Wednesday, November 21
Starkville
2:00 PM
Mississippi State
vs
Furman
No. 6 Bulldogs Host Furman In Wednesday Matinee
November 20, 2018 | Women's Basketball
By Brock Turnipseed, Associate Director/Communications
STARKVILLE – Before embarking on those Thanksgiving plans, join the No. 6 Mississippi State women's basketball team as it hosts Furman in a Wednesday afternoon matinee at Humphrey Coliseum.
Tip is set for 2 p.m., with doors opening at 12:30 p.m. The contest will be Family Day, with fans who bring a canned good getting a free general admission ticket.
In addition to fan-focused concession pricing, free Thanksgiving casseroles will be available while supplies last.
Fans can purchase tickets online at HailState.com/Tickets up to four hours before tip at the price of $5 for adults and $3 for youth age 17 and under. Walk-up general admission tickets cost $10 for adults and $5 for youth.
MSU students get in free with a valid student ID, and Bully's Kids Club members also get free admission with their membership card.
Fans unable to attend can stream the game on SEC Network + via WatchESPN.com or the WatchESPN app.
The radio broadcast can be heard on the MSU Radio Network, as well as online at www.HailState.com/Plus and the TuneIn app.
Games and inflatables will be available for families at Bully's Kidz Kourt inside Mize Pavilion starting at 12:30 p.m.
The game comes a day after the Bulldogs stayed at No. 6 in the first USA Today Coaches Top 25 Poll of the regular season. MSU remained in the Top 10 after starting the season 4-0.
Vic Schaefer's squad is coming off back-to-back 100-point games, including a 110-38 win against Coppin State last Sunday.
Teaira McCowan, who was tabbed to the Wade Trophy Watch List on Tuesday, paces MSU with 17.5 ppg, 12.8 rpg and a nation's-best 5.3 bpg.
SEC Player of the Week Anriel Howard enters the week averaging 14.0 ppg and 9.3 rpg. Three other Bulldogs also average double-figure points: Andra Espinoza-Hunter (12.0 ppg), Chloe Bibby (11.5 ppg) and Jordan Danberry (10.8 ppg).
GAME INFORMATION
Opponent: Furman
Location: Starkville, Miss. (Humphrey Coliseum)
Time: Wednesday, 2:02 p.m.
Doors Open: 12:30 p.m.
Tickets: HailState.com/Tickets
Watch Online: SEC Network + (PxP - Bart Gregory; Analyst - Charlie Winfield)
Listen: MSU Radio Network and HailState.com/Plus (PxP – Jason Crowder; Analyst – Blair Schaefer)
PROMOTIONS
SERIES HISTORY
Overall: First Meeting
BULLDOG BITES
LAST TIME OUT FOR MSU...
GET TO KNOW THE OPPONENT…
TOUGH AT THE HUMP
Team Wins
1. UConn 81
2. Lamar 30
3. Notre Dame 27
4. Baylor 25
5. Mississippi State 23
6. American 22
FGCU 22
STATE STELLAR IN NON-CONFERENCE PLAY
STARKVILLE – Before embarking on those Thanksgiving plans, join the No. 6 Mississippi State women's basketball team as it hosts Furman in a Wednesday afternoon matinee at Humphrey Coliseum.
Tip is set for 2 p.m., with doors opening at 12:30 p.m. The contest will be Family Day, with fans who bring a canned good getting a free general admission ticket.
In addition to fan-focused concession pricing, free Thanksgiving casseroles will be available while supplies last.
Fans can purchase tickets online at HailState.com/Tickets up to four hours before tip at the price of $5 for adults and $3 for youth age 17 and under. Walk-up general admission tickets cost $10 for adults and $5 for youth.
MSU students get in free with a valid student ID, and Bully's Kids Club members also get free admission with their membership card.
Fans unable to attend can stream the game on SEC Network + via WatchESPN.com or the WatchESPN app.
The radio broadcast can be heard on the MSU Radio Network, as well as online at www.HailState.com/Plus and the TuneIn app.
Games and inflatables will be available for families at Bully's Kidz Kourt inside Mize Pavilion starting at 12:30 p.m.
The game comes a day after the Bulldogs stayed at No. 6 in the first USA Today Coaches Top 25 Poll of the regular season. MSU remained in the Top 10 after starting the season 4-0.
Vic Schaefer's squad is coming off back-to-back 100-point games, including a 110-38 win against Coppin State last Sunday.
