In NCAA postseason play, they made it to the second round in 2015, the Sweet 16 in 2016 and were a National Finalist in 2017. Sources: Men’s basketball oversight committee set to discuss whether winter athletes should get an additional season of competition tomorrow. 2013 Team Record - After finishing 13-17 overall and 5-11 in conference play in 2012, the 2013 team improved the overall team record to 22-14, but were the same 5-11 in conference play. (Chapel's Grade B-) Chapel, who was not heavily recruited out of high school, had a solid career at MSU. It consisted of six players, Savannah Carter, Ketara Chapel, Dominique Dillingham, Chinwe Okorie, Kiandra (Ki-Ki) Patterson and Breanna Richardson. Provine High School, Jackson (MS) Basketball Players - RealGM A 6-foot-5 center from Lagos, Nigeria. We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. Due to that, I give her a C+ grade. During her two-year career at Mississippi State, she earned no postseason honors, but she averaged 5.2 points per game, starting 35 of the 59 games that she played in. © 2005-2020 CBS INTERACTIVE ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. It is unknown who else she considered prior to signing with Mississippi State. She played AAU ball for Team Memphis Elite. Partly due to that, she averaged 17.7 minutes per game during her career. Their postseason record was 11-4 (3-1 WNIT, 8-3 NCAA). As a group, they recorded a total of 384 starts, with Dillingham, Richardson and Okorie being multi-year starters. She earned Texas Girls Coaches Association All-State honors. She also played volleyball and lacrosse at Stoneleigh-Burnham. Chapel, a 6-foot-1 forward who was rated a three-star recruit by ESPN, played her high school ball at Temple (TX) High School. Richardson was heavily recruited, considering Georgia, Arkansas, Auburn, Alabama, Villanova, Missouri, North Carolina State, among others. Okorie was ruled ineligible to play her true freshman year for the Bulldogs due to NCAA initial eligibility issues. But Schaefer saw something that she had an abundance of and that was effort and toughness. Because of that, I give her a B. At the conclusion of her Bulldog career, she set the school record for career games played with 143, starting 82. 376.7k Followers, 129 Following, 3,253 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Carolina Basketball (@unc_basketball) The 2013 class was former MSU head coach Vic Schaefer's first signing class. But when she was in the game, she gave MSU a defensive presence in the post. Okorie played her high school ball at Stoneleigh-Burnham Prep in Massachusetts. But she was a very athletic post player. (Dillingham's Grade A) Dillingham was a very lightly recruited player due to not being much of an offensive threat or great athlete. She started 21 of 36 games as a true freshman. The best way to describe Dillingham is she was a warrior during her time at State. • No recruiting visits until Jan. 1, ACC coaches propose EVERY Division I team be included in this year's tourney; Coach K: 'Our sport needs to be agile and creative'. I give her a B- average due to that. While she was never much of an offensive threat during her time at State, she still started 119 games, including 117 of her last 123 games. When head coach Vic Schaefer took the head coaching position at the University of Texas, she joined his staff there. She finished one game behind Breanna Richardson for most games played in her Bulldog career with 142, starting 61. After her caster, she joined Schaefer’s coaching staff as a graduate assistant. Her biggest honor in high school was being selected to the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches and Texas Girls Coaches Association all-state teams. From there, she signed with Jacksonville State, finishing her career in 2018. Her one athletic postseason honor while playing for Mississippi State was being selected to the SEC All-Freshman Team in 2014. She carried that over to her Bulldog career, showing her toughness by finishing with 131 career charges. Lightly recruited, Dillingham also considered Florida Atlantic and Louisiana-Lafayette, among other. It’s also expected that the D-1 Council will then vote on it on Oct. 13-14. Dillingham, at the conclusion of her Bulldog career, joined the Bulldog coaching staff as a student assistant in September, 2017. Check out the full matchups below ⬇️, Matchups for the 2021 SEC/Big 12 Challenge are set! Since graduating from Mississippi State, Carter has coached basketball at Murray State College (2016-17), Jacksonville (TX) College (2017-2020) and Pearl River Community College (2020). (What's happening with the Mississippi State Bulldogs? https://t.co/7BkothnZ0D. They advanced to postseason play, winning three of four games in the WNIT. She averaged 6.0 points and 5.1 rebounds per game. He believes strongly in toughness and defense, and she had those. (Okorie's Grade C+) Okorie was very raw when it came to the game of basketball when she got to State. In this five-part