MSU Back Home After Two-Game Road Swing

STARKVILLE, Miss. – Humphrey Coliseum has been kind to Mississippi State this year, and with a two-game losing streak hovering over the team, returning home to face No. 22 Auburn on Saturday couldn't come at a better time.

Tip is set for 2:30 p.m. CT, with the game televised on the SEC Network. Richard Cross and Barry Booker will handle the broadcast, while Neil Price and Richard Williams will have the call on the MSU radio network.

MSU has won all 12 games at the Hump this season, 13 in a row dating back to last year. A win Saturday would tie the record of 14 straight.

LAST TIME OUT
The Bulldogs suffered their largest setback of the year at Florida, 71-54. Quinndary Weatherspoon had 16 points, while Abdul Ado posted his second double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds.

Auburn rallied to beat Ole Miss at home, 85-70, after being down 10 at halftime. Desean Murray led the Tigers with 16 points.

RECORDS
Mississippi State, 13-3, 1-2; Auburn, 15-1, 3-0.

THE SERIES
Auburn leads, 75-69.

COACHES
Ben Howland enters his third year at MSU and 22^nd overall. As head coach in four different stops, he is 444-242 with a 43-36 mark with the Bulldogs.

Bruce Pearl is in his fourth year at Auburn and is 59-25. In 23 seasons overall, he's 521-200.

QUOTABLE
"They are incredibly impressive. They play so hard. They have a lot of size and are leading the league in blocked shots. They are incredible at offensive rebounds." — MSU coach Ben Howland on Auburn.

BULLDOG BITES

Mississippi State is looking to extend its home winning streak to 14-straight, which would tie the Humphrey Coliseum record set from January of 2003 to January of 2004.
MSU is 1-1 this year against ranked teams — lost at Cincinnati and beat Arkansas.
The Bulldogs have won 14 of their last 15 against the Tigers at the Hump, including the last six games. Auburn's last win in Starkville came in 2009.
In their last two games, MSU has totaled just 112 points.
At Florida, freshman forward Abdul Ado recorded his second double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds. His first came against Green Bay.
Junior guard Quinndary Weatherspoon had 16 points against the Gators to give him 1,079 for his career. That ties for the 33rd most in school history with Larry Fry.
Junior forward Aric Holman needs just three more blocks to tie Gavin Ware for the eighth most in school history with 100.
Abdul Ado now has 34 blocked shots, the sixth most by a freshman in school history. He's on pace to break Jarvis Varnado's freshman mark of 67. His 2.3 average is currently tops in school history for a rookie.
MSU is 16th nationally with its 5.8 blocks, while Abdul Ado ranks 36th in the country.
In his two-career games against Auburn, Quinndary Weatherspoon is 7-11 beyond the arc and has made all 10 of his free-throw attempts while totaling 41 points.
Mississippi State leads the SEC and is 28th nationally in points allowed at 64.0. MSU is also 23rd in the nation in field goal defense at 39.1 percent.
The Bulldogs have now won 12 home games, their most since winning 15 in 2012.
Sophomore guard Tyson Carter scored his 400th-career point at Florida.
Mississippi State has shot 50 percent or better from the floor seven times this season. Last year, the total was eight.
Abdul Ado's 7.1 rebounding averaging is fourth-best all-time by an MSU freshman.

NEXT 3 UP
Jan. 16 vs. Vanderbilt
Jan. 20 at Alabama
Jan. 23 at Kentucky

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MSU Back Home After Two-Game Road Swing

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Players Mentioned

Abdul Ado

Tyson Carter

Aric Holman

Quinndary Weatherspoon

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MSU Back Home After Two-Game Road Swing

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Players Mentioned

Abdul Ado

Tyson Carter

Aric Holman

Quinndary Weatherspoon

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