The 2026–27 Mississippi State Bulldogs women's basketball team will represent Mississippi State University during the 2026–27 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bulldogs, led by fifth-year head coach Sam Purcell, will play their home games at the Humphrey Coliseum in Starkville, Mississippi and compete as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC).
Previous season
The Bulldogs finished the 2025–26 season 18–13 overall, their poorest since the 2006–07 season, and 5–11 in SEC play, to finish in a tie for twelfth place in the conference alongside Florida. As the No. 13 seed in the SEC tournament, they lost in the first round to No. 12 Florida. They did not qualify for the NCAA tournament, the WBIT or the WNIT.
Offseason Departures Mississippi State departures Saniyah King 1 Guard 5'7" Sophomore Washington, D.C. Transferred to Seton Hall Destiny McPhaul 2 Guard 5'9" Senior Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Graduated Trayanna Crisp 4 Guard 5'8" Senior Goodyear, Arizona Graduated Chandler Prater 5 Guard/Forward 5'10" Graduate student Kansas City, Missouri Graduated Awa Fane 8 Guard 5'8" Junior Thiès, Senegal Transferred to Stony Brook Jaylah Lampley 10 Guard 6'1" Freshman Fishers, Indiana Transferred to Rutgers Rocío Jiménez 13 Center 6'7" Sophomore Elías Piña, Dominican Republic Transferred to Jacksonville State Nataliyah Gray 22 Forward 6'3" Freshman Houston, Texas Transferred to Tulane Faith Wylder 23 Center 6'6" Sophomore New York City, NY Transferred to Georgia Kharyssa Richardson 33 Forward 6'2" Senior Douglasville, Georgia Graduated
Incoming transfers Mississippi State incoming transfers Aryss Macktoon 0 Guard 5'11" Senior Baltimore, Maryland La Salle Reese Beaty 1 Guard 5'9" Sophomore Jamestown, Tennessee Iowa State Tootie Lockett 2 Guard 5'9" Junior Starkville, Mississippi Itawamba CC (NJCAA) Macie Phifer 14 Guard/Forward 6'1" Sophomore New Albany, Mississippi Middle Tennessee Cali Smallwood 23 Guard 5'11" Senior Susan Moore, Alabama UAB Arianny Francisco de Oliveira 34 Forward 6'3" Junior Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Gulf Coast State (NJCAA)
Recruiting class
Roster
Schedule and results
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