MMISSISSIPPIISSISSIPPI SSTATETATE BBASKETBALLASKETBALL GAME 24: AUBURN MISSISSIPPI STATE (13-10, 5-4) VS AUBURN (8-15, 1-8) 2010-11 MISSISSIPPI STATE SCHEDULE Saturday, February 12, 2011 6 p.m. Auburn Arena (9,121) Date Opponent Score/Time Series Record: Auburn leads, 70-64 N 12 Tennessee State W 75-65 Last Year At Auburn: Auburn, 89-80 N 19 Appalachian State W 76-74 TV: Fox Sports South N 22 Detroit W 82-76 Announcers: Dave Neal (pxp), Larry Conley (analyst) N 26 Troy W 92-83 XM/Sirus Radio: 199/NA N 30 Florida Atlantic L 61-59 D 11 East Tennessee State L 63-62 SATURDAY’S PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP D 12 North Carolina A&T W 74-58 MISSISSIPPI STATE STARTERS D 13 Nicholls State W 67-58 No. P Name Year Ht. Wt. PPG RPG Asst. Steals Blocks Minutes D 14 Alabama State (CSS) W 67-46 0 G Jalen Steele Fr 6-3 190 5.1 1.3 0.8 0.3 0.0 17.3 D 18 @ Virginia Tech L 88-57 1 F Renardo Sidney So 6-10 275 13.5 6.8 0.6 0.7 0.8 25.0 D 22 % Washington State (ESPNU) L 83-57 3 G Dee Bost Jr 6-2 176 17.2 3.7 5.4 1.9 0.2 35.2 D 23 % San Diego (ESPNU) W 69-52 15 G Riley Benock Sr 6-4 193 7.0 3.7 2.0 1.2 0.2 31.9 D 25 % Hawaii L 68-57 24 F Kodi Augustus Sr 6-8 224 11.9 7.6 1.9 0.5 0.9 31.3 D 29 & St. Mary’s (ESPNU) L 94-72 AUBURN STARTERS J 8 Alabama (SEC Network) L 75-57 No. P Name Year Ht. Wt. PPG RPG Asst. Steals Blocks Minutes J 13 at Ole Miss (ESPN2) W 69-64 02 F Allen Payne Fr 6-6 205 6.1 3.3 0.8 1.1 0.1 21.3 11 G Josh Wallace So 5-10 160 5.6 2.2 3.8 2.0 0.0 27.3 J 16 Auburn (FSN) W 85-66 22 F Kenny Gabriel Jr 6-8 190 9.6 6.0 0.7 0.8 1.0 26.5 J 22 at Georgia (SEC Network) L 86-64 33 G Earnest Ross So 6-5 215 13.2 6.9 2.2 1.5 0.3 31.6 J 27 Vanderbilt (ESPN2) L 81-74 45 F Adrian Forbes Jr 6-8 230 3.6 2.5 0.3 0.2 0.6 14.4 J 29 Florida (CBS) W 71-64 11 KEY THINGS TO NOTE PLAYING AUBURN F 2 at Alabama (SEC Network) L 75-61 Mississippi State has won six out of the last 10 overall in this series and fi ve out of the F 5 at LSU (SEC Network) W 58-57 last 10 at Auburn. However, the Tigers have won two-straight against MSU in Auburn, F 9 Arkansas (SEC Network) W 67-56 including last year’s 89-80 win that marked the fi nal game ever at Beard-Eaves Mem- F 12 at Auburn (FSN) 6 p.m. orial Coliseum. F 15 at Kentucky (ESPN) 6 p.m. MSU is looking to win three-straight SEC games for the fi rst time this season. F 19 Ole Miss (SEC Network) 12:30 p.m. Junior guard Dee Bost has been the productive player against Auburn. In fi ve games, F 23 LSU (CSS) 8 p.m. he’s totaled 91 points for an 18.2 average. His career-high of 32 points came last year F 26 at Tennessee (ESPN) 5 p.m. in an 85-75 overtime win in Starkville. In his 13 years at the helm, Rick Stansbury is 80-54 against Western Division schools. M 2 at Arkansas (CSS) 8 p.m. Against Arkansas Wednesday, Dee Bost scored 18 points to become the 33rd player in M 5 South Carolina (ESPN or ESPN2) 1 p.m. school history to score 1,000 for a career. He reached the milestone with 3:34 left in the M 10-13 SEC Tournament (Atlanta, GA) TBA fi rst half on a 3-pointer. Dee Bost is tops on the team with 49 assists despite playing in just nine games. In SEC ^ - Mississippi Coliseum (Jackson, MS) play, that’s fi rst in the league. He’s also sixth in the assist/turnover ratio department. @ - Battle of the Atlantis (Paradise Island, Bahamas) Ravern Johnson is now just one 3-point attempt shy of becoming only the third player in % - Diamondhead Classic (Honolulu, HI) school history to attempt 600 for a career (Barry Stewart, 779; Darryl Wilson, 645). % - Orleans Arena (Las Vegas, NV) MSU’s 15.2 fouls a game rank as the 11th fewest in the country. After losing their fi rst two games played on Wednesday, the Bulldogs fi nally broke into the win column thanks to the win against Arkansas. The Arkansas game Wednesday featured the eighth different lineup for Mississippi COACHING FACTS State this season. Senior guard Riley Benock has played in 123 games. In third place is Derrick Zim- MISSISSIPPI STATE merman at 127. Jarvis Varnado and Barry Stewart hold the record of 141. Coach: Rick Stansbury Record at MSU: 