2012-13 Game 27 • South Carolina • Feb. 24, 2013 WBB CONTACT: BROCK TURNIPSEED, ASST. MEDIA RELATIONS DIRECTOR Address: 55 Coliseum Blvd. Humphrey Coliseum, Room 202 Mississippi State, MS 39762 Office Phone: (662) 325-7556 Cell Phone: (662) 418-7409 Fax: (662) 325-3654 E-Mail: [email protected] WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Twitter: @brockt_msu or @mstateWBK 2012-13 BULLDOG MISSISSIPPI STATE BASKETBALL SCHEDULE (12-14, 4-9 SEC) NOVEMBER BULLDOGS 9 Fri. Houston W, 72-66 Head Coach: Vic Schaefer (1st Season) 12 Mon. Hampton L, 56-48 16 Fri. Louisiana Tech W, 57-55 vs. Hardwood Tournament of Hope Puerto Vallarta, Mexico #15 SOUTH CAROLINA 20 Tues. % Winthrop L, 61-59 21 Wed. % UC Santa Barbara L, 60-43 GAMECOCKS (21-5, 9-4 SEC) 22 Thurs. % Central Florida L, 64-56 Head Coach: Dawn Staley (5th Season) 28 Wed. Savannah State W, 70-55 Sunday, February 24, 2013 | 2 p.m. CT DECEMBER Columbia, S.C. (Colonial Life Arena) 1 Sat. at Southern Mississippi L, 61-59 Television: None 7 Fri. Florida Atlantic W, 59-58 Radio: WKBB-FM 100.9 & WXWX-FM 96.3 16 Sun. Florida A&M W, 67-57 20 Thurs. Jacksonville State W, 69-54 Live Audio & Video: www.hailstate.com/hstvlive (Subscription) 28 Fri. Northwestern State W, 65-49 Twitter: @mstateWBK | Facebook: mstateWBK 29 Sat. Troy W, 82-60 SERIES HISTORY JANUARY 3 Thu. * at Vanderbilt L, 92-41 Overall Series Record: Mississippi State leads 16-12 6 Sun. * #15 South Carolina L, 60-46 Last Meeting: USC 60-46 (1/6/13 in Starkville) 10 Thurs. * Florida (SUN) L, 61-55 13 Sun. * at LSU (CST) L, 62-42 BULLDOG BITES... 17 Thurs. * at #5 Kentucky L, 100-47 ► Mississippi State embarks on its next-to-last roadtrip of the season Sunday when it ventures to Columbia, S.C., for a 24 Thurs. * #16 Texas A&M L, 81-33 rematch against No. 15 South Carolina. 27 Sun. * Ole Miss W, 72-57 31 Thurs. * at #9 Tennessee (CSS/ESPN3) L, 88-45 ► The teams met Jan. 6 in Starkville, with the Gamecocks escaping with a 60-46 win in the MSU’s home SEC opener. ► That earlier win by South Carolina was its third-straight in the series, but MSU leads the overall tally 16-12. Prior to FEBRUARY USC’s win streak, MSU had won four-consecutive meetings from 2008-10. 3 Sun. * Arkansas (SPSO) W, 47-44 ► The Bulldogs head to Columbia following a 75-51 win against Alabama at home on Thursday. South Carolina 10 Sun. * at Missouri (SECN) W, 61-56 had an open date following last Sunday’s 62-47 win at Ole Miss. 14 Thurs. * at Ole Miss L, 65-51 ► Thursday’s 24-point win is the largest margin of victory for State this season. MSU also claimed its second- 17 Sun. * LSU (SPSO) L, 63-41 largest rebounding margin (55) since the team pulled down 65 in the season-opening win against Houston. 21 Thurs. * Alabama W, 75-51 The +15 margin was the largest since a +17 edge against Florida Atlantic (Dec. 7). 24 Sun. * at South Carolina 2 p.m. ► Redshirt sophomore Carnecia Williams scored 25 points, one off her career high set against Savannah State. 28 Thurs. * Georgia 7 p.m. Williams has paced MSU in scoring the past two games. ► Sophomore Martha Alwal claimed her league-best 14th double-double with 18 points and 15 rebounds. Alwal MARCH also swatted a season-high eight shots. 3 Sun. at Auburn 2 p.m. 6-10 SEC Tournament (Duluth, Ga.) All Times Central BULLDOGS’ POTENTIAL STARTERS (Based On Previous Game) Home Games In Bold % Hardwood Tournament of Hope * Denotes SEC Game BULLDOGS IN SOCIAL MEDIA 11 14 2 23 10 TM Katia Kendra Darriel Carnecia Martha MAY GRANT GAYNOR WILLIAMS ALWAL Twitter.com/mstateWBK G • Jr. • 5-2 G • So. • 5-11 G • Sr. • 5-6 F • RSo. • 6-3 F/C • So. • 6-4 2012-13 Stats 2012-13 Stats 2012-13 Stats 2012-13 Stats 2012-13 Stats PPG ...............................5.5 PPG ............................12.2 PPG ...............................5.6 PPG ...............................8.4 PPG ............................12.2 RBD ...............................2.0 RBD ...............................4.6 RBD ...............................2.1 RBD ...............................5.2 RBD ...............................9.8 AST ................................3.5 AST ................................1.2 AST ................................1.3 AST ................................0.9 AST ................................0.9 BLK ................................0.0 BLK ................................0.2 BLK ................................0.2 BLK ................................0.5 BLK ................................2.6 Facebook.com/mstateWBK STL.................................1.3 STL.................................1.4 STL.................................1.5 STL.................................1.1 STL.................................0.8 MIN ............................22.5 MIN ............................34.2 MIN ............................25.2 MIN ............................25.3 MIN ............................30.9 1 WWW.HAILSTATE.COM | TWITTER.COM/MSTATEWBK | FACEBOOK.COM/MSTATEWBK 1 MISSISSIPPI STATE BULLDOG BASKETBALL • 2012-13 Game 27 • South Carolina • Feb. 24, 2013 VIC SCHAEFER HEAD COACH A veteran coach of 28 seasons, Schaefer embarks on his journey as head coach of the Bulldogs looking to build a program that consistently rates among the best in the nation. That is something Schaefer has done at every stop in his coaching career, includ- ing his most recent stops at Arkansas and Texas A&M. He has helped construct winners by teaching intense, high-pressure defense, and compiling some of the nation’s top-ranked recruiting classes. In those 15 seasons in Fayetteville and College Station, Schaefer’s defenses helped his squads to the postseason all but once (his first season at Texas A&M) while averaging 22 wins a year. Schaefer, who has been part of 413 wins in his 25-year collegiate coaching SEC STANDINGS career, has become one of the nation’s premier teachers of defense, earning the moniker the “Secretary of Defense.” SEC OVERALL His defenses helped Arkansas and Texas A&M to 11 NCAA Tournament appear- ances. In his first season in Fayetteville, the Razorbacks advanced to the Final Four before TEAM W L PCT. W L PCT. making three more trips to the second round. With his alma mater, he won a national championship while helping the program to a Tennessee 12 1 .923 21 5 .808 pair of Sweet 16 appearances, an Elite Eight showing, two trips to the second round and a first-round berth. Kentucky 11 2 .846 23 3 .885 In his nine years as associate head coach to friend and mentor Gary Blair at Texas A&M, his teams consistently were atop the Big 12 in turnovers caused, steals, turnover margin and assist-to-turnover ratio. Texas A&M 11 2 .846 21 6 .778 In 2011, his smothering defense topped the nation in turnover margin en route to guiding the Aggies to the NCAA Georgia 10 3 .769 22 4 .846 national championship in the program’s first trip to the Women’s Final Four. That squad also earned Texas A&M’s first No. South Carolina 9 4 .692 21 5 .808 1 national ranking while finishing the season with a 33-5 record, the most wins in school history. Vanderbilt 7 6 .538 17 9 .654 The following season, his final Texas A&M squad finished first in the Big 12 in turnover margin en route to advancing LSU 7 6 .538 16 10 .615 to a fifth-straight conference tournament title game and the Sweet 16 in the team’s seventh-consecutive NCAA Tourna- ment appearance. Arkansas 5 8 .385 17 9 .654 Schaefer was also part of Texas A&M squads that won two Big 12 Tournament titles (2010 & 2008) and the confer- Florida 4 9 .308 15 12 .556 ence regular season title in 2007. In addition to the 2011 national championship, Schaefer helped coach the Aggies to the Mississippi State 4 9 .308 12 14 .462 2009 Sweet 16 and the 2008 Elite Eight. Missouri 4 9 .308 15 12 .556 Not only has Schaefer proven himself as one of the nation’s premier defensive coaches, but he has also been one of the top recruiters in women’s basketball, helping ink nine Top 20 recruiting classes during his tenures at Texas A&M Auburn 3 10 .231 14 12 .538 and Arkansas. His strong reputation as a coach and recruiter earned him BasketballScoop.com’s 2009 Assistant Coach Alabama 2 11 .154 12 14 .462 of the Year. Ole Miss 2 11 .154 9 17 .346 While at Texas A&M, he played an integral role in the Aggies finishing among the country’s Top 10 signing classes four-straight years. His final class with the Aggies rated as the nation’s No. 2 signing class, and he helped land the nation’s top class during the 2011 national championship run. In addition to 2012’s No. 2 class and 2011’s top-rated class, the MISSISSIPPI STATE QUICK FACTS Aggies’ 2010 signing class ranked No. 5 nationally and tops in the Big 12. A year earlier, he helped ink the Big 12’s No. 2 class and the sixth-best in the country. Location: Starkville, Miss. In 2007, Schaefer earned the opportunity to coach the United States William Jones Cup Team, leading that squad to a bronze medal in Taipei, Taiwan. He also joined with Athletes in Action to coach some of the top women’s college players Founded: February 28, 1878 in the nation. The only associate head coach to be named head coach of the USA Jones Cup Team, Schaefer guided Team Enrollment: 20,424 USA to a 4-2 record in pool play with wins against Japan, New Zealand, Korea and Chinese Taipei. Colors: Maroon (PMS 202) and White The opportunity to earn international coaching experience came a year after Schaefer helped lead the 2005-06 Ag- Nickname: Bulldogs gies to the first round of the NCAA Tournament.