2014-15 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL RADIO/TV SPEED CHART 00 1 2 3 5 Dominique Dillingham Blair Schaefer Morgan William Breanna Richardson Sherise Williams G • 5-9 • So. • 1L G • 5-7 • Fr. • HS G • 5-5 • Fr. • HS F • 6-1 • So. • 1L F • 6-1 • Jr. • 2L Spring, Texas Starkville, Miss. Birmingham, Ala. Conyers, Ga. St. Louis, Mo. (Klein Collins HS) (Starkville HS) (Shades Valley HS) (Rockdale County HS) (McCluer HS) 10 13 14 21 23 Martha Alwal Ketara Chapel Kendra Grant Jerica James Kayla Nevitt C • 6-4 • Sr. • 3L F • 6-1 • So. • 1L G • 5-11 • Sr. • 3L G • 5-5 • Sr. • 3L G • 5-10 • Fr. • HS Worthington, Minn. Temple, Texas Richland, Miss. Wynne, Ark. Houston, Texas (Worthington HS) (Temple HS) (Richland HS) (North Little Rock HS) (Andy Dekaney HS) 35 44 45 51 Victoria Vivians LaKaris Salter Chinwe Okorie Savannah Carter F • 6-1 • Fr. • HS F • 6-1 • Fr. • HS C • 6-5 • So. • SQ G • 5-9 • Sr. • 1L Carthage, Miss. Tallahassee, Fla. Lagos, Nigeria Tulsa, Okla. (Scott Central HS) (Florida A&M DRS) (Stoneleigh-Burnham Prep) (Trinity Valley CC) Vic Schaefer Johnnie Harris Aqua Franklin Elena Lovato Head Coach Associate Head Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Third Season Third Season Third Season First Season GAME 33 [ncAA tournAMEnt first round] • fri., MArch 20, 2015 • 1:30 p.M. ct • durhAM, n.c. • Espn2 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 ....... Fri., March 20 (1:30 p.m. CT) Date OPPONeNt tV tIMe Location ............................Durham, N.C. Preseason WNIt (Nov. 14-23) Radio .............. WKBB 100.9/WXWX 96.3 Talent ..........................Jason Crowder (pxp) N14 Mercer SecN+ W, 97-66 ................................Charlie Winfield (analyst) N16 arkaNSaS St. SecN+ W, 93-83 TV ...................................................... ESPN2 N20 #16/17 WeSt VIrgINIa SecN+ W, 74-61 Talent ..................... Tiffany Greene (pxp) N23 WeSterN keNtUckY cBSN W, 88-77 ...........................LaChina Robinson (analyst) Twitter ...........................@HailStateWBK N25 LOUISIaNa-MONrOe SecN+ W, 80-46 SERIES HISTORY N29 at New Orleans W, 85-45 #12/14 MISSISSIPPI STATE Series............................................ Tied 5-5 TULANE Home ....................................... MSU 4-2 Away ............................................TU 3-1 D2 NOrth DakOta State SecN+ W, 109-58 BULLDOGS Neutral .................................Never Met GREEN WAVE D7 SOUtheaSterN LOUISIaNa SecN+ W, 97-36 Last Meeting D11 LOUISIaNa tech SecN+ W, 81-77 26-6 ......MSU 77-68 (3/20/14 in Starkville [WNIT]) 22-10 D14 at Southern Miss ASN W, 73-46 D15 MISSISSIPPI VaLLeY St. SecN+ W, 104-41 BULLDOG BITES... D17 at Louisiana-Lafayette W, 66-51 ► Mississippi State makes its seventh NCAA Tournament appearance and first since 2010's Sweet 16 run. Las Vegas holiday hoops classic (Dec. 20-21) ► The Bulldogs are 6-6 all-time in the NCAA Tournament. State has won its NCAA Tournament opener in five of D20 vs. Illinois-Chicago W, 73-36 its six appearances. The only time it didn't was its first appearance (1999). D21 vs. Miami (Ohio) W, 68-42 ► A five seed is State's second-highest ever. The 2003 and 2000 squads each earned three seeds. D29 arkaNSaS-PINe BLUff SecN+ W, 83-26 ► The Bulldogs make their first trip to Durham, N.C., while meeting Tulane in the postseason for the second- J2 * #19/19 geOrgIa SecN+ W, 64-56 straight year. State claimed a 77-68 win in Starkville in last season's WNIT first round. J4 * at Missouri SECN+ W, 53-47 ► MSU finished the regular season 26-6 and 11-5 in SEC play. Both are program records for wins in a season. J8 * arkaNSaS fSN W, 72-57 