PA’s Pate will play football at Birmingham-Southern

CARROLLTON, Ala. — Wade Goodman has known football holds a special place in Hugh Pate’s heart for a long time.

The Pickens Academy football coach recalls seeing Pate when he was in middle school and he was a little too small to be on the field every snap.

Vivians one step from becoming a pro

Confidence and swagger.

Victoria Vivians had plenty of both when she arrived at Mississippi State. As the state’s all-time leading scorer from Scott Central High School, Vivians knew how to handle expectations and the burden of being her team’s leading scorer.

Pickens Academy’s Lowe makes dominance look routine

CARROLLTON, Ala. — There is nothing routine about being dominant.

But don’t try to talk to Shelby Lowe about the statistics that offer indisputable evidence she is in control when she is in the circle. The only thing the Pickens Academy sophomore left-hander focuses on when she pitches is doing her job to help ensure her teammates can make the routine plays.

Johnson signs with Holmes Community College

Aaron Johnson didn’t feel rushed.

Harris signs with Southwest Mississippi Community College

If ever someone was going to blow up following a basketball game it would be Denijay Harris.

DeLoach signs with Holmes Community College

Sometimes the connection is immediate.

Smith signs with Jones Junior College

Casey Smith believed in Anthony Carlyle.

MSU’s challenge is to build on legacy

COLUMBUS, Ohio

Vic Schaefer worried for weeks he wouldn’t have the words when he finally had to say goodbye to seniors Roshunda Johnson, Blair Schaefer, Victoria Vivians, and Morgan William.

Buzzer beater denies Mississippi State national title

Arike Ogunbowale will forever be associated with the words one more.

After the Mississippi State women’s basketball team waited nearly a year to make one more play and win one more game, Ogunbowale delivered one more play to end that dream.

Bulldogs fail to keep momentum

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The quarters couldn’t have been more different.

MSU Notebook: Schaefer:

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Accountability is a tenet of the Mississippi State women’s basketball program.

Ogunbowale’s buzzer-beater lifts Notre Dame past Mississippi State for national title

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Arike Ogunbowale’s off-balance 3-pointer with 0.1 seconds remaining lifted the Notre Dame women’s basketball team to a 61-58 victory against Mississippi State in the national championship game at Nationwide Arena.

Ogunbowale (18 points) hit the game-winning shot Friday night in a 91-89 overtime victory against Connecticut in the national semifinals.

Finishing the job: Last two teams to beat storied UConn meet for today’s national title game

Vic Schaefer and Muffet McGraw aren’t easily satisfied.

MSU seniors look to put ring on their legacy

Victoria Vivians has unfinished business to attend to this afternoon.

Bulldogs ready for one more try at national title

COLUMBUS, Ohio — When Johnnie Harris looks at the Notre Dame women’s basketball team, she sees parts of LSU — only bigger.

Notre Dame appreciates climb to national championship game

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Jessica Shepard understands what the Connecticut women’s basketball team has done in winning 11 national championships is “unbelievable.”

Danberry provides spark off bench for Bulldogs

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Jordan Danberry has learned how to be ready.

Johnson saves Bulldogs with game-tying shot

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Shooters know.

McCowan provides dominating presence underneath

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Vic Schaefer hasn’t run out of superlatives for Teaira McCowan.

Notebook: Turnovers do not tell story in MSU’s win over Louisville

COLUMBUS, Ohio — On a night when so many things went right, the Mississippi State women’s basketball team survived an atypical evening in the turnover department.