Matt Dunaway, Director/Communications
Starkville – Mississippi’s men’s basketball program will have another busy three-game run over seven days as the Bulldogs play their first nationally televised game of 2022-23 when South Dakota visits the Humphrey Coliseum on Thursday night. let’s start doing ….
State (3-0) still holds the top spot in the SEC in ERA (48.33), with nine stats, including field goal ERA (31.3 – 2nd), and scoring margin (+23.67 – 2nd). Ranked within the league’s top four in additional categories. , Rebound Margin (+13.00 – 2nd), Assists (17.00 – 3rd), Field Goal Percentage (47.2 – 3rd), Rebounds (43.67 – 4th), Steals (12.00 – 4th), 3-Point Field Goal Percentage defense (23.7 – 4th) and assist-to-turnover ratio (1.21 – 4th).
The 48.33 points per contest also ranked 8th nationally and is the lowest 3-game average for a modern program dating back to the 1955-56 season.
31.3 field goal percentage defensive checks ranks 11th in the nation and the fourth lowest clip in the program since 1955-56.
South Dakota (2-1) is led by AJ Prythwaite (19.0 PPG, 2.7 APG, 1.0 SPG), Kruz Perrott-Hunt (13.7 PPG, 2.3 APG) and Tasos Kamateros (11.3 PPG, 7.0 RPG). Plitzuweit takes the majority of the damage he does from his territory three-pointers at $10 out of $16.
Series history
Thursday’s meeting is the first meeting between Bulldogs and Coyotes on Hardwood. The state is him 6-2 against Summit League opponents. The last time Mississippi faced a Summit League opponent was his 77–54 loss in Kansas City on December 29, 2016.
Matchup: Mississippi State (3-0, 0-0 SEC) vs. South Dakota (2-1, 0-0 Summit League)
Where: Starkville, Mississippi – Humphrey Coliseum
when: Thursday, November 17, 8:05 PM CT
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From the Locker Room – Director Jans
“they [South Dakota] If you look at the percentages from the field, from the threes, from the free throw line, you can really shoot the ball overall. They are all really, really good. They can hold their own on the backboard too.It makes for a different type of team. It’s going to be a different style of team than I’ve played for, with a different kind of player that I love. The more stuff you can throw early in the season, the better prepared you will be when SEC play starts. ”
“I’ve spent most of my life in the locker room. In fact, before the Akron game, we talked about it a lot. We talked about it before we got on the court in Philadelphia. Kids understand what it’s like to be on another team in this kind of game.
“I am happy for him [Tolu Smith winning SEC Player of the Week]. He is a hard worker. He spends a lot of time playing games. He spends a lot of time in the training room to keep his body right. From his history, he understands that he has to. You love it when people who put their heart and soul into their craft are rewarded. Admittedly, he has much bigger personal and team goals than winning Player of the Week. But it’s a nice little feather in his hat.”
5 Things You Need to Know About Mississippi
1. Chris Jansis one of the nation’s leading bench bosses and a leading state program.He James Miller, David Anwar When George BrooksHis New Mexico state program, which included Miller and Anwar, won four regular season championships, three NCAA Tournament appearances and three WAC Tournament titles before becoming the standard bearer of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC). I was.
Jans is a three-time WAC Coach of the Year and is in his seventh season as an NCAA Division I head coach, boasting an impressive .768 winning percentage (146-44). 768 his clip ranks him third in the nation among his active NCAA head coaches behind Gonzaga’s Mark Few (.835) and Kansas’ Bill Self (.770).
As head junior college coach, Jans won the NJCAA Division II National Championship in 1997-98 at Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He also played a key role as an assistant coach at Wichita State University, where he played in the NCAA Final Four in 2013, the NCAA Tournament, where he appeared five times, and the Missouri Valley Valley. In the season he won four times.
2. Toll Smith He was one of nine players to make the All-SEC Preseason First Team and earned the first SEC Player of the Week honors in 2022-23. The Bulldogs have had a player earn preseason first-team honors in four of the last five seasons. Smith will be joined by Kinderley Wetherspoon (2018-19), Reggie Perry (2019-20) and Iverson Molinar (2021-22), each of whom have been named by conference coaches as All-SEC preseason picks for his First Team selection. Earned.
Smith has started 53 of his 54 career appearances for the Maroons and Whites, scoring 730 points, rebounding 418 and shooting 58.4% from the field. He racked up 39 career outs in double digits, recorded 14 double-doubles, and registered 7 of 10 outs for 20 or more points against SEC competition. , St. Louis Bay is 158 points behind him in reaching his 1,000-point wall.
