Mississippi State Women's Basketball 2016 NCAA Tournament Capsule

Mississippi State Lady Bulldogs
SEC (26-7, 11-5)
 
 
Big Wins: 12/30 vs South Florida (68-58), 1/3 at Florida (76-70), 1/28 Tennessee (65-63)
Bad Losses: 1/14 at Missouri (54-66), 1/21 at Georgia (43-47), 2/18 Kentucky (60-83)
Coach: Vic Schaefer
 
Probable Starters:
Victoria Vivians, Sophomore, Guard, 17.2 ppg, 5.9 rpg
Morgan Williams, Sophomore, Guard, 9.9 ppg, 5.0 apg
Dominique Dillingham, Junior, Guard, 8.2 ppg, 1.9 apg, 3.8 rpg
Ketara Chapel, Junior, Forward, 4.8 ppg, 3.3 rpg
Chinwe Okorie, Junior, Center, 6.9 ppg, 6.2 rpg
 
Key Roleplayers:
Teaira McCowan, Freshman, Center, 6.6 ppg, 5.5 rpg
Breanna Richardson, Junior, Forward, 5.5 ppg, 4.1 rpg
Kayla Nevitt, Sophomore, Guard, 3.7 ppg
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 71.5 (56th in nation, 4th in conference)
Scoring Defense: 54.4 (22, 2)
Field-Goal Percentage: 40.5 (139, 9)               
Field-Goal Defense: 37.1 (64, 6)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 5.0 (207, 7)  
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 30.0 (225, 8)
Free-Throw Percentage: 73.1 (66, 2)
Rebound Margin: 6.1 (43, 3)
Assists Per Game: 14.0 (109, 7)
Turnovers Per Game: 14.5 (69, 1)
 
Recent Postseason Appearances:
 
2015    NCAA First Round win over Tulane
2015    NCAA Second Round loss to Duke
2014    NIT      First Round win over Tulane
2014    NIT      Second Round win over Southern Miss
2014    NIT      Third Round win over Auburn
2014    NIT      Quarterfinal loss to South Florida
2010    NCAA Round of 64 win over Middle Tennessee State
2010    NCAA Round of 32 win over Ohio State
2010    NCAA Regional Semifinal loss to Florida State
2009    NCAA Round of 64 win over Texas
2009    NCAA Round of 32 loss to Ohio State
2008    NIT      Second Round loss to Southern Mississippi
2007    NIT      Second Round win over Tulane
2007    NIT      Third Round loss to Western Kentucky
2005    NIT      First Round loss to Arkansas State
 
*all team stats through 3/3