2013-14 Game 30 • Georgia • March 2, 2014 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 @hailstateWBK 2013-14 BULLDOG MISSISSIPPI STATE BASKETBALL SCHEDULE (18-11, 5-10 SEC) Nov. 8 Fri. at Houston W, 76-68 BULLDOGS Nov. 13 Wed. Jackson State W, 81-42 Head Coach: Vic Schaefer (2nd Season at MSU) Nov. 17 Sun. New Orleans W, 111-38 vs. Nov. 21 Thurs. Tennessee Tech W, 90-45 Nov. 26 Tue. Savannah State W, 81-63 GEORGIA Nov. 29-Dec. 1 % Gulf Coast Showcase Naples, Fla. BULLDOGS (18-10, 6-9 SEC) Nov. 29 Fri. % Grand Canyon W, 71-62 Head Coach: Andy Landers (35th Season at Georgia) Nov. 30 Sat. % James Madison W, 65-52 Dec. 1 Sun. % Middle Tennessee L, 48-62 Sunday, March 2, 2014 | 12 p.m. CST Athens, Ga. | Stegeman Coliseum Dec. 4 Wed. Louisiana-Lafayette W, 78-51 Radio: WMXU-FM 106.1 Dec. 7 Sat. Alabama State W, 75-49 Television: SportSouth (Dave Baker - PxP; Christy Winters Scott - Color) Dec. 14 Sat. Southern Miss W, 71-61 Live Audio: www.HailState.com/HSTVLive (Subscription) Dec. 17 Tue. at North Dakota State W, 72-62 Dec. 20 Fri. Southeastern Louisiana W, 109-57 Twitter: @HailStateWBK | Facebook: Hail State Women’s Basketball Dec. 30 Mon. Mississippi Valley State W, 98-58 SERIES HISTORY Jan. 2 Thurs. * at Florida (SUN) L, 72-82 Overall Series Record: Georgia leads 26-14 Jan. 5 Sun. * Auburn L, 74-82 Last Meeting: MSU 80-67 (2/2/14 in Starkville) Jan. 12 Sun. * at Arkansas W, 54-50 Jan. 16 Thurs. * Tennessee (CSS) L, 63-67 BULLDOG BITES... Jan. 19 Sun. * at Texas A&M L, 35-73 ► Mississippi State wraps the 2013-14 regular season on the road for the second-straight year, venturing Jan. 23 Thurs. * at Ole Miss L, 85-87 (OT) to Athens for a noon CST tip against the Georgia Bulldogs on SportSouth. Jan. 26 Sun. * Missouri (SPSO) W, 69-62 ► The Bulldogs are 18-11 overall and 5-10 in SEC play following a tough 81-74 overtime setback to No. Jan. 30 Thurs. * at LSU L, 56-65 12 Kentucky in Thursday’s regular-season home finale. Georgia is 18-10 and 6-9 in league play with a Feb. 2 Sun. * Georgia (CSS) W, 80-67 67-56 loss at No. 4 South Carolina. Feb. 6 Thurs. * South Carolina L, 64-71 ► MSU won the first “Battle of the Bulldogs” 80-67 in Starkville a month ago. It was the first time the Feb. 9 Sun. * at Auburn L, 43-51 Bulldogs have won back-to-back games against UGA since 2010. Feb. 16 Sun. * Vanderbilt (SEC TV) W, 64-62 Feb. 20 Thurs. * at Alabama L, 64-72 (OT) ► Mississippi State has won three of the last four meetings in Starkville, but will be seeking its first victory in Stegeman Coliseum since Jan. 31, 2002, a span of six games. Feb. 23 Sun. * Ole Miss W, 72-70 (OT) Feb. 27 Thurs. * Kentucky L, 74-81 (OT) ► Sunday will be freshman Breanna Richardson’s first game back in her home state. The Conyers, Ga., Mar. 2 Sun. * at Georgia (SPSO) 12 p.m. native had 13 points in the season’s first meeting and is coming off a 17-point effort vs. Kentucky. March 5-9 ! SEC Tournament (Duluth, Ga.) ► Junior Martha Alwal recorded a third-straight double-double with 12 points, 16 rebounds Thursday. Alwal is averaging 18.3 points, 18.0 rebounds and 5.0 blocks over 44.7 minutes the last three games. All Times Central Home Games In Bold BULLDOGS’ POTENTIAL STARTERS (Based On Previous Games) % — Gulf Coast Showcase (Naples, Fla.) ! — SEC Tournament (Duluth, Ga.) * — Denotes SEC Game BULLDOGS IN SOCIAL MEDIA 10 51 00 11 3 @HailStateWBK Martha Savannah Dominique Katia Breanna ALWAL CARTER DILLINGHAM MAY RICHARDSON C • Jr. • 6-4 G • Jr. • 5-9 G • Fr. • 5-9 G • Sr. • 5-2 F • Fr. • 6-1 2013-14 Stats 2013-14 Stats 2013-14 Stats 2013-14 Stats 2013-14 Stats Facebook.com/HailStateWBK PPG ............................15.7 PPG ...............................6.7 PPG ...............................9.3 PPG ...............................7.2 PPG ...............................9.3 RBD ...............................9.1 RBD ...............................4.7 RBD ...............................4.1 RBD ...............................1.8 RBD ...............................5.4 AST ................................0.6 AST ................................2.4 AST ................................1.3 AST ................................5.3 AST ................................0.8 BLK ................................2.7 BLK ................................0.0 BLK ................................0.3 BLK .............................. .03 BLK ................................0.3 HailStateWBK STL.................................0.9 STL.................................2.2 STL.................................1.8 STL.................................1.4 STL.................................1.0 MIN ............................32.9 MIN ............................27.8 MIN ............................27.8 MIN ............................24.8 MIN ............................23.2 WWW.HAILSTATE.COM | @HAILSTATEWBK | FACEBOOK.COM/HAILSTATEWBK MISSISSIPPI STATE BULLDOG BASKETBALL • 2013-14 Game 30 • Georgia • March 2, 2014 VIC SCHAEFER HEAD COACH A veteran coach of 29 seasons, Schaefer embarks on his second season as head coach of the Bulldogs looking to take the next step in his quest of build- ing a championship program. Schaefer began laying the pieces of a championship foundation last sea- son in Starkville. He led the Bulldogs to SEC wins against Ole Miss, Alabama, Arkansas and Missouri before capping the year with a thrilling upset of No. 11 Georgia. Under his watch, Martha Alwal earned All-SEC honors and won the Gillom Trophy as a sophomore after leading the SEC in double-doubles, re- SEC STANDINGS bounding and blocked shots. He also added more stellar pieces to the Bulldog SEC OVERALL program as his first recruiting class rated as one of the best in program history. TEAM W L PCT. W L PCT. Building a championship program is something he has done at every stop in his coaching career, including his previous stops at Arkansas and Texas A&M. He has helped construct winners by teaching South Carolina 14 1 .933 26 2 .928 intense, high-pressure defense, and compiling some of the nation’s top-ranked recruiting classes. Tennessee 12 3 .800 23 5 .821 In those 15 seasons in Fayetteville and College Station, Schaefer earned the moniker the “Secretary Texas A&M 12 3 .800 22 7 .758 of Defense” as his defenses helped those squads to the postseason all but once (his first season at Texas Kentucky 9 6 .600 21 7 .750 A&M) while averaging 22 wins a year. Florida 8 7 .533 18 10 .642 Under the guidance of one of the most-respective teachers of defense in the nation, Arkansas and Vanderbilt 7 8 .467 18 10 .642 Texas A&M made 11 NCAA Tournament appearances. In his first season in Fayetteville, the Razorbacks LSU 7 8 .467 18 10 .642 advanced to the Final Four before making three more trips to the second round. With his alma mater, he Auburn 7 8 .467 16 12 .571 won a national championship while helping the program to a pair of Sweet 16 appearances, an Elite Eight Alabama 6 9 .400 13 15 .464 showing, two trips to the second round and a first-round berth. Missouri 6 9 .400 17 11 .607 In his nine years as associate head coach to friend and mentor Gary Blair at Texas A&M, his teams Georgia 6 9 .400 18 10 .642 consistently were atop the Big 12 in turnovers caused, steals, turnover margin and assist-to-turnover ratio. Mississippi State 5 10 .333 18 11 .620 In 2011, his smothering defense topped the nation in turnover margin en route to guiding the Aggies Arkansas 5 10 .333 18 10 .642 to the NCAA national championship in the program’s first trip to the Women’s Final Four. That squad also Ole Miss 1 14 .067 10 19 .344 earned Texas A&M’s first No. 1 national ranking while finishing the season with a 33-5 record, the most wins in school history. The following season, his final Texas A&M squad finished first in the Big 12 in turnover margin en MISSISSIPPI STATE QUICK FACTS route to advancing to a fifth-straight conference tournament title game and the Sweet 16 in the team’s Location: Starkville, Miss. seventh-consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance. Founded: February 28, 1878 Schaefer was also part of Texas A&M squads that won two Big 12 Tournament titles (2010 & 2008) Enrollment: 20,500 and the conference regular season title in 2007. In addition to the 2011 national championship, Schaefer Colors: Maroon (PMS 202) and White helped coach the Aggies to the 2009 Sweet 16 and the 2008 Elite Eight. Nickname: Bulldogs Not only has Schaefer proven himself as one of the nation’s premier defensive coaches, but he has Conference: Southeastern also been one of the top recruiters in women’s basketball, helping ink nine Top 20 recruiting classes dur- Arena (Capacity): Humphrey Coliseum (10,500) ing his tenures at Texas A&M and Arkansas. His strong reputation as a coach and recruiter earned him President: Dr. Mark Keenum BasketballScoop.com’s 2009 Assistant Coach of the Year. Faculty Representative: Dr. Steven Turner While at Texas A&M, he played an integral role in the Aggies finishing among the country’s Top 10 Director of Athletics: Scott Stricklin signing classes four-straight years. His final class with the Aggies rated as the nation’s No. 2 signing class, Associate AD/Women’s Sports: Ann Carr and he helped land the nation’s top class during the 2011 national championship run.