Sunday, January 6
Starkville
4:00 PM
Mississippi State
vs
#16 Kentucky
Women’s Basketball Hosts No. 16 Kentucky in SEC Home Opener
January 05, 2019 | Women's Basketball
by Brian Ogden, Assistant Coordinator/Communications
STARKVILLE – After opening conference play with a win on Thursday, Mississippi State's sixth-ranked women's basketball squad returns to Humphrey Coliseum on Sunday to host No. 16 Kentucky. Tipoff is set for 4 p.m. CT on SEC Network with Courtney Lyle and Tamika Catchings on the call.
Tickets are available online in advance at HailState.com/tickets for $5. Tickets for fans 17 and younger are $3. Online sales will conclude at 2 p.m. on Sunday. Ticket sales will continue at the door while supply lasts, but prices will increase to $10 for adults and $5 for children.
Fans can listen to the action on the MSU Radio Network and online via HailState.com/Plus and the TuneIn app.
MSU leads the nation, averaging 92.6 points per game. The Bulldogs are the SEC's third-best defense, allowing 53.3 ppg, but continue to boast the highest scoring margin in the country (+39.4). State also tops the conference in field goal percentage (51.4 percent), rebounding (46.64 rpg), blocked shots (7.1 bpg), assists (19.1 apg) and assist/turnover ratio (1.5).
Individually, Teaira McCowan is coming off the 50th double-double of her career, an MSU record. The Brenham, Texas native pulled down a season-high 22 rebounds at Arkansas. Jordan Danberry, returning to her former school, scored a career-high 26 points. Danberry has now scored in double figures in nine straight games, averaging 14.7 ppg in that span.
In its last home game, MSU saw the fifth-largest crowd in school history (10,242) pack Humphrey Coliseum. The Bulldogs average attendance of 7,463 is seventh in the country. State's 27-game home winning streak is the fourth-longest active streak in the country
GAME INFORMATION
Opponent: No. 16/15 Kentucky
Location: Starkville, Mississippi (Humphrey Coliseum)
Time: Sunday, 4 p.m.
Doors Open: 2:30 p.m.
Watch: SEC Network (PxP – Courtney Lyle; Analyst – Tamika Catchings)
Listen: MSU Radio Network and HailState.com/Plus (PxP – Jason Crowder; Analyst – Charlie Winfield)
SERIES HISTORY
Overall: UK leads 27-20
At MSU: UK leads 10-9
At UK: UK leads 12-9
Neutral Sites: UK leads 5-2
Last Meeting: MSU, 81-58 (3/2/18 in the SEC Tournament)
BULLDOG BITES
LAST TIME OUT FOR MSU...
GET TO KNOW THE OPPONENT…
STATE SCORES THE POINTS
BIG T MAKING BUCKETS
STARKVILLE – After opening conference play with a win on Thursday, Mississippi State's sixth-ranked women's basketball squad returns to Humphrey Coliseum on Sunday to host No. 16 Kentucky. Tipoff is set for 4 p.m. CT on SEC Network with Courtney Lyle and Tamika Catchings on the call.
Tickets are available online in advance at HailState.com/tickets for $5. Tickets for fans 17 and younger are $3. Online sales will conclude at 2 p.m. on Sunday. Ticket sales will continue at the door while supply lasts, but prices will increase to $10 for adults and $5 for children.
Fans can listen to the action on the MSU Radio Network and online via HailState.com/Plus and the TuneIn app.
MSU leads the nation, averaging 92.6 points per game. The Bulldogs are the SEC's third-best defense, allowing 53.3 ppg, but continue to boast the highest scoring margin in the country (+39.4). State also tops the conference in field goal percentage (51.4 percent), rebounding (46.64 rpg), blocked shots (7.1 bpg), assists (19.1 apg) and assist/turnover ratio (1.5).
Individually, Teaira McCowan is coming off the 50th double-double of her career, an MSU record. The Brenham, Texas native pulled down a season-high 22 rebounds at Arkansas. Jordan Danberry, returning to her former school, scored a career-high 26 points. Danberry has now scored in double figures in nine straight games, averaging 14.7 ppg in that span.
In its last home game, MSU saw the fifth-largest crowd in school history (10,242) pack Humphrey Coliseum. The Bulldogs average attendance of 7,463 is seventh in the country. State's 27-game home winning streak is the fourth-longest active streak in the country
GAME INFORMATION
Opponent: No. 16/15 Kentucky
Location: Starkville, Mississippi (Humphrey Coliseum)
Time: Sunday, 4 p.m.
Doors Open: 2:30 p.m.
