Women’s Basketball Set For Monday Matchup With Arkansas

Monday, February 16

Fayetteville, Ark.

6:30 p.m.

Mississippi State

Arkansas

Women’s Basketball Set For Monday Matchup With Arkansas

February 15, 2026 | Women's Basketball

MSU Notes

By: Will Simmons, Assistant Director/Communications

STARKVILLE – Mississippi State will hit the road for a nationally televised contest against the Arkansas Razorbacks inside Bud Walton Arena on Monday. Tipoff for the contest is set for 6:30 p.m. on SEC Network.

GAME INFORMATION
Arkansas Razorbacks (11-15, 0-12 SEC) vs Mississippi State Bulldogs (17-8, 4-7 SEC)
Date: Monday, February 16, 6:30 p.m. CT
Location: Fayetteville, Ark. (Bud Walton Arena)
Watch: SEC Network
Listen: MSU Radio Network – Starkville 96.1

NOTES:

Mississippi State got back in the win column in their last game with a victory over Georgia, 85-71, inside Humphrey Coliseum.
Five Bulldogs finished the contest in double figures, the eighth time State has done so this season.
Destiney McPhaul led the team with 18 points. She also led the team in assists (6), steals (4) and three-pointers made (4).
Kharyssa Richardson and Madison Francis both added 17 points to the Bulldog cause. Francis added eight rebounds and rejected four shots, while Richardson corralled seven rebounds and went 7-7 from the charity stripe.
Trayanna Crisp and Favour Nwaedozi each scored 11. Crisp went 3-3 from beyond the arch in the first half, and collected four assists and two steals, while Nwaedozi earned her 11th double-double with 12 rebounds.
Francis was recently named to the 2026 Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Watchlist, one of four freshman in the nation to be named.
Francis' is one of two players in the nation to have recorded both seven blocks and seven steals in a game this year. (Riley Goebel - UNI). Francis rejected seven shots against Charlotte and swiped seven steals against Alabama.
Francis remains the SEC's block leader as a true freshman at 2.9 blocks per game, a mark which is third in the nation.
She is the only player in the country to average at least 2.5 blocks and 1.5 steals
Favour Nwaedozi is one of four players in the SEC to currently average a double-double.
Nwaedozi has gained 11 double-doubles so far this year and is averaging 12.6 pionts per game and 10.3 rebounds per game.
In conference play, Richardson is averaging a team-leading 13.5 points and 4.9 rebounds per game.
Richardson has scored in double figures 11 times this season, the most in a single season in her career. Eight of those games have come during conference play

SCOUTING THE OPPONENT

The Razorbacks have lost 12 straight games after starting the season 11-3.
Taleyah Jones leads the team with 17.2 points per game. Bonnie Deas is a rebound shy of a double-double with 10.3 points and 8.1 rebounds.
Jones shoots 40 percent from beyond the arch, tying Emily Robinson for the team lead in three-point percentage.

SERIES HISTORY:

Mississippi State leads the all-time series, 25-21.
State has won the last three contests between the two programs, all under Sam Purcell.
In Fayetteville, Arkansas leads the series 12-8.
State has won seven of the last 10 games against the Razorbacks.
The two teams last faced off on February 6 last season, where the Bulldogs earned a 78-55 victory.

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