10 NCAA Appearances | 1 Final Four | 6 SEC Championships | 3 SEC Tournament Titles | 18 Postseason Appearances Basketball Media Relations Mississippi State 55 Bailey Howell Drive, Mississippi State, MS 39762 Bulldogs (0-0) GREGG ELLIS, Primary Contact (W) 662.325.3595 | (C) 662.322.0145 | [email protected] vs. Twitter: @msusportsgregg & @HailStateMBK | www.hailstate.com Norfolk State MORGAN MACGUIRE, Secondary Contact (C) 719.660.2039 | [email protected] Spartans (0-0) Twitter: @morgsmac SERIES INFORMATION GAME INFORMATION Projected Starting 5 When: Friday, Nov. 11, 2016 Series: First meeting Time: 7 p.m. 11 Quinndary Weatherspoon Home: N/A Location: Starkville 6-4 | 202 | So. | G Away: N/A Arena: Humphrey Coliseum Canton, MS Neutral: N/A TV: SEC Network+ PPG: —————————— Last Meeting: N/A PxP: Bart Gregory RPG: —————————— Mississippi State Coach: Ben Howland Analyst: Matt Wyatt FG%: —————————— MSU Record: 14-17, 2nd year Sideline: NA FT%: —————————— Career Record: 415-223, 21st year MSU Radio Network: Norfolk State Coach: Robert Jones PxP: Jim Ellis NSU Record: 56-46, 4th year Analyst: Richard Williams 15 I.J. Ready Career Record: Same Sirius/XM: NA 5-11 | 166 | Sr. | G Rixey, AR PPG: —————————— WHAT TO NOTE AS MSU PLAYS NORFOLK STATE . RPG: —————————— Mississippi State enters its 105th season of basketball having won 11 out of its last 14 season FG%: —————————— openers. FT%: —————————— Overall, the Bulldogs are 81-23 in lid-lifters and have won 24 of their last 31 dating back to the 1985-86 campaign. 23 Tyson Carter MSU is opening at home for the 10th time in the last 11 years. The last time it opened on the road 6-4 | 164 | Fr. | G was 2012-13 at Troy, a 56-53 setback. Starkville, MS Norfolk State is one of four possible teams on MSU’s schedule the Bulldogs are facing for the first PPG: —————————— time. Central Florida, Boise State and LeHigh are the other three. RPG: —————————— FG%: —————————— MSU is 8-0 against the 13 teams that currently comprise the Mid-Eastern Atlantic Conference. FT%: —————————— The team the Bulldogs has played the most is Florida A&M (3-0), while the last MEAC foe MSU faced was North Carolina Central last year, a 71-48 victory. The last time MSU had two or more freshman start in a game was last year against Vanderbilt 4 Mario Kegler (2-16-16) — Quinndary Weatherspoon, Aric Holman and Malik Newman. 6-7 | 230 | Fr. | G Jackson, MS Of the Bulldogs’ roster, 12 have never seen action. PPG: —————————— After earning Freshman All-SEC honors last year, Quinndary Weatherspoon was tabbed first- RPG: —————————— team All-SEC by the coaches and second-team by the league writers. FG%: —————————— I.J. Ready is 331 points shy of becoming the 37th player in MSU history to score 1,000 for a FT%: —————————— career. He also needs just 52 assists to move into the MSU all-time Top 10. In addition, he is 31 steals shy of moving in the MSU Top 10 record book. 35 Aric Holman Last year’s 2,323 points were the 9th-most in school history, while the 225 made 3-pointers with 6-10 | 222 | So. | F the 8th most. The Bulldogs also shot .725 from the charity stripe, the best since shooting .724 in Owensboro, KY 1972-73. PPG: —————————— In exhibition play