268-150, 13th year MEET AUBURN Overall Record: Same Although Mississippi State ranks last in the SEC in Mississippi State faces an Auburn team that’s lost Record vs. Auburn: 15-10 two-straight games. points allowed,wwed,ed, thetthh Bulldogs The Tigers’ lone SEC win came at South Caro- have yieldedeedd just 57 and 56 AUBURN lina. However, their last outing at Georgia resulted points in theireir lasllastt two games Coach: Tony Barbee in an overtime loss. Auburn is still looking for its fi rst against LSUU and Arkansas.A In win in its new arena. Record at Auburn: 8-15, 1st season SEC only games,? MSU is 7th Earnest Ross leads Auburn with his 13.2 scoring Overall Record: 90-67, 5th season defensively. Record vs. MSU: 0-1 DID YOU KNOW clip. He’s the only player scoring in double-digits. D eecadec a d e of CCHAMPIONSHIPSH A M P I O N S H I P S MMISSISSIPPIISSISSIPPI SSTATETATE BBASKETBALLASKETBALL GAME 24: AUBURN LAST 10 VERSUS AUBURN (6-4) Statistical Comparison Date Where Result Date Where Result 2010-11 Stats MSU OPP Feb. 22, 2006 Auburn L, 71-75 Feb. 14, 2009 Auburn L, 76-91 2010-11 Record .....................13-10 8-15 Jan. 20, 2007 Starkville W, 87-76 Feb. 28, 2009 Starkville L, 58-76 Conference Record ...................5-4 1-8 Feb. 10, 2007 Auburn W, 91-83 Feb. 13. 2010 Starkville W, 85-75 OT Feb. 09, 2008 Auburn W, 83-64 Mar. 3, 2010 Auburn L, 80-89 Scoring ....................................68.3 63.4 Feb. 27, 2008 Starkville W, 89-78 Jan. 16, 2011 Starkville W, 86-66 Scoring Defense ......................69.3 66.1 Scoring Margin .........................-0.9 -2.7 MSU ENJOYS MORE NON-CONFERENCE SUCCESS Field Goal Pct. .........................42.5 39.7 Including last year’s 13-4 mark in non-conference action, coupled with Opp. FG Pct.............................41.4 42.9 this season’s 8-6 record, Mississippi State has compiled a 142-49 (.744) 3-Point FG Pct. ........................33.8 32.6 record against non-conference opponents during the Rick Stansbury era Opp. 3-Point FG Pct. ...............32.8 33.1 (since 1998-99), including a 132-39 (.772) regular-season mark. Free Throw Pct. .......................71.1 64.3 Opp. FT Pct. ............................63.1 65.5 MISSISSIPPI STATE’S RECORD WHEN . Rebounding Average ...............36.3 35.3 During the Rick Stansbury era, the Bulldogs are: 210-35 (8-4 this Opp. Rebounding Avg. ............38.0 35.7 year) when leading at halftime; 151-34 (6-1) when shooting 45 percent or Rebound Margin .......................-1.7 -0.4 better from the fi eld; 226-70 (12-3) when the opposition shoots less than Assists ..................................... 11.6 11.7 45 percent from the fi eld; 209-76 (9-3) when out-rebounding or tying op- Turnovers ................................13.6 14.0 ponents; and 163-30 (9-2) when holding opponents to 65 points or less. Turnover Margin .......................-2.1 +1.7 Steals.........................................5.4 8.3 FEBRUARY RECORD UNDER STANSBURY Blocked Shots............................4.2 3.3 Including last year’s 5-3 record, coupled with this year’s 2-1 mark, the Bulldogs are 52-41 (.559) in the month of February since Rick Stansbury Statistical Leaders was named head coach. Scoring Dating back to the 1987-88 season when Richard Williams was over- MSU PPG OPP PPG seeing the program, Mississippi State owns a composite ledger of 88-83 Johnson ........ 17.7 Ross ......... 13.2 (.515) in February. Bost .............. 17.2 Malone ..........11.7 BOMBS AWAY . AGAIN AND AGAIN Rebounding Last year, Mississippi State set a single-season record with 296 made MSU RPG OPP RPG 3-pointers, an average of 8.2 an outing. Augustus......... 7.6 Ross ...........6.9 In 22 games this year, the Bulldogs are nearly on the same pace, hav- Sidney............. 6.8 Gabriel .............6.0 ing drained 170 of their 503 attempts for an 7.4 average. Assists Last year, Ravern Johnson led MSU with 87 3-pointers on 214 at- MSU APG OPP APG tempts, exceeding his total of 83 in 2008-09, the third-most in school his- Bost ................ 5.4 Wallace ........... 3.8 tory.