Thursday, December 20
Seattle, Wash.
9:00 PM
Mississippi State
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Washington
Women's Basketball Looks to Rebound at Washington Thursday
December 19, 2018 | Women's Basketball
by Brian Ogden, Assistant Coordinator/Communications
SEATTLE, Wash. – After dropping their first game of the season at No. 7 Oregon, Mississippi State's women's basketball team remains on the road as they look to rebound against Washington on Thursday night.
Tipoff from Alaska Airlines Arena is set for 9 p.m. CT with a live stream available on Pac-12.com. Fans can listen to the action on the MSU Radio Network and online via HailState.com/Plus and the TuneIn app.
The 10-1 Bulldogs, who rose No. 4 in this week's AP and USA Today Coaches polls, enter the week ranked in the Top 15 in NCAA Division I in three statistical categories, and top the SEC in twelve categories including assists, rebounds per game and field goal percentage.
State also tops the country in blocked shots with 7.3 per game. Individually, Teaira McCowan entered the week leading the conference with 2.9 bpg, while freshman Jessika Carter followed in fourth with 1.9 bpg. McCowan tops MSU with an 17.4 scoring average, and graduate transfer Anriel Howard is not far behind averaging 16.1 after a career-high 30 points against the Ducks.
Individually, Jazzmun Holmes leads the nation in assist/turnover ratio (6.89). Over the last four games, she has recorded 28 assists and just three turnovers while averaging 12.5 ppg with a 46.9% FG% (15-of-32). She has made 19-of-20 from the free throw line.
Thursday will conclude a 5,207-mile round-trip journey to play the Ducks and Huskies. MSU will then dismiss student-athletes for the holidays before returning to Starkville on Dec. 30 to host Louisiana.
GAME INFORMATION
Opponent: Washington
Location: Seattle, Washington (Alaska Airlines Arena)
Time: Thursday, 9 p.m.
Watch: Pac-12.com (PxP – Gary Hill Jr.; Analyst – Elise Woodward)
Listen: MSU Radio Network and HailState.com/Plus (PxP – Jason Crowder; Analyst – Charlie Winfield)
SERIES HISTORY
Overall: MSU leads 1-0
At MSU: N/A
At UW: N/A
Neutral Sites: MSU leads 1-0
Last Meeting: MSU, 75-64 (3/24/17 in Oklahoma City)
BULLDOG BITES
LAST TIME OUT FOR MSU...
GET TO KNOW THE OPPONENT…
ON THE ROAD AGAIN
REDEFINED DEFENSE
SEATTLE, Wash. – After dropping their first game of the season at No. 7 Oregon, Mississippi State's women's basketball team remains on the road as they look to rebound against Washington on Thursday night.
Tipoff from Alaska Airlines Arena is set for 9 p.m. CT with a live stream available on Pac-12.com. Fans can listen to the action on the MSU Radio Network and online via HailState.com/Plus and the TuneIn app.
The 10-1 Bulldogs, who rose No. 4 in this week's AP and USA Today Coaches polls, enter the week ranked in the Top 15 in NCAA Division I in three statistical categories, and top the SEC in twelve categories including assists, rebounds per game and field goal percentage.
State also tops the country in blocked shots with 7.3 per game. Individually, Teaira McCowan entered the week leading the conference with 2.9 bpg, while freshman Jessika Carter followed in fourth with 1.9 bpg. McCowan tops MSU with an 17.4 scoring average, and graduate transfer Anriel Howard is not far behind averaging 16.1 after a career-high 30 points against the Ducks.
Individually, Jazzmun Holmes leads the nation in assist/turnover ratio (6.89). Over the last four games, she has recorded 28 assists and just three turnovers while averaging 12.5 ppg with a 46.9% FG% (15-of-32). She has made 19-of-20 from the free throw line.
Thursday will conclude a 5,207-mile round-trip journey to play the Ducks and Huskies. MSU will then dismiss student-athletes for the holidays before returning to Starkville on Dec. 30 to host Louisiana.
GAME INFORMATION
Opponent: Washington
Location: Seattle, Washington (Alaska Airlines Arena)
Time: Thursday, 9 p.m.