last week, Mississippi State defeated Delta State 78-63 on Nov. 4 after leading RPG: —————————— by as many as 27 points. Freshman Mario Kegler paced MSU with 18 points, while Aric Holman FG%: —————————— added 15 to go along with his 10 rebounds. FT%: —————————— 2016-17 MISSISSIPPI STATE SCHEDULE/RESULTS NOVEMBER JANUARY 18 FLORIDA (ESPN/2) 1 p.m. 11 NORFOLK STATE (SECN+) 7 p.m. 3 ALABAMA (SECN) 7:30 p.m. 21 OLE MISS (ESPN2) 8 p.m. 25 at Vanderbilt (ESPNU) 3 p.m. CHARLESTON CLASSIC 7 at LSU (SECN) 2:30 p.m. 28 at South Carolina (ESPNU) 6 p.m. 17 vs. Central Florida (ESPN2) 4 p.m. 10 at Arkansas (SECN) 8 p.m. 14 TEXAS A&M (CBS) 12 p.m. 18 vs. Boise State/Charleston 6/9:30 p.m. MARCH 17 KENTUCKY (ESPN) 6 p.m. 20 vs. TBA TBA 4 LSU (SECN) 5 p.m. 25 LEHIGH (SECN+) 7 p.m. 21 at Tennessee (SECN) 5 p.m. 2017 SEC Tournament 28 NORTHWESTERN STATE (SECN) 6 p.m. 25 MISSOURI (SECN) 6 p.m. 28 at Alabama (SECN) 5 p.m. 8-12 SEC Tournament (SECN, ESPNU, ABC) TBA DECEMBER 31 at Ole Miss (SECN 6 p.m. ^ - Jackson, Miss (Mississippi Coliseum) 1 OREGON STATE (ESPNU) 8 p.m. ! - Nashville (Bridgestone Arena) FEBRUARY 4 GEORGIA STATE (SECN+) 4 p.m. 4 TENNESSEE (SECN) 2:30 p.m. 14 ETSU (SECN) 7 p.m. 7 at Auburn (SECN) 8 p.m. 19 Southern Miss (ESPNU) ^ 8 p.m. 11 SOUTH CAROLINA (ESPN2) 7 p.m. 22 MOREHEAD STATE (SECN) 6 p.m. 14 at Georgia (ESPNU) 8 p.m. 29 UMKC (SECN+) 7 p.m. 2016-17 Bulldog Basketball | hailstate.com Mississippi State Basketball @HailStateMBK Game 1 | Norfolk State 2016-17 MISSISSIPPI STATE NUMERICAL ROSTER GENERAL INFORMATION Location: ...................................Starkville, MS No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Exp. Hometown Founded: ...........................February 28, 1878 1 Lamar Peters G 6-0 188 Fr. HS New Orleans, LA (Landry-Walker HS) Enrollment: ..........................................21,622 Conference: .............................................SEC 2 Eli Wright G 6-4 203 Fr. HS Owensboro, KY (22 Feet Academy) Nickname:......................................... Bulldogs 3 Xavian Stapleton G 6-6 207 So. TR Flora, MS (Louisiana Tech) Colors: .................................. Maroon & White Arena: ..............Humphrey Coliseum (10,500) 4 Mario Kegler G 6-7 220 Fr. HS Jackson, MS (Oak Hill Academy) President: .......................Dr. Mark E. Keenum 5 Joe Strugg F 6-9 196 RFr. HS Montgomery, AL (G.W. Carver HS) Athletics Director: ........................John Cohen 11 Quinndary Weatherspoon G 6-4 205 So. 1L Canton, MS (Velma Jackson HS) Web Site: .......................... www.hailstate.com Twitter: ..................................@HailStateMBK 12 Drew Davis G 5-10 172 Jr. HS Atlanta, GA (Ft. Walton Beach HS) 13 Nick Singleton G 6-5 194 So. TR Decatur, GA (Kennesaw State) BASKETBALL HISTORY 15 I.J. Ready G 5-11 166 Sr. 3L Rixey, AR (Park View Magnet) First Year of Basketball: .....................1908-09 All-Time Record: .........1,361-1,159/105 years 20 Miles Washington C 6-7 202 Fr. HS New Albany, MS (New Albany HS) All-Time SEC Record: .......................571-749 23 Tyson Carter G 6-4 167 Fr. HS Starkville, MS (Starkville HS) Total Number of Head Coaches: ................20 24 Abdul Ado F 6-11 246 Fr. HS Lagos, Nigeria (Hamilton Heights HS) Humphrey Coliseum Record: ............418-171 20-Win Seasons: ........................................17 34 Schnider Herard F 6-10 250 Fr. HS Port-au-Prince (Prestonwood Christian) NCAA Tournament Appearances: ..10 (11-10) 35 Aric Holman F 6-10 222 So. 1L Owensboro, KY (Owensboro HS) NCAA Tournament Final Fours: .........1 (1996) NIT Appearances: ............................... 