GAME 4 [PRESEASON WNIT CHAMPIONSHIP] • SUN., NOV. 23, 2014 • 2:05 P.M. • STARKVILLE, MISS. • CBS SPORTS NETWORK 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 SCHEDULE/RESULTS GAME INFORMATION Date ......................Sunday, Nov. 23 DATE OPPONENT TV TIME Time ...........................2:05 p.m. CST N9 ARKANSAS-FORT SMITH (EXH.) SECN+ W, 114-58 Location ............... Starkville, Miss. Radio ..........................WMXU 106.1 Preseason WNIT (Nov. 14-23) TV .................. CBS Sports Network Talent ........ Thad Anderson (pxp) N14 MERCER SECN+ W, 97-66 ......................... Curt Miller (analyst) N16 ARKANSAS ST. SECN+ W, 93-83 Twitter ..................@HailStateWBK N20 #16/17 WEST VIRGINIA SECN+ W, 74-61 SERIES HISTORY N23 WESTERN KENTUCKY CBSN 2 P.M. Series.......................WKU leads 1-0 MISSISSIPPI STATE Home ........................................0-0 WESTERN KENTUCKY N25 LOUISIANA-MONROE SECN+ 7 P.M. Away .........................................0-1 N29 at New Orleans 2 p.m. BULLDOGS Neutral .....................................0-0 LADY TOPPERS Last Meeting D2 NORTH DAKOTA STATE SECN+ 7 P.M. 3-0 ..................WKU 56-53 (3/22/07 @ WKU) 3-0 D7 SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA SECN+ 2 P.M. D11 LOUISIANA TECH SECN+ 7 P.M. BULLDOG BITES... D14 at Southern Miss ASN 2 p.m. D15 MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE SECN+ 7 P.M. ► Mississippi State will host the Preseason WNIT championship game Sunday afternoon, taking on Western D17 at Louisiana-Lafayette 11 a.m. Kentucky at 2 p.m. on CBS Sports Network. ► Both teams are receiving votes in both the Associated Press and WBCA/USA Today Top 25 polls. Las Vegas Holiday Hoops Classic (Dec. 20-21) D20 vs. Illinois-Chicago 9:30 p.m. ► Sunday will be the second meeting with Western Kentucky and the first in Starkville. The only meeting came D21 vs. Miami (Ohio) 4 p.m. in the 2007 postseason WNIT, a game won 56-53 by the Lady Toppers in Bowling Green. D29 ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF SECN+ 7 P.M. ► It is MSU's first WNIT championship game appearance and the first by an SEC school since LSU in 2007. The last SEC school to win the tournament was Georgia in 1999. J2 * GEORGIA SECN+ 3 P.M. J4 * at Missouri SECN+ 2 p.m. ► State advanced to the championship game with a 74-61 upset of No. 16 West Virginia Thursday night. J8 * ARKANSAS FSN 8 P.M. ► Thursday's win gives the Bulldogs a victory in 10 of their last 13 games at Humphrey Coliseum. J11 * at Vanderbilt SECN+ 2 p.m. ► J15 * LSU SECN+ 7 P.M. The semifinal win was MSU's fourth against a ranked opponent under head coach Vic Schaefer. It was the J18 * ALABAMA FSN 3 P.M. first against a Top 25 non-conference foe in his two-plus seasons. J22 * at Ole Miss SECN 8 p.m. ► MSU is looking to go 4-0 in back-to-back campaigns for the first time since the 2008-09 and 2009-10 seasons. J26 * at Auburn SECN 8 p.m. ► Mississippi State is scoring at an 88.0 clip, the fifth-best mark in the SEC. J29 * VANDERBILT SECN+ 7 P.M. ► The Bulldogs have had at least eight players score in each of the first three games. F1 * at Tennessee SECN 2 p.m. ► Freshman Victoria Vivians scored 26 points Thursday. Her 20.3 average is fourth in the SEC and the best F8 * TEXAS A&M SECN 2 P.M. among league rookies. F12 * at