Thursday, February 28
Starkville
7:00 PM
Mississippi State
vs
LSU
Photo by: Trevor Birchett/MSU Athletics
Fast Facts: Ten Things to Know for the Bulldogs’ Senior Night
February 27, 2019 | Women's Basketball
by Brian Ogden, Assistant Coordinator/Communications
STARKVILLE – Mississippi State (25-2, 13-1 SEC) will play its final home game of the regular season on Thursday night against LSU (16-10, 7-7 SEC). Tipoff on SEC Network+ is set for 7 p.m. CT with Senior Night ceremonies following the game for Anriel Howard, Jordan Danberry, Zion Campbell, Jazzmun Holmes and Teaira McCowan.
Fans can listen to the action on the MSU Radio Network and online via HailState.com/Plus and the TuneIn app.
The Bulldogs lead the nation in scoring margin (+30.4) and boast the No. 3 scoring offense (87.3 ppg) in the country. They top the SEC in field goal percentage (49.2 percent), assist/turnover ratio (1.3), assists (16.7 apg), rebound margin (+14.1) and offensive rebounding (17.9 rpg).
Thursday's game pits the top two defenses in the SEC against one another. LSU allows just 55.0 points per game and ranks 10th in the nation. The Bulldogs are right on the Lady Tigers' heels, allowing 56.8 points, which ranks second in the conference.
In their last meeting, State held LSU to just four points in the first quarter and 13 points in the first half on its way to a 68-35 victory while setting a new program record for the fewest points allowed in an SEC contest.
MSU tops the SEC standings and can clinch at least a share of its second consecutive regular-season conference title with a win on Thursday. State could win the title outright that night with a win and a South Carolina loss.
The Bulldogs will close conference play against the No. 14/15 Gamecocks in Columbia, South Carolina, on Sunday, March 3 at 1 p.m. on ESPN2.
GAME INFORMATION
Opponent: LSU
Location: Starkville, Mississippi (Humphrey Coliseum)
Time: Thursday, 7 p.m.
Watch: SEC Network+ (PxP – Bart Gregory; Analyst – Charlie Winfield)
Listen: MSU Radio Network and HailState.com/Plus (PxP – Jason Crowder; Analyst – Blair Schaefer)
SERIES HISTORY
Overall: LSU leads 47-11
At MSU: LSU leads 19-6
At LSU: LSU leads 23-4
Neutral Sites: LSU leads 5-1
Last Meeting: MSU, 68-35 (1/31/19 in Baton Rouge)
10 THINGS TO KNOW
LAST TIME OUT FOR MSU...
GET TO KNOW THE OPPONENT…
STARKVILLE – Mississippi State (25-2, 13-1 SEC) will play its final home game of the regular season on Thursday night against LSU (16-10, 7-7 SEC). Tipoff on SEC Network+ is set for 7 p.m. CT with Senior Night ceremonies following the game for Anriel Howard, Jordan Danberry, Zion Campbell, Jazzmun Holmes and Teaira McCowan.
Fans can listen to the action on the MSU Radio Network and online via HailState.com/Plus and the TuneIn app.
The Bulldogs lead the nation in scoring margin (+30.4) and boast the No. 3 scoring offense (87.3 ppg) in the country. They top the SEC in field goal percentage (49.2 percent), assist/turnover ratio (1.3), assists (16.7 apg), rebound margin (+14.1) and offensive rebounding (17.9 rpg).
Thursday's game pits the top two defenses in the SEC against one another. LSU allows just 55.0 points per game and ranks 10th in the nation. The Bulldogs are right on the Lady Tigers' heels, allowing 56.8 points, which ranks second in the conference.
In their last meeting, State held LSU to just four points in the first quarter and 13 points in the first half on its way to a 68-35 victory while setting a new program record for the fewest points allowed in an SEC contest.
MSU tops the SEC standings and can clinch at least a share of its second consecutive regular-season conference title with a win on Thursday. State could win the title outright that night with a win and a South Carolina loss.
The Bulldogs will close conference play against the No. 14/15 Gamecocks in Columbia, South Carolina, on Sunday, March 3 at 1 p.m. on ESPN2.
GAME INFORMATION
Opponent: LSU
Location: Starkville, Mississippi (Humphrey Coliseum)
Time: Thursday, 7 p.m.
Watch: SEC Network+ (PxP – Bart Gregory; Analyst – Charlie Winfield)
Listen: MSU Radio Network and HailState.com/Plus (PxP – Jason Crowder; Analyst – Blair Schaefer)
SERIES HISTORY
Overall: LSU leads 47-11
At MSU: LSU leads 19-6
At LSU: LSU leads 23-4
Neutral Sites: LSU leads 5-1
Last Meeting: MSU, 68-35 (1/31/19 in Baton Rouge)
10 THINGS TO KNOW
- Vic Schaefer was named a late-season candidate for the Werner Ladder Naismith Women's Coach of the Year award on Wednesday morning.
- Holmes and McCowan have won 124-career games, the fourth-most in the nation since 2015-16 and just two shy of the MSU record. Their 96 wins since 2016-17 are second only to UConn (97) in that span.
- The Dawgs have won 33 of their last 34 games inside Humphrey Coliseum. MSU's men's and women's teams are a combined 63-6 in the Hump since the start of the 2017-18 season.
- McCowan and Howard are the only two players in the SEC to be among the top 10 in the league in both scoring and rebounding average.
- MSU owns the 2nd-best scoring defense in the SEC, allowing 56.8 ppg. State has allowed 60 points or fewer in 14 games this year and held four straight SEC opponents below 50 points (1/24-2/3).
- McCowan has scored 40.2 percent (97-of-241) of her points in conference play off 103 offensive rebounds. That equates to 6.9 ppg off second chances.
- MSU climbed back to No. 5 in this week's Associated Press Top 25 Poll, extending its 55-week streak in the Top 10. That is the fourth-longest streak in the nation. The Dawgs have been in the poll for 91-straight weeks, the 6th-longest active streak in the country.
- Mississippi State has led at halftime in every game this season. In fact, the Bulldogs have trailed by more than three points in just five games all year.
- According to her HerHoopStats.com, the Dawgs collect offensive boards at a nation's-best 49.4% clip. MSU is 2nd in the nation in total rebounding rate, grabbing 59.6% of its opportunities.
- McCowan's 1,374 career rebounds are the 2nd-most among active NCAA Division I players. Howard follows close behind in 6th with 1,225 boards.
LAST TIME OUT FOR MSU...
- MSU defeated Vanderbilt, 86-70, on Sunday afternoon with three players scoring 20 or more points for the first time since Nov. 20, 1999.
- Howard recorded a double-double with 20 points and 10 rebounds and was joined in double-figures by McCowan (23 points) and Andra Espinoza-Hunter (20 points).
- The Bulldogs collected 25 points off turnovers while recording a season-low five turnovers of their own.
- State took control of the game with a 12-4 run over three minutes that saw them force four turnovers while building a 16-point lead.
GET TO KNOW THE OPPONENT…
- LSU enters the contest fresh off a 57-52 loss at then-No. 16 Kentucky. The Lady Tigers are 16-10 with a 7-7 mark in SEC play.
- MSU won the first meeting of the year in Baton Rouge, 68-35, in one of its best defensive showings of the season.
- LSU scored just four points in the first quarter and 13 points in the first half as MSU set a school record for the fewest points allowed in an SEC contest.
- The Tigers are the SEC's top scoring defense (55.0 ppg) and are 10th nationally.
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