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Mississippi State

Also known as: Mississippi State Bulldogs
Program History

2026-2027 Team Stats (4 games)

87.8
PPG
52.2
Opp
+35.5
Margin
47.5%
FG%
27.0%
3P%
61.0%
FT%
49.8
RPG
17.8
APG
17.5
TO
81.5
Est. poss./game
72.6
Adj PPG
51.0
Adj Opp PPG
#22
Scoring Rank

Model Outputs

2026-2027
Catalog

Output is shown as model rating with league rank in parentheses when available.

Model Output Notes
Elo Elo Streaming paired-comparison rating with recency baked into sequential updates. Preseason prior 1350 (returning production + recruiting): last season 1100, returning +73, transfers +176, freshmen +0 More โ†’ 1360 (#32) Preseason prior 1350 (returning production + recruiting): last season 1100, returning +73, transfers +176, freshmen +0
Bradley-Terry Bradley-Terry Static logistic paired-comparison model with one team strength parameter. HCA +169 elo More โ†’ 1252 (#27) HCA +169 elo
Bradley-Terry Recency Bradley-Terry Recency Static Bradley-Terry with exponential recency weights on newer games. HCA +169 elo More โ†’ 1248 (#27) HCA +169 elo
Margin Margin Linear team-strength model fit on point differential instead of binary wins. HCA +1.7 More โ†’ +28.3 (#21) HCA +1.7
Margin Recency Margin Recency Margin regression with exponential recency weights on newer games. HCA +1.6 More โ†’ +28.1 (#22) HCA +1.6
Pythagorean Pythagorean Pythagorean win expectation from raw points scored and allowed. More โ†’ 0.983 (#26) -
Adjusted Efficiency Adjusted Efficiency Opponent-adjusted efficiency model with separate offensive and defensive components. AdjNet +26.0 More โ†’ 0.917 (#30) AdjNet +26.0
Log Adjusted Log Adjusted Log-scale adjusted efficiency model that downweights blowout leverage. AdjNet +27.8 More โ†’ 0.932 (#25) AdjNet +27.8
Points Off/Def Points Off/Def Raw points regression with separate offensive and defensive team parameters. AdjO 72.6 | AdjD 51.0 More โ†’ 0.874 (#22) AdjO 72.6 | AdjD 51.0
Points Off/Def Recency Points Off/Def Recency Off/def points regression with exponential recency weights. AdjO 72.6 | AdjD 51.2 More โ†’ 0.872 (#22) AdjO 72.6 | AdjD 51.2
Core Ensemble Core Ensemble Equal-logit blend of Elo, recency BT, recency margin, log-adjusted pyth, and points off/def. Blend of Elo, BT, Margin, PythLog, PtsOD More โ†’ 0.898 (#27) Blend of Elo, BT, Margin, PythLog, PtsOD
Recency Ensemble Recency Ensemble Equal-logit blend of Elo, recency BT, recency margin, log-adjusted pyth, and recency points off/def. Blend of Elo, BT, Margin, PythLog, PtsOD More โ†’ 0.897 (#27) Blend of Elo, BT, Margin, PythLog, PtsOD
Dynamic Bradley-Terry Dynamic Bradley-Terry Time-evolving paired-comparison model with latent team strength drift. RD 179 | GP 3 More โ†’ 1282 (#26) RD 179 | GP 3
Adjusted Context Blend Adjusted Context Blend Chronologically trained component blend with rest and signed venue context. Chronological component blend with rest and venue. More โ†’ 0.909 (#29) Chronological component blend with rest and venue.

Rank through the season

League rank each week from the model's fit of the games played by then, published the same way as the table above, so each line ends at the rank shown there. Select a point for its rating.

Recency Ensemble Log Adjusted Elo Points Off/Def Recency

2026-2027 Schedule & Results

Date Vs/At Opponent Result Score
2026-11-03 vs North Alabama Lions W 68 - 27
2026-11-08 @ UT Martin Skyhawks W 114 - 68
2026-11-11 vs Troy Trojans W 79 - 57
2026-11-14 @ Buffalo Bulls W 90 - 57
2026-11-17 vs Alabama State Lady Hornets - Preview

2026-2027 Roster

Estimated Minutes by Position

Estimated from roster positions, box scores and minutes played. Each column totals one game's minutes, divided among the players. Use the labels or legend to highlight a player's estimated role.