Kentucky SECN 6 p.m. F15 * FLORIDA SECN 3 P.M. F22 * at Alabama SECN+ 2 p.m. BULLDOGS’ POTENTIAL STARTERS (Based On Previous Game) F26 * at South Carolina FSN 6 p.m. M1 * OLE MISS FSN 1 P.M. SEC Tournament — North Little Rock, Ark. (March 4-8) M4-8 SEC Tournament All Times Central Home Games In Bold * — Denotes SEC Game 13 00 21 45 35 Ketara Dominique Jerica Chinwe Victoria BULLDOGS IN SOCIAL MEDIA CHAPEL DILLINGHAM JAMES OKORIE VIVIANS @HailStateWBK F • So. • 6-1 G • So. • 5-9 G • Sr. • 5-5 C • So. • 6-5 F • Fr. • 6-1 2014-15 Stats 2014-15 Stats 2014-15 Stats 2014-15 Stats 2014-15 Stats PPG ............................11.0 PPG ..............................6.3 PPG ..............................4.3 PPG ..............................6.7 PPG ............................20.3 Facebook.com/ RBD .............................7.0 RBD .............................4.0 RBD .............................1.7 RBD .............................8.7 RBD .............................3.7 AST ..............................0.7 AST ..............................1.3 AST ..............................3.0 AST ..............................0.7 AST ..............................1.0 HailStateWBK BLK ..............................0.3 BLK ..............................0.3 BLK ..............................0.0 BLK ..............................1.3 BLK ..............................0.0 STL ...............................1.0 STL ...............................1.3 STL ...............................0.7 STL ...............................0.3 STL ...............................1.3 HailStateWBK FG% ......................62.5% FG% ......................33.3% FG% ......................50.0% FG% ......................42.9% FG% ......................39.2% FT% .......................75.0% FT% .......................66.7% FT% .......................75.0% FT% .......................33.3% FT% .......................68.4% WWW.HAILSTATE.COM | @HAILSTATEWBK | FACEBOOK.COM/HAILSTATEWBK MISSISSIPPI STATE BULLDOG BASKETBALL • 2014-15 Game 4 • Western Kentucky [Preseason WNIT] • November 23, 2014 MISSISSIPPI STATE 2014-15 ROSTER NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl. Exp. Hometown/School 00 Dominique Dillingham G 5-9 So. 1L Spring, Texas (Klein Collins HS) 1 Blair Schaefer G 5-7 Fr. HS Starkville, Miss. (Starkville HS) 2 Morgan William G 5-5 Fr. HS Birmingham, Ala. (Shades Valley HS) 3 Breanna Richardson F 6-1 So. 1L Conyers, Ga. (Rockdale County HS) 5 Sherise Williams F 6-1 Jr. 2L St. Louis, Mo. (McCluer HS) 10 Martha Alwal C 6-4 Sr. 3L Worthington, Minn. (Worthington HS) 13 Ketara Chapel F 6-1 So. 1L Temple, Texas (Temple HS) 14 Kendra Grant G 5-11 Sr. 3L Richland, Miss. (Richland HS) 21 Jerica James G 5-5 Sr. 3L Wynne, Ark. (North Little Rock HS) 23 Kayla Nevitt G 5-10 Fr. HS Houston, Texas (Andy Dekaney HS) 35 Victoria Vivians F 6-1 Fr. HS Carthage, Miss. (Scott Central HS) 44 LaKaris Salter F 6-1 Fr. HS Tallahassee, Fla. (Florida A&M DRS) 45 Chinwe Okorie C 6-5 So. SQ Lagos, Nigeria (Stoneleigh-Burnham [Mass.] Prep) 51 Savannah Carter G 5-9 Sr. 1L Tulsa, Okla. (Trinity Valley CC) ALPHABETICAL ROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl. Exp. Hometown/School 10 Martha Alwal C 6-4 Sr. 3L Worthington, Minn. (Worthington HS) 51 Savannah Carter G 5-9 Sr. 1L Tulsa, Okla. (Trinity Valley