Bulldogs Hit The Road To Take On #8 Oklahoma

Sunday, January 4

Norman, Okla.

2 p.m.

Mississippi State

#8 Oklahoma

Bulldogs Hit The Road To Take On #8 Oklahoma

January 03, 2026 | Women's Basketball

MSU Notes

By: Will Simmons, Assistant Director/Communications

STARKVILLE – Mississippi State women's basketball will play their first SEC road game of the season when they travel to Norman to take on the eighth-ranked Oklahoma Sooners. Tipoff is set for 2 p.m. on SEC Network+.

GAME INFORMATION
Oklahoma Sooners (13-1, 1-0 SEC) vs Mississippi State Bulldogs (14-1, 1-0 SEC)
Date: Sunday, January 4, 2:00 p.m. CT
Location: Norman, Okla. (Lloyd Noble Center)
Watch: SECN+
Listen: MSU Radio Network – Starkville 96.1

NOTES:

Mississippi State extended their winning streak to 10 games after taking the SEC opener over the Auburn Tigers, 75-53.
The Bulldogs held Auburn to their second lowest point total this season.
Trayanna Crisp tallied a season-high 17 points in her SEC debut, 13 of which came in the second half. She tied a season-high of three makes from distance.
Madison Francis collected her fourth double-double of the season in her SEC debut. She finished with 12 points and tied her season-high of 13 rebounds.
Destiney McPhaul scored 14 points in the contest and led the Bulldog offense in the first half, as 10 of her 14 came in the first 20 minutes.
Mississippi State has now won all their home games this season, extending the longest home winning streak since 2019 to 11 games.
Mississippi State is 25-24 in conference play under Sam Purcell.
Away from Humphrey Coliseum, State is 10-14 in conference play.
Nwaedozi (14.3), Francis (13.1), McPhaul (12.2), Lampley (10.9) and Prater (10.1) all average 10 or more points per game, making the Bulldogs one of four teams in the SEC to have five or more players averaging double figures. LSU, Kentucky and Oklahoma are the other three SEC teams to do such.

SCOUTING THE OPPONENT – OKLAHOMA

Oklahoma opened SEC play with a 72-50 victory over Texas A&M, moving their record to 13-1 and extending their winning streak to 12 games.
Oklahoma's one loss this season came to #3 UCLA on a neutral floor in Sacramento, California, as they dropped the contest 73-59.
The Sooners are led by Aaliyah Chavez (19.0) and Reagan Beers (17.6), with both averaging in the top 10 in the SEC in points per game.
Chavez is attempting the most three pointers in the SEC while shooting at a 35.1 percent clip from distance, the 10th best percentage in the conference.
Beers is fourth in the SEC with 10.8 rebounds per game and has a nation-leading 11 double doubles in 14 games this year.

SERIES HISTORY:

Oklahoma and Mississippi State will be facing off for the fourth time in each program's history, with Oklahoma leading the series 2-1.
This will be just the second time the two programs will matchup as members of the same conference.
Last season, Mississippi State upset then 10th-ranked Sooners 81-77 inside Humphrey Coliseum to earn their first SEC victory.

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