MMISSISSIPPIISSISSIPPI SSTATETATE BBASKETBALLASKETBALL GAME 3: SOUTH ALABAMA MMISSISSIPPIISSISSIPPI SSTATETATE BBULLDOGSULLDOGS Gregg Ellis, Media RelaƟ ons Contact 662.325.3595 (O) or 662.418.8494 (C) gellis@athleƟ cs.msstate.edu www.mstateathleƟ cs.com @msuhoopsgregg or @mstateMBK MISSISSIPPI STATE (1-1) VS. SOUTH ALABAMA (0-0) 2011-12 MISSISSIPPI STATE SCHEDULE Saturday, November 12, 2011 1 p.m. Date Opponent Score/Time Humphrey Coliseum (10,500) TV: None N 7 # Eastern Kentucky W 76-66 Series: MSU leads, 11-1 N 9 # Akron (ESPNU) L 68-58 Last Meeting: MSU, 79-60 (12-13-08) N 12 South Alabama 1 p.m. SiriusXM Radio: NA N 17 @ Texas A&M (ESPN2) 6 p.m. N 18 @ Arizona/St. John’s (ESPN2) TBA N 21 Louisiana-Monroe 7 p.m. SATURDAY’S PROJECTED LINEUP N 25 UT-Martin 7 p.m. MISSISSIPPI STATE STARTERS N 27 North Texas 1:30 p.m. No. P Name Year Ht. Wt. PPG RPG Asst. Steals Blocks Minutes 1 F Renardo Sidney Jr 6-10 285 10.5 4.0 0.5 1.5 1.5 24.0 D 3 ! West Virginia (ESPNU) 8 p.m. 3 G Dee Bost Sr 6-2 176 18.0 5.5 4.0 2.5 1.0 35.0 D 10 Troy (SportSouth) 3 p.m. 4 G Rodney Hood Fr 6-8 204 11.0 6.5 2.5 0.0 0.5 34.5 D 13 Florida Atlantic (CSS) 8 p.m. 22 G Brian Bryant Sr 6-3 168 6.5 5.5 1.5 0.0 1.0 32.0 D 17 at Detroit (Fox Sports Detroit) 11 a.m. 23 F Arnett Moultrie Jr 6-11 249 10.5 12.0 1.0 1.5 1.0 36.0 D 22 ^ Northwestern State 7 p.m. D 28 % Baylor (ESPN2) 8 p.m. SOUTH ALABAMA STARTERS D 31 Utah State 1 p.m. No. P Name Year Ht. Wt. PPG RPG Asst. Steals Blocks Minutes 1 G Trey Anderson Jr 6-3 185 J 7 at Arkansas (SEC Network) 8 p.m. 3 G Xavier Roberson Jr 6-1 180 J 12 Tennessee (ESPN or ESPN2) 8 p.m. 10 G Wendell Wright Jr 6-5 185 J 14 Alabama (SEC Network) 3 p.m. 21 F Augustine Rubit So 6-3 235 J 18 at Ole Miss (CS) 8 p.m. 32 F Javier Carter Jr 6-6 215 J 21 Vanderbilt (ESPN2) 6 p.m. J 25 LSU (SEC Network) 7 p.m. 11 THINGS TO NOTE AS MSU PLAYS SOUTH ALABAMA J 28 at Florida (SEC Network) 12:30 p.m. The Bulldogs are looking to avoid their fi rst 1-2 start since the 1977-78 season when Ron Greene was the coach. That year, MSU fi nished 18-9 overall and 13-5 in the SEC. F 4 Auburn (SEC Network) 3 p.m. Rick Stansbury currently ranks 11th in the SEC with 273 wins, fi ve behind Ray Mears F 9 Ole Miss (ESPN or ESPN2) 6 p.m. (Tennessee) and Roy Skinner (Vanderbilt) for the 9th most. F 11 Georgia (SEC Network) 12:30 p.m. In the loss to Akron, MSU made just two 3-pointers. The last time MSU was limited to F 14 at LSU (ESPNU) 8 p.m. just two treys was in January of 2010 against Alabama. F 18 at Auburn (FSN) 7 p.m. South Alabama is the fi rst of fi ve Sun Belt Conference teams Mississippi State will play F 21 Kentucky (ESPN) 8 p.m. this season. Rodney Hood is the true freshman to score in double-digits in his fi rst two games F 25 at Alabama (ESPN or ESPN 2) 5 p.m. wearing the Maroon & White since Mario Austin in 2000-01. Austin opened his career by F 29 at South Carolina (SEC Network) 7 p.m. scoring in double-digits in his fi rst three games. M 3 Arkansas (FSN) 8 p.m. Dee Bost, who was tabbed preseason fi rst-team All-SEC in the media and coaches M 8-11 SEC Tournament (New Orleans) TBA polls, is now just 57 assists shy of breaking the school record of 514 held by Derrick Zimmerman (2000-03). # - 2K Sports Classic (Starkville); @ - 2K Sports Classic (New York Renardo Sidney was named second-team All-SEC earlier this week by the coaches. City); !- Big East/SEC Challenge; ^ - Mississippi Coliseum (Jackson, Dee Bost scored 13 points against Akron to move into 25th place in the MSU record MS); % - American Airlines Center (Dallas, TX) books with 1,156 points. He moved past Gary Hooker (1,144). South Alabama returns just one starter from last year’s team that posted a 12-16 re- cord, and that’s 2011 Sun Belt Freshman of the Year, Augustine Rubit. Last year marked USA’s fi rst losing season since the 2005 campaign. Rick Stansbury has six victories against the Jaguars, the most against any non-con- COACHING FACTS ference team in his 14 years at the helm. In season openers, South Alabama is 29-14 all-time and has won six in a row. MISSISSIPPI STATE Coach: Rick Stansbury Record at MSU: 273-155, 14th year What’s Next Bost Chasing More Than Overall Record: Same Just Assist Record This Year Record vs. South Alabama: 6-1 