Mississippi State Lady Bulldogs
SEC (26-7, 11-5)
Big Wins: 12/30 vs South Florida (68-58), 1/3 at Florida (76-70), 1/28 Tennessee (65-63)
Bad Losses: 1/14 at Missouri (54-66), 1/21 at Georgia (43-47), 2/18 Kentucky (60-83)
Coach: Vic Schaefer
Probable Starters:
Victoria Vivians, Sophomore, Guard, 17.2 ppg, 5.9 rpg
Morgan Williams, Sophomore, Guard, 9.9 ppg, 5.0 apg
Dominique Dillingham, Junior, Guard, 8.2 ppg, 1.9 apg, 3.8 rpg
Ketara Chapel, Junior, Forward, 4.8 ppg, 3.3 rpg
Chinwe Okorie, Junior, Center, 6.9 ppg, 6.2 rpg
Key Roleplayers:
Teaira McCowan, Freshman, Center, 6.6 ppg, 5.5 rpg
Breanna Richardson, Junior, Forward, 5.5 ppg, 4.1 rpg
Kayla Nevitt, Sophomore, Guard, 3.7 ppg
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 71.5 (56th in nation, 4th in conference)
Scoring Defense: 54.4 (22, 2)
Field-Goal Percentage: 40.5 (139, 9)
Field-Goal Defense: 37.1 (64, 6)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 5.0 (207, 7)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 30.0 (225, 8)
Free-Throw Percentage: 73.1 (66, 2)
Rebound Margin: 6.1 (43, 3)
Assists Per Game: 14.0 (109, 7)
Turnovers Per Game: 14.5 (69, 1)
Recent Postseason Appearances:
2015 NCAA First Round win over Tulane
2015 NCAA Second Round loss to Duke
2014 NIT First Round win over Tulane
2014 NIT Second Round win over Southern Miss
2014 NIT Third Round win over Auburn
2014 NIT Quarterfinal loss to South Florida
2010 NCAA Round of 64 win over Middle Tennessee State
2010 NCAA Round of 32 win over Ohio State
2010 NCAA Regional Semifinal loss to Florida State
2009 NCAA Round of 64 win over Texas
2009 NCAA Round of 32 loss to Ohio State
2008 NIT Second Round loss to Southern Mississippi
2007 NIT Second Round win over Tulane
2007 NIT Third Round loss to Western Kentucky
2005 NIT First Round loss to Arkansas State
*all team stats through 3/3
