BROADCAST INFORMATION AND TICKETS Mississippi State Radio: WFCA 107.9 FM (French Camp, Miss.) ! Caribbean Challenge - Cancun, Mexico Mississippi State Internet Broadcast: www.mstateathletics.com (free audio) Southern Mississippi Radio: WXHB 96.5 FM (Hattiesburg, Miss.) $ The Sommet Center - Nashville, Tenn. Southern Mississippi Internet Broadcast: www.southernmiss.com (free audio and video) & WNIT - campus sites Live Stats: www.southernmiss.com Tickets: Call (800) 844-TICK or (601) 266-5418 or visit southernmiss.com 2007-08 GAME NOTES MISSISSIPPI STATE PROBABLE STARTERS ## Name Pos. Ht. Cl. Exp. Hometown FG% 3FG% FT% PPG RBG APG 45 Imesia Jackson F 6-1 Sr. 1L Crawford, MS .446 -- .653 7.6 4.9 0.5 24 Robin Porter F 5-11 Jr. 2L Abbeville, AL .392 .250 .857 6.9 4.7 0.9 23 Tysheka Grimes F 6-0 So. 1L Baton Rouge, LA .362 .255 .701 11.0 6.6 1.7 2 Alexis Rack G 5-7 So. 1L Franklin, LA .306 .320 .667 11.7 3.2 2.5 25 Marneshia Richard G 5-8 Jr. 2L Lamar, MS .391 .294 .776 9.7 3.0 4.7 MISSISSIPPI STATE RESERVES 33 Mary Kathryn Govero G 5-11 Fr. HS Clinton, MS .377 .231 .733 6.1 3.8 1.3 3 Donnisha Tate F 6-2 Jr. RS Oakland, CA .520 -- .559 4.6 4.7 0.5 22 Miayorka Johnson G 5-10 Sr. 3L Ripley, MS .477 .135 .667 2.6 1.0 0.4 20 Lauren Roberts F 5-11 Jr. 2L Collierville, TN .238 .214 .556 1.2 1.1 0.2 1 Danielle Rector F 6-3 Fr. HS Ringgold, GA .296 .429 .714 2.3 1.3 0.3 32 Shai Wilkins F 6-2 Fr. HS Harvest, AL .455 -- .750 1.3 1.1 0.1 42 Channa Campbell F 6-2 So. 1L Lester, AL .300 .250 .833 1.6 1.4 -- INJURY REPORT 14 Bethany Washington F 5-11 So. 1L Houma, LA out (ankle) 12 Carrie Landers G 5-8 So. 1L Paragould, AR out (does not travel) 13 Amy Reeder G 6-0 Sr. 3L Pontotoc, MS out (suspension) TEAM COMPARISON INDIVIDUAL LEADERS MSU USM MISSISSIPPI STATE SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI 1990 Scoring 2391 Alexis Rack 11.7 Scoring 16.4 Pauline Love 66.3 PPG 72.5 Tysheka Grimes 6.6 Rebounding 10.4 Pauline Love 725-1911 FGM-FGA 894-1906 Imesia Jackson 20 Charges Taken -- -- .379 FG % .469 Marneshia Richard 4.7 Assists 6.3 Andrea Barber 154-538 3FGM-3FGA 165-460 Marneshia Richard 2.0 Steals 1.6 Andrea Barber .286 3FG % .359 Robin Porter 0.9 Blocks 2.7 Stephanie Helgeson 386-572 FTM-FTA 438-569 Tysheka Grimes 119 FGM 221 Pauline Love .675 FT % .770 Donnisha Tate .520 FG % .576 Shanice Mays 39.5 Rebounds 38.8 Alexis Rack 80 3FGM 63 Kendra Reed 13.5 Assists 18.4 Danielle Rector .429 3FG % .453 Kendra Reed 17.7 Turnovers 19.4 Imesia Jackson 79 FTM 90 Kendra Reed 0.8 A/TO Ratio 0.9 Robin Porter .857 FT % .895 Erica Williams 10.0 Steals 7.5 Marneshia Richard 1.3 A/TO Ratio 1.8 Andrea Barber 3.0 Blocks 4.5 Marneshia Richard 33.8 Minutes 34.6 Kendra Reed LADY BULLDOG BASKETBALL ON THE AIR AND NET THE LAST MEETING FANNING: 500 AND COUNTING This afternoon’s game will be broadcast locally on WFCA 107.9 The Mississippi State Lady Bulldogs defeated in-state rival Mississippi State Head Coach Sharon Fanning reached the 500- FM and free audio is available via Maroon to the Max on www. Southern Mississippi, 77-56 on Nov. 29. With the win, Missis- win plateau, 31 years into her career, on Nov. 10, 2006, when the mstateathletics.com Bart Gregory will call the action. sippi State Head Coach Sharon Fanning picked up her 200th Lady Bulldogs defeated Troy. All of Fanning’s 533 career wins victory at MSU. have come at the Division I level. With a 77-56 win over Southern SCOUTING SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI Mississippi on Nov. 29, 2007, MState Head Coach Sharon Fan- Southern Mississippi enters Thursday night’s game 20-13 on the Mississippi State had three players in double fi gures for the ning got her 200th win at Mississippi State. year. USM fell to UTEP in the Conference USA semifi nals and game. Sophomore forward Tysheka Grimes scored a season- defeated Arkansas-Little Rock on Thursday evening (67-57) to high 20 points along with eight rebounds. Senior forward Imesia ALL-TIME IN THE WNIT advance to the second round of the WNIT. The Golden Eagles Jackson turned in another strong performance with 18 points, MState is 4-5 all-time in the WNIT. The Lady Bulldogs last ap- are led by Pauline Love who averages 16.4 points per game and while making it to the free-throw line a career-high 13 times. peared in the WNIT a year ago, defeating Tulane 79-73 in sec- brings down 10.4 rebounds. Andrea Barber leads the team in ond round action in Starkville before falling to Western Kentucky assists, dishing the ball out 6.3 times each game. USM has held Entering Thursday night’s game, the Golden Eagles averaged in Bowling Green, 53-56. This is the second consecutive year opponents to just 38.1 percent shooting this year. 19.3 turnovers per contest, posting a positive assist/turnover MSU has received a fi rst round bye. State has never faced an in- ratio of 1.2. Mississippi State forced USM into 30 turnovers on state rival in either the WNIT or NCAA Tournament. USM HEAD COACH JOYE LEE-MCNELIS the evening, scoring 31 points off those miscues. Southern Miss Golden Eagle Head Coach Joye Lee-McNelis is 6-7 all-time only had eight assists on the evening. MState committed just 12 MSU IN THE POSTSEASON UNDER FANNING against MSU, including a 2-1 mark in Hattiesburg. McNelis is a turnovers with 18 assists for a positive assist/turnover ratio for The Lady Bulldogs are making their ninth postseason tourna- 1984 graduate of USM and returned to her alma mater three the third time this season and second straight game. ment appearance under Head Coach Sharon Fanning and 10th years ago to take over the program. overall in the program’s 34-year history. MSU has been to the Southern Mississippi was led by forward Pauline Love who post- WNIT fi ve times and the NCAA Tournament four times. State ad- THE SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI SERIES ed a double-double for the Golden Eagles. The junior scored 20 vanced to the quarterfi nals of the 1988 WNIT in Amarillo, Texas. USM leads the all-time series with MState, 20-13. Complete se- points to go along with 11 rebounds in the game. State has advanced past the fi rst round in all but two seasons.