How to Watch Mississippi State Women's Basketball at Texas A&M

Mississippi State enters its final two games on the NCAA Tournament bubble, starting with a key road test at Texas A&M on Thursday.

Mississippi State Forward Favour Nwaedozi (#25) during the game between the Texas Longhorns and the Mississippi State Bulldogs at the United Supermarkets Arena in Austin, TX. | Mississippi State Athletics

The goal for every college basketball program is to make the NCAA Tournament. That includes Mississippi State who has spent most of the season firmly in the tournament field.

However, now the Bulldogs are teetering on the edge of not getting an invitation to the big dance.

The Bulldogs were listed as one of the last four teams in the tournament in ESPN’s latest NCAA Tournament bracket projections released earlier this week.

At 18-10 overall and 5-9 in SEC games, including two-straight blowout losses, Mississippi State’s final two games of the season have become extremely important. Not just for its hopes of playing deeper into March, but for SEC Tournament seeding, too, because the Bulldogs may need a win or two to secure its spot in the NCAA Tournament.

Currently, Mississippi State would the No. 11 seed in the SEC Tournament and would face No. 14 seed Florida, who just beat the Bulldogs 71-56.

Mississippi State could, of course, fall to a lower seed, but it could move up a spot if Kentucky loses both of its final games.

However, all that matters for Mississippi State right now is the next opponent, which is Texas A&M.

Here’s everything to know about the Bulldogs’ Thursday night game against the Aggies.

The Opponent: Texas A&M

Texas A&M rolls into this matchup playing its best basketball of the season, and it starts with the two players who’ve basically dragged the Aggies back into the SEC mix. Ny’Ceara Pryor and Fatmata Janneh have each stacked three straight double‑doubles, and they’ve been the engine behind A&M’s run of three wins in a row and four in their last five. It’s a stretch that includes two ranked victories

Pryor leads the team with 15.9 points per game, but her impact goes way beyond scoring. She’s the only player in the country sitting inside the national top 10 in both steals (3.6) and assists (7.1), ranking fifth and sixth in those categories. Over the last three games, she’s bumped those numbers even higher, averaging 17.0 points and 11.0 assists, and she’s doing it while defending at an elite level.

Janneh has been the perfect complement, giving the Aggies a steady interior presence at 14.6 points and 12.3 rebounds per game during this same stretch.

How to Watch: Mississippi State at Texas A&M

• Who: Mississippi State Bulldogs (18-10, 5-9 SEC) at Texas A&M Aggies (12-11, 5-9 SEC)
• When: 7 p.m., Thursday
• Where: Reed Arena, College Station, Texas
• TV: SECN+
• Radio: Live Radio
• Stats: Live Stats
• Series History: Mississippi State leads the all-time series 13-7
• Last Meeting: Mississippi State 81, Texas A&M 55
• Last time out, Bulldogs: lost to No. 4 Texas, 92-42
• Last time out, Aggies: def. Arkansas, 78-57

Mississippi State Top Performers

• Points: Madison Francis, 13.2 ppg
• Rebounds: Favour Nwaedozi, 9.9 rpg
• Assists: Destiney McPhaul, 118 (4.2 avg.)
• Steals: Destiney McPhaul, 46 (1.6 avg.)
• Blocks: Madison Francis, 78 (2.8 avg.)

Texas A&M Top Performers

• Points: Ny’ceara Pryor, 15.9 ppg
• Rebounds: Fatmata Janneh, 10.1 rpg
• Assists: Ny’ceara Pryor, 163 (7.1 avg.)
• Steals: Ny’ceara Pryor, 83 (3.6 avg.)
• Blocks: Lauren Ware, 24 (1.1 avg.)

Student-Athlete Availability Report

Mississippi State

• All available.

Texas A&M

Out

• #5 Vanessa Saidu
• #7 Pien Steenbergen

Odds, Spread, Totals

Odds via FanDuel Sportsbook

Spread

• Mississippi State: -2.5 (-114)
• Texas A&M: +2.5 (-114)

Moneyline

• Mississippi State: -154
• Texas A&M: +116

Total

• Over: 135.5 (-114)
• Under: 135.5 (-114)