Women’s Hoops To Host Maroon-White Scrimmage On Wednesday
October 24, 2017 | Women's Basketball
STARKVILLE, Miss. – Fans can watch 2017 NCAA National Finalist Mississippi State women's basketball in action for the first time on Wednesday as the Bulldogs host their annual Maroon-White Scrimmage at Humphrey Coliseum.
Tip for the event is set for 6 p.m., and admission is free.
The Bulldogs, who were picked second in the SEC Preseason Media Poll, return nine players from last year's team that set school records with 34 overall wins and 13 SEC victories. State capped the historic season with a run to the national championship game in the program's first Final Four appearance.
That historic run included a 66-64 overtime victory against UConn in the national semifinal, a win that snapped the Huskies' record 111-game win streak and earned the Bulldogs the ESPY for Best Upset.
Vic Schaefer's sixth Mississippi State edition returns the top three scorers – seniors Victoria Vivians and Morgan William and junior Teaira McCowan – from that squad in addition to fellow seniors Blair Schaefer and Roshunda Johnson.
Vivians and William were both named Preseason All-SEC by the league media, the first time Mississippi State has placed two players on the five-person team.
Along with the veteran talent returning, Mississippi State welcomes five newcomers to the roster: Mississippi all-state standouts Myah Taylor and Nyah Tate, Arkansas all-state guard Bre'Amber Scott, junior college all-state talent Jonika Garvin and Australian forward Chloe Bibby.
State hosts Arkansas-Fort Smith in a 6 p.m. exhibition on Nov. 3 before officially opening the 2017-18 campaign at the Hump on Nov. 10 against Virginia in the second half of a doubleheader with the MSU men's team. Ben Howland's men's squad tips against Alabama State at 5:30 p.m., with Hail State Hoops following at 8. A special Final Four banner raising ceremony will be held between games.
Tickets for the twin bill are being sold separately from season ticket packages and cost $20 each. The tickets can be purchased online by going to www.hailstate.com/tickets and clicking on men's basketball single game tickets.
Tip for the event is set for 6 p.m., and admission is free.
The Bulldogs, who were picked second in the SEC Preseason Media Poll, return nine players from last year's team that set school records with 34 overall wins and 13 SEC victories. State capped the historic season with a run to the national championship game in the program's first Final Four appearance.
That historic run included a 66-64 overtime victory against UConn in the national semifinal, a win that snapped the Huskies' record 111-game win streak and earned the Bulldogs the ESPY for Best Upset.
Vic Schaefer's sixth Mississippi State edition returns the top three scorers – seniors Victoria Vivians and Morgan William and junior Teaira McCowan – from that squad in addition to fellow seniors Blair Schaefer and Roshunda Johnson.
Vivians and William were both named Preseason All-SEC by the league media, the first time Mississippi State has placed two players on the five-person team.
Along with the veteran talent returning, Mississippi State welcomes five newcomers to the roster: Mississippi all-state standouts Myah Taylor and Nyah Tate, Arkansas all-state guard Bre'Amber Scott, junior college all-state talent Jonika Garvin and Australian forward Chloe Bibby.
State hosts Arkansas-Fort Smith in a 6 p.m. exhibition on Nov. 3 before officially opening the 2017-18 campaign at the Hump on Nov. 10 against Virginia in the second half of a doubleheader with the MSU men's team. Ben Howland's men's squad tips against Alabama State at 5:30 p.m., with Hail State Hoops following at 8. A special Final Four banner raising ceremony will be held between games.
Tickets for the twin bill are being sold separately from season ticket packages and cost $20 each. The tickets can be purchased online by going to www.hailstate.com/tickets and clicking on men's basketball single game tickets.
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