The Morning Bell: Friday, November 17, 2023

Your daily briefing on what’s going on with Mississippi State sports, and how to keep up with the Bulldogs.

Today is … International Student's Day and National Take A Hike Day. 

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Today’s Schedule

• NCAA Soccer Tournament, Stanford, Calif: No. 6 Mississippi State vs. No. 3 Brown University 5:30 p.m. Live Video, Live Stats

Bulldogs Results

No games scheduled

Did You Notice?

• Last Season Sam Purcell became the winningest head coach at MSU in their debut season. In his short time with Mississippi State, Purcell has a win percentage of .703 and a record of 26-11 while starting this season 4-0 and has one of the highest defensive ratings as a head coach in the country.

• Mississippi State Men’s basketball team is averaging 10 made 3-pointers per game so far this season. Their 3-point percentage is also the highest since the 2020-21 season at 33 percent. Last season alone, their 3-point percentage for the season was 26.6 percent.

• The school’s official collective (@BulldogNIL) announced earlier a group of donors committed to match next $1 million in contributions. Moreover, Action Network reported that wide receiver Zavion Thomas has inked a national NIL deal with Goole.  

• MSU soccer will be looking to advance to the Sweet 16 in the NCAA Tournament for the first time in school history against Brown University. This will be State’s third appearance in the tournament and a second chance to advance to the Sweet 16 after last year’s tournament loss against Memphis.

Countdown to the Start of Baseball Season

• 92 Days

Quote of the Day:

“I told my young women, if you can’t have joy today, we’ve got problems. Because imagine how many kids that showed up today have a parent who can’t get off work or don’t have the money or resources to come to a game. We just might have had an opportunity where you had a young female watching our females and got inspired to play the game of basketball who’s never played.

— Women’s basketball head coach Sam Purcell regarding playing in front of kids on Education Day.

We’ll Leave You with This…

Packed The Hump for Education Day 🤩#HailState🐶 pic.twitter.com/AfxeK1c0Zg

— Mississippi State Athletics (@HailState) November 15, 2023

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