1996-97 Women's Basketball Schedule
Overall11-160.407
Conference1-110.083
StreakL5
Home6-6
Away3-7
Neutral2-3
| Date | Time | At | Opponent | Location | Tournament | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 22 (Fri) | Away | Southern Miss | Hattiesburg, Miss. | L 73-80 | ||
| Nov 25 (Mon) | Home | UT Martin | Starkville | W 73-46 | ||
| Nov 27 (Wed) | Home | Murray State | Starkville | W 75-61 | ||
| Nov 29 (Fri) | Neutral | Oral Roberts | Kansas City, Mo. | UMKC Thanksgiving Classic | W 63-57 | |
| Nov 30 (Sat) | Neutral | Illinois-Chicago | Kansas City, Mo. | UMKC Thanksgiving Classic | W 61-44 | |
| Dec 3 (Tue) | Home | LSU | Starkville | L 76-77 | ||
| Dec 6 (Fri) | Home | Louisiana-Monroe | Starkville | MSU Classic | W 75-50 | |
| Dec 7 (Sat) | Home | Grambling State | Starkville | MSU Classic | W 81-61 | |
| Dec 13 (Fri) | Away | Memphis | Memphis, Tenn. | L 74-96 | ||
| Dec 15 (Sun) | Away | Louisiana-Monroe | Monroe, La. | W 75-53 | ||
| Dec 18 (Wed) | Away | UCF | Orlando, Fla. | W 72-61 | ||
| Dec 28 (Sat) | Neutral | Wake Forest | Greensboro, N.C. | Big Four Challenge | L 51-67 | |
| Dec 29 (Sun) | Neutral | #20 North Carolina | Greensboro, N.C. | Big Four Challenge | L 49-76 | |
| Jan 2 (Thu) | Away | South Carolina | Columbia, S.C. | W 81-71 | ||
| Jan 5 (Sun) | Away | #13 Arkansas | Fayetteville, Ark. | L 67-84 | ||
| Jan 10 (Fri) | Home | #6 Alabama | Starkville | L 52-72 | ||
| Jan 14 (Tue) | Home | Ole Miss | Starkville | L 59-62 | ||
| Jan 18 (Sat) | Away | #22 Auburn | Auburn, Ala. | L 59-77 | ||
| Jan 24 (Fri) | Home | #5 Georgia | Starkville | L 65-68 | ||
| Jan 28 (Tue) | Home | Oral Roberts | Starkville | W 77-62 | ||
| Feb 2 (Sun) | Away | #14 Vanderbilt | Nashville, Tenn. | L 60-99 | ||
| Feb 5 (Wed) | Home | Southern Miss | Starkville | W 76-66 | ||
| Feb 9 (Sun) | Away | #9 Tennessee | Knoxville, Tenn. | L 39-104 | ||
| Feb 16 (Sun) | Home | Kentucky | Starkville | L 57-74 | ||
| Feb 19 (Wed) | Away | Ole Miss | Oxford, Miss. | L 56-76 | ||
| Feb 22 (Sat) | Home | #10 Florida | Starkville | L 71-75 | ||
| Feb 28 (Fri) | Neutral | #17 Vanderbilt | Chattanooga, Tenn. | L 42-70 |