2019–20 Mississippi State Bulldogs women's basketball team

The 2019–20 Mississippi State Bulldogs women's basketball team represented Mississippi State University during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bulldogs, led by eighth-year head coach Vic Schaefer, played their home games at Humphrey Coliseum as members of the Southeastern Conference (SEC).

2019–20 Mississippi State Bulldogs women's basketball
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 9
AP	No. 9
2019–20 record	27–6 (13–3 SEC)
Head coach	Vic Schaefer (8th season)
Assistant coaches	Johnnie Harris Dionnah Jackson-Durrett Elena Lovato
Home arena	Humphrey Coliseum

2019–20 SEC women's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 1 South Carolina†	16	–	0		1.000			32	–	1		.970
No. 9 Mississippi State	13	–	3		.813			27	–	6		.818
No. 24 Arkansas	10	–	6		.625			24	–	8		.750
No. 16 Kentucky	10	–	6		.625			22	–	8		.733
No. 19 Texas A&M	10	–	6		.625			22	–	8		.733
Tennessee	10	–	6		.625			21	–	10		.677
LSU	9	–	7		.563			20	–	10		.667
Alabama	8	–	8		.500			18	–	12		.600
Georgia	7	–	9		.438			17	–	14		.548
Florida	6	–	10		.375			15	–	15		.500
Missouri	5	–	11		.313			9	–	22		.290
Vanderbilt	4	–	12		.250			14	–	16		.467
Auburn	4	–	12		.250			11	–	18		.379
Ole Miss	0	–	16		.000			7	–	23		.233
† 2020 SEC Tournament winner As of January 19, 2021; Rankings from AP Poll

The Bulldogs are coming off a 2019 NCAA Elite Eight loss to Oregon in which they lost 84–88.[1]

At the conclusion of the season, Schaefer resigned to take the open coaching position at Texas.

Preseason

SEC media poll

The SEC media poll was released on October 15, 2019.[2]

Media poll
Predicted finish	Team
1	South Carolina
2	Texas A&M
3	Mississippi State
4	Kentucky
5	Arkansas
6	Tennessee
7	Auburn
8	LSU
9	Missouri
10	Georgia
11	Alabama
12	Florida
13	Ole Miss
14	Vanderbilt

Roster

2019–20 Mississippi State Bulldogs women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 00 Jayla Hemingway 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Houston HS Collierville, TN G 1 Myah Taylor 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) RS So Olive Branch HS Olive Branch, MS G 2 Andra Espinoza-Hunter 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr Ossining HS UConn Ossining, NY G 3 Aliyah Matharu 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr Bishop McNamara HS Washington, D.C. F/C 4 Jessika Carter 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) So Harris County HS Waverly Hall, GA F 5 Rickea Jackson 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Detroit Edison Public School Academy Detroit, MI G 10 JaMya Mingo-Young 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Loranger HS Bogalusa, LA G 11 Xaria Wiggins 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Princess Anne HS Virginia Beach, VA C 13 Promise Taylor  6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) So Sammamish HS Ole Miss Issaquah, WA F/C 14 Sidney Cooks 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Jr St. Joseph Catholic Academy Michigan State Kenosha, WI C 20 Yemiyah Morris 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Jr Canyon Springs HS Cochise College San Bernardino, CA G 23 Bre'Amber Scott 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr Central HS Little Rock, AR G 24 Jordan Danberry 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr Conway HS Arkansas Conway, AR F 55 Chloe Bibby 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Rowville Secondary Warracknabeal, Vic, Australia	Head coach Vic Schaefer (Texas A&M) Assistant coach(es) Johnnie Harris (Arkansas Baptist) Dionnah Jackson-Durrett (Oklahoma) Elena Lovato (Pittsburg State) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: September 20, 2019

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Final
AP	10	10	10	10	10	10	15	15	15
Coaches	8	8	8	8	8	8	14

^Coaches' Poll did not release a second poll at the same time as the AP.

