The University of Mississippi Athletics
Lady Rebels Host Southern Mississippi
6/21/1999 | Women's Basketball
December 4, 1998
OLE MISS VS. USM
December 5, 1998; 7:00 PM
Tad Smith Coliseum
Radio: WQLJ 93.7 FM
OLE MISS HOSTS SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI: The Lady Rebels (5-1) host Southern Mississippi (2-3) Saturday at 7:00 p.m., in Tad Smith Coliseum. The Lady Eagles are coming off a 54-41 win over the University of New Orleans.
PROBABLE STARTERS
1998-99 StatsNo. Player Ht Yr Pos PPG RPG APG25 Becky Myatt 5-8 So G 10.3 2.2 2.5 3 Takela Corbitt 5-3 Fr G 8.2 1.0 4.254 Frankie Boyd 6-4 Jr C 11.7 6.2 0.0 40 Lesli Vollrath 6-3 Sr F 4.5 3.8 1.235 Tarsha Bethley 5-11 Sr F 19.0 7.3 4.0OFF THE BENCH
1998-99 StatsNo. Player Ht Yr Pos PPG RPG APG24 Chandra Dorsey 5-3 So G 3.5 0.7 0.823 Stephanie Murphy 5-11 So F/G 4.8 2.3 0.833 Jennie Gadd 6-4 Sr C 4.2 3.2 0.013 Heather Bantz 6-0 So G/F 2.8 1.0 0.314 Sinissia Wysinger 6-1 Jr F 3.3 4.7 0.521 TaShondrea Moton 5-10 Fr G 3.0 2.4 0.632 Julianne Signaigo 6-3 So F 0.3 0.8 0.052 Tanya Bolden 6-0 Jr C 0.0 0.3 0.2
OLE MISS GAMES CAN BE HEARD ON WQLJ: All Ole Miss Lady Rebel games -- home and away -- can be heard on the radio on WQLJ 93.7 FM, with each broadcast beginning 15 minutes prior to tip-off. Gary Darby returns for his seventh season as the Voice of the Lady Rebels. The broadcast is also available on the internet at www.WQLJ.com.
A SHOT OF TAKELA: Freshman Takela Corbitt drove to the basket and nailed a layup with less than a second on the clock to give Ole Miss a 77-75 win over Oklahoma Wednesday at Tad Smith Coliseum.
SERIES MEETING: This will be the 19th meeting between Southern Mississippi and Ole Miss. Ole Miss holds a 14-4 advantage in the series. The Lady Rebels are 5-2 in games played in Oxford. The last time the two teams met, was in the 1995-96 season. Ole Miss defeated Southern Mississippi 76- 64 in the Lady Eagle Classic in Hattiesburg, and lost to the Lady Eagles in Oxford 80-77. Please see a recap of that game on page 5.
SCOUTING SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI: The University of Southern Mississippi enters the game with a 2-3 overall record. They have wins over Mississippi Valley State and New Orleans. Their three losses are against Mississippi State, McNeese State and Florida International. The Lady Eagles are led by Shayla Franklin, who is averaging 14.8 points and 9.0 rebounds per game. Angela Atterberry is second on the team at 12.4 points per game. Southern Mississippi is averaging 65.2 points per game. The Lady Eagles are shooting 40.9 percent from the floor.
OLE MISS VERSUS CONFERENCE USA: The Lady Rebels have a 46-20 record (.697 winning percentage) versus teams from Conference USA. The following is a breakdown of the C USA teams the Lady Rebels have faced and their records against those teams.
Team Record UAB 3-3 Houston 1-0 Memphis 27-11 Southern Mississippi 14-4 Tulane 1-2 Total 46-20 (.697 Winning Percentage)COMMON OPPONENTS: Ole Miss and Southern Mississippi have four common opponents on their schedules, Memphis, Mississippi State, UAB and UNC Charlotte. Ole Miss defeated Memphis 70-68 and UNC Charlotte 83-77. They will host UAB on Dec. 16 and Mississippi State twice in the SEC part of the schedule. Southern Mississippi lost to Mississippi State 98-94. They play UAB, Memphis and UNC Charlotte as part of the Conference USA schedule.
STATE SUPREMACY: The Lady Rebels have dominated the state of Mississippi in their 24-year history of the program. Ole Miss owns an impressive 182-39 overall record (.824 winning percentage) against all schools in the state of Mississippi including a 107-12 record (.899 winning percentage) against Division I schools only. The following is a list of all schools, including junior college and Division II and III schools and their record against those teams.