J11 * at Vanderbilt SECN+ L, 62-78 ► On Monday, freshman Victoria Vivians won the Gillom Trophy as Mississippi's top female college basketball J15 * LSU SecN+ L, 69-71 (2Ot) player. She is the first freshman to win the award. J18 * aLaBaMa fSN W, 66-50 ► Prior to the SEC Tournament, Vivians was named Second Team All-SEC along with senior Martha Alwal. She J22 * at Ole Miss SECN W, 64-62 also claimed all-freshman team accolades with Morgan William. Alwal was named to the all-defensive team. J26 * at Auburn SECN W, 59-48 ► J29 * VaNDerBILt SecN+ W, 69-44 Following a 19-point effort against Kentucky, Vivians has double figures in six-straight games and 10 of the last 11. She enters the NCAA Tournament averaging 18.8 ppg the last six contests. F1 * at #6/6 Tennessee SECN L, 67-79 ► MSU's stellar season earned head coach Vic Schaefer SEC Co-Coach of the Year with South Carolina's f8 * #14/13 texaS a&M SecN W, 63-61 (Ot) Dawn Staley. He joins Sharon Fanning-Otis (2000) as MSU's only coaches to receive the honor. F12 * at #10/10 Kentucky SECN L, 90-92 (2OT) ► f15 * fLOrIDa SecN W, 75-62 Alwal recorded her 35th-career double-double against Kentucky, scoring 17 points and grabbing 10 rebounds. F22 * at Alabama SECN+ W, 57-55 Since her first start on Jan. 22, she is averaging 13.6 points, 8.1 rebounds and 2.3 blocks. F26 * at #2/2 South Carolina FSN L, 50-69 BULLDOGS’ POTENTIAL STARTERS (Based On Previous Games) M1 * OLe MISS fSN W, 55-47 Sec tournament — North Little rock, ark. (March 4-8) M6 vs. Kentucky SECN L, 67-76 Ncaa 1st @ 2nd rounds — (March 20-23) M20 vs. Tulane (Durham, N.C.) ESPN2 1:30 p.m. M22 vs. Duke/Albany (Durham, N.C.) All Times Central 10 00 21 3 35 Home Games In Bold Martha Dominique Jerica Breanna Victoria BULLDOGS IN SOCIAL MEDIA alwal DILLINGHAM JAMES RICHARDSON VIVIANS C • Sr. • 6-4 G • So. • 5-9 G • Sr. • 5-5 F • So. • 6-1 F • Fr. • 6-1 @HailStateWBK 2014-15 Stats 2014-15 Stats 2014-15 Stats 2014-15 Stats 2014-15 Stats PPG ..............................9.9 PPG ..............................5.7 PPG ..............................5.1 PPG ..............................8.3 PPG ............................15.1 RBD .............................6.8 RBD .............................4.8 RBD .............................1.6 RBD .............................5.6 RBD .............................5.0 Facebook.com/ AST ..............................0.5 AST ..............................1.8 AST ..............................2.8 AST ..............................1.1 AST ..............................1.0 BLK ..............................2.4 BLK ..............................0.6 BLK ............................0.03 BLK ..............................0.3 BLK ..............................0.5 HailStateWBK STL ...............................0.5 STL ...............................2.0 STL ...............................1.1 STL ...............................0.9 STL ...............................1.5 FG% ......................56.1% FG% ......................34.7% FG% ......................32.9% FG% ......................40.7% FG% ......................37.8% HailStateWBK 3FG% ....................00.0% 3FG% ....................34.9% 3FG% ....................33.8% 3FG% ....................32.8% 3FG% ....................33.7% FT% .......................67.0% FT% .......................56.2% FT% .......................71.1% FT% .......................69.2% FT% .......................73.8% WWW.HAILSTATE.COM | @HAILSTATEWBK | FACEBOOK.COM/HAILSTATEWBK MISSISSIPPI STATE BULLDOG BASKETBALL • 2014-15 Game 33 • NCAA Tournament First Round • March 20, 2015 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