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/04/2019* 7:00 pm, SECN+	No. 10	Lubbock Christian	W 78–57		27 – Carter	13 – Carter	8 – M. Taylor	Humphrey Coliseum (1,847) Starkville, MS
Non-conference regular season
11/09/2019* 2:00 pm, SECN+	No. 10	Southern Miss	W 91–58	1–0	16 – Bibby	9 – Carter	5 – M. Taylor	Humphrey Coliseum (7,591) Starkville, MS
11/11/2019* 7:00 pm, SECN+	No. 10	UT Martin	W 82–46	2–0	19 – Carter	8 – Carter	5 – M. Taylor	Humphrey Coliseum (7,667) Starkville, MS
11/15/2019* 7:00 pm, SECN+	No. 10	Murray State	W 124–43	3–0	25 – Carter	18 – Carter	5 – Danberry	Humphrey Coliseum (7,820) Starkville, MS
11/18/2019* 7:00 pm, SECN+	No. 10	Troy	W 122–82	4–0	24 – Danberry	14 – Carter	7 – M. Taylor	Humphrey Coliseum (6,839) Starkville, MS
11/21/2019* 7:00 pm	No. 10	at Jackson State	W 92–53	5–0	21 – Carter	15 – Bibby	5 – M. Taylor	Williams Assembly Center (2,305) Jackson, MS
11/25/2019* 7:00 pm	No. 10	at Marquette	W 74–68	6–0	20 – Danberry	23 – Carter	4 – Tied	Al McGuire Center (2,325) Milwaukee, WI
11/28/2019* 3:30 pm	No. 10	vs. San Francisco Greater Victoria Invitational	W 73–38	7–0	17 – Danberry	6 – Carter	3 – M. Taylor	CARSA Performance Gym (723) Greater Victoria, BC
11/29/2019* 7:00 pm	No. 10	vs. Green Bay Greater Victoria Invitational	W 83–58	8–0	21 – Danberry	12 – Carter	4 – M. Taylor	CARSA Performance Gym (943) Greater Victoria, BC
11/30/2019* 9:30 pm	No. 10	vs. No. 3 Stanford Greater Victoria Invitational	L 62–67	8–1	15 – Jackson	6 – Carter	4 – Mingo-Young	CARSA Performance Gym  Greater Victoria, BC
12/8/2019* 1:00 pm, SECN	No. 10	West Virginia Big 12/SEC Women's Challenge	L 65–71	8–2	19 – Danberry	9 – Jackson	6 – M. Taylor	Humphrey Coliseum (7,113) Starkville, MS
12/16/2019* 11:00 am	No. 15	at Louisiana	W 64–48	9–2	12 – Tied	12 – Bibby	6 – M. Taylor	Cajundome  Lafayette, LA
12/19/2019* 6:00 pm	No. 15	vs. South Florida Duel in the Desert	W 86–61	10–2	21 – Bibby	10 – Jackson	5 – Danberry	Cox Pavilion  Paradise, NV
12/21/2019* 2:00/4:30 pm	No. 15	vs. Virginia Duel in the Desert	W 72–59	11–2	17 – Jackson	15 – Carter	8 – M. Taylor	Cox Pavilion (850) Paradise, NV
12/29/2019* 2:00 pm, SECN+	No. 15	Little Rock	W 89–50	12–2	18 – Matharu	14 – Carter	3 – Danberry	Humphrey Coliseum  Starkville, MS
SEC regular season
01/02/2020 7:10 pm, SECN+	No. 15	Florida	W 93–47	13–2 (1–0)	21 – Danberry	10 – Bibby	8 – Danberry	Humphrey Coliseum (7,427) Starkville, MS
01/05/2020 3:00 pm, SECN	No. 15	at Georgia	W 73–66	14–2 (2–0)	17 – Tied	8 – Bibby	4 – M. Taylor	Stegeman Coliseum (3,006) Athens, GA
01/09/2020 6:00 pm, SECN	No. 13	at Missouri	W 79–64	15–2 (3–0)	21 – Jackson	9 – Jackson	3 – Danberry	Mizzou Arena (3,920) Columbia, MO
01/16/2020 7:00 pm, SECN+	No. 10	LSU	W 64–60	16–2 (4–0)	16 – Danberry	11 – Carter	4 – M. Taylor	Humphrey Coliseum (7,846) Starkville, MS
