Mississippi State Tips Off 2024-25 Run With Memphis

Thursday, November 7

Starkville, Miss.

6:30 p.m.

Mississippi State

Memphis

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Mississippi State Tips Off 2024-25 Run With Memphis

November 06, 2024 | Women's Basketball

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STARKVILLE – Mississippi State women's basketball tips off its 2024-25 run when it hosts Memphis inside Humphrey Coliseum on Thursday, Nov. 7 at 6:30 p.m. CT.

GAME INFORMATION
Mississippi State [0-0, 0-0 SEC] vs. Memphis [1-0, 0-0 AAC]
Date: Thursday, November 7 | Time: 6:30 p.m. CT
Location: Starkville, Miss. [Humphrey Coliseum – 9,100]
Watch: SEC Network+
Listen: MSU Radio Network - Starkville 96.1

Fans who are not in attendance can follow action on SEC Network+ with talent Bart Gregory and Brittany Lange or through their affiliate radio station with Jason Crowder. Live statistics will be available here at HailState.com or through the MSU.StatBroadcast.com link attached above.

Thursday will be the 33rd time that Mississippi State and Memphis has met on the hardwood. Mississippi State leads the series 10-4 in Starkville, but trails 14-18 all-time. It is only the second time since 2008-09 and in as many seasons that Mississippi State and Memphis has faced each other. Mississippi State brought home an 81-63 win inside Elma Roane Fieldhouse in Memphis, Tenn. last season on Dec. 17, 2023. Mississippi State looks to extend a five-game winning streak in the series.

Memphis is 1-0 on the season after it defeated Mississippi Valley State, 89-78, on Monday, Nov. 4 inside Elma Roane Fieldhouse. Memphis is one of two American Athletic Conference programs that Mississippi State has faced under Head Coach Sam Purcell. Mississippi State is 2-0 against the conference under Purcell, both of which were played in 2023-24.

In addition to last season's meeting with Memphis, Mississippi State ran past Tulsa, 102-58, on Nov. 26, 2023, to be named 2023 Van Chancellor Classic Champions at the Merrell Center in Katy, Texas.

Mississippi State is 38-12 all-time, including 33-1 at home and 2-0 under Purcell, in season openers. Mississippi State is currently on a 20-game winning streak in season openers and last lost a season opener at Baylor, 45-88, on Nov. 21, 2003. Under Purcell, Mississippi State defeated Mississippi Valley State, 104-47, on Nov. 9, 2022 and Alcorn State, 77-42, on Nov. 6, 2023.

Mississippi State is 17-1 in non-conference home games inside Humphrey Coliseum under Purcell.

Mississippi State has won seven of its last eight non-conference games dating back to the 2023-24 season. Mississippi State is 28-6 overall in non-conference games over the last two seasons.

With one of the best home court advantages across the nation, Mississippi State has ranked in the top-25 nationally in final average home attendance each of the last nine seasons. Mississippi State is 27-7 overall at home, 10-6 in SEC and 17-1 in non-conference, under Purcell. Mississippi State is 136-23 in home games and 78-3 in non-conference home games over the last 10 seasons.

Entering his third season at the helm, Purcell is the only head coach in program history and one of six in SEC women's basketball since 2000 to record consecutive seasons with 20 or more wins in each of their first two seasons. He has totaled the most overall wins (45 - 10 more than the next), most SEC wins (17 - 7 more than the next) and most NCAA Tournament wins (2 - no other head coach has recorded one) of any head coach through their first two seasons in program history.

Back for Mississippi State is 2024 All-SEC Second Team selection and now graduate student guard Jerkaila Jordan. Jordan set her career-highs in points, rebounds, assists, steals, blocks and minutes totals in 2023-24. She earned a spot on the 2025 Preseason Coaches' All-SEC Second Team on Oct. 24, voted on by the conference head coaches and was the only player in the SEC to average at least 15.0 points (16.2), 5.0 rebounds (5.9), 2.0 assists (2.4) and 2.0 steals (2.1) per game in 2023-24.

Mississippi State added seven transfers in Denim DeShields (UAB), Destiney McPhaul (Northwest Florida State College), Eniya Russell (Kentucky), Terren Ward (Georgia Southern), Chandler Prater (Oklahoma State), Kayla Thomas (Georgia Southern) and Madina Okot (Zetech University) and three freshman in Tahj-Monet Bloom (DME Academy), Shakirah Edwards (Rutherford High School) and Anaisha Carriere (Harrison Central High School) to its roster in 2024-25.

Mississippi State will take on seven opponents ranked in the Associated Press and/or USA TODAY Coaches' Preseason Polls with six more opponents currently receiving votes in either poll. Within its schedule, 14 games of Mississippi State's 30 games will be against opponents that are either ranked or receiving votes in either preseason poll and will tip off with 14 teams that made the 2024 NCAA Tournament with 15 games of its 30 games against such teams.

Mississippi State will continue its five-game homestand to open the schedule with Alcorn State on Sunday, Nov. 10 at 4:30 p.m. CT.

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