Official UM at MSU Basketball Thread - Time to Show up and Get #1

Game Information
When: Saturday, Jan. 23 2016
Time: 1 p.m. CT
Location: Starkville, Miss.
Arena: Humphrey Coliseum
TV: SECN
PxP: Matt Stewart
Analyst: John Pelphrey
MSU Radio Network:
PxP: Jim Ellis
Analyst: Richard Williams
Sirius/XM: 136/191

Game Notes
http://www.hailstate.com/fls/16800/p...B_OEM_ID=16806

WatchESPN
http://es.pn/1nji6x4

Live Stats (not up yet.. hope this works)
http://www.hailstate.com/liveStats/l...Y=M_BASKETBALL

Bet your ass link
http://www.elitedawgs.com/showthread...all-Sat-Jan-23

Series Information
Series: 141-111, MSU
Home: 93-25, MSU
Away: 81-43, Ole Miss
Neutral: 5-5, Tied
Last Meeting: 71-65, Ole Miss (2-19-15)
Mississippi State Coach: Ben Howland
MSU Record: 7-10, 1st year
Career Record: 408-216, 20th year
vs. Ole Miss: First meeting
Ole Miss Coach: Andy Kennedy
Ole Miss Record: 204-120, 10th year
Career Record: 225-133, 11th year

Mississippi State hasn?t started SEC play 0-6 since losing its first seven in 1985-86 in Bob Boyd?s
last year at the helm.
The Rebels have won four straight against the Bulldogs overall, but haven?t won five straight since
winning eight in a row from 1980-1983.
MSU and UM are meeting for the 252nd time. It?s the oldest rivalry in the SEC.
The 141 wins for MSU are the most against any team the Bulldogs have played.
At the Hump, the Bulldogs have won 15 out of the last 17. Overall in this series, MSU has won 23
out of the last 35.
Mississippi State hasn?t lost back-to-back games to Ole Miss at Humphrey Coliseum since losing
four in a row from 1980-83.
Although the Bulldogs are winless in league play, four of their losses have been by six points or
less (combined 15 points, 3.0 average). All five losses have been by an average of 5.8 points.
Gavin Ware?s streak of consecutive games scoring in double-digits ended at 15 at Florida.
Against the Gators, junior guard I.J. Ready scored 20 points, marking the second time this season
he?s scored 20-plus points. He had 25 against Eastern Washington.
In just 16 games, Malik Newman has already drained 36 3-pointers. That?s currently the 7th most
by an MSU freshman, while his 97 attempts rank 8th. His 12.6 average, second highest on the
team, ranks 6th all-time by a freshman in school history.
Senior guard Fred Thomas is now just 35 points shy of 1,000 for his career.
Gavin Ware has a player efficiency ranking of 31.93, which is seventh best nationally and second
best in the SEC behind Ben Simmons of LSU (4th, 32.52).

12 ? Gavin Ware is 12th nationally in field goal percentage at .636 (112-176), tops in the SEC.
35 ? MSU is 35th nationally in free throw percentage at .737 (219-297), tops in the SEC.
72 ? I.J. Ready is 72th nationally with his 2.55 assist-turnover ratio.

‏@Ben_Howland
We need the student section PACKED tomorrow for our game against Ole Miss. First 1,000 will get a free t-shirt!!
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CZXGdRvWwAAC3bR.jpg

Ill be on the road to Louisana during the game.. yall pull the win out.

I really can't believe Fred Thomas only needs 35 points to have 1,000 for his career. Watch him finish with 999.

We are the better team. Mississippi is fortunate to be 2-4 in sec, could easily be 0-6. We win.

Need ware to give us a double double today with points around 20

I don't know about you guys, but I get the feeling if we can break through and get a win today that it might be the start of a run through the end of the season.

We are not a great team by any stretch, but I do think we are pretty decent and that our record doesn't reflect how good we truly are.. We are going to be a tough out in the tournament and I think this team is good enough to finish strong. Anyone else agree?

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Originally Posted by MetEdDawg

I don't know about you guys, but I get the feeling if we can break through and get a win today that it might be the start of a run through the end of the season.

We are not a great team by any stretch, but I do think we are pretty decent and that our record doesn't reflect how good we truly are.. We are going to be a tough out in the tournament and I think this team is good enough to finish strong. Anyone else agree?

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Be tough to build momentum with a trip to South Carolina next

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Originally Posted by msstate7

Be tough to build momentum with a trip to South Carolina next

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True. But we could have beaten Kentucky in Rupp. Whether they overlooked us or not, it's a game we could have won. Think we might could take SC too.

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Originally Posted by msstate7

Need ware to give us a double double today with points around 20

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We need Ware to play more than 20 minutes...
Stay out of foul trouble...

Is moody playing or no?

"The Rebels have won four straight against the Bulldogs overall, but haven?t won five straight since
winning eight in a row from 1980-1983."

Damn, didn't realize we'd gotten swept two years in a row. Thought we'd gotten one in 2014. Come on Howland.

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Originally Posted by confucius say

Is moody playing or no?

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Rebs I know say game time decision

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Originally Posted by thf24

"The Rebels have won four straight against the Bulldogs overall, but haven?t won five straight since
winning eight in a row from 1980-1983."

Damn, didn't realize we'd gotten swept two years in a row. Thought we'd gotten one in 2014. Come on Howland.

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We did beat them once at home in 14- but they won at their place then beat us in the sec tourney. Then of course they swept last year.

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Originally Posted by msstate7

Rebs I know say game time decision

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I'm sure he'll be limited even if he plays, and it seems like hamstrings always get re-aggravated if the player plays this soon after the initial injury. We really need to step up and take this one.

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Originally Posted by messageboardsuperhero

We did beat them once at home in 14- but they won't at their place then beat us in the sec tourney. Then of course they swept last year.

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That's right, forgot we played them in the tournament that year.

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Originally Posted by thf24

I'm sure he'll be limited even if he plays, and it seems like hamstrings always get re-aggravated if the player plays this soon after the initial injury. We really need to step up and take this one.



That's right, forgot we played them in the tournament that year.

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I agree. Even if moody plays, he won't be near as explosive jumping or as fast running. I think he'll be relegated to a spot up shooter from the perimeter

Game went from offline to State -6. Makes me think Moody is not playing. Expected -2 to + 2.

Thanks Scoob. Love that we've beaten OM more than any other team ever. We own them.

It'll also be nice getting our first SEC win against them. Maybe that Dick that works with Wyatt will have to eat his words about Malik come Monday morning.

Man, we really needed to beat Tennessee and take advantage and beat A&M. We were right there for both...

And I still say if Moore played against us for Tennessee, we win easily. They're not even shooting threes today at all against South Carolina.