MMISSISSIPPIISSISSIPPI SSTATETATE BBASKETBALLASKETBALL GAME 25: KENTUCKY MISSISSIPPI STATE (13-11, 5-5) AT NO. 22 KENTUCKY (17-7, 5-5) 2010-11 MISSISSIPPI STATE SCHEDULE Tuesday,T February 15, 2011 6 p.m. Rupp Arena (23,000) Date Opponent Score/Time Series Record: Kentucky leads, 86-20 N 12 Tennessee State W 75-65 Last Year: UK won in Starkville (81-75) and SECT (75-74) N 19 Appalachian State W 76-74 TV: ESPN N 22 Detroit W 82-76 Announcers: Brad Nessler (pxp), Jimmy Dykes (analyst) N 26 Troy W 92-83 Shannon Spake (sideline reporter) N 30 Florida Atlantic L 61-59 XM/Sirus Radio: 143/122 D 11 East Tennessee State L 63-62 TUESDAY’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 5.3 1.4 0.8 0.3 0.0 17.6 D 18 @ Virginia Tech L 88-57 1 F Renardo Sidney So 6-10 275 13.1 7.3 0.6 0.8 0.9 25.3 D 22 % Washington State (ESPNU) L 83-57 3 G Dee Bost Jr 6-2 176 17.7 3.8 5.2 2.0 0.3 35.3 D 23 % San Diego (ESPNU) W 69-52 15 G Riley Benock Sr 6-4 193 7.0 3.6 2.1 1.2 0.2 31.9 D 25 % Hawaii L 68-57 24 F Kodi Augustus Sr 6-8 224 11.8 7.3 1.8 0.5 1.0 31.3 D 29 & St. Mary’s (ESPNU) L 94-72 KENTUCKY 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 1 G Darius Miller Jr 6-7 228 9.7 4.8 1.8 0.8 1.0 29.2 3 G Terrence Jones Fr 6-8 244 17.9 9.0 1.6 1.2 2.0 30.7 J 16 Auburn (FSN) W 85-66 12 G Brandon Knight Fr 6-3 185 17.4 4.0 3.7 0.6 0.3 35.0 J 22 at Georgia (SEC Network) L 86-64 34 G DeAndre Liggins Jr 6-6 210 8.9 3.8 2.8 1.5 0.6 32.3 J 27 Vanderbilt (ESPN2) L 81-74 55 F Josh Harrellson Sr 6-10 275 6.3 8.7 0.7 0.8 1.6 25.8 J 29 Florida (CBS) W 71-64 10 KEY THINGS TO NOTE PLAYING KENTUCKY F 2 at Alabama (SEC Network) L 75-61 Mississippi State has won three out of the last fi ve overall in this series, but Kentucky F 5 at LSU (SEC Network) W 58-57 has won the last two, both in overtime last year. F 9 Arkansas (SEC Network) W 67-56 MSU won its last outing in Lexington, 66-57. However, the Bulldogs have never won F 12 at Auburn (FSN) L 65-62 back-to-back games in Lexington. MSU is 5-43 in Lexington. F 15 at Kentucky (ESPN) 6 p.m. Four of the last 12 meetings between MSU and UK have gone into overtime, with the F 19 Ole Miss (SEC Network) 12:30 p.m. Bulldogs winning two of those games. F 23 LSU (CSS) 8 p.m. Under Rick Stansbury, Mississippi State is 20-50 against ranked teams, 1-9 versus F 26 at Tennessee (ESPN) 5 p.m. the Wildcats. Rick Stansbury-coached teams are 36-39 all-time against teams from the Eastern M 2 at Arkansas (CSS) 8 p.m. Division in the regular season and 46-47 overall. In the last four years, MSU is 17-11 M 5 South Carolina (ESPN or ESPN2) 1 p.m. versus the East, including action in the SEC Tournament. M 10-13 SEC Tournament (Atlanta, GA) TBA Kentucky is one of two SEC teams Rick Stansbury has a losing record against, with Tennessee being the other. ^ - Mississippi Coliseum (Jackson, MS) At Auburn on Saturday, Mississippi State blew a 19-point lead in the loss, marking the @ - Battle of the Atlantis (Paradise Island, Bahamas) largest lead surrendered in defeat since Northwestern State rallied from 21 down on % - Diamondhead Classic (Honolulu, HI) Nov. 6, 2005, to win 76-75 in overtime. % - Orleans Arena (Las Vegas, NV) In SEC play only, Dee Bost leads the league in assists (52) and steals (20) and is fourth in scoring (17.7) and third in 3-pointers made (2.7). At Auburn, Ravern Johnson became only the third player in school history to attempt 600 3-pointers for a career (Barry Stewart, 779; Darryl Wilson, 645). COACHING FACTS Senior guard Riley Benock stands fourth all-time at MSU in games played at 124. In third place is Derrick Zimmerman at 127. Jarvis Varnado and Barry Stewart hold the MISSISSIPPI STATE record of 141. Coach: Rick Stansbury Record at MSU: 268-151, 13th year MEET KENTUCKY Overall Record: Same Mississippi State’s roster has Kentucky