Watch: SEC Network (PxP – Courtney Lyle; Analyst – Tamika Catchings)
Listen: MSU Radio Network and HailState.com/Plus (PxP – Jason Crowder; Analyst – Charlie Winfield)
SERIES HISTORY
Overall: UK leads 27-20
At MSU: UK leads 10-9
At UK: UK leads 12-9
Neutral Sites: UK leads 5-2
Last Meeting: MSU, 81-58 (3/2/18 in the SEC Tournament)
BULLDOG BITES
- The Bulldogs set a new school record with their sixth 100-point game of the year on Sunday, defeating 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 112-career games, tied for the 3rd-most in the nation since 2015-16. Their 84 wins since 2016-17 lead the nation in that span.
- State has been in the AP poll 83 straight weeks, including 47 weeks in a row in the Top 10.
- The Bulldogs are the nation's best scoring offense, averaging 92.6 ppg. Its 53.3 ppg allowed is 12th in the country, giving the Dawgs the highest scoring margin (+39.4) in Division I.
- MSU tops the SEC in FG% (51.4%), rebounding (46.6 rpg), assist/turnover ratio (1.5), assists (19.1 apg), rebound margin (+17.6), and scoring offense.
- The Bulldogs continue to lead the nation in blocked shots with 100 on the year, 7.1 bpg. Teaira McCowan's 40 blocks are 3rd in the nation and lead the SEC.
- Jazzmun Holmes leads the nation with a 4.9 assist/turnover ratio. Xaria Wiggins is 3rd in the SEC (3.3), and Jordan Danberry is 13th (2.0). They have helped MSU to DI's 5th-best ratio (1.50).
- Teaira McCowan has scored double figures in 19 of her last 20 games going back to last season, with 9 of those being 20-point efforts. The two-time SEC Player of the Week is 19-of-20 from the free throw line over her last 7 games and shooting 68.4% from the field (39-of-57).
- Over the last 7 games, Jazzmun Holmes has turned in 40 assists with just 9 turnovers. She is averaging 10.6 ppg with a 48.9% FG% (23-of-47) and making 27-of-30 from the free throw line.
- Chloe Bibby is 3rd in the SEC, and 25th in the nation, sinking the triple at a 45.9% clip.
- Teaira McCowan is one of just two players in the SEC to be among the top 10 in the league in both scoring and rebounding average.
- MSU won its 700th game in program history on Dec. 14, defeating Southern Miss, 86-42.
LAST TIME OUT FOR MSU...
- The Bulldogs opened conference play with a win for the fifth consecutive year and extended their winning streak against Arkansas to eight games with a 93-69 victory in Fayetteville.
- Former Razorback and Arkansas-native Jordan Danberry scored a career-high 26 points and finished one rebound shy of a double-double. Teaira McCowan recorded her 50th career double-double, highlighted by 22 boards.
- MSU scored 62 points in the paint, collected 22 offensive rebounds and picked up 22 second-chance points in the contest.
GET TO KNOW THE OPPONENT…
- Kentucky enters the game with a 14-1 record after winning their SEC opener against Vanderbilt, 77-55, on Thursday night. The Wildcats' 13 wins before the new year broke the program record for wins by Jan. 1 in any season.
- The Wildcats are the only team in the country with a better turnover margin (+11.2) than MSU. UK has created 402 points off turnovers this season.
- Matthew Mitchell, an MSU alum, is the all-time winningest coach in UK's women's basketball history (270). He won his 300th career game on Thursday night.
STATE SCORES THE POINTS
- MSU's offense has scored 100 points in 6 games this year including four straight (11/15-11/24). Six 100-point efforts in a single-season broke the school record of 5 set by last year's squad. The SEC record is 10 games set by Alabama in 1991-92.
- MSU's scoring average (92.6 ppg) and scoring margin (+39.4) leads the nation.
- State set a school record for points in a half with 69 in the second half against Lamar.
- MSU has shot 51.4% from the field, which is 1st in the SEC and 5th in Division I. State has shot 50% or better in 7 games this year. The Dawgs are 2nd in the league from the arc, making 38.2%.
- State is making 55.6% of its shots inside the arc, the 6th-best tally in the country by HerHoopStats.com.
BIG T MAKING BUCKETS
- McCowan holds the MSU record with 50 career double-doubles and is 7th in the SEC in scoring this season at 16.6 ppg, but she is making shots at a 70.1% 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 9 of those games she has scored 20+ points after tallying 24 against Marquette.
- 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 Morgan William for 9th in MSU's career scoring records with 1,513 points. That total is 3rd among active SEC players.
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