Thursday, January 17
Starkville
6:00 PM
Mississippi State
vs
#15 South Carolina
Bulldogs Host South Carolina on ESPN Thursday
January 16, 2019 | Women's Basketball
by Brian Ogden, Assistant Coordinator/Communications
STARKVILLE – Two Associate Press Top 15 teams will meet in women's basketball action on Thursday night in Humphrey Coliseum. No. 7 Mississippi State will host No. 15 South Carolina at 6 p.m. CT on the ESPN with Beth Mowins, Deb Antonelli and Brooke Weisbrod on the call.
Fans can listen to the action on the MSU Radio Network and online via HailState.com/Plus and the TuneIn app.
The Bulldogs and the Gamecocks are the last remaining teams to be undefeated in SEC play. South Carolina leads the nation in blocks per game (7.1), and MSU is fifth in the category (6.8). The two teams have met in the SEC Tournament Championship in each of the last three years.
State is coming off a 26-point win at Auburn that saw Teaira McCowan record the 53rd double-double of her career. McCowan was named SEC Player of the Week after averaging 20.0 points and 15.5 rebounds against the Tigers and Georgia.
McCowan leads the league in blocks (2.7 bpg), double-doubles (14), field goal percentage (67.6 percent) and rebounding (13.3 rpg). Jazzmun Holmes leads the nation in assist/turnover ratio (4.1).
MSU will be off this weekend, but returns to the floor on Thursday, Jan. 24 at Florida. Tipoff from Gainesville is set for 6 p.m. CT on SEC Network+.
GAME INFORMATION
Opponent: South Carolina
Location: Starkville, Mississippi (Humphrey Coliseum)
Doors Open: 4:30 p.m
Time: Thursday, 6 p.m.
Watch: ESPN (PxP – Beth Mowins; Analyst – Deb Antonelli; Sideline – Brooke Weisbrod)
Listen: MSU Radio Network and HailState.com/Plus (PxP – Jason Crowder; Analyst – Charlie Winfield)
SERIES HISTORY
Overall: SC leads 21-17
At MSU: MSU leads 10-6
At SC: SC leads 11-5
Neutral Sites: SC leads 4-2
Last Meeting: SC, 62-51 (3/4/18 in SEC Tournament)
BULLDOG BITES
LAST TIME OUT FOR MSU...
GET TO KNOW THE OPPONENT…
BULLDOGS EARN SEC POW HONORS
BIG T MAKING BUCKETS
STARKVILLE – Two Associate Press Top 15 teams will meet in women's basketball action on Thursday night in Humphrey Coliseum. No. 7 Mississippi State will host No. 15 South Carolina at 6 p.m. CT on the ESPN with Beth Mowins, Deb Antonelli and Brooke Weisbrod on the call.
Fans can listen to the action on the MSU Radio Network and online via HailState.com/Plus and the TuneIn app.
The Bulldogs and the Gamecocks are the last remaining teams to be undefeated in SEC play. South Carolina leads the nation in blocks per game (7.1), and MSU is fifth in the category (6.8). The two teams have met in the SEC Tournament Championship in each of the last three years.
State is coming off a 26-point win at Auburn that saw Teaira McCowan record the 53rd double-double of her career. McCowan was named SEC Player of the Week after averaging 20.0 points and 15.5 rebounds against the Tigers and Georgia.
McCowan leads the league in blocks (2.7 bpg), double-doubles (14), field goal percentage (67.6 percent) and rebounding (13.3 rpg). Jazzmun Holmes leads the nation in assist/turnover ratio (4.1).
MSU will be off this weekend, but returns to the floor on Thursday, Jan. 24 at Florida. Tipoff from Gainesville is set for 6 p.m. CT on SEC Network+.
GAME INFORMATION
Opponent: South Carolina
Location: Starkville, Mississippi (Humphrey Coliseum)
Doors Open: 4:30 p.m
Time: Thursday, 6 p.m.
Watch: ESPN (PxP – Beth Mowins; Analyst – Deb Antonelli; Sideline – Brooke Weisbrod)
Listen: MSU Radio Network and HailState.com/Plus (PxP – Jason Crowder; Analyst – Charlie Winfield)
SERIES HISTORY
Overall: SC leads 21-17
At MSU: MSU leads 10-6
At SC: SC leads 11-5
Neutral Sites: SC leads 4-2
Last Meeting: SC, 62-51 (3/4/18 in SEC Tournament)
BULLDOG BITES
- The Bulldogs set a new school record with their sixth 100-point game of the year when they defeated Louisiana, 104-36. The SEC record is 10 games set by Alabama in the 1991-92 season.
