Mississippi State Sports Blog

After spending time playing pro basketball in Italy, Shane Power is heading back to Starkville to complete his master’s degree and join Rick Stansbury’s coaching staff. His thoughts on how our young squad will do next season?
“This year is going to be better,” Power said. “I spent a couple weeks with the guys. I really [...]

Timmy Bowers has moved to a new team in Jerusalem, leaving Givat Shmuel after only one season, and signing with Hapoel Jerusalem. Former MSU teammate Mario Austin is also on that team. More info at http://www.safsal.co.il/earticle.aspx?id=6294.

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That is the message that Grizzlies president Jerry West seems to be trying to pass around. This article in The Commercial Appeal takes a look at Roberts and how he can help out a team that lacks strong rebounding.
“We know he can go after the ball and rebound for us. He rebounds and defends,” Griz [...]

Via Sun Herald
Coyt Vance, a Conehatta High graduate, was a former all-Southeastern Conference basketball player at Mississippi State who coached 27 seasons at Pelahatchie, Florence, Rankin Academy, Brandon Academy, Newton Academy and University Christian with a career record of 1,041-333. He won two state titles with Brandon Academy and two more with Newton Academy.
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I know most fans were expecting a rough start for this years basketball squad, especially with them being a young team and coming off the loss of some great senior leadership, but what is happening? We have lost all of our SEC games so far this season by at least 10 points, more in some [...]

The Lady Bulldogs will be visiting Birmingham to square-off against the UAB Blazers at Bartow Arena on December 29th at 7pm. The Birmingham Bulldogs Alumni Chapter has arranged for one lucky to person to spend the day as a “Guest Coach” with the team.
The winner will meet the team for breakfast the day of the [...]

Via Media Relations
GUAYNABO, Puerto Rico – The Bulldogs stretched their winning streak to five consecutive games by claiming a 78-67 first-round victory over Liberty at the 18th annual San Juan Shootout played at the Mario Morales Coliseum in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico.
After scoring the game’s first nine points, State (8-2) controlled much of the early portion [...]

Via Media Relations
Junior Natasha Henderson matched a career high with 12 points as Mississippi State defeated Morehead State 78-65 in game two of the 2005 Mississippi State Classic here on Monday night.
The victory was State’s second-consecutive, and its third in four games as the Lady Bulldogs moved to 4-6 on the year. Morehead State dropped [...]

The Clarion-Ledger is reporting today that the NCAA has made an initial inquiry into the MSU Men’s Basketball program, focusing on specific recruiting trips and recruiting practices. The inquiry centers around trips made in the fall of 2004.
The NCAA enforcement staff asked Mississippi State for paperwork detailing several recruiting trips, a memo said. It is [...]

Via AP/Biloxi Sun Herald
Mississippi State forward Walter Sharpe has regained his academic eligibility and could play this weekend against Troy, school officials said Friday.
Sharpe missed seven games during the fall semester because he failed to make sufficient progress during the 2004-2005 academic year, but he passed 17 credit hours of classes and is back on [...]

Via Media Relastions
Playing in their first true road game of the season, the Mississippi State Lady Bulldog Basketball squad dropped a 75-59 decision to Florida State at the Donald L. Tucker Center in Tallahassee, Fla. The loss extends State’s losing steak to five straight games.
MState opened the game starting four freshmen and a junior in [...]

Jamont Gordon scored 20 points and Jamall Edmonds scored 19 points on the way to an 80-66 win over the Santa Clara Broncos. The game was tied 66-66 at the end of regulation, and the Bulldogs put on an impressive overtime rally, out scoring the Broncos 11-6 to secure the win.
The Bulldogs are now 5 [...]

The MSU Athletic Department has announced that Sirius Satellite Radio will carry select MSU Basketball games througout the ‘05-’06 season.
Sirius will broadcast a select number of Bulldog Basketball games this season. The games that will be carried will only be determined a couple of weeks in advance by the international satellite radio system. Bulldog fans [...]

The MSU Men’s Basketball team defeated the Privateers of UNO in the third of their 5-game homestand at The Hump.
Jamall Edmondson led the team with 26 points off 8 field goals, 6 three pointers and 4 free throws. Reginald Delk follows Edmondson with 16 points, shooting 6 of 9 from the field and 4 [...]

The Lady Bulldogs took the court tonight against Southern Miss, falling to the Golden Eagles 64-57.
Leading the Bulldogs in scoring was Henders with 12 points, shooting 5 of 9 from the field and 2-6 from the line. Johnson and Porter both scored 11 points. Porter was 4 of 12 from the field, but made 2 [...]