Category: Mississippi State Bulldogs

MADNESS: Twitter reacts to Mississippi State’s upset of Creighton

When Mississippi State upset Creighton, 81-66, just 1.37% of all brackets remained perfect in theย Womenโ€™s Bracket Challenge Game.

When Mississippi State upset Creighton, 81-66, just 1.37% of all brackets remained perfect in theย Womenโ€™s Bracket Challenge Game. The Bulldogs played in the First Four game Mar. 15 against the University of Illinois beating them 70-56 to advance to the first round of the 2023 March Madness Women’s Division 1 NCAA tournament.

The win over Creighton was an upset and is Mississippi’s 22nd win of the season and 24th all-time NCAA Tournament win. This is head coach Sam Purcell’s first season with the Bulldogs and he wants people to “talk to him and his players nice.” The Bulldogs will play No. 3 Notre Dame on ESPN Sunday at 3:30 p.m. ET.

Twitter erupted with this bracket-buster game. Check out some of the best tweets from during and after the game.

First Four: Mississippi State fetched a win over Illinois to keep March Madness dream alive

Mississippi State Bulldogs defeated the University of Illinois Wednesday night, 70-56, in the First Four of the 2023 March Madness Women’s NCAA D1 tournament.

Mississippi State Bulldogs defeated the University of Illinois Wednesday night, 70-56, in the First Four of the 2023 March Madness Women’s NCAA D1 tournament. This is Mississippi’s 21st win of the season and 23rd all-time NCAA Tournament win. This is head coach Sam Purcell’s first season with the Bulldogs.

“Here you go. You know you always get me. You get me. I’m not doing it. Again, it’s not about me. I appreciate all the love and the recognition, but I would not be sitting here today if I wasn’t coaching a great group of young women,” Purcell said.

Redshirt Senior Jessika Carter was dominant scoring 22 points with nine rebounds. Mississippi State’s bench outscored Illinois 20-6 with two other players, Anastasia Hayes and JerKaila Jordan, scoring in double digits.

Mississippi State will take on the No. 6 seeded Creighton Blue Jays in the Round of 64 which is scheduled for Friday, March 17th at 6:00 p.m. ET.

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Alabama MBB knocks off Mississippi State in first conference game of the season

Alabama men’s basketball program traveled to Starkville to take on Mississippi State and left with a win.

The Alabama men’s basketball team overcame some early struggles to knock off No. 21 Mississippi State in the conference opener on Wednesday night. The Tide were led offensively by Mark Sears (20 points) and Brandon Miller (19 points).

Nate Oats’ squad worked through a lot of turnovers and foul trouble to pick up the much-needed win. The Tide Was also aided by the Bulldogs shooting just 18-36 from the free-throw line. Not to mention, the Tide were able to neutralize Bulldogs’ forward Tolu Smith’s offensive production. The senior scored just five points on the night.

Alabama freshman forward Noah Clowney scored 12 points while grabbing eight rebounds as well.

As conference play continues, the Tide will certainly need to limit the number of team fouls and turnovers. The next game for Alabama is on January 3 against Ole Miss. The game will be televised on SEC Network as tip-off is scheduled for 9 p.m. EST

Roll Tide Wire will continue to follow Alabama men’s basketball as the season progresses.

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