Miss State Women's Basketball vs Davidson (Game Thread)

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Game Thread

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Starting 5
- Crisp
- Mcphaul
- Prater
-Nwaedozi
-Richardson

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Besides Destiny Mcphaul not much out of the veterans thus far in first half

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Another returnee from last season Chandler Prater starting to pick things up. A couple of freshmen have been making baskets as well. Davidson playing well.

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Halftime
Miss. St- 31
Davidson- 31

Destiny Mcphaul leads Miss. State with 12 pts.

Note
Point guard Saniyah King has not played thus far again tonight. She was out for the exhibition game (Union) with an injury.

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Tough opponent for a season opener.

[99jc]

i hate to say it but we are not very good!

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At the end of 3 Miss. State leads 47 to 44

Davidson nearly knocked off #22 NC State last season

[mparkerfd20]

i hate to say it but we are not very good!
I hate to say it, but much to the surprise of our own fans, we're not that bad.

[99jc]

I hate to say it, but much to the surprise of our own fans, we're not that bad.

I hope you are right I just don't see it. we will find out when SEC play starts.

[NCMSTFAN]

That was a good win. Davidson is a good team, they brought back 4 starters from a good team last year. I love our Freshman, Lampley and Francis are amazing. Madison Francis had 6 blocks, thats insane. Lampley had 11 points and 6 rebounds... we have really good Freshman. Favour finished with 10 points and 10 rebounds and Destiny Mcphaul had 20 points.

Not sure what made Purcell schedule a tough opener like that but I like the win.. we definitely need Saniyah King back

[NCMSTFAN]

I hope you are right I just don't see it. we will find out when SEC play starts.

99 that was actually a good win. Davidson is experienced. We are not but I like what I saw from some of our girls. Yes we have things to work on but that was a good opening win

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Miss. State 66
Davidson 57

Destiny Mcphaul- 20 pts
Jaylah Lampley- 11 pts 5 rbs
Favour Nwaedozi- 10 pts, 10 rbs (double double)
Madison Francis 8 pts, 6 blks

Destiny Mcphaul can flat hoop folks
Lampley and Francis looking like starters
Prater brought it. Also, Nwaedozi starts season with a double double.

Additional notes
Starting point guard Saniyah King was out with an injury. Also, has been reported
that freshman Nataliyah Gray has been slowed with a hand injury.

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Miss. State 66
Davidson 57

Destiny Mcphaul- 20 pts
Jaylah Lampley- 11 pts 5 rbs
Favour Nwaedozi- 10 pts, 10 rbs (double double)
Madison Francis 8 pts, 6 blks

Destiny Mcphaul can flat hoop folks
Lampley and Francis looking like starters
Prater brought it. Also, Nwaedozi starts season with a double double.

Additional notes
Starting point guard Saniyah King was out with an injury. Also, has been reported
that freshman Nataliyah Gray has been slowed with a hand injury.

Destiny Mcphaul will be our leader this year. I do love the Freshman too!

[EdwardDrayton]

99 that was actually a good win. Davidson is experienced. We are not but I like what I saw from some of our girls. Yes we have things to work on but that was a good opening win

Four of five starters are seniors and the other is a junior. Not saying anything more than that just clarifying. Madison Francis is an amazing freshman. What we think we'll accomplish this season will take more than this game to evaluate. There are both opportunities to improve and concerns about production lost. Much much too early to know how it will go.

[captaindog]

First, I was pleasantly surprised with the number and enthusiasm of the attending fans. I was a little concerned about how it would be.

Overall it was a good win. Davidson did a great job of maintaining patience on the offensive end and making the defenders work. Davidson relies a lot on the perimeter shots and MSU held them to 4-14. MSU also out rebounded them 42-27.

In the first half MSU relied way too much on midrange jump shots. The second half they did much better using their length and strength to overpower Davidson. J Lampley, especially is much stronger than I expected.

Ball handling is going to be a major issue if S King isn’t capable of being a primary ball handler. Having D McPhaul as point takes away too much from the offense. T Crisp also needs to be able play away from the ball.

I’d start M Francis. K Richardson has a role but primary post scorer is not it. She can offer toughness, physical play, and energy in spurts. I’d prefer her coming off the bench. Add also J Lampley and T Crisp (if S King can be the primary ball handler) and I’d feel better with our ability to maintain scorers on the floor at all times.

Again, this team has a long way to go to even consider postseason. However the next couple of games can help roles fall into place.

[NCMSTFAN]

Four of five starters are seniors and the other is a junior. Not saying anything more than that just clarifying. Madison Francis is an amazing freshman. What we think we'll accomplish this season will take more than this game to evaluate. There are both opportunities to improve and concerns about production lost. Much much too early to know how it will go.

True but we have 9 new players, Davidson brought back 4 starters from last year and they finished 3rd in their conference, we are a new team..thats what I was referring to

[basedog]

Good start for our young team! They are gonna get much better as the season goes along. 9 new players with some talented freshmen.

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Starting 5
- Crisp
- Mcphaul
- Prater
-Nwaedozi
-Richardson

Who?

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Freshman Madison Francis has been showing incredible athleticism, a very explosive, quick vertical leaper. She's also, listed (ncaa stats) with the 2nd most blocked shots in the nation through game 1 of the season. Also, she dunks. Favour Nwaedozi is another outstanding athlete among these newcomers, she dunks as well. Throw out a Faith Wylder mention...very athletic 6-6 player on the roster, noted rim protector coming out of high school, all reports she can get up as well.



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[NCMSTFAN]

For anybody that hasn't been keeping up with the Women's team do yourself a favor and watch how good Madison Francis is. The only comparison that comes close to mind is Rickea Jackson in terms of skill set but she is more athletic and a better defender. She has long arms and blocks or alters anything that come her way. Jayla Lampley is another amazing Freshman to watch.

We will definitely have some bumps in the road this season but we honestly have two of the best Freshman in the nation on our team. Sam did a good job getting them. Again do yourself a favor and watch