Smith is coming off the season, wrapping up the 2022-23 campaign. He has posted his double-digit numbers in 10 consecutive games since last season, leading the league in points (18.33 – tied for 5th), rebounds (9.33 – 4th) and his goal percentage on the field (76.7). is his only SEC player to be in the top five. – 1st) 2022-23.Smith scored his non-conference career-high 26 points on his clip, shooting 11-for-13.
3. In addition to Smith, State’s return group DJ Jeffries, Cameron Matthews When Shaquille MooreThe quartet totals averaged 49.3% of team points, 48.4% of team rebounds, 43.9% of team assists, 52.9% of team steals and 46.9% of team blocks in 90 starts last season. exceeded.
Jeffries will head into the South Dakota game 194 points behind 1,000 points in his career. He contributed his double-digit numbers in consecutive games where Mississippi and Memphis won his 34-10 record and his 44 career his games. Jeffries is a multifaceted talent in his 30 career games, including five or more rebounds in 20 games, three or more assists in 20 games, multiple steals in 17 games, and multiple blocks in 15 games. continue to demonstrate Jeffries scored his 10 of his season-high 15 points in the first half against Akron.
Matthews has had six of eight scoring performances in the 2021-22 season. Like Jeffries, his high school teammate at Olive Brach, whose duo won state championships in 2017-18, he’s a stuffer on the stat sheet. He had 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals and 1 block. He achieved a career-high five blocks in his act opening the 2022-23 season against Texas A&M Corpus his Christie. In his career, Matthews has had 2 or more steals in 21 games, 2 or more assists in 20 outs, and 5 or more rebounds in 19 performances.
Moore scored 10 or more points with the Maroons and Whites, winning 13 of his 18 career games. Mississippi and North Carolina are 14-4 when Moore secured his double-digit numbers. He has multiple steals in 31 of his 62 games, and his 54 steals last season was the most by an MSU player since Lamar his Peters in 2018-19. Moore scored 11 points, 4 rebounds and 3 steals off the bench in the Texas A&M Corpus Christi game.
4. The Bulldogs brought in five talented transfers, including Dashawn Davis (Oregon), Jamel Horton Jr. (UAbany), Will McNair Jr. (New Mexico), Eric Reed Jr. (Southeast Missouri) and Tyler Stevenson (Southern Miss).
Davis had 5.5 dimes assists per game at Oregon State and was the Pac-12 leader in 2.2 assists-to-turnover ratio. The last Oregon State player to lead the Pac-12 was Naismith Hall of Famer and NBA 75th Anniversary Team member Gary Payton. Davis has been working hard over the last week through injury, with a plus-minus ratio of +49 when he’s on the floor.
The 2022 United States East Defensive Player of the Year, Horton Jr. has started 41 games over two seasons with UAlbany. He had 32 outs in double figures, 16 outs with five or more assists, and 12 outs with multiple stolen bases. Horton Jr. ranked in the league’s top 11 in points (12.8 – 11th), assists (3.9 – 2nd) and steals (1.1 – 10th). was.
McNair Jr. improved his statistical averages in his first three seasons under coach Jans at New Mexico State. He connected on his 55.1% of his goal attempts on the field and started in his 27 games, headlining in both his NCAA Tournament his games last season. McNair set a season-high with his five points and seven rebounds in his bluff game against Arkansas on Sunday.
A 2022 All-Ohio Valley First Team and NABC All-District 18 Second Team pick, Reid Jr. has started 54 of his 60 career games. He was the only OVC player to rank in the league’s top 10 in free throw percentage (81.5 – 3rd) and 3-point percentage (36.2 – 10th). Reed Jr. has had multiple triples in 37 career games, and he has double-digit numbers in 36 career games.
Stevenson has made 74 starts in four seasons, earned a 2021-22 All-Conference USA Honorable Mention, and was a finalist in the Bailey Howell Trophy in Southern Miss. 2000s. Stevenson finished his season 2021-22 among the C-USA leaders in points (14.5–13th), rebounds (7.5–5th) and blocks (1.1–10th). His MSU bests are 8 points against Arkansas Pine his bluff followed by 6 rebounds against Akron.
5. Mississippi freshman class includes red shirt freshmen Keshaun Murphy and a real freshman Kimani Hamilton, Martavius Russell When Sean Jones Jr.
Hamilton and Murphy are ESPN Top 100 prospects in their respective classes. Hamilton’s father, Tan (1998-99-2000-01), is in his MSU top 20 in points (1,307 – 20th) and rebounds (677 – tied for 16th).
The Hamilton-Jones Jr.-Russell trio accounted for 21 points on 7-of-15 shooting, along with 5 rebounds, 5 steals and blocks during the Pine Bluff game. Russell’s one-handed flash near the end of the contest earned him fifth place in the SportsCenter Top 10 on 11/14.
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