PREVIEW: WBK Hoops at Jackson State

Thursday, November 21

Jackson, Miss

7:00 PM

Mississippi State

Jackson State

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PREVIEW: WBK Hoops at Jackson State

November 20, 2019 | Women's Basketball

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by Josh Lively, Assistant Director/Communications

JACKSON, Miss. – Riding the nation's second-longest road win streak, No. 10 Mississippi State is set for its first trip away from home Thursday night, as the Bulldogs head to the state's capital to take on Jackson State at the Lee E. Williams Athletic and Assembly Center.

The game is set to tip at 7 p.m. and will be carried on the MSU Radio Network and be streamed on HailState.com/plus and the Tune In app. Jason Crowder and Charlie Winfield will call the action.

The Bulldogs (4-0) are coming off a 122-82 win over Troy on Monday night. It marked just the second time in program history, and in as many games, that MSU crossed the 120-point margin. With its 124-43 victory against Murray State last Friday, State owns two of Division I's three highest scoring performances this season.

Jessika Carter has played a huge part in Mississippi State's early success and was rewarded for her strong play, earning SEC Player of the Week honors. Recording her first two career double-doubles, the sophomore forward averaged 22.0 points, 16.0 rebounds and 2.5 blocks per game during the last two game.

Jackson State (1-3) returns home for the first time this season after opening the year with a four-game road swing. The Tigers have already played ranked games against Miami and Indiana and are led by Marneisha Hamer (14.3 ppg, 6.5 rpg).

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Bulldog Bites
• Mississippi State is coming off a 2018-19 campaign that saw the Bulldogs post a 15-1 conference record to clinch the second title in program history. State followed that up by winning the team's first ever SEC Tournament Championship with a commanding 101-70 victory over Arkansas and then earning a third straight Elite Eight appearance.
• The Bulldogs entered the 2019-20 season with their sights set on a third consecutive SEC title, a feat that no program has accomplished outright since 2001-04.
• State broke the MSU single-game scoring record with a 124-43 victory against Murray State (11/15/19). The previous record was set on February 24, 1986, when Mississippi State defeated Judson College, 117-35.
• Graduate guard Jordan Danberry was granted a fifth year of eligibility by the NCAA in August after not redshirting when she transferred to Mississippi State in January 2017. She is currently pursuing an MBA after earning her bachelor's degree in Business Economics last December.
• Chloe Bibby ranked No. 22 in the country and third in the SEC in 3-point field goal percentage, shooting a 45-percent clip from beyond the arc, at the time of her injury last season. Through two games, she leads the conference and ranks eighth in the nation in the category with an 80-percent clip.
• As two of Mississippi State's top returners from a year ago, Jordan Danberry and Chloe Bibby earned preseason All-SEC recognition from league coaches. Danberry earned first-team honors as State's leading returner in points (13.1 ppg), assists (3.5 apg) and steals (1.8 spg), while Bibby earned the nod with second team recognition.
• Although it's still very early in the season, Jessika Carter has been a major bright spot on the team, leading the team with 18.8 ppg and 12.3 rpg. To put into perspective how well Carter is playing, 2019 SEC Player of the Year Teaira McCowan was averaging 17.5 points and 12.8 rebounds per game through the first four games last year.
• After being ranked No. 10 in every AP Top 25 polls this season, State has been in the AP poll 97 straight weeks, including 61 weeks in a row in the Top 10.
• Mississippi State leads the SEC in nine different categories this season, including assist/turnover ratio, assists per game, field-goal percentage, scoring margin, scoring offense, steals per game, turnover margin and turnovers forced.

Schaefer on Pace to be Second-Fastest Coach to Win 200 Games at SEC Program
• Vic Schaefer has been one of the most successful coaches in women's basketball since joining Mississippi State. With a 197-56 record with MSU, the two-time National Coach of the Year is on pace to be the second-fastest coach to reach 200 victories at an SEC school.
• The quickest Schaefer can reach 200 wins with Mississippi State is in 256 games, which would rank behind only Georgia's Andy Landers, who reached his 200th victory in 251 games.
• The next closest coach to have accomplished the feat is Auburn's Joe Ciampi (258), while legendary head coach Pat Summitt reached victory No. 200 in her 259th game at Tennessee.
• Also worth noting, Schaefer is on pace to be the fourth-fastest coach to reach the mark amongst active coaches at their current program, trailing only Duke's Joanne P. McCallie (240), Baylor's Kim Mulkey (245) and Stanford's Tara VanDerveer (255).

Carter Named SEC Player of the Week
• After posting double-doubles in back-to-back games, Jessika Carter has been named the SEC Player of the Week for the first time in her career on Nov. 19.
• Carter dominated in State's wins over Murray State and Troy, averaging 22.0 points, 16.0 rebounds and 2.5 blocks per game.
• Against Murray State, the sophomore forward recorded the first double-double of her career with 25 points and 18 rebounds, both of which are personal bests. She had already notched the double-double before the end of the first quarter as MSU went on to set the program's single-game scoring record with 124 points against the Racers.
• She followed that performance up with 19 points on 8-of-9 shooting, 14 rebounds and four blocks as MSU dropped 122 points against Troy.
• For the season, Carter ranks inside the top five in the SEC in both scoring (18.8 ppg/5th) and rebounding (12.3 rpg/2nd).
• She has led State in rebounding all four games and is the only player to have scored in double-figures in each contest.

Bulldogs Hold Nation's Second-Longest Road Win Streak
• Mississippi State enters the 2019-2020 season tied for the second-longest road win streak in Division I at nine games.
• Princeton leads the country in consecutive road wins with 13 in a row, while State is tied with Baylor.
• Last year, the Bulldogs ended the season by going a perfect 8-0 in SEC Road Games along with securing a victory at Washington in December.
• During the last two seasons, MSU has posted a combined 22-1 record in road games. In that stretch, State boasted a program-record 13-game road win streak before falling at No. 7 Oregon on Dec. 18, 2018.
• As one of the nation's top teams away from home, the Bulldogs have beaten five ranked teams on their home courts in the last two years, including four top-15 opponents.

Bulldogs in the AP Rankings
• On Nov. 24, 2014, the Associated Press voted Mississippi State back into the top 25 for the first time in four years. With MSU earning a spot in the preseason poll heading into the 2019-20 season, the Bulldogs have now spent 97 consecutive weeks inside the AP Top 25, marking the longest streak in program history.
• During the stretch, State has been ranked inside the top 10 for 61 straight weeks, a streak that is also active heading into this season as MSU was ranked No. 10 in this year's preseason poll.
• Since beginning the streak, MSU has been ranked as a top-five team for 33 weeks, including a stretch of 14 straight weeks during the 2017-18 season.
• When the preseason rankings come out on Oct. 30, Mississippi State will be looking for just its eighth preseason ranking in program history after beginning the 2018-19 campaign at No. 6 in the country.

Bulldogs Set MSU Single-Game Scoring Record
• In its win against Murray State, Mississippi State's offense exploded for 124 points against the Racer, breaking the MSU single-game scoring record.
• Standing for 33 years, the previous record was set on February 24, 1986, when Mississippi State defeated Judson College, 117-35.
• The 124 points also marks the highest-scoring performance of any Division I team so far this season.
• State was just one point shy of tying the program record for margin of victory, which stands at 82 points set in the contest against Judson College.
• MSU has now scored at least 100 points 23 times in Schaefer's eight seasons and has eclipsed the 110-point margin seven times with him at the helm.