Bulldogs Begin Demanding Road Stretch At Rival Ole Miss Wednesday
The contest can be seen on a taped delay basis on CSS Wednesday at 9 p.m. CT and will be replayed again on CSS Thursday at 11:30 a.m. CT. The game can also be heard on XM Satellite Radio Channel 200.
Comcast/Charter Sports Southeast (CSS) is a 24-hour regional sports network serving approximately 5.8 million cable subscribers across 12 southeastern states. Within the state of
Owners of a current three-game winning streak and sporting a 12-2 mark over the past two months, coach Rick Stansbury’s 17-7 Bulldogs enter the week with a two-game lead in the SEC’s Western Division standings over Arkansas with an 8-2 league record after claiming a key 80-74 home triumph over the Razorbacks this past Saturday. With six regular-season games remaining this season, MSU has already matched last year’s regular-season totals of 17 overall wins and eight conference victories. MState is 3-1 in league road contests this season, having already posted double-digit road victories over SEC West foes LSU (61-39),
Statistically as a team, the Bulldogs pace the conference in scoring defense (63.5 ppg), field-goal percentage defense (.366; 2nd in NCAA), rebounding (41.1 rpg) and blocks (8.46 bpg; 2nd in NCAA) for all games. In league action, MSU also tops the SEC in field-goal percentage (.473) and ranks second in scoring margin (+7.5 ppg) behind No. 2 Tennessee.
Headed by all-America candidate Jamont Gordon, State presently features four players scoring in double figures on the season. Gordon ranks fifth in the league in scoring (17.7 ppg), tied for third in assists (4.83 apg) and 14th in rebounding (6.4 rpg). Averaging 18.3 points over his last six outings with three double-doubles, all-SEC senior forward Charles Rhodes stands 13th among the league’s leading scorers (15.3 ppg) and seventh in rebounding (7.3 rpg). Sophomore guards Barry Stewart and Ben Hansbrough follow at 12.3 and 10.2 points per game, respectively.
Guided by second-year head coach Andy Kennedy, Ole Miss is 17-7 overall and 3-7 in league play after most recently dropping a 90-78 home decision to
With a 133-103 all-time series lead over Mississippi through the years, the Bulldogs have prevailed in 11 of the last 13 hardwood meetings with the Rebels dating back to 2001-02, including last month’s 88-68 home triumph over UM. State is looking to complete its first season series sweep over Ole Miss since the 2004-05 campaign.