The Mississippi State women's basketball team is starting to make a habit of this.
The Bulldogs, the top seed in the Kansas City Region, will face No. 4 North Carolina State on Friday in its third straight trip to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Women's Tournament. They had made it that far only once prior to 2016.
Mississippi State (34-1) advanced with a 71-56 home-court win over Oklahoma State on Monday.
"What a blessing from the Lord for our four seniors to go out that way on that stage in their last home game," Bulldogs coach Vic Schaefer said, according to Mississippi Today, after the win in front of 9,881 in Starkville, Miss.