CC) 13 Ketara Chapel F 6-1 So. 1L Temple, Texas (Temple HS) 00 Dominique Dillingham G 5-9 So. 1L Spring, Texas (Klein Collins HS) 14 Kendra Grant G 5-11 Sr. 3L Richland, Miss. (Richland HS) 21 Jerica James G 5-5 Sr. 3L Wynne, Ark. (North Little Rock HS) 23 Kayla Nevitt G 5-10 Fr. HS Houston, Texas (Andy Dekaney HS) 45 Chinwe Okorie C 6-5 So. SQ Lagos, Nigeria (Stoneleigh-Burnham [Mass.] Prep) 3 Breanna Richardson F 6-1 So. 1L Conyers, Ga. (Rockdale County HS) 44 LaKaris Salter F 6-1 Fr. HS Tallahassee, Fla. (Florida A&M DRS) 1 Blair Schaefer G 5-7 Fr. HS Starkville, Miss. (Starkville HS) 35 Victoria Vivians F 6-1 Fr. HS Carthage, Miss. (Scott Central HS) 2 Morgan William G 5-5 Fr. HS Birmingham, Ala. (Shades Valley HS) 5 Sherise Williams F 6-1 Jr. 2L St. Louis, Mo. (McCluer HS) COACHING STAFF PRONOUNCIATION GUIDE Head Coach: Vic Schaefer — 3rd Season (Texas A&M, 1984) Martha Alwal ALL-Wall Associate Head Coach: Johnnie Harris — 3rd Season (Arkansas Baptist, 1996) Ketara Chapel Kah-TARE-ah CHAP-ul Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coord.: Aqua Franklin — 3rd Season (Texas A&M, 2009) Jerica James JER-i-ca Chinwe Okorie CHIN-way Oh-CORE-ee Assistant Coach: Elena Lovato — 1st Season (Pittsburg State, 2008) Breanna Richardson Bree-AHN-ah Director of Operations: Maryann Baker — 3rd Season (Texas A&M, 2011) LaKaris Salter La-CARE-is Director of Scouting/Video Coord.: Skylar Collins — 2nd Season (Texas A&M, 2012) Sherise Williams Sha-REESE ROSTER BREAKDOWN BY CLASS BY REGION SENIORS (4) ALABAMA (1) MINNESOTA (1) OKLAHOMA (1) Martha Alwal Morgan William Martha Alwal Savannah Carter Savannah Carter Kendra Grant ARKANSAS (1) MISSISSIPPI (3) TEXAS (3) Jerica James Jerica James Kendra Grant Ketara Chapel Blair Schaefer Dominique Dillingham JUNIOR (1) FLORIDA (1) Victoria Vivians Kayla Nevitt Sherise Williams LaKaris Salter FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF SOPHOMORES (4) GEORGIA (1) MISSOURI (1) NIGERIA (1) Ketara Chapel Breanna Richardson Sherise Williams Chinwe Okorie Dominique Dillingham Chinwe Okorie Breanna Richardson FRESHMEN (5) Kayla Nevitt LaKaris Salter Blair Schaefer Victoria Vivians Morgan William WWW.HAILSTATE.COM | @HAILSTATEWBK | FACEBOOK.COM/HAILSTATEWBK MISSISSIPPI STATE BULLDOG BASKETBALL • 2014-15 Game 4 • Western Kentucky [Preseason WNIT] • November 23, 2014 GETTING TO THE BASICS VIC SCHAEFER HEAD COACH ► Mississippi State vies for the Preseason WNIT championship Sunday as it hosts Western Kentucky in the title game. ► Named Mississippi State's 7th coach on March 13, 2012. ► ► Entering his 10th season The Bulldogs advanced to the contest after upsetting No. as a head coach, holding a 16/17 West Virginia 74-61 in Starkville Thursday. 118-141 record in stints at Sam Houston State and MSU. ► Western Kentucky earned the title game bid with a 63-54 ► Has compiled a 38-31 mark home victory against Albany. in two seasons in Starkville. ► Led his second MSU squad ► Sunday's contest will be broadcast nationally on CBS Sports (2013-14) to a 22-14 record, SEC STANDINGS the most wins since the 2008-09 campaign and Network, MSU's first appearance on the network. fourth-most in school history. ► Took last season's Bulldogs to the WNIT SEC OVERALL A LOOK AT THE SERIES quarterfinals, the first time State has won three TEAM W L PCT.