Sizzling Bulldogs Look To Continue Winning Streak

Tuesday, February 6

Starkville

6:00 PM

Mississippi State

Alabama

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Dogs, Tide meet for the second time on Tuesday at Humphrey Coliseum.

Sizzling Bulldogs Look To Continue Winning Streak

February 04, 2018 | Men's Basketball

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STARKVILLE, Miss. – It's been a decade since Mississippi State last won four SEC games in a row, but that can all change Tuesday when border rival Alabama visits Humphrey Coliseum.

Tip is set for 6 p.m. CT, with the game televised on 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.

A win would mark MSU's first four-game winning streak in league play since 2008 and avenge an earlier 68-62 setback to the Crimson Tide in Tuscaloosa back in January. It's also a Black Out game, and all fans are encouraged to wear black.

LAST TIME OUT
The Bulldogs were impressive in their 72-57 win against Georgia. Lamar Peters scored a game-high 20 points, while Quinndary Weatherspoon added 14.

Alabama turned back No. 23 Florida in Gainesville, 68-50. Collin Sexton led the Tide with 17 points.

RECORDS
Mississippi State, 17-6, 5-5; Alabama, 17-6, 604.

THE SERIES
Alabama leads, 124-74.

COACHES
Ben Howland enters his third year at MSU and 22^nd overall. As head coach in four different stops, he is 448-245 with a 47-39 mark with the Bulldogs.

Avery Johnson is in his third year at Alabama and is 52-38.

QUOTABLE
"He is a really good player and their leading scorer. He is incredibly athletic and shoots the ball well from three. He is a phenomenal athlete and makes them a better team." — MSU coach Ben Howland on Alabama's Collin Sexton.

"He is playing well and had a great week so let's keep it up. He has had a good year, it hasn't just been last week. He is playing with confidence and toughness. He doesn't get this award unless we are winning. They don't give this award to players on teams who aren't winning games. Bottom line is it's the whole team, his teammates, he is a good as a teammate as we have. His competitiveness, toughness, playing to win at all times is all he cares about. That embodiment is what is so thrilling. He is impacting three good wins in a row with his team and teammates." — MSU coach Ben Howland on Nick Weatherspoon being named SEC Player of the Week.

BULLDOG BITES

Nick Weatherspoon was named the SEC's Freshman of the Week on Monday.
The Bulldogs are .500 or better in SEC play 10 games into the schedule for the second year in a row. That hasn't happened in back-to-back years since 2011 and 2012.
Against Georgia, sophomore forward Lamar Peters had a season-high 20 points. On the year, MSU is 12-0 when a player scores 20-plus points.
Freshman guard Nick Weatherspoon took one charge against Georgia to give him a team-high 18. He is tied for the most in the SEC with Alabama's Herbert Jones.
MSU snapped a six-game losing streak to Georgia.
The 57 points were the fewest allowed in SEC play for Mississippi State, while UGA's 20 rebounds were the fewest allowed all year.
With 17 wins, MSU has now surpassed its win total from a year ago.
The Bulldogs have lost four in a row in to Alabama overall and four-straight at Humphrey Coliseum. They've never lost five straight at the Hump to the Crimson Tide.
Junior guard Quinndary Weatherspoon had 14 points against Georgia to give him 1,195 for his career. He's now just four points shy of tying Mario Austin at 26th.
Aric Holman has 108-career blocked shots, the 8th most in school history. He needs nine more to tie Wiley Peck (1976-79) for seventh at 117.
Abdul Ado has a team-high 45 blocked shots, the fifth most by a freshman in school history.
MSU is 16th nationally with its 5.4 blocks, while Abdul Ado ranks 41st in the country.
Mississippi State leads the SEC and is 29th nationally in points allowed at 65.3. MSU is also 20th in the nation in field goal defense at 40.0 percent.
The Bulldogs have held eight of its 10 SEC foes below their scoring average and 20 of 23 on the entire year.
MSU has now shot 50 percent or better from the floor 10 times this year, including the last three games. Last year, the total was eight.
MSU is looking to win four SEC games in row in the same season for the first time since 2008.
Nick Weatherspoon's 10.8 scoring average is 10th best in school history for a freshman.

NEXT 3 UP
Feb. 10 at Missouri
Feb. 14 at Vanderbilt
Feb. 17 vs. Ole Miss

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