McCowan, Vivians Earn ESPNW All-America Honors
March 11, 2018 | Women's Basketball
STARKVILLE, Miss. – A day before the Bulldogs find out their NCAA Tournament path in Humphrey Coliseum, Teaira McCowan and Victoria Vivians earned All-America honors from ESPNW.
McCowan was named to the first team, while Vivians was tabbed to the third team. State and UConn were the only teams with multiple players on the list.
McCowan has been a dominant force in the paint for the Bulldogs, averaging a career-best 17.7 points and 13.2 rebounds per game this season. She was named First Team All-SEC and SEC Co-Defensive Player of the Year after averaging 17.7 points and 14.4 rebounds per contest in league play.
McCowan finished the regular season third nationally on the glass and set an MSU single-season record with 435 boards, eighth-most in SEC history. She also finished fourth in the SEC with 2.0 blocks per game.
The Brenham, Texas, native recorded a program-best 23 double-doubles, fourth-most in the nation, and topped the Division I ranks on the offensive glass with 5.9 rpg. McCowan tallied 10-plus rebounds in 29 games.
Offensively, McCowan has shot the basketball at a 60.2-percent clip that is 16th in the nation. She has collected double figures 26 times, including 11 20-point games and five 30-point contests.
Vivians earned the honor after being named a first-team All-American by USA Today. The Carthage, Miss., native scored a career-best and MSU eighth-most 646 points this season, a 19.6 scoring average that ranks third in the SEC. Vivians scored double figures in 32 of the Bulldogs' 33 games this season, including tallying 20 points 15 times and 30 points twice.
She also had her most-efficient season on offense, knocking down an SEC sixth-best 48.5-percent from the field. Vivians ranked eighth in the league from the 3-point arc (39.5-percent) and seventh at the free-throw line (81.4-percent).
After scoring 17 points in Sunday's SEC Tournament final against South Carolina, Vivians has tallied 22.3 ppg on the year against ranked foes.
The First Team All-SEC selection also grabbed 6.0 rpg, 1.8 per game higher than a year ago.
The duo helped Mississippi State win its first SEC regular-season championship. The 32-1 Bulldogs finished the regular season undefeated, the first SEC team to do so in 20 years. State's run of 32-straight wins ranked as the second-longest win streak in conference history.
McCowan was named to the first team, while Vivians was tabbed to the third team. State and UConn were the only teams with multiple players on the list.
McCowan has been a dominant force in the paint for the Bulldogs, averaging a career-best 17.7 points and 13.2 rebounds per game this season. She was named First Team All-SEC and SEC Co-Defensive Player of the Year after averaging 17.7 points and 14.4 rebounds per contest in league play.
McCowan finished the regular season third nationally on the glass and set an MSU single-season record with 435 boards, eighth-most in SEC history. She also finished fourth in the SEC with 2.0 blocks per game.
The Brenham, Texas, native recorded a program-best 23 double-doubles, fourth-most in the nation, and topped the Division I ranks on the offensive glass with 5.9 rpg. McCowan tallied 10-plus rebounds in 29 games.
Offensively, McCowan has shot the basketball at a 60.2-percent clip that is 16th in the nation. She has collected double figures 26 times, including 11 20-point games and five 30-point contests.
Vivians earned the honor after being named a first-team All-American by USA Today. The Carthage, Miss., native scored a career-best and MSU eighth-most 646 points this season, a 19.6 scoring average that ranks third in the SEC. Vivians scored double figures in 32 of the Bulldogs' 33 games this season, including tallying 20 points 15 times and 30 points twice.
She also had her most-efficient season on offense, knocking down an SEC sixth-best 48.5-percent from the field. Vivians ranked eighth in the league from the 3-point arc (39.5-percent) and seventh at the free-throw line (81.4-percent).
After scoring 17 points in Sunday's SEC Tournament final against South Carolina, Vivians has tallied 22.3 ppg on the year against ranked foes.
The First Team All-SEC selection also grabbed 6.0 rpg, 1.8 per game higher than a year ago.
The duo helped Mississippi State win its first SEC regular-season championship. The 32-1 Bulldogs finished the regular season undefeated, the first SEC team to do so in 20 years. State's run of 32-straight wins ranked as the second-longest win streak in conference history.
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