Player Pos GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TO FGA Numbers PM PM GP PM/G PM/40 FG% 3P% FT% RAPM TS% eFG%
Favour Nwaedozi Favour Nwaedozi F 4 22.5 15.5 13.0 0.5 0.8 0.8 2.8 10.0 17.8 70 3 23.3 42.6 65.0 0 62.5 5.5 65.9 65.0
Madison Francis Madison Francis F 4 24.2 14.0 7.5 1.8 1.5 2.0 3.2 13.5 10.0 60 3 20.0 39.5 44.4 18.2 75.0 3.88 48.7 46.3
Reese Beaty Reese Beaty G 4 27.5 9.8 1.8 6.8 2.2 0.0 1.8 6.5 12.2 70 3 23.3 34.8 57.7 50.0 100.0 3.53 66.1 59.6
Tootie Lockett Tootie Lockett G 4 21.8 8.8 3.2 2.2 2.2 0.0 1.5 8.5 6.5 38 3 12.7 24.5 41.2 15.4 50.0 1.61 45.6 44.1
Aryss Macktoon Aryss Macktoon G 4 14.2 7.5 2.8 1.2 2.5 0.5 1.0 6.5 7.0 32 3 10.7 30.1 53.8 25.0 8.3 2.75 48.0 55.8
Melissa Guillet Melissa Guillet G 4 16.0 6.5 2.5 1.2 1.5 0.0 1.0 6.2 4.5 57 3 19.0 52.0 48.0 18.2 0 0.53 52.0 52.0
Macie Phifer Macie Phifer G 4 19.5 6.2 5.0 0.8 1.5 0.8 1.5 5.0 7.8 34 3 11.3 24.4 45.0 50.0 80.0 0.84 56.3 52.5
Cali Smallwood Cali Smallwood G 4 18.5 5.5 2.0 0.8 0.2 0.0 0.5 6.5 1.5 50 3 16.7 36.1 26.9 22.7 100.0 -0.06 40.3 36.5
Lani Smallwood Lani Smallwood G 4 12.2 5.2 1.8 1.0 2.0 0.0 1.0 4.2 4.8 24 3 8.0 33.6 47.1 36.4 100.0 0.41 60.2 58.8
Grace Ndubueze Grace Ndubueze F 4 11.0 4.2 3.5 0.0 1.5 1.0 0.8 3.0 6.5 30 3 10.0 37.1 50.0 0 62.5 1.66 54.8 50.0
Ludovica Sammartino Ludovica Sammartino F 4 6.2 2.8 2.0 1.0 0.5 0.0 2.0 1.5 2.8 14 3 4.7 28.6 50.0 50.0 75.0 0.18 70.9 66.7
Arianny Francisco de Oliveira Arianny Francisco de Oliveira F 3 4.7 1.3 0.7 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.3 2.7 -0.7 -5 2 -2.5 -32.6 12.5 25.0 50.0 -1.67 22.5 18.8
Andrea Flores Andrea Flores G 3 3.7 1.0 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.3 1.0 1 2 0.5 5.2 100.0 100.0 0 -1.12 150.0 150.0

Numbers/Game vs RAPM

X-axis = Numbers/Game (PTS+REB+AST+STL+BLK-TO-FGA), Y-axis = RAPM.

Advanced: Numbers = PTS+REB+AST+STL+BLK-TO-FGA, PM = total +/-, PM/G = per game, PM/40 = per 40 minutes, RAPM = Regularized Adj Plus-Minus, TS% = True Shooting, eFG% = Effective FG

Alumni in the Pros

Every program's alumni →

Former Mississippi State players in WNBA 2026, matched by provider player ids (ESPN athlete ids, ESPN bios, linked StatsNBA/EuroLeague ids). Only games after their last Mississippi State game count. These are observed results, not certified complete seasons. League and team are where each player last played a regular-season or playoff game (NBA ahead of G League when he played in both); recent games include the preseason.

Active alumni

Player At School League Team GP MPG PPG RPG APG Last game Last 30 days
Rickea Jackson 2019-22 WNBA Chicago Sky 4 29.5 18.0 4.8 2.0 05-17 6 pts, 1 reb, 0 ast no games
Madina Okot 2024-25 WNBA Atlanta Dream 42 9.2 5.4 3.3 0.3 10-26 0 pts, 0 reb, 0 ast Playoffs 4 GP, 0.8 PPG, 0.0 RPG, 0.2 APG
Chloe Bibby 2017-20 WNBA Minnesota Lynx (2 teams) 9 11.8 4.9 1.0 0.9 09-27 5 pts, 0 reb, 0 ast Playoffs no games
Teaira McCowan 2015-19 WNBA Minnesota Lynx 10 6.8 1.4 2.4 0.3 06-24 0 pts, 1 reb, 0 ast no games

