After two straight losses, the #15 Mississippi State women’s basketball squad looked to bounce back against Alabama in front of a fairly full Humphrey Coliseum. The Bulldogs accomplished that with a 66-50 victory in front of a crowd over 4,500, and improved to an 18-2 record on the season.

The Bulldogs came out hot and shooting and jumped out to as large as a 12-point lead in the first half. During the first half, Senior forward Martha Alwal blocked her way into #7 on the SEC’s All-time Blocks list. During the second half, leading scorer of the game Kendra Grant hit her 1000th three-pointer in her career at Mississippi State. She put 17 points on the board and only missed 1 or 2 shots the whole game. Joining Grant in double-digits was freshman Morgan William with 12 points. William did what she did best, and that was breaking ankles.

Martha Alwal hit double digits in another statistic, rebounds. She contributed 8 points to go along with her 10 rebounds in this game. 8 of Alwal’s rebounds were from the defensive side of the court. This game was everything that you wanted to see from this team for the most part. But there were times when Bulldog fans got frustrated with the lack of scoring. To start off the second half, neither team could hit a shot at all. 3 minutes in, no baskets were scored. The Bulldogs had 11 assists to battle against their 15 turnovers, which is closer to what you want to see in the assist-to-turnover ratio.

The Crimson Tide struggled offensively as they only had one player in double digits. No players for Alabama ended up with a double-double night, and the coaching staff was frustrated throughout the entire game. For reference, Alabama’s Head Coach went into halftime having a nice little argument with the officiating staff.

The Bulldogs head to the “Sad Pad” in Oxford on Thursday. Tip off is set for 8:00 PM and will be broadcast on SEC Network +. Don’t worry, though. We here at Maroon and White Nation will have a grand ol’ time with the Lady Bulldogs’ last trip to the “Sad Pad.”