Dogs Aim To Bounce Back Against Mizzou

Wednesday, January 25

Starkville

6:00 PM

Mississippi State

Missouri

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Aric Holman and the Bulldogs look to bounce back against Mizzou.

Dogs Aim To Bounce Back Against Mizzou

January 24, 2017 | Men's Basketball

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STARKVILLE, Miss. – Coming off back-to-back losses against Kentucky and Tennessee, Mississippi State returns to the court Wednesday against Missouri looking to get back into the win column.

Tip at Humphrey Coliseum is set for 6 p.m. CT, with Tom Hart and Daymeon Fishback handling the SEC Network broadcast. The game can also be heard on the MSU radio network with veterans Jim Ellis and Richard Williams on the call.

MSU stands at 12-6 on the season, 3-3 in league play following the 91-74 setback at Tennessee. Freshman forward Schnider Herard recorded his first-career double-double with 14 points and 11 rebounds.

The Tigers enter the contest 5-13, 0-6, following their 75-71 loss at home to Ole Miss on Saturday.

CANCER AWARENESS
Staffs from both teams on Wednesday will wear special sneakers for The Coaches vs. Cancer program, which empowers coaches, their teams and communities to join the fight against cancer by participating in awareness efforts, advocacy programs, and fundraising activities to help people with cancer today and to find cures.

One of the programs through the American Cancer Society is the 3-Point Challenge, where fans can donate for every 3-point shot MSU makes during the month of February.

For more information, visit the Coaches vs. Cancer website.

THE SERIES
Tennessee leads the all-time series 80-42, but MSU has won two out of the last three in Knoxville.

COACHES
Ben Howland is in his second year at MSU and 21^st overall. As a head coach in four different stops, he is 427-229 with a 26-23 mark with the Bulldogs.

Kim Anderson is in his third year at Missouri and owns a 24-57 ledger. Overall, he's 298-152 in 15 years.

QUOTABLE
"I thought the best thing he did in the game was defensive rebound. He did a good job scoring in the post, but he has to be better for us defensively. He is still playing too erect. He is still learning how to play knees bent defensively. He is getting better at that, and he started to cramp during the game. We need him to be playing really hard and getting better." — MSU coach Ben Howland on Schnider Herard.

NEXT 2
Jan. 28 at Alabama and Jan. 31 at Ole Miss.

BULLDOG BITES

At Tennessee, Schnider Herard recorded his first-career double-double with 14 points and 11 rebounds. Aric Holman has accounted for Mississippi State's other two.
MSU has won its last three games against Missouri and is looking for its first four-game winning streak against the Tigers.
Mizzou is one of three SEC teams the Bulldogs are .500 or better against, with Ole Miss and South Carolina being the other two.
Four times this year, MSU has rallied from deficits of 10 points or more en route to victory.
In his last three games, Schnider Herard has totaled 37 points and 20 rebounds, the best three-game stretch of his career.
At Tennessee, MSU forced a season-low 7 turnovers and collected a season-low 4 steals while allowing a season-high 91 points.
I.J. Ready has made 23-straight free throws.
Lamar Peters had a career-high 7 assists at Tennessee. He's second on the team with 49.
Quinndary Weatherspoon is 11-of-19 in his last four games from 3-point range.
KenPom.com has MSU as the second-least experienced team of all 351 DI programs.
When is Mississippi State successful? When outrebounding foes (9-0), shooting 45 percent or better (10-1) and winning or being tied at the half (11-0).
Of current SEC players, I.J. Ready is 12th with 842 points, third with 142 steals and third with 360 assists.
Lamar Peters, Quinndary Weatherspoon, Mario Kegler, Schnider Herard and Aric Holman have started five-straight games, the longest stretch of any of the six lineups.
Sophomore guard Quinndary Weatherspoon is fourth in the SEC with his 17.3 scoring clip. MSU hasn't had a player average 18-plus since Darryl Wilson in 1996 (18.0).
Sophomore forward Aric Holman leads the Bulldogs with 41 blocked shots, the most in a single season since Jarvis Varnado had 170 in 2010.