Alumni around the leagues: recent games

Date Player League Team Opponent MIN PTS REB AST Box
2026-10-26 Madina Okot WNBA Playoffs Atlanta Dream @ Golden State Valkyries 1 0 0 0 Box
2026-10-24 Madina Okot WNBA Playoffs Atlanta Dream vs Golden State Valkyries 1 0 0 0 Box
2026-10-21 Madina Okot WNBA Playoffs Atlanta Dream vs Golden State Valkyries 2 3 0 1 Box
2026-09-27 Chloe Bibby WNBA Playoffs Minnesota Lynx vs New York Liberty 2 5 0 0 Box
2026-09-24 Chloe Bibby WNBA Minnesota Lynx vs Indiana Fever 11 0 3 1 Box
2026-09-22 Chloe Bibby WNBA Minnesota Lynx @ Indiana Fever 26 15 2 1 Box
2026-06-24 Teaira McCowan WNBA Minnesota Lynx @ Washington Mystics 7 0 1 0 Box
2026-06-21 Teaira McCowan WNBA Minnesota Lynx vs Washington Mystics 5 2 2 0 Box
2026-06-17 Teaira McCowan WNBA Minnesota Lynx @ Los Angeles Sparks 5 2 1 0 Box
2026-05-17 Rickea Jackson WNBA Chicago Sky @ Minnesota Lynx 11 6 1 0 Box
2026-05-15 Rickea Jackson WNBA Chicago Sky @ Phoenix Mercury 32 29 6 0 Box
2026-05-13 Rickea Jackson WNBA Chicago Sky @ Golden State Valkyries 39 18 5 5 Box
2026-05-03 Madison Hayes WNBA Preseason Connecticut Sun vs New York Liberty 11 2 4 0 Box
2026-04-29 Madison Hayes WNBA Preseason Connecticut Sun @ Toronto Tempo 6 0 0 1 Box
2026-04-25 Sidney Cooks WNBA Preseason Chicago Sky @ Phoenix Mercury 10 2 1 0 Box

2026-2027 Shot Zones

295 located field-goal attempts in 4 games (ESPN). Each zone is coloured by the player with the largest share of the team's made-shot points there (left) and of its misses there (right).

Nwaedozi27% Nwaedozi23% Smallwood40% Francis50% Beaty50% Flores33% Guillet50% Smallwood33% Smallwood20% Smallwood25%
Points: who the team's points here most likely come from
Nwaedozi30% Francis22% Macktoon43% Francis50% Nwaedozi25% Smallwood20% Guillet38% Smallwood56% Francis38% Lockett38%
Misses: who misses most here

Favour NwaedoziMadison FrancisReese BeatyTootie LockettAryss MacktoonMelissa GuilletCali SmallwoodAndrea Flores

Zone FGM-FGA FG% Pts Top scorer Runner-up Most misses Runner-up
Restricted area 60-80 75.0 120 Favour Nwaedozi 27% (32 pts) Madison Francis 20% (24 pts) Favour Nwaedozi 30% (6 misses) Madison Francis 25% (5 misses)
Paint (non-RA) 39-88 44.3 78 Favour Nwaedozi 23% (18 pts) Reese Beaty 15% (12 pts) Madison Francis 22% (11 misses) Macie Phifer 12% (6 misses)
Mid-range left 5-12 41.7 10 Cali Smallwood 40% (4 pts) Madison Francis 40% (4 pts) Aryss Macktoon 43% (3 misses) Cali Smallwood 14% (1 misses)
Mid-range center 2-4 50.0 4 Madison Francis 50% (2 pts) Tootie Lockett 50% (2 pts) Madison Francis 50% (1 misses) Reese Beaty 50% (1 misses)
Mid-range right 10-22 45.5 20 Reese Beaty 50% (10 pts) Madison Francis 20% (4 pts) Favour Nwaedozi 25% (3 misses) Madison Francis 25% (3 misses)
Left corner 3 3-8 37.5 9 Andrea Flores 33% (3 pts) Lani Smallwood 33% (3 pts) Cali Smallwood 20% (1 misses) Ludovica Sammartino 20% (1 misses)
Right corner 3 2-10 20.0 6 Melissa Guillet 50% (3 pts) Tootie Lockett 50% (3 pts) Melissa Guillet 38% (3 misses) Lani Smallwood 25% (2 misses)
Above-break 3 left 6-24 25.0 18 Cali Smallwood 33% (6 pts) Ludovica Sammartino 17% (3 pts) Cali Smallwood 56% (10 misses) Madison Francis 11% (2 misses)
Above-break 3 center 5-18 27.8 15 Cali Smallwood 20% (3 pts) Lani Smallwood 20% (3 pts) Madison Francis 38% (5 misses) Cali Smallwood 23% (3 misses)
Above-break 3 right 8-29 27.6 24 Cali Smallwood 25% (6 pts) Lani Smallwood 25% (6 pts) Tootie Lockett 38% (8 misses) Melissa Guillet 24% (5 misses)