Women's Basketball Game Notes: at Mississippi State
1/30/2003 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
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TIDE HOPES TO CONTINUE ROAD SUCCESS
The Alabama women's basketball team looks to continue their winning ways when they visit No. 13 Mississippi State on Thursday night in an important SEC tilt. The Tide snapped a three-game road losing skid last Sunday with an 81-70 victory at Ole Miss. The win marked Bama's first in SEC play and improved UA's record to 11-7 on the season. MSU had their three-game win streak halted by No. 4 Tennessee on Sunday.
*Alabama's 81-point outpouring against Ole Miss was the second most points for the Tide in a game this season. The Tide had failed to surpass 62 points in their six previous contests.
*Lady Bulldog's LaToya Thomas (24.6 ppg) and Tan White (17.8 ppg) account for 57% of the MSU offensive production. The Maroon duo has taken over half the team's total shot attempts and is responsible for 1/3 of the squad's rebounding.
*Bama and State have played three common SEC foes so far this season... Ole Miss, Tennessee and Auburn.
BAMA-MSU SERIES NOTEBOOK
*This is the 36th all-time meeting between the Tide and Lady Bulldogs. The pair have met each season since 1980. (see p.2 for series game listing)
*The Crimson Tide owns a 31-4 all-time mark against Mississippi State including a 15-1 record in Starkville. MSU's only home win in the series was a 110-74 in the pairs first ever meeting (1976-77).
*Alabama's Rick Moody owns a 10-4 mark against MSU coach Sharon Fanning, including a 4-3 record when she was the head coach at Kentucky (1988-95). Moody is 13-1 in his career versus State.
*MSU assistant coach Stacey Franklin played for Moody at Alabama (1989-92).
*Bama senior Jamilah Johns hails from Starkville, Miss., while MSU lists a quartet of players from Alabama
*UA has won 28 of the last 29 meetings with State's last win coming in 1999-2000...Last two years Bama has upset a ranked MSU team.