Watch: Pac-12.com (PxP – Gary Hill Jr.; Analyst – Elise Woodward)
Listen: MSU Radio Network and HailState.com/Plus (PxP – Jason Crowder; Analyst – Charlie Winfield)
SERIES HISTORY
Overall: MSU leads 1-0
At MSU: N/A
At UW: N/A
Neutral Sites: MSU leads 1-0
Last Meeting: MSU, 75-64 (3/24/17 in Oklahoma City)
BULLDOG BITES
- MSU won its 700th game in program history last week, defeating Southern Miss, 86-42.
- The Bulldogs saw their 46-game winning streak in regular-season non-conference play snapped on Tuesday night by No. 7 Oregon. State last lost such a game at Texas on Dec. 2, 2015.
- Seniors Jazzmun Holmes and Teaira McCowan have won 109-career games, 4th-most in the nation since 2015-16. Their 81 wins since 2016-17 are tied with UConn for the nation's best.
- State has been in the AP poll 81 straight weeks, including 45 weeks in a row in the Top 10.
- The Bulldogs are the nation's 2nd-best scoring offense, averaging 90.6 ppg. Its 53.2 ppg allowed is 19th in the country, giving the Dawgs the highest scoring margin (+37.5) in Division I.
- MSU tops the SEC in FG% (51.2%), rebounding (44.8 rpg), assist/turnover ratio (1.5), assists (19.0 apg), rebound margin (+15.9), and scoring offense.
- The Bulldogs continue to lead the nation in blocked shots with 80 on the year, 7.3 bpg. Teaira McCowan's 32 blocks are 2nd in the nation and lead the SEC.
- Jazzmun Holmes leads the nation with a 6.9 assist/turnover ratio. Jordan Danberry is 6th in the SEC (2.0). They have helped MSU to DI's 4th-best ratio (1.5).
- Teaira McCowan has scored double figures in 16 of her last 20 games going back to last season, with 11 of those being 20-point efforts. The two-time SEC Player of the Week is 13-of-14 from the free throw line over her last 4 games and shooting 63.4% from the field.
- Over the last 4 games, Jazzmun Holmes has turned in 28 assists with just 3 turnovers. She is averaging 12.5 ppg with a 46.9% FG% (15-of-32) and making 19-of-20 from the free throw line.
- Chloe Bibby leads the SEC, and is 10th in the nation, sinking the triple at a 50.0% clip.
- Anriel Howard led all scorers with 30 points at Oregon on Tuesday. Over he last 3 games, the graduate is averaging 25.0 ppg and 8.3 rpg while shooting 65.6% from the field (31-of-47).
LAST TIME OUT FOR MSU...
- The Bulldogs' suffered their first loss of the year at No. 7 Oregon, snapping a 46-game winning streak in regular-season non-conference games dating back to 2015.
- State dropped an 82-74 decision while loisng the rebounding battle for just the second time this season. MSU was whistled for a season-high 20 fouls in the game.
- Oregon was 27-of-28 from the free throw line as Sabrina Ionescu was a perfect 17-of-17 from the striple.
- Anriel Howard scored a career-high 30 points, and Jazzmun Holmes dished out seven assists with no turnovers.
GET TO KNOW THE OPPONENT…
- Washington enters the game with a 7-4 record after dropping its last game to Boise State, 73-69, in the Husky Classic.
- Amber Melgoza was one of 20 players from across the country to be named to the 2019 Ann Meyers Drysdale Watch List.
- The Huskies are third in the Pac-12 and 24th in the nation in free throw shooting at 76.4%. Amber Melgoza ranks third in the Pac-12 and 43rd in Division I at 87.7% (64-of-73).
ON THE ROAD AGAIN
- MSU is in the midst of three consecutive road games to close the fall semester. That stretch is the longest away from home on State's schedule this season.
- State defeated Southern Miss last week in Hattiesburg, before suffering its first setback of the year at No. 7 Oregon on Tuesday night.
- The Bulldogs' travel to the Pacific Northwest will cover 5,207 miles round trip from Starkville to Eugene and then to Seattle before heading home.
REDEFINED DEFENSE
- Jazzmun Holmes is a big reason MSU is one of the nation's best in assists and assist/turnover ratio. Over her last four games, she is averaging 7.0 apg compared with just 0.8 turnovers.
- She is 2nd in the SEC dishing 5.6 apg, but she has taken care of the basketball, leading the nation with a 6.9 assist/turnover ratio.
- The Gulfport, Miss., native notched career assist No. 300 against Furman, and her 336-career dimes are 6th by an active SEC player and tied for 9th place in the MSU record books.
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