No. 9/10 Bulldogs Head To Biloxi To Face Tulane On Wednesday

Wednesday, November 16

Biloxi, Miss. (Mississippi Coast Coliseum)

7:00 PM

Mississippi State

Tulane

No. 9/10 Bulldogs Head To Biloxi To Face Tulane On Wednesday

November 15, 2016 | Women's Basketball

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STARKVILLE, Miss. – Just days after winning the season-opening Maine Tipoff Tournament, the No. 9/10 Mississippi State women's basketball team plays its first game in the Magnolia State as it treks to Biloxi to face Tulane Wednesday in the Mississippi Coast Coliseum.

Tip is set for 7 p.m., with the game being broadcast in the Golden Triangle area on WKBB-FM 100.9. Fans outside that area can listen to the live stream on HailState.com.

Tickets for the contest cost $10 for reserved seats and $5 for general admission. High school students and younger get in free. Fans can purchase tickets through www.ticketmaster.com or at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum box office.

Following the game, the Bulldogs will meet fans and sign autographs. Free posters will be available.

Wednesday's game comes a day after the Bulldogs climbed to No. 9 in this week's USA Today Coaches Poll. The Bulldogs moved up two places after ranking No. 11 in the preseason.

Mississippi State takes a 2-0 record into the program's first game in Biloxi. The Bulldogs opened with a 108-62 win against Villanova last Friday in Bangor, Maine. The following day, State knocked off the host Black Bears 87-43.

"I am proud of the first two wins of the year, two great wins for us in the early part of the season," MSU head coach Vic Schaefer said. "Now we have to go get ready to play a really good Tulane team with a veteran coach, a veteran staff, a senior point guard and returning leading scorers. They won't be intimidated playing another SEC school, and the fact that we are playing them on a neutral floor will give them even more incentive and more confidence. We have our work cut out for us.

"I am excited for our kids from the coast, Jazzmun [Holmes] and Ameshya [Williams], to get to go home and play in front of their families. It's a great opportunity for us to expose the rest of this great state to women's basketball here at Mississippi State."

Holmes, a former all-state guard at Harrison Central, matched her career high with 12 points and dished five assists in the season-opening win against Villanova. Williams, a West Harrison standout, tallied eight points in her first collegiate games. She pulled down five rebounds against Maine, four coming on the offensive glass.

Junior All-SEC selection Victoria Vivians earned MVP honors in Maine after scoring 26 first-half points in Saturday's championship game. Redshirt junior Roshunda Johnson paced MSU with 17.5 ppg. She knocked down 21 points in her MSU debut, and followed it with 14 fourth-quarter points against Maine.

SERIES BREAKDOWN

Wednesday's game will be the 12th meeting in the series between Mississippi State and Tulane.
The Bulldogs hold a slim 6-5 advantage in the series and have won the last three meetings.
Two of those three meetings have come during Vic Schaefer's tenure in Starkville. The two last met in the opening round of the 2015 NCAA Tournament, a game won by the Bulldogs 57-47 in Durham, N.C.
Morgan William scored 14 points off the bench, and Breanna Richardson added a double-double with 15 points and 12 rebounds to lead the Bulldogs to the win in their first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2010.
The two teams also met in Starkville in the opening round of the 2014 WNIT. MSU also prevailed in that game 77-68. Richardson also had a double-double in this contest as well, scoring 13 points to go with 10 rebounds.

BULLDOG BITES

Mississippi State plays its first game of the season in the Magnolia State on Wednesday, but it won't be in Starkville as the Bulldogs head to Biloxi to face Tulane at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum.
It will be the first time the Bulldogs have played in Biloxi.
Wednesday will be a homecoming for sophomore Jazzmun Holmes and freshman Ameshya Williams. The duo hails from Gulfport, with Holmes starring at Harrison Central and Williams at West Harrison HS.
MSU returns to its home state 2-0 on the young season. The Bulldogs defeated Villanova and host Maine in Bangor to claim the Maine Tipoff Tournament title.
With the pair of wins, MSU has now won 30 of its last 31 regular-season non-conference games going back to 2014-15. That tally includes 10-straight victories.
State is 23-4 under Schaefer, 20-0 since 2013-14, in the month of November.
Mississippi State heads to Biloxi boasting Top 10 rankings in both polls. State remained at No. 10 in the Associated Press Top 25, while moving up to No. 9 in this week's USA Today Coaches Poll.
The Bulldogs have been in the Associated Press poll for 38-straight weeks, the ninth-longest active streak in the nation. It is the third-longest active streak among SEC teams, rating behind only Kentucky (125) and South Carolina (75).
Mississippi State scored 108 points in its win against Villanova, the 10th-most points in program history. MSU's 195 points was the second-most in the nation on opening weekend.
The Bulldogs shot 60.3% against Villanova, the first time since 2009 a State squad has shot 60% from the field. MSU hit 52.5% of its shots against Maine, marking the first time since 2008-09 a Bulldog squad has shot 50% or higher in its first two games of the season.
Junior Preseason All-SEC selection Victoria Vivians was named MVP in Maine this weekend. She averaged 15.0 ppg and sparked the championship game win by scoring 26 first-half points against the Black Bears on their home court.
Redshirt junior Roshunda Johnson was tabbed to the all-tournament team behind a 17.5 scoring average in her first two MSU games. Johnson scored 21 points against Villanova in her Bulldog debut. She followed it with 14 fourth-quarter points against Maine.