Forum Post: msp432 SPI clock speed

I'm using a msp432p401r chip on the launch pad. On the front page of the msp432p401r data sheet it says "SPI (up to 16MHz)", page 1. Later, on page 30, peripheral freq range Vcore0/Vcore1: 12MHz/24MHz., table 5-35, pg 80 says 12MHz/24MHz. what is the significance of the 16MHz number on page 1? Also, I want to run one of the eUSCIs in SPI mode as a slave with an external clock (obviously, its a slave). If using Vcore0, I assume I can clock up to 12 MHz and if I'm using Vcore1 I can clock up to 24MHz. Is that correct? thanks eric