Thursday, February 27
Starkville, Miss.
6:30 p.m.
Mississippi State
vs
No. 1/1 Texas
Mississippi State Welcomes Top-Ranked Texas To Humphrey Coliseum On Thursday
February 26, 2025 | Women's Basketball
STARKVILLE – The Mississippi State Bulldogs are set to conclude their 2024-25 home schedule against the No. 1/1 Texas Longhorns. Fans are encouraged to wear white to the game, which tips off at 6:30 p.m. on SECN+.
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GAME INFORMATION
No. 1/1 Texas Longhorns (27-2, 13-1 SEC) vs Mississippi State Bulldogs (19-9, 6-8 SEC)
Date: Thursday, February 27, 6:30 p.m. CT
Location: Starkville, Miss. (Humphrey Coliseum)
Watch: SECN+
Listen: MSU Radio Network – Starkville 96.1
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NOTES:
Visit HailState.com and social media accounts @HailStateWBK for the most up-to-date information on Mississippi State women's basketball.
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GAME INFORMATION
No. 1/1 Texas Longhorns (27-2, 13-1 SEC) vs Mississippi State Bulldogs (19-9, 6-8 SEC)
Date: Thursday, February 27, 6:30 p.m. CT
Location: Starkville, Miss. (Humphrey Coliseum)
Watch: SECN+
Listen: MSU Radio Network – Starkville 96.1
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NOTES:
- Last time out, Mississippi State earned a senior day victory over the Texas A&M Aggies, 66-69.
- Debreasha Powe knocked down a season-high 19 points after hitting five threes in the contest, tying her season-high of made threes.
- Madina Okot collected her 10th double-double of the season against the Aggies, collecting 16 points along with 12 rebounds.
- Jerkaila Jordan and Eniya Russell celebrated senior day with 13 points apiece. Jordan also collected seven rebounds, four assists and two steals. Russell picked up nine of her 13 from beyond the arch where she shot 50%.
- The Bulldogs have excelled on the glass this season, outrebounding their opponents by 8.8 rebounds per game, which is the fourth best mark in the SEC and 13th best nationally. The bring in 41.5 per game, the 18th most in the country and fourth most in the conference.
- The Bulldogs rank 28th in the nation and 6th in the Southeastern Conference with a 46.0 field goal percentage on the season
- Madina Okot ranks fifth in the nation and second in the SEC with a 66.1 field goal percentage and is third in the SEC with 9.6 rebounds per game. She's finished with 10+ points seven times in conference play, six of which came within the last eight games.
- Jerkaila Jordan is averaging 18.8 points in her last five games, along with 4.4 rebounds, 2.8 steals and 1.6 assists
- Debreasha Powe is one of five players in the SEC to average above 40 percent from deep this season and ranks third in the SEC
- Mississippi State and Texas will be facing off for just the sixth time in program history. This will be the first meeting as a conference game between the two teams.
- The Bulldogs lead the all-time series 3-2, winning the lone matchup in Starkville on November 16, 2016, 79-68.
- Texas marks the first time the Bulldogs will face the #1 Team inside of Humphrey Coliseum since Sam Purcell's first season, when top-ranked South Carolina came to The Hump on January 8, 2023. Those Bulldogs fell to the Gamecocks, 58-51.
- The last time Mississippi State defeated a top-ranked team was March 31, 2017, when the Bulldogs snapped the 111-game winning streak of the UConn Huskies in the final four, 66-64, in OT.
- State is 10-3 at home this season and 4-3 in-conference play.
Visit HailState.com and social media accounts @HailStateWBK for the most up-to-date information on Mississippi State women's basketball.
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