Saturday, February 24
Starkville
2:30 PM
Mississippi State
vs
South Carolina
Mississippi State hosts South Carolina on Saturday at the Hump.
MSU Looks To Keep Streak Going Against USC
February 23, 2018 | Men's Basketball
STARKVILLE, Miss. – With each win, Mississippi State continues to climb the SEC standings. Saturday, the Bulldogs have a chance to continue the trend as they open a two-game homestand starting with South Carolina.
Tip against the Gamecocks is set for 2:30 p.m. CT, with the game televised on the SEC Network. Keith Fitzgerald and Sean Harrington will handle the broadcast, while Neil Price and Richard Williams will have the call on the MSU radio network.
MSU is currently tied for third in the league and will close out its home slate Tuesday against Tennessee.
LAST TIME OUT
Mississippi State was impressive in its 93-81 win at Texas A&M. Abdul Ado had a career-high 19 points, while Quinndary Weatherspoon added 17.
South Carolina defeated Georgia, 66-57. Chris Silva and Wesley Myers led the Gamecocks with 15 points each.
RECORDS
Mississippi State, 20-8, 8-7; South Carolina, 15-13, 6-9.
THE SERIES
MSU leads, 20-14.
COACHES
Ben Howland enters his third year at MSU and 22nd overall. As head coach in four different stops, he is 451-247 with a 50-41 mark with the Bulldogs.
Frank Martin is in his 6th year at South Carolina and is 111-87. In 11 years overall, he's 228-141.
QUOTABLE
"They won at Florida. South Carolina played very well down there. So, they are very tough. They are a Final Four team a year ago. They have a nucleus of players back that played on their team in the Final Four. They are good and like us, they are fighting to try to play here and extend their season." — MSU coach Ben Howland on South Carolina.
BULLDOG BITES
Feb. 27 vs. Tennessee
March 3 at LSU
PROMOTIONS
Tip against the Gamecocks is set for 2:30 p.m. CT, with the game televised on the SEC Network. Keith Fitzgerald and Sean Harrington will handle the broadcast, while Neil Price and Richard Williams will have the call on the MSU radio network.
MSU is currently tied for third in the league and will close out its home slate Tuesday against Tennessee.
LAST TIME OUT
Mississippi State was impressive in its 93-81 win at Texas A&M. Abdul Ado had a career-high 19 points, while Quinndary Weatherspoon added 17.
South Carolina defeated Georgia, 66-57. Chris Silva and Wesley Myers led the Gamecocks with 15 points each.
RECORDS
Mississippi State, 20-8, 8-7; South Carolina, 15-13, 6-9.
THE SERIES
MSU leads, 20-14.
COACHES
Ben Howland enters his third year at MSU and 22nd overall. As head coach in four different stops, he is 451-247 with a 50-41 mark with the Bulldogs.
Frank Martin is in his 6th year at South Carolina and is 111-87. In 11 years overall, he's 228-141.
QUOTABLE
"They won at Florida. South Carolina played very well down there. So, they are very tough. They are a Final Four team a year ago. They have a nucleus of players back that played on their team in the Final Four. They are good and like us, they are fighting to try to play here and extend their season." — MSU coach Ben Howland on South Carolina.
BULLDOG BITES
- Mississippi State is looking for its first season sweep of the year. The Bulldogs' last sweep was a year ago against LSU. They also beat the Tigers in the SEC Tournament to go 3-0.
- South Carolina is one of three SEC teams MSU has a winning record against, along with Ole Miss and Missouri.
- In the win at Texas A&M, Ben Howland collected his 50th victory as MSU's head coach.
- It was also MSU's first win at Texas A&M in four attempts.
- The Bulldogs are seeking a school-record 18 wins at Humphrey Coliseum.
- For the first time in school history, MSU has scored 80-plus points in four-straight SEC road games.
- With the win against the Aggies, MSU now has 18 20-plus win seasons in program history and its first since 2012.
- MSU also out-rebounded Texas A&M, 44-31. The plus-13 advantage was the largest on the road this year.
- In his last four games, sophomore guard Lamar Peters has dished out 29 assists.
- In his last six games, freshman guard Nick Weatherspoon has 11 assists and 2 turnovers, while scoring in double-digits five times.
- Freshman forward Abdul Ado had career-high 19 points at Texas A&M.
- Nick Weatherspoon is second in the SEC with 18 charges taken. Alabama's Herbert James has 20.
- Junior guard Quinndary Weatherspoon had 17 points at Texas A&M to give him 1,263 for his career, now the 21st most in school history.
- Aric Holman has 119-career blocked shots, now the 7th most in school history.
- Abdul Ado has a team-high 53 blocked shots, the fourth most by a freshman in school history.
- MSU is 19th nationally with its 5.3 blocks, while Abdul Ado ranks 47th in the country.
- MSU is also 34th in the nation in field goal defense at 41.0 percent and 54th in points allowed (67.1).
- The Bulldogs have held 10 of its 15 SEC foes below their scoring average and 22 of 28 overall.
- MSU has shot 50 percent or better from the floor in five of its last eight games and 12 times overall.
- On Wednesday, former MSU great Ray White (1976-79) was named an SEC Legend.
Feb. 27 vs. Tennessee
March 3 at LSU
PROMOTIONS
- FREE Bully's Kidz Kourt for Kids in Mize from 1-2:15 p.m. CT
- Student Lounge opens at noon. There will be
- University Fan Card Dash for Cash
- JCG T-Shirt Parachute drop
- Texaco Fan Cam for $50 gift card
- Trustmark Hail State Rewards Jackpot for chance at $100
- "Make It Take It" for a chance at $250
- Mississippi State University T-Shirt Shoot
- 225 Hail State Rewards points
- 100 Bully's Kid Club points
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