MSU Earns Second Top 10 AP Ranking In Program History
November 16, 2015 | Women's Basketball
STARKVILLE, Miss. – Hail State Hoops is in the Top 10.
The Mississippi State women's basketball team made the program's second Top-10 appearance Monday, moving up one place to No. 10 following the opening weekend of the 2015-16 season.
State's only other Top 10 appearance came March 3, 2003, when that squad also claimed the No. 10 spot.
The Bulldogs earned the Top-10 ranking and 19th-straight week in the poll after opening the season with a 68-47 win against Samford last Friday.
Junior Dominique Dillingham paced the Bulldogs with her first-career double-double, 13 points and 11 rebounds. Freshman Jazzmun Holmes, a Gulfport, Mississippi native, had a stellar debut, notching 12 points and five steals in the 21-point victory.
Reigning SEC Coach of the Year Vic Schaefer's squad is one of three SEC teams in the Top 10, joining No. 2 South Carolina and No. 4 Tennessee.
Texas A&M advanced one place to 12th, while Kentucky climbed five places to No. 13.
The No. 10 Bulldogs return to action Saturday, Nov. 21, hosting Grambling in a 1 p.m. tip at Humphrey Coliseum that will be broadcast on SEC Network +.
Associated Press Poll – November 16, 2015
Rank Team Pts. Record Pvs.
1 Connecticut (31) 799 0-0 1
2 South Carolina (1) 760 2-0 2
3 Notre Dame 716 1-0 3
4 Tennessee 713 1-0 4
5 Baylor 676 1-0 5
6 Florida State 583 0-0 7
7 Ohio State 571 0-1 6
8 Maryland 562 1-0 9
9 Oregon State 544 1-0 10
10 Mississippi State 497 1-0 11
11 Texas 481 1-0 12
12 Texas A&M 417 2-0 13
13 Kentucky 373 2-0 18
14 Duke 366 2-0 14
15 Stanford 348 2-0 16
16 Louisville 344 0-1 8
17 Oklahoma 265 1-0 17
18 Arizona State 250 0-1 15
19 South Florida 225 2-0 20
20 Northwestern 211 1-0 19
21 California 168 2-0 NR
22 George Washington 161 1-0 21
23 Michigan State 61 1-0 24
24 Chattanooga 57 2-0 25
25 Syracuse 23 1-0 23
Others receiving votes: DePaul 43, Princeton 41, Florida Gulf Coast 40, Rutgers 31, Iowa 10, Arkansas 7, North Carolina 6, W. Kentucky 6, UCLA 5, Missouri 3, Dayton 2, Green Bay 1, Miami 1, Oregon 1.
Dropped Out: No. 22 North Carolina.