8 (7-8) 45 E.J. Datcher C 6-9 240 Fr. HS Harpersville, AL (Vincent HS) NIT Final Fours: .................................1 (2007) SEC Championships: ...................................6 Head Coach: Ben Howland (Weber State, 1979; 2nd year) (2004, 1991, 1963, 1962, 1961, 1959) Assistant Coaches: George Brooks (Mississippi State, 1997; 7th year) SEC Tournament Championships: ...............3 Korey McCray (Mercer, 2001; 2nd year) (2009, 2002 and 1996) Ernie Zeigler (Cleary College, 1994; 2nd year) SEC Tournament Record: ......................29-53 Director of Basketball Operations: Michael Moynihan SEC Western Division Titles: ........................7 Director of Basketball Performance: David Deets (2010, 2008, 2007, 2004, 2003, 1996, 1995) Graduate Assistant Coaches: Alfred Abdule Bo Rodriguez TEAM INFORMATION VIDEO: Jalen Courtney 2015-16 Overall Record ........................14-17 2015-16 SEC Record ..................... 7-11, 11th TRAINER: Ryan Dotson National Ranking: ......................................n/a Starters Returning/Lost:.............................2/3 Letterwinners Returning/Lost:..................3/10 Newcomers:................................................12 Roster (Sr./Jr/So./Fr.): ........................(1/1/4/9) Prounciation Guide ARIC HOLEMAN: ERIC MEDIA INFORMATION QUINNDARY WEATHERSPOON: QUINN-DARE-EE Credentials nMedia members may obtain both season credentials and game-by-game passes by contacting Gregg Ellis at 662-325-3595. SEC Teleconference nThe SEC’s weekly teleconference is every Monday and will be coordinated through the SEC media relations office. To partcipate, contact Craig Pinkerton of the SEC at 205- 458-3038. Ben Howland is scheduled for 11:17 a.m. CT. Media On Twitter Michael Bonner, Clarion Ledger @MikeBBonner David Brandt, Associated Press @davidbrandtAP Bob Carskadon, HailState Beat @bobcarskadon Joel Coleman, Starkville Daily News @JoelTColeman Robbie Faulk, 24/7 Sports @robbiefaulk247 Paul Jones, 24/7 Sports @PJ247Sports Logan Lowery, Daily Journal @loganlowery David Murray, Dawgs’ Bite @DawgsBiteMag Danny P. Smith, Starkville Daily News @sdndannyp Gene Swindoll, Gene’s Page @GeneSwindoll Ben Wait, Commercial Dispatch @bcwait 2016-17 Bulldog Basketball | hailstate.com Mississippi State Basketball @HailStateMBK Game 1 | Norfolk State MISSISSIPPI STATE TV/RADIO ROSTER 1 Lamar Peters 2 Eli Wright 3 Xavian Stapleton 4 Mario Kegler 5 Joe Strugg FR | G | 6-0 | 188 FR | G | 6-4 | 203 SO | G | 6-6 | 207 FR | G | 6-7 | 220 FR | F | 6-9 | 196 New Orleans, LA Owensboro, KY Flora, MS Jackson, MS Montgomery, AL 11 Quinndary Weatherspoon 12 Drew Davis 13 Nick Singleton 15 I.J. Ready 20 Miles Washington SO | G | 6-4 | 205 JR | G | 5-10 | 172 SO | G | 6-5 | 194 SR | G | 5-11 | 166 FR | C | 6-7 | 202