01/20/2020 6:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 9	at No. 1 South Carolina	L 79–81	16–3 (4–1)	16 – Tied	9 – Bibby	4 – M. Taylor	Colonial Life Arena (13,163) Columbia, SC
01/23/2020 8:00 pm, SECN	No. 9	at Vanderbilt	W 68–52	17–3 (5–1)	22 – Carter	7 – Carter	5 – Danberry	Memorial Gymnasium (2,157) Nashville, TN
01/26/2020 4:00 pm, SECN	No. 9	Ole Miss	W 80–39	18–3 (6–1)	24 – Carter	11 – Carter	8 – Danberry	Humphrey Coliseum (9,503) Starkville, MS
01/30/2020 7:00 pm, SECN+	No. 9	Auburn	W 78–73	19–3 (7–1)	22 – Jackson	6 – Danberry	5 – Danberry	Humphrey Coliseum (7,249) Starkville, MS
02/03/2020 6:00 pm, SECN	No. 8	Georgia	W 67–53	20–3 (8–1)	24 – Jackson	11 – Carter	5 – Danberry	Humphrey Coliseum (6,848) Starkville, MS
02/06/2020 5:30 pm, SECN	No. 8	at No. 23 Tennessee	W 72–55	21–3 (9–1)	14 – Jackson	9 – Jackson	5 – M. Taylor	Thompson–Boling Arena (8,124) Knoxville, TN
02/09/2020 12:00 pm, ESPN	No. 8	No. 16 Texas A&M	W 69–57	22–3 (10–1)	21 – Jackson	10 – Jackson	6 – M. Taylor	Humphrey Coliseum (8,400) Starkville, MS
02/16/2020 4:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 6	at No. 18 Kentucky	L 62–73	22–4 (10–2)	18 – Carter	7 – Jackson	9 – M. Taylor	Memorial Coliseum (5,317) Lexington, KY
02/20/2020 8:00 pm, SECN	No. 9	at Auburn	W 92–85 ^OT	23–4 (11–2)	34 – Jackson	10 – Carter	6 – M. Taylor	Auburn Arena (1,656) Auburn, AL
02/23/2020 1:00 pm, ESPN2/SECN	No. 9	Alabama	L 64–66	23–5 (11–3)	18 – Carter	12 – Carter	6 – M. Taylor	Humphrey Coliseum (8,083) Starkville, MS
02/27/2020 8:00 pm, SECN	No. 10	Arkansas	W 92–83	24–5 (12–3)	21 – Carter	11 – Carter	7 – M. Taylor	Humphrey Coliseum (7,256) Starkville, MS
03/01/2020 1:40 pm, SECN+	No. 10	at Ole Miss	W 84–59	25–5 (13–3)	24 – Matharu	7 – Danberry	10 – M. Taylor	The Pavilion at Ole Miss (2,974) Oxford, MS
SEC Tournament
03/06/2020 5:00 pm, SECN	(2) No. 9	vs. (7) LSU Quarterfinals	W 79–49	26–5	23 – Jackson	10 – Jackson	8 – M. Taylor	Bon Secours Wellness Arena (5,749) Greenville, SC
03/07/2020 6:30 pm, ESPNU	(2) No. 9	vs. (3) No. 16 Kentucky Semifinals	W 77–59	27–5	29 – Jackson	10 – Tied	7 – Danberry	Bon Secours Wellness Arena  Greenville, SC
03/08/2020 1:00 pm, ESPN2	(2) No. 9	vs. (1) No. 1 South Carolina Championship	L 62–76	27–6	17 – Matharu	8 – Carter	4 – Danberry	Bon Secours Wellness Arena  Greenville, SC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. [3]

References

1. "Oregon reaches 1st women's Final Four, tops Miss. St. 88-84". apnews.com. March 31, 2019. Retrieved September 20, 2019.
2. "South Carolina tabbed as 2020 SEC women's hoops champs". SEC Sports. October 15, 2019. Retrieved October 15, 2019.
3. "Mississippi State Bulldogs 2019–20 schedule". HailState.com. Retrieved September 21, 2019.