While Dee Bost is closing in on the all-time assist record, he’s also quielty climbing his way toward the top of the steals SOUTH ALABAMA chart. Coach: Ronnie Arrow To date, Bost rankes 10th all-time with 132 steals. To crack Record at Akron: 189-144 (13) Who: Texas A&M the Top 5, he needs 29 more to tie Timmy Bowers. Atop the When: Nov. 17 record book is Ray White (1976-79) with 217. If Bost main- Overall Record: 323-235, 21st year Time: 6 p.m. Record vs. Mississippi State: 1-6 TV: ESPN2 tains his 2.5 average, he’ll fi nish with 207 to rank second. D eecadec a d e of CCHAMPIONSHIPSH A M P I O N S H I P S MMISSISSIPPIISSISSIPPI SSTATETATE BBASKETBALLASKETBALL GAME 3: SOUTH ALABAMA Statistical Comparison BULLDOGS HAVE ENJOYED GREAT 2011-12 Stats MSU OPP SUCCESS AGAINST SUN BELT FOES 2011-12 Record .........................1-1 Mississippi State has experienced a wealth of great success against Conference Record ...................0-0 teams that currently comprise the Sun Belt Conference, as it holds a 62- Scoring ....................................67.0 14 advantage. Scoring Defense ......................67.0 Saturday’s matchup against South Alabama is the fi rst of fi ve Sun Belt Scoring Margin ........................+0.0 foes for MSU this season, as it plays Florida Atlantic, Troy, North Texas Field Goal Pct. .........................41.6 and Louisiana-Monroe later in the season. The team the Bulldogs have played the most is Louisiana Lafayette, Opp. FG Pct.............................44.1 winning 11 of the 15 outings. 3-Point FG Pct. ........................28.6 Last year, Mississippi State went 1-1 against the league, defeating Troy Opp. 3-Point FG Pct. ...............27.9 before losing to Florida Atlantic. Free Throw Pct. .......................68.2 Opp. FT Pct. ............................71.4 NOVEMBER DOMINANCE UNDER STANSBURY Rebounding Average ...............42.0 Including last year’s 4-1 mark, coupled with this season’s 1-1 ledger, Opp. Rebounding Avg. ............31.4 Rebound Margin ....................+10.5 the Bulldogs are 50-18 (.735) in the month of November since Rick Stans- Assists .....................................10.5 bury was named head coach. Turnovers ................................16.5 Dating back to the 1986-87 season when Richard Williams was over- Turnover Margin .......................-4.0 seeing the program, Mississippi State owns a composite ledger of 76-21 Steals.........................................6.5 (.784) in November. Blocked Shots............................5.5 MSU ENJOYS MORE NON-CONFERENCE SUCCESS Statistical Leaders Including last year’s 8-6 mark in non-conference action, coupled with Scoring this year’s 1-1 record, Mississippi State has compiled a 143-50 (.741) MSU PPG OPP PPG record against non-conference opponents during the Rick Stansbury era Bost .............. 18.0 (since 1998-99), including a 133-40 (.769) regular-season mark. Hood ............. 11.0 Rebounding MISSISSIPPI STATE’S RECORD WHEN . MSU RPG OPP RPG During the Rick Stansbury era, the Bulldogs are: 212-38 (1-0 this Moultrie ......... 12.5 year) when leading at halftime; 154-37 (1-0) when shooting 45 percent or Hood ............... 6.5 better from the fi eld; 230-72 (1-0) when the opposition shoots less than 45 percent from the fi eld; 212-81 (1-1) when out-rebounding or tying op- Assists ponents; and 165-31 when holding opponents to 65 points or less. MSU APG OPP APG Bost ................ 4.0 BOMBS AWAY . AGAIN AND AGAIN Hood ............... 2.5 In 2009-10, Mississippi State set a single-season record with 296 made Blocks 3-pointers, an average of 8.2 an outing. MSU BPG OPP BPG In 31 games last year, the Bulldogs were nearly on the same pace, Sidney............. 1.5 having drained 246 of their 680 attempts for an 7.9 average. Three tied at ... 1.0 Early this year, the Bulldogs are off that torrid pace somewhat, as they’ve drained just 10 in two games, including two on Wednesday Steals against Akron in a 68-58 setback. MSU SPG OPP SPG Bost ................ 2.5 1,000 POINT CLUB WELCOMED NEWEST MEMBERS Sidney/Moultrie . 1.5 On Feb. 9 against Arkansas at Humphrey Coliseum, junior guard Dee Field Goal Percentage Bost became the 33rd MSU player to score 1,000 points for a career.