Ms. State 76 Liberty 80 Final

3. Reggie Perry extended Mississippi State's streak to four straight years with an All-SEC Freshman Team member under fourth-year coach Ben Howland. The others are teammates Quinndary Weatherspoon (2015-16), Lamar Peters (2016-17) and Nick Weatherspoon (2017-18). Perry has dialed up 13.1 points and 8.9 rebounds per game over his last 15 appearances. He has come away with six of his eight top scoring performances and eight of his nine double-doubles during the 15-game run. Perry's 7.1 rebounds per game are ninth overall and second among SEC freshmen. He upped the mark to 9.0 per game in SEC games, third overall and tops among freshman on the SEC leaderboard.

4. Tyson Carter has racked up 14.8 points and 2.4 assists per game during his last nine games as a member of MSU's starting five. He has provided 20 games in double figures, tied for second on the team with Lamar Peters and only behind Quinndary Weatherspoon. The Starkville native has registered 10-plus points in seven of those nine games. The Bulldogs have posted a 27-6 record over the last two seasons and won 15 of 20 games this season when Carter comes away with double digit points.

5. Aric Holman and Lamar Peters eclipsed 1,000 career points during the regular season finale versus Texas A&M on March 9 The duo became the 38th and 39th players in program history to accomplish the feat … The only other time in program history that MSU has had three 1,000-point scorers on the roster at the same time was in 2015-16 with Craig Sword, Fred Thomas and Gavin Ware Peters is one of seven major conference players in the NCAA Tournament to pile up at least 350 points and 150 points on the season, according to Stat Pass … The Bulldogs have notched a 16-4 record when Peters dishes out five-plus assists this season On the defensive end, Peters has tallied multiple steals in 12 of his last 14 games with his 1.9 steals per game ranked third in SEC games MSU is 37-14 when Holman reaches double figures He exploded for 20 points aided by a 5-for-5 shooting clip from three-point territory against No. 8 Tennessee at the SEC Tournament on March 15 The 20-point outburst was his best since a 20-point outing at South Carolina during the SEC opener on Jan. 8 Holman has four of his six games of 20-plus points in 2018-19 Abdul Ado's 2.1 block per game was tied for second in the SEC rankings for conference games His 121 career blocks over 65 career games is eighth in the MSU record book Ado had his streak of 63 consecutive starts to begin his career come to a close versus Texas A&M, Holman earned the Senior Day start in his place Robert Woodard II has garnered 7.0 points per game over his last 13 games which includes seven of his 13 outings with seven or more points on the season He equaled a career-best 10 points at No. 5 Tennessee on March 5 Nick Weatherspoon is sixth on the team with 9.6 points per game He is scheduled to miss his 10th straight game after being suspended indefinitely from game competition for a violation of team rules on Feb. 16.

So excited for state to be back in the tournament. Longest drought in the SEC until today. Liberty going down

Good luck and kick some butt

All we need is for Peters to not turn the ball over. He can not shoot a basket and we can still be effective.

LP has incrementally improved controlling his emotions. But he will still let a bad play affect him and he will commit an unnecessary foul or turn the ball over. But he is so explosive and is basically unguardable. If he can channel himself and stay under control, then we have a chance to make a run.

This team has still not played its best game. Hopefully tonight will be the start of elevated play.

As usuall, thanks bud for the post. Some of us don’t know crap about these other teams, thanks for the info.

Lol

The start of our run of bustin' all da brackets on our march to the final four.