Team Record Alcorn State 13-1 Belhaven 4-0 Blue Mountain 10-0 Delta State 20-12 Itawamba Junior College 3-2 Jackson State 19-3 Jones County Junior College 1-0 Mississippi College 20-7 Mississippi State 51-2 Mississippi Univ. for Women 12-6 Mississippi Valley State 10-2 Northeast Mississippi JC 1-0 Northwest Mississippi JC 2-0 Southern Mississippi 14-4 Tougaloo 1-0 Utica Junior College 1-0 Total 182-39 (.824 Winning Percentage)
HOME SWEET HOME: Ole Miss has always been a tough opponent in Tad Smith Coliseum. In their 24-year history, the Lady Rebels have an impressive 261-46 record (.850 winning percentage) at home. The Lady Rebels have gone undefeated at home four times. This year the Lady Rebels are 2-1 at home.
CORBITT DOES IT ALL IN WIN: Wednesdays win over Oklahoma got started with a Takela shot and it ended with a Takela shot. Takela Corbitt (Bruce, Miss.) scored 14 of the Lady Rebels first 20 points on four consecutive three-pointers. She finished the night with a career-high 16 points on 6-of-9 from the floor including 4-of-5 from three-point range. She also dished out six assists, grabbed two rebounds and had two steals, all while guarding a 6-0 guard.
LOVE THOSE THREEEES!: The Lady Rebels were on fire from beyond the arc against Oklahoma hitting 10 three-pointers. That is the most three-pointers in a game since the Lady Rebels made 11 against Tennessee during the 1996-97 season. The most ever by a Lady Rebel squad in a game is 14 against Wright State in the same season.
EVERYTHINGS BETTER THE SECOND TIME AROUND: Things are definitely a lot better the second time around for the Lady Rebels under head coach Ron Aldy. The Lady Rebels have turned things around from this time last when they were 1-5. Ole Miss is off to a 5-1 record this year.
REVENGE IS SWEET: The Lady Rebels got a little revenge in the win over Oklahoma. The Sooners rallied last year to knock off Ole Miss 89-85 in Norman, Okla. While the Lady Rebels made it interesting, with the last second shot to win, they evened the series to 1-1.
DOUBLE YOUR PLEASURE: In four of the first six games the Lady Rebels have had at least three players score in double figures and currently three players are averaging double digits in scoring. Tarsha Bethley (Hollandale, Miss.) is averaging 19, Frankie Boyd (Ethel, Miss.) is averaging 11.7 and Becky Myatt (Bon Aqua, Tenn.) is averaging 10.3 points per game.
BETHLEY MOVES UP 1,000 POINT LIST: Senior forward Tarsha Bethley (Hollandale, Miss.) added her name to the list of 1,000 point scorers in Lady Rebel history. With her 20-point performance against Florida Atlantic, Bethley became the 18th Lady Rebel to notch 1,000 points for her career. With her 47 points at the Dead River Company Classic, Bethley moved ahead of former Lady Rebel and current head coach Carol Ross for 17th on the 1,000 point list. She now has 1,070 points and needs 33 points to move ahead of Kristen Goehring for the 16th spot.
LADY REBELS CAPTURE 33RD REGULAR SEASON TOURNAMENT TITLE: The Lady Rebels captured their 33rd regular season tournament title when they won the Dead River Company Classic. In their 24-year history, the Lady Rebels are 97-24 (.802 winning percentage) in regular season tournaments.
BETHLEY NAMED MVP OF TOURNAMENT: Senior forward Tarsha Bethley (Hollandale, Miss.) was named the Most Valuable Player of the Dead River Company Classic. Bethley averaged 23.5 points, 9.5 rebounds and 3.0 assists for the tournament. She scored 22 of her 25 points in the title game, in the final four minutes and in overtime. Frankie Boyd (Ethel, Miss.) was also named to the All-Tournament Team. The junior finished with 21 points in the UNCC game and 10 points in the Maine game.
UNDEFEATED IN MAINE: Ole Miss remained undefeated in the state of Maine by capturing the Dead River Company Classic. The Lady Rebels also won the Maine Tipoff Classic during the 1992-93 season and now have a 4-0 record in the state.
BETHLEY NETS 12TH CAREER DOUBLE-DOUBLE: Tarsha Bethley (Hollandale, Miss.) notched her 12th career double-double in the game against UNC Charlotte with 22 points and 10 rebounds. She nearly had another double-double on Saturday with 25 points and nine rebounds.