enters Tuesday’s game having lost Record vs. Kentucky: 4-11 quite the Bluegrass State feel to three out of its last four games, including Saturday’s it. Head coachch RickRick Stansbury setback at Vanderbilt, 81-77. and assistantt Phil CCunningham KENTUCKY But at Rupp Arena, the Wildcats have been domi- are Kentuckyckyy natives,nat as is Coach: John Calipari nant, posting an 11-0 ledger. senior guardd RileRilRileyy Benock. In Kentucky has three players scoring in double- Record at Kentucky: 52-10, 2nd season addition, seniori manager Bryce ? digits, led by freshman forward Terrence Jones’ 17.9 Overall Record: 497-150, 19th season Gomes is from Kentucky. Record vs. MSU: 2-0 DID YOU KNOW clip. Guard Brandon Knight is next at 17.4. D eecadec a d e of CCHAMPIONSHIPSH A M P I O N S H I P S MMISSISSIPPIISSISSIPPI SSTATETATE BBASKETBALLASKETBALL GAME 25: KENTUCKY LAST 10 VERSUS KENTUCKY (3-7) Statistical Comparison Date Where Result Date Where Result 2010-11 Stats MSU OPP Mar. 16, 2003 New Orleans L, 64-57 Mar. 09, 2007 Atlanta W, 84-82 2010-11 Record .....................13-11 17-7 Jan. 13, 2004 Starkville L, 67-66 Jan. 15, 2008 Starkville W, 69-64 Conference Record ...................5-5 5-5 Feb. 19, 2005 Lexington L, 94-78 Feb. 03, 2009 Lexington W, 66-57 Feb. 01, 2006 Starkville L, 81-66 Feb. 16, 2010 Starkville L, 81-75 (ot) Scoring ....................................68.1 76.9 Jan. 13, 2007 Lexington L, 64-60 Mar. 14, 2010 Nashville L, 75-74 (ot) Scoring Defense ......................69.1 63.4 Scoring Margin .........................-1.0 +13.5 MSU ENJOYS MORE NON-CONFERENCE SUCCESS Field Goal Pct. .........................42.5 45.9 Including last year’s 13-4 mark in non-conference action, coupled with Opp. FG Pct.............................41.5 38.7 this season’s 8-6 record, Mississippi State has compiled a 142-49 (.744) 3-Point FG Pct. ........................34.0 39.9 record against non-conference opponents during the Rick Stansbury era Opp. 3-Point FG Pct. ...............33.2 32.9 (since 1998-99), including a 132-39 (.772) regular-season mark. Free Throw Pct. .......................71.2 71.2 Opp. FT Pct. ............................63.0 71.2 MISSISSIPPI STATE’S RECORD WHEN . Rebounding Average ...............36.2 38.8 During the Rick Stansbury era, the Bulldogs are: 210-36 (8-5 this Opp. Rebounding Avg. ............37.7 33.6 year) when leading at halftime; 151-34 (6-1) when shooting 45 percent or Rebound Margin .......................-1.5 +5.1 better from the fi eld; 226-71 (12-4) when the opposition shoots less than Assists ..................................... 11.6 13.0 45 percent from the fi eld; 209-77 (9-4) when out-rebounding or tying op- Turnovers ................................13.7 11.4 ponents; and 163-31 (9-3) when holding opponents to 65 points or less. Turnover Margin .......................-2.2 +1.3 Steals.........................................5.4 5.8 FEBRUARY RECORD UNDER STANSBURY Blocked Shots............................4.3 6.5 Including last year’s 5-3 record, coupled with this year’s 2-2 mark, the Bulldogs are 52-42 (.553) 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 88-84 Bost .............. 17.7 Jones ......... 17.9 (.512) in February. Johnson ........ 17.0 Knight ......... 17.4 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......... 7.3 Jones ...........9.0 In 24 games this year, the Bulldogs are nearly on the same pace, hav- Sidney............. 7.3 Harrellson .............8.7 ing drained 179 of their 527 attempts for an 7.5 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 ................ 5.2 Knight ........... 3.7 tory. Darryl Wilson currently holds the top two spots with 97 in 1996 and Benock............ 2.1 Liggins ...........2.8 94 in 1995. Johnson is nearly on the same pace from a year ago.