Yahoo Autos Live updates: Mississippi State women's basketball continues SEC play against Alabama
After the whirlwind of a last-minute schedule change that involved an impromptu matchup against No. 1 South Carolina, the preparation for a game against Alabama has been relatively smooth.
Still, Mississippi State women's basketball had two assistant coaches tested positive for COVID-19. But Bulldogs (9-3, 0-1 SEC) interim coach Doug Novak doesn't anticipate any players being out for the contest against the Crimson Tide (10-3, 1-1) on Thursday (6 p.m., SEC Network+).
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Alabama has a trio of upperclassmen guards who can score in bunches and cause havoc on defense. Brittany Davis averages 15.1 points, Megan Abrams averages 13 and JaMya Mingo-Young — who transferred away from Mississippi State in March — chips in 11.3 points.
Mingo-Young also has 34 steals this season, and the Crimson Tide average 10.5 steals per game, good for the third-most in the SEC. Mississippi State's 10.8 turnovers per game are the third-fewest in the country, though.
"If you're going to get beaten on the boards some nights, where else can you pick up an extra possession?" Novak said. "Taking care of the ball would be one of them. Getting better every day with your rebounding would be one of them. But it'll be a test, for sure. That's what they do, that's part of their DNA, is to turn people over."
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This article originally appeared on Mississippi Clarion Ledger: Live updates: Mississippi State women's basketball vs Alabama