series of articles, I will be grading the Mississippi State women's basketball signing classes from 2013 to 2017. She earned third-team all-state as a senior in high school. Make sure you are in the loop --- take five seconds to Sign up for our FREE Bulldogs newsletters now!). During the three years that she played, she appeared in 109 games, starting 87. Basically, she did what was expected of her during her two seasons at State. She joined him when he left to be the head coach at Texas, becoming his Coordinator of Player Development. (Carter's Grade C+) Carter was likely not expected to be a star, but more of a role player. An ESPN four-star recruit out of Memorial High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Carter, a 5-foot-9 guard, signed with Grambling University out of high school, playing there one season before transferring to Trinity Valley Community College. Chapel also considered Kansas, Iowa State, Michigan, Temple, Providence, Denver and Texas. She also finished 4th in career steals with 210. She was unranked by ESPN. She played her AAU ball with one of the top programs in the nation, In high school, she was known more for her toughness than her offensive prowess, scoring just 10.9 points per game during her high school career. The team ended the season unranked nationally. She was also selected to the All-SEC Defensive Team in 2016 and 2017. National Voter Registration Day was September 22nd, Rebels HC goes from repping the Mannings to repping DK Metcalf, Lane Kiffin rocking a @dkm14 mask @brgridiron https://t.co/OFczYHqYnE. Patterson narrowed her list of schools from the 12 schools that offered her to Mississippi State and South Carolina, ultimately choosing the Bulldogs. At times, she had issues with foul trouble. She played at TVCC for one season prior to signing with Mississippi State. Ultimately, she wound up being a better player than she was likely expected to be when she signed with State. But the lack of offensive doesn't take away the fact that she was a very good role player who played with great effort during her four seasons at State. Her top honor in high school was being selected honorable mention all-state in Class AAAAAA by the Georgia Sportswriters Association. While there were no ESPN top-100 high school players, no All-SEC, no All-Americans or even future WNBA players in this group, they deserve a lot of credit for laying the foundation for the most successful seasons in Mississippi State women's basketball history. She was later promoted to Video Coordinator. She contributed the most during her sophomore and junior seasons, starting 54 of her 61 total starts during those seasons. Richardson, a 6-foot-1 forward who was rated a three-star recruit by ESPN, played her high school ball at Rockdale County High School in Conyers, Georgia. During their four seasons, they appeared in one WNIT postseason tournament and three NCAA postseason tournaments. The reason I gave them a B is because there were no players that would eventually be All-SEC types, but they were a solid group that were exceptional role players, very good defenders and adequate offensive players, although none were considered to be offensive go-to type players. She wound up starting 35 of 59 games that she played in and was a solid contributor who played tough and good defense. A 5-foot-8 guard from Columbus (MS) High School, Patterson was unranked by ESPN coming out of high school. 379 Likes, 3 Comments - Ms.Basketball+ (@msbasketball1) on Instagram: “When you're trying to teach someone how to do the #Whip & #NaeNae but the camera man wants to do it…” For that, she deserves an A. Mississippi State Basketball College Basketball to Start Nov. 25 • Regular season cut by four games • No scrimmages/exhibitions all season • No recruiting visits until Jan. 1 Their 384 starts were 53% of the total starts during their four-year careers. Pascagoula High School, Pascagoula (MS) Basketball Players - RealGM (Patterson's Grade Incomplete) Due to Patterson leaving before she played a game at MSU, she didn't receive a grade. She also averaged a little over 34 minutes per game in SEC play during her career. Although not known as a big scorer in high school, she proved to be a steady scorer at MSU, finishing 25th in career scoring with 1,013 points, averaging 7.3 points per game. Baylor vs. Auburn highlights this year's slate. She played her AAU basketball for the Georgia Hoopstars. 2013-2016 Combined Team Record - The 2013 signing class is the third winningest class in Mississippi State history with a 111-34 won-lost record, trailing the classes of 2014 and 2015. It’s also expected that the D-1 Council will then vote on it on Oct. 13-14. Due to that, not much was expected of her. She played her AAU ball with Austin Elite. Since graduating from Mississippi State, Carter has coached basketball at Murray State College (2016-17), Jacksonville (TX) College (2017-2020) and Pearl River Community College (2020). We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us.