- Seniors Jazzmun Holmes and Teaira McCowan have won 115-career games, tied for the 3rd-most in the nation since 2015-16. Their 87 wins since 2016-17 lead the nation in that span.
- State has been in the AP poll 85 straight weeks, including 49 weeks in a row in the Top 10.
- The Bulldogs are the nation's 2nd-best scoring offense, averaging 91.1 ppg. Its 55.7 ppg allowed is 23rd in the country, giving the Dawgs the highest scoring margin (+35.4) in Division I.
- MSU tops the SEC in FG% (50.5%), rebounding (46.1 rpg), assist/turnover ratio (1.3), assists (18.4 apg), rebound margin (+17.3), and scoring offense.
- The Bulldogs are 2nd in the nation in blocked shots with 115 on the year and third in blocks per game (6.8). Teaira McCowan's 45 blocks are 6th in the nation and lead the SEC.
- Jazzmun Holmes leads the nation with a 4.1 assist/turnover ratio. Xaria Wiggins is 6th in the SEC (2.6), and Jordan Danberry is 15th (1.6). They have helped MSU to DI's 11th-best ratio (1.3).
- Teaira McCowan is the reigning SEC Player of the Week and has scored in double figures in 19 of her last 20 games going back to last season. She has now won 8 career conference honors.
- Jordan Danberry has scored in double figures in 12 straight games, averaging 14.3 points in that span. She has already broken career high in scoring four times this season, and scored more points (222) this year than in any prior season of her career.
- Over the last 10 games, Jazzmun Holmes has turned in 55 assists with just 16 turnovers. She is averaging 9.7 ppg with a 46.2% FG% (30-of-65) and making 36-of-40 from the free throw line.
- Teaira McCowan and Anriel Howard are the only pair of teammates in the SEC to be among the top 10 in the league in both scoring and rebounding average.
LAST TIME OUT FOR MSU...
- Teaira McCowan recorded her 53rd career double-double with 22 points and 10 rebounds as MSU downed Auburn on the road, 85-59. McCowan was 9-of-10 from the field and 4-of-4 from the free throw line.
- Freshman Jessika Carter totaled 14 points and 6 rebounds while shooting a perfect 4-of-4.
- State received 27 points from its bench players after they scored just one in the prior game.
- Anriel Howard and Jazzmun Holmes each dealt out 5 assists. Jordan Danberry and Chloe Bibby recorded two steals.
GET TO KNOW THE OPPONENT…
- South Carolina joines MSU as the only remaining SEC teams to be undefeated in conference play. The Gamecocks are coming off a 76-53 win at LSU to improve to a 12-4 (4-0 SEC) record.
- The Gamecocks and Bulldogs have met in the SEC Tournament Championship game in each of the past three seasons.
- South Carolina leads the nation in blocks (7.1 bpg) and have the 2nd-fewest turnovers in the SEC this year (230).
BULLDOGS EARN SEC POW HONORS
- MSU has earned five SEC Player of the Week awards this season after McCowan earned the honor this week. She averaged 20.0 points and 15.5 rebounds in games against Georgia and Auburn. It was her 7th career Player of the Week honor, the most among current league players. She was also named SEC Freshman of the Week in the 2015-16 season, giving her and MSU record 8 total conference weekly honors in her Bulldog career.
- Jordan Danberry shared an honor with Georgia's Gabby Connally in Week 8. Danberry averaged 21.5 points and 6.0 rebounds in two games including a career-best 21 points and 9 rebounds at Arkansas.
- McCowan earned her second of the year on Dec. 4 after breaking State's career rebounds record (1,109). Howard earned the honor for Week 2 after averaging 19.5 ppg and 10.5 rpg in wins against Lamar and Coppin State. She claimed the year's first honor after averaging 18.0 points, 14.5 rebounds and 5.5 blocks in opening-week wins against SE Missouri and Virginia.
BIG T MAKING BUCKETS
- McCowan holds the MSU record with 53 career double-doubles and is 6th in the SEC in scoring this season at 16.8 ppg, but she is making shots at a 67.6% clip that tops the league and is 4th in the nation this season.
- McCowan has scored double figures in 19 of her last 20 games going back to last season. In 8 of those games she has scored 20+ points.
- Against Furman, McCowan was 11-for-11 from the field, the first time a Bulldog has gone perfect from the field when attempting 10-plus attempts.
- McCowan had the 2nd-best field goal percentage in school history a year ago (60.1%), and her 58.7% career tally is tops in Bulldog annals.
- McCowan has passed LaCharlotte Smith for 6th in MSU's career scoring records with 1,566 points. That total is 3rd among active SEC players.
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