State’s Vivians Tabbed To Ann Meyers Drysdale Award Watch List
November 06, 2017 | Women's Basketball
STARKVILLE, Miss. – A day after Morgan William was named to the watch list for the nation's top point guard, her Mississippi State teammate Victoria Vivians was selected to the Ann Meyers Drysdale Award Watch List for the country's premier shooting guard.
Vivians was one of 20 players named to Tuesday's list by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. She joins LSU's Chloe Jackson and Texas A&M's Danni Williams as the SEC selections. Mississippi State is one of five teams in the nation to have a representative on both the Ann Meyers Drysdale and Nancy Lieberman watch lists.
The Carthage, Miss., native, earned the nod following a stellar junior season that saw her claim First Team All-SEC and Associated Press Third Team All-America honors. Vivians averaged a team-best 16.2 ppg and tallied a career-high 18.1 ppg in SEC contests.
She recorded a personal-best 633 points last season, eighth-most in program history and third-most by a Bulldog junior. Vivians, who also averaged 4.2 rpg, 1.5 apg and 1.4 spg, collected 35 double-figure scoring games a year ago, including 20-plus points 11 times.
Vivians was named to the Oklahoma City All-Region Team after averaging 18.5 points and 5.0 rebounds against Washington and Baylor, and she claimed All-Final Four Team accolades after 19 points against UConn and 12 in the national title game against South Carolina.
She enters her senior campaign with 1,754 career points, two back of tying Alexis Rack for third in program history.
Vic Schaefer's sixth Bulldog contingent opens the 2017-18 slate on Nov. 10 against Virginia in the second half of a Humphrey Coliseum doubleheader with the MSU men's team. The men host Alabama State at 5:30 p.m., with the women's contest following at 8 p.m.
Between games, a special Final Four banner-raising ceremony will be held to commemorate the historic campaign. Tickets for the doubleheader cost $20 each and are being sold separately from season ticket packages.
Advance tickets purchased in sections 204-208 cost $10 each. All other sections cost $20 each. Tickets can be purchased online at www.hailstate.com/tickets or by phone at 1-888-GO-DAWGS.
2018 Ann Meyers Drysdale Award Candidates
Vivians was one of 20 players named to Tuesday's list by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. She joins LSU's Chloe Jackson and Texas A&M's Danni Williams as the SEC selections. Mississippi State is one of five teams in the nation to have a representative on both the Ann Meyers Drysdale and Nancy Lieberman watch lists.
The Carthage, Miss., native, earned the nod following a stellar junior season that saw her claim First Team All-SEC and Associated Press Third Team All-America honors. Vivians averaged a team-best 16.2 ppg and tallied a career-high 18.1 ppg in SEC contests.
She recorded a personal-best 633 points last season, eighth-most in program history and third-most by a Bulldog junior. Vivians, who also averaged 4.2 rpg, 1.5 apg and 1.4 spg, collected 35 double-figure scoring games a year ago, including 20-plus points 11 times.
Vivians was named to the Oklahoma City All-Region Team after averaging 18.5 points and 5.0 rebounds against Washington and Baylor, and she claimed All-Final Four Team accolades after 19 points against UConn and 12 in the national title game against South Carolina.
She enters her senior campaign with 1,754 career points, two back of tying Alexis Rack for third in program history.
Vic Schaefer's sixth Bulldog contingent opens the 2017-18 slate on Nov. 10 against Virginia in the second half of a Humphrey Coliseum doubleheader with the MSU men's team. The men host Alabama State at 5:30 p.m., with the women's contest following at 8 p.m.
Between games, a special Final Four banner-raising ceremony will be held to commemorate the historic campaign. Tickets for the doubleheader cost $20 each and are being sold separately from season ticket packages.
Advance tickets purchased in sections 204-208 cost $10 each. All other sections cost $20 each. Tickets can be purchased online at www.hailstate.com/tickets or by phone at 1-888-GO-DAWGS.
2018 Ann Meyers Drysdale Award Candidates
| Darby Maggard | Belmont |
| Katie Lou Samuelson | Connecticut |
| Ashton Millender | DePaul |
| Rebecca Greenwell | Duke |
| Asia Durr | Louisville |
| Chloe Jackson | LSU |
| Natisha Hiedeman | Marquette |
| Allazia Blockton | Marquette |
| Kaila Charles | Maryland |
| Victoria Vivians | Mississippi State |
| Arike Ogunbowale | Notre Dame |
| Lexi Bando | Oregon |
| Jovana Nogic | Providence |
| Jaycee Bradley | South Dakota |
| Kitija Laksa | South Florida |
| Akina Wellere | St. John's |
| Brittany McPhee | Stanford |
| Danni Williams | Texas A&M |
| Kennedy Burke | UCLA |
| Tynice Martin | West Virginia |
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