No. 3 Bulldogs Host Georgia In "Think Pink" Game Thursday

Thursday, February 16

Starkville

7:00 PM

Mississippi State

Georgia

Tickets

No. 3 Bulldogs Host Georgia In "Think Pink" Game Thursday

February 15, 2017 | Women's Basketball

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STARKVILLE, Miss. – Third-ranked Mississippi State will support the fight against breast cancer Thursday night as it hosts Georgia in its annual "Think Pink" game at Humphrey Coliseum.

Fans are encouraged to wear pink for the contest, which tips at 7 p.m.

The game will be streamed online on SEC Network +. WKBB-FM 100.9 will have the radio call in the Golden Triangle, while WCNA-FM 95.9 will carry the game to the Tupelo, Oxford and Corinth areas.

Live audio will be available at www.hailstate.com/plus and the TuneIn app.

Tickets cost $5 for adults, while youth age 18 & under get in free. Mississippi State students also get in free with a valid student ID.

The first 500 fans receive a free "Think Pink" T-shirt courtesy of OCH. Also, free pink pom-poms will be available while supplies last.

MSU returns home 25-1 overall and 11-1 in SEC play. State moved into a tie with South Carolina for the league lead with a 66-44 road win at Ole Miss on Sunday.

The Bulldogs enter Thursday's game with a chance to claim the school single-season record for SEC wins.

Georgia comes to Starkville 13-12 overall and 5-7 in SEC play after winning three of its last four games.

SERIES VS. GEORGIA

Georgia leads the overall series with Mississippi State 28-15 heading into Thursday's meeting, the 44th between the squads.
UGA claimed a four-point win last season in Athens, but MSU has won three of the last five meetings between the pair of Bulldogs.
Mississippi State has won three straight and four of the last five in The Hump to tie the series in Starkville at 10 wins apiece.

ABOUT UGA

Georgia improved to 13-12 overall, 5-7 in the SEC after claiming a 57-51 road win at Auburn on Sunday. That win was the third in the Bulldogs' last four games.
Pachis Roberts leads Georgia in scoring for the season (14.2 ppg) and in SEC games (15.8 ppg). Mackenzie Engram is second on the team with 10.9 ppg in league contests.
Roberts tops UGA on the boards for the season (7.1 rpg) and is one back of Caliya Robinson (6.8 rpg) for the top spot on the team in league contests.

NEXT UP FOR THE DAWGS

Following Thursday's game, MSU returns to the road for a pair of tough contests at Texas A&M on Sunday and Kentucky next Thursday.
The Bulldogs wrap the regular season at home against Tennessee on Feb. 26.

BULLDOG BITES

Mississippi State matched the school record for SEC wins in a season as it improved to 11-1 with Sunday's win at Ole Miss. It's the third-straight year MSU has won 11 SEC games.
The Bulldogs have won 12-straight at Humphrey Coliseum, tying the school record for most consecutive home wins. That streak is tied for the 13th-longest active streak in the nation.
MSU's 25 wins are the third-most in program history. The 2015-16 squad set the record with 28, while the 2014-15 team won 27 games.
Bulldog head coach Vic Schaefer is now five wins from claiming his 200th as a head coach.
State seniors Ketara Chapel, Dominique Dillingham, Chinwe Okorie and Breanna Richardson are now 102-30 (.773) since 2013-14, the second-most wins in the league in that span.
The Bulldogs are 33-11 (.750) in the SEC since 2014-15, the second-most wins in the league in that span. State has won 18 of its last 21 regular-season SEC games.
State earned a program-best No. 3 ranking in both the Associated Press and USA Today polls. It's MSU's 51st-straight week in both polls.
MSU has held its last three opponents (Missouri, Vanderbilt, Ole Miss) to their seasons lows in field goal percentage. The three combined to go 43 of 150 (28.7%) from the floor.
The Bulldogs held Vanderbilt and Ole Miss to their season lows in points.
MSU has forced 74 turnovers its last three games, claiming an 82-14 edge in points off those turnovers in that stretch.
State held Missouri, Vanderbilt and Ole Miss to a combined 9 of 44 (20.5%) from 3-point range. MSU holds foes to 25.2% from the arc this season, second-best in the nation.
MSU has led wire-to-wire 11 times and trailed by more than two possessions in three games.
Victoria Vivians reached double figures for the 20th-straight game with 11 points on Sunday.
Vivians is sixth in the SEC this season at 16.8 ppg. She is tied for fourth in league games with 17.4 ppg.
Last week Vivians was named to the Naismith Trophy Top 30 and the Wooden Award Late Season Top 20.
Morgan William is dishing 7.0 apg the last five contests. She is second in the SEC with 5.9 apg in league contests.
William has 41 assists vs. nine turnovers in her last six games. Her 3.6 assist/turnover ratio is SEC games tops the league.
William moved into a tie for fourth in MSU history with 379-career free throws made.
Sophomore Teaira McCowan claimed a career-high 18 rebounds to go with 17 points at Ole Miss. McCowan is averaging 9.3 ppg in SEC games, shooting 69% (49 of 71) from the field.
After tallying 12 points at Ole Miss, Dominique Dillingham is scoring at an 11.4 clip the last five games.