Postgame Notes: Mississippi State At Belmont

Team Notes

• Mississippi State held a 29-26 lead at the half.

  • The Bulldogs are 25-1 when leading at half under head coach Sam Purcell.

• Mississippi State only had 11 fouls in the game and have finished under 12 fouls in all five games this season.

  • The Bulldogs now rank second nationally with only 9.4 fouls per game.

• Mississippi State forced 10 turnovers in the game.

  • The Bulldogs have forced 10-plus turnovers in all five games this season.

• Mississippi State outrebounded Belmont 44-25 in the game.

  • Mississippi State is currently averaging 50.8 rebounds and outrebounding its opponents by 21.8 per game. 
  • Mississippi State is now 26-2 under Purcell when it outrebounds its opponent. 
  • The Bulldogs have outrebounded all five opponents this season.
  • Mississippi State has recorded 40-plus rebounds in all five games and finished with 17 offensive rebounds at Belmont.

• It is the sixth game that has been decided by five points or less under Purcell.

  • The Bulldogs are now 4-2 in games decided by five points or less and 3-1 in games decided by only one point under Purcell. 

• Three Bulldogs – graduate student center Jessika Carter, graduate student guard Lauren Park-Lane and senior guard Jerkaila Jordan – played 30-plus minutes in the game.

  • It is the first time through the first five games that Mississippi State has had a player log over 30 minutes in a game. 

Player Notes

Graduate student guard Lauren Park-Lane

• Lauren Park-Lane turned in eight points, four rebounds and two assists in 36 minutes. 

  • The 36 minutes were the most for Park-Lane in a Bulldog uniform.
  • Park-Lane has the led the team in assists in four of her first five games at Mississippi State. 
  • With eight more points in the game, Park-Lane is nearing 2,000 points with 1,939 Division I points for her career – which ranks ninth among active players. 
  • She leads the team with 19 assists through the first five games. She stands at 717 career assists – which is second-most among active players. 

Senior guard Jekaila Jordan

• Jerkaila Jordan finished with 13 points, eight rebounds and two assists in 36 minutes.

  • Jordan has scored in double-figures in all five games this season and seven straight dating back to last season.
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