Holman makes Nebraska pay from 3-point range

STARKVILLE — Statistically, Aric Holman entered the Mississippi State men’s basketball team’s against Nebraska on Wednesday as the Bulldogs’ best 3-point shooter.

Minor rule tweaks on display as MSU plays host to Nebraska in NIT

STARKVILLE — The National Invitation Tournament used to be a relatively good predictor of NCAA tournament success to come; that link has begun die down in recent seasons, but a close tie between the NIT and the men’s college basketball season that follows remains strong in another area.

Solid starts help MSU baseball team win four of five games

STARKVILLE — Jacob Billingsley didn’t have his best stuff Sunday, but he soldiered through to give the Mississippi State baseball team five innings of one-run ball.

MSU gets timely hits for series win

STARKVILLE — A day off gave the Mississippi State baseball team the answer.

After a Friday doubleheader in which MSU struggled to get a key hit, MSU found plenty of them Sunday in a 5-3 victory against Utah Valley at Dudy Noble Field.

Moorhead’s passing attack will challenge defenses down field

STARKVILLE — One thing stood out to Michael Nebrich when he watched Joe Moorhead’s offenses at Connecticut and at Fordham: deep throws.

Repetition key to learning Moorhead’s style

STARKVILLE — Joe Moorhead became offensive coordinator for the first time in 2003 at Georgetown.

Since then, Moorhead has worked as a coordinator or a head coach at five other schools. That experience has helped the new Mississippi State football coach figure out the most effective ways to teach his offense to new players.

Numbers, angles, grass key elements of Moorhead’s running game

STARKVILLE — When Joe Moorhead and his 2016 Penn State offense were the toast of college football on its run to the Rose Bowl, most of the fervor surrounded its aerial attack.

MSU baseball team splits DH with Utah Valley State

STARKVILLE — In a Friday doubleheader, the Mississippi State baseball team’s starting pitchers struck out 22 in 13 innings, allowed six hits, two runs, and one walk. Yet, in the seventh inning of the second game, MSU found itself with a loss in hand and staring down a 1-0 deficit.

Hatcher hopes relaxed approach helps at plate

STARKVILLE — The Mississippi State baseball team spent an offseason wondering how it would replace Southeastern Conference Triple Crown winner Brent Rooker at first base.

MSU all send five competitors to NCAA Indoor Championships

STARKVILLE — Steve Dudley thinks high expectations are fair at this point — even if the national projections don’t share the same view.

Instead, Dudley looks at his Mississippi State track and field team’s recent performances in indoor championships — the women have placed in the top 25 in each of the last four years, while the men have done it twice in that same time span — to justify those expectations.

Jordan’s slam sparks Bulldogs

STARKVILLE — Rowdey Jordan made history and unraveled five innings of offensive struggles with one swing.

Marsh has strong outing in MSU’s return to Dudy Noble

STARKVILLE — All apologies to Cole Marsh, but Dudy Noble Field was the star of the show Tuesday night.

Marsh did his best to make an impression, pitching five strong innings in the Mississippi State baseball team’s 9-1 victory against New Mexico State before a crowd of 7,179.

Crane helps MSU men get ready for grind of SEC tournament

STARKVILLE — The Mississippi State men’s basketball team knows it faces a daunting task.

MSU (21-10) understands back-to-back losses entering the Southeastern Conference tournament put its hopes of earning a bid to the NCAA tournament bid on life support. It knows it might need to reach the SEC title game to rekindle those hopes. Such a run would require four games in four days, but MSU has spent the season preparing for that challenge.

MSU baseball ushers in new era at new Dudy Noble

STARKVILLE — Gary Henderson learned a great deal about the Mississippi State baseball team in its 11-game road stint to start the season, the final eight of which he served as interim head coach. He’s still learning about the pitching staff.

Bulldogs need frontcourt help to win at LSU

STARKVILLE — Aric Holman’s junior year has seen him develop into one of the Southeastern Conference’s most productive forwards. Through Tuesday he was the conference’s 11th-best rebounder (6.5 per game), ninth-best shot blocker (1.5 per game) and was just outside the top 20 in scoring after 44 points in his first four February games. Flanked by an improving freshman forward Abdul Ado, it was enough of frontcourt presence for MSU to best use its deep corps of guards.

Starkville boys look to rely on scoring punch from Rogers

STARKVILLE — The quintessential game for this year’s Starkville High School boys’ basketball team came on Jan. 30. The Yellow Jackets buried nine first-half 3-pointers to build the a convincing lead yet gave Murrah nothing to take away, as it garnered those 3-pointers in a variety of ways and with a variety of players.

Covington helps push Starkville girls back to Jackson

STARKVILLE — Kristie Williams knows what so-called buttons to push to get Jariyah Covington going in a game; it’s quite the nice quality to have on one of the team’s most crucial scorers.

Baker, Buckley happy they’re staying at MSU

STARKVILLE — After coaching a defensive line that featured All-Southeastern Conference selections Jeffery Simmons and Montez Sweat, Brian Baker had every reason to want to return as Mississippi State’s defensive line coach.

There was no guarantee that privilege would come after Joe Moorhead replaced Dan Mullen as the head coach of MSU’s football team.

Shoop liked culture at MSU

STARKVILLE — The roughest six-week stretch of Bob Shoop’s coaching career — the final six weeks of his tenure as Tennessee’s defensive coordinator under Butch Jones — could have put a stain on what was a successful Football Bowl Subdivision coaching career.

No. 16 Tennessee deals big blow to MSU’s NCAA hopes

STARKVILLE — Hundreds of Mississippi State fans had their backs to the action and were trudging to the exits of Humphrey Coliseum as Xavian Stapleton collected a rebound.