Teaira McCowan, who was tabbed to the Wade Trophy Watch List on Tuesday, paces MSU with 17.5 ppg, 12.8 rpg and a nation's-best 5.3 bpg.
SEC Player of the Week Anriel Howard enters the week averaging 14.0 ppg and 9.3 rpg. Three other Bulldogs also average double-figure points: Andra Espinoza-Hunter (12.0 ppg), Chloe Bibby (11.5 ppg) and Jordan Danberry (10.8 ppg).
GAME INFORMATION
Opponent: Furman
Location: Starkville, Miss. (Humphrey Coliseum)
Time: Wednesday, 2:02 p.m.
Doors Open: 12:30 p.m.
Tickets: HailState.com/Tickets
Watch Online: SEC Network + (PxP - Bart Gregory; Analyst - Charlie Winfield)
Listen: MSU Radio Network and HailState.com/Plus (PxP – Jason Crowder; Analyst – Blair Schaefer)
PROMOTIONS
- Family Day
- Bring a canned good, get a free general admission ticket
- Free Thanksgiving casseroles (while supplies last)
- Maroon Memories – HailState.com/memories
- Bully's Kidz Kourt (Opens at 12:30 p.m.)
SERIES HISTORY
Overall: First Meeting
BULLDOG BITES
- State won its 40th-straight regular-season non-conference contest with Sunday's 110-38 win against Coppin State.
- MSU has claimed 23-consecutive wins in the Hump, the fifth-longest active streak in the nation.
- Since 2014-15, MSU is 130-22, the fourth-most wins nationally in that span. Its 75 wins since 2016-17 are the most.
- State leads the SEC in scoring offense (93.5 ppg), FG% (50.7%), FG% defense (25.8%), rebounds (51.8 rpg), rebounds allowed (32.2 rpg), rebounding margin (+19.5), assists (20.8 apg) and blocked shots (10.5 bpg).
- MSU tops the nation with 42 blocked shots and a 10.5 average. It is fifth in FG% defense, fourth in rebounds per game and third in scoring margin (+46.5).
- The Bulldogs remain No. 6 in this week's Associated Press Top 25 Poll. Their 41-straight weeks in the Top 10 is the fourth-longest active streak in the nation, while 77 weeks in a row in the poll is sixth-best in the country.
- Teaira McCowan was named to the Wade Trophy Watch List on Tuesday. She has scored double figures in 10-straight games going back to last year. Seven of those were 20+ point games.
- McCowan scored her 1,350th-career point, moving into 10th on the Bulldogs' career scoring list.
- Anriel Howard was named SEC Player of the Week after averaging 19.5 points and 10.5 rebounds against Lamar and Coppin State. MSU has swept both SEC Player of the Week honors this season as McCowan earned it following Week 1.
- Howard, who claimed her first MSU double-double and 34th of her career against Lamar, is 14 points from 1,000 for her career.
- Freshman Jessika Carter has also been solid the last two games, tallying 26 points, 16 rebounds and 9 blocked shots.
LAST TIME OUT FOR MSU...
- MSU hit the century mark for a second straight game, rolling past Coppin State 110-38 on the day it hoisted the 2018 National Finalist banner into the Humphrey Coliseum rafters.
- MSU scored 41 first-quarter points to lead 64-16 at half.
- Seven MSU players scored double figures, led by 23 points from Teaira McCowan.
GET TO KNOW THE OPPONENT…
- Furman brings a 2-2 record into Wednesday's tilt. The Paladins defeated USC Upstate 78-67 last Saturday after dropping back-to-back games against Kennesaw State and Middle Tennessee.
- The Paladins average 70.8 ppg and surrender 65.2 ppg. They are led in scoring by Le'Jzae Davidson's 18.0 ppg. Tierra Hodges paces them on the boards with 6.3 per game.
TOUGH AT THE HUMP
- Sunday's win was the Dawgs' 23rd-straight win inside Humphrey Coliseum. That run is the tied for the 5th-longest active home win streak in NCAA Division I.
Team Wins
1. UConn 81
2. Lamar 30
3. Notre Dame 27
4. Baylor 25
5. Mississippi State 23
6. American 22
FGCU 22
STATE STELLAR IN NON-CONFERENCE PLAY
- The Bulldogs have been stellar in regular-season non-conference games, winning 40-straight contests. The last time MSU dropped a non-conference game in the months of November and December was at Texas on Dec. 2, 2015.
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