Wednesday, February 14
Nashville, Tenn.
6:00 PM
Mississippi State
at
Vanderbilt
Mississippi State travels to Vanderbilt on Wednesday for a key SEC showdown.
Bulldogs Look For Season Sweep Of Vanderbilt
February 13, 2018 | Men's Basketball
STARKVILLE, Miss. – Coming off a heart-breaking loss at Missouri on Saturday in overtime, Mississippi State looks to rebounds Wednesday at Vanderbilt in the second meeting between the two schools this year.
Tip at historic Memorial Gymnasium is set for 6 p.m. CT, with the game televised by the SEC Network. Roy Philpott and Brooke Weisbrod will handle the broadcast, while Neil Price and Richard Williams will have the call on the MSU radio network.
Back in January, MSU claimed an 80-62 win against the Commodores at Humphrey Coliseum.
LAST TIME OUT
Mississippi State lost in overtime at Missouri, 89-85. Lamar Peters paced the Bulldogs with 22 points.
Vanderbilt lost at Arkansas. 72-54.
RECORDS
Mississippi State, 18-7, 6-3; Vanderbilt, 9-16, 3-9.
THE SERIES
Vanderbilt leads, 78-49.
COACHES
Ben Howland enters his third year at MSU and 22nd overall. As head coach in four different stops, he is 449-246 with a 48-40 mark with the Bulldogs.
Bryce Drew is in his second year at Vanderbilt and is 28-32. In seven years overall, he's 152-81.
QUOTABLE
"They won their last three home games. They really shoot it well. [Riley] Chance is playing superbly. He is really aggressive now offensively and playing really good. [Jeff] Roberson is one of the best players in our league and a really hard matchup because he is a three playing the four who can post you and he is so skilled shooting the ball. Again, they are a team in transition that unlike a lot of teams, everyone runs to the three-point line. — MSU coach Ben Howland on Vanderbilt.
BULLDOG BITES
Feb. 17 vs. Ole Miss
Feb. 20 at Texas A&M
Feb. 24 vs. South Carolina
Tip at historic Memorial Gymnasium is set for 6 p.m. CT, with the game televised by the SEC Network. Roy Philpott and Brooke Weisbrod will handle the broadcast, while Neil Price and Richard Williams will have the call on the MSU radio network.
Back in January, MSU claimed an 80-62 win against the Commodores at Humphrey Coliseum.
LAST TIME OUT
Mississippi State lost in overtime at Missouri, 89-85. Lamar Peters paced the Bulldogs with 22 points.
Vanderbilt lost at Arkansas. 72-54.
RECORDS
Mississippi State, 18-7, 6-3; Vanderbilt, 9-16, 3-9.
THE SERIES
Vanderbilt leads, 78-49.
COACHES
Ben Howland enters his third year at MSU and 22nd overall. As head coach in four different stops, he is 449-246 with a 48-40 mark with the Bulldogs.
Bryce Drew is in his second year at Vanderbilt and is 28-32. In seven years overall, he's 152-81.
QUOTABLE
"They won their last three home games. They really shoot it well. [Riley] Chance is playing superbly. He is really aggressive now offensively and playing really good. [Jeff] Roberson is one of the best players in our league and a really hard matchup because he is a three playing the four who can post you and he is so skilled shooting the ball. Again, they are a team in transition that unlike a lot of teams, everyone runs to the three-point line. — MSU coach Ben Howland on Vanderbilt.
BULLDOG BITES
- Mississippi State is looking for its first win at Memorial Gymnasium since 2012, a 78-77 overtime thriller.
- Vanderbilt was won the last three there by an average margin of 15.0 points.
- Against Missouri, Lamar Peters had a season-high 22 points, marking the first time this season in nine games MSU lost when a player scored 20-plus points.
- The Bulldogs had their series-best five-game win-streak against Missouri snapped, their longest current streak against any SEC team. The longest now is against both LSU and Arkansas at three.
- MSU fell to 0-3 in overtime games under Ben Howland, 60-52 all-time. That was the first OT outing between the two schools.
- In the loss to the Tigers, the Bulldogs had an SEC-best 11 made 3-pointers. They also gave up an SEC high 12.
- Nick Weatherspoon and Alabama's Herbert Jones are tied for the SEC lead with 18 charges taken.
- MSU lost for the first time this year when an opponent shot 45 percent or better from the floor (4-1).
- With 18 wins, MSU is now two shy of its 18th 20-win season in program history.
- Ben Howland is currently 10th all-time at MSU with 48 wins.
- Against Missouri, Lamar Peters scored his 500th-career point.
- Junior guard Quinndary Weatherspoon had 13 points at Missouri to give him 1,221 for his career, the 24th most in school history and 10 shy of tying Erick Dampier at 23rd.
- Aric Holman has 112-career blocked shots, the 8th most in school history. He needs five more to tie Wiley Peck (1976-79) for seventh at 117.
- Abdul Ado has a team-high 49 blocked shots, the fifth most by a freshman in school history.
- MSU is T17th nationally with its 5.4 blocks, while Abdul Ado ranks 39th in the country.
- Mississippi State leads the SEC and is 39th nationally in points allowed at 66.2. MSU is also 22nd in the nation in field goal defense at 40.2 percent.
- The Bulldogs have held nine of its 12 SEC foes below their scoring average and 21 of 25 overall.
- MSU has shot 50 percent or better from the floor 10 times this year. Its streak of three straight ended against Alabama on Feb. 6. Last year, the total was eight.
Feb. 17 vs. Ole Miss
Feb. 20 at Texas A&M
Feb. 24 vs. South Carolina
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