Dogs Seek Revenge When Rebels Visit The Hump

Tuesday, February 21

Starkville

8:00 PM

Mississippi State

Ole Miss

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Bulldogs battle Ole Miss in rivalry matchup Tuesday.

Dogs Seek Revenge When Rebels Visit The Hump

February 20, 2017 | Men's Basketball

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STARKVILLE, Miss. — Not only is Mississippi State looking to snap a season-long, four-game losing streak, it's also looking to avenge a 27-point setback to Ole Miss in Oxford back in January.

This time around, the Bulldogs face their rival at Humphrey Coliseum.

Tip is set for 8 p.m. CT on ESPN2, with Tom Hart and LaPhonso Ellis handling the broadcast. The game can also be heard on the MSU radio network with veterans Jim Ellis and Richard Williams on the call.

Mississippi State stands at 14-12 on the season, 5-9 in league play after losing to No. 13 Florida on Saturday, 57-52. Quinndary Weatherspoon led MSU with 17 points.

Ole Miss enters Tuesday's showdown 16-11, 7-7, after its 98-80 loss at Arkansas.

THE SERIES
MSU lead the all-time series, the longest in the SEC, 142-113.

COACHES
Ben Howland is in his second year at MSU and 21^st overall. As a head coach in four different stops, he is 429-235 with a 28-29 mark with the Bulldogs.

Andy Kennedy is in his 11th year at Ole Miss and owns a 228-137 ledger. In 12 years overall, he's 249-150.

QUOTABLE
"If you think about our last three games, we are right there with our opponents and hopefully we can get over that hump Tuesday." — MSU coach Ben Howland on his team's close losses.

NEXT 2
At Vanderbilt on Feb. 25 and at South Carolina on Feb. 28.

BULLDOG BITES

Ole Miss is one of three SEC teams Mississippi State has a winning record against, with South Carolina and Missouri being the other two.
MSU's 142 wins versus the Rebels are the most against any team in its 105-year history, along with the 43 road wins. This is also the SEC's most-played series.
Four of the last five games in this series have been decided by eight points or less.
Back in January, Ole Miss claimed an 88-61 win, it's largest margin of victory in this series.
The Bulldogs' losing streak to ranked teams increased to 17 in a row with Saturday's 57-52 setback to No. 13 Florida.
Mississippi State is 0-3 against ranked teams (also Kentucky and South Carolina) this year by just an average margin of 5.0 points.
The 52 points were a season low and the two made 3-pointers tied for a season low (NW State).
In the loss to Florida, senior guard I.J. Ready earned his first start since the SEC opener against Alabama. He finished with 2 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal.
Quinndary Weatherspoon was the only MSU player to score in double-digits (17) against the Gators, marking the first time that's happened this year for MSU.
Freshman Lamar Peters has a team-high 53 made 3-pointers, the fifth-most by an MSU freshman in school history. He needs just 15 more to tie Barry Stewart's mark of 68 set in 2007.
Mississippi State has three players with 10-plus, 30-minute games this year — Quinndary Weatherspoon (17), I.J. Ready (12) and Mario Kegler (11).
Aric Holman's 54 blocked shots are the third-most in the SEC.
I.J. Ready leads the SEC and is 24th nationally with his 2.8 assist/turnover ratio.
Mario Kegler's streak of nine-straight games with a made 3-pointer ended against Florida.
Against Florida, MSU lost for the first time this year when a foe doesn't score 65 points (8-1).
MSU seeks its 15th win this season, the most since having 21 in 2012.
KenPom.com has MSU as the least experienced team of all 351 DI programs at .68.