MYATT SCORES CAREER-HIGH: Sophomore guard Becky Myatt scored a career-high 19 points against UNC Charlotte. She was 4-of-8 from the field including 3-of-6 from beyond the arc and 8-of-10 from the free throw line.
BOYD NETS CAREER-HIGH: Junior center Frankie Boyd (Ethel, Miss.) scored a career-high 21 points in the win over UNC Charlotte. She has scored in double digits in three games this year.
SCORING SOME POINTS: The Lady Rebels are averaging 76.8 points per game this year, which is 10.9 points more a game than last year. Last year, the Lady Rebels averaged 65.9 points per game. Ole Miss has scored 70 or more points in five of their first six games. The Lady Rebels had 70 or more points in only nine games last year.
BETHLEY NAMED SEC PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Tarsha Bethley (Hollandale, Miss.) was named the SEC Player of the Week Monday Nov. 23, for her outstanding performance in leading the Lady Rebels to a 2-1 record the first week. Bethley averaged 16 points, 6.6 rebounds and 4.6 assists over three games. She became the eighth Lady Rebel to earn SEC Player of the Week honors and the first since Yolanda Moore earned the honor on Dec. 10, 1995.
BETHLEY AMONG SCORING AND REBOUNDING
LEADERS IN THE SEC: Tarsha Bethley (Hollandale, Miss.) is currently ranked sixth in scoring and tied for ninth in rebounding in the SEC. She is averaging 19 points and 7.3 rebounds a game.
OTHER LADY REBELS IN THE SEC STATS: Sophomore guard Becky Myatt (Bon Aqua, Tenn.) is tied for fifth in free throw percentage at 85.7. She also ranks fifth in three-point field goals made averaging two per game. Sinissia Wysinger (Many, La.) and Frankie Boyd (Ethel, Miss.) are tied for seventh in blocked shots, averaging 1.4 a game. Ole Miss is fourth in the league in blocked shots with an average of 5.4 per game. The Lady Rebels are tied with Auburn and Vanderbilt for the most blocked shots in a game this season with 11 against Memphis.
LADY REBELS HIT THE CENTURY MARK: The Lady Rebels hit the century mark for the second time this season in the win over Florida Atlantic. They also scored 100 points in their first exhibition game against the Slovakian National team.
MORE ON 100 POINTS: Ole Miss 100 points in the win over Florida Atlantic was the most by a Lady Rebel team since the 1994-95 season when they scored 102 in a game against Northeast Louisiana. The Lady Rebels have scored a 100 points 22 times in the 24-year history of the program.
A BALANCED ATTACK: Head coach Ron Aldy said this years team would feature more balance on offense. In the win over Florida Atlantic, 11 players scored a basket with four players in double figures. Only three players were in single digits in minutes played.
DISHING IT OUT: In addition to scoring her 1,000th career point in the win over Florida Atlantic, senior Tarsha Bethley (Hollandale, Miss.) dished out a career-high eight assists. Bethley is averaging a team-leading four assists per game.
CORBITT DOES HER BEST TO ASSIST IN WIN: Fresh-man point guard Takela Corbitt (Bruce, Miss.) dished out a career-best six assists in the win over Florida Atlantic. She is averaging a team-leading 4.2 assists per game.
ALL OVER THE BOARDS: Junior center Frankie Boyd (Ethel, Miss.) grabbed a career-high 10 rebounds in the win over Florida Atlantic. Boyd is averaging 6.2 rebounds a game.
CORBITT DRAWS FIRST START: You knew it was only a matter of time before freshman standout point guard Takela Corbitt (Bruce, Miss.) would start in a Lady Rebel game. That time came against Florida Atlantic. Corbitt played 21 minutes and scored six points and dished out six assists She has started every game since, and is averaging 8.2 points and 4.2 assists per game. Corbitt scored nine points, dished out five assists and had three steals in the win over Maine. She made the game-winning layup as the Lady Rebels defeated Oklahoma 77-75 Wednesday. She had a career-high 16 points in the game.
NUMBER 21 STEPS UP: Freshman guard TaShondrea Moton, (Prattville, Ala.) scored a career-best 10 points, grabbed five rebounds and had four steals and two assists in 12 minutes against Florida Atlantic.
GET THAT OUTTA HERE!: Ole Miss tied a school record in blocked shots against Memphis with 11 blocked shots. Sinissia Wysinger (Many, La.) had four, Frankie Boyd (Ethel, Miss.) had two, and Jennie Gadd (Yorba Linda, Calif.) had two. Ole Miss also blocked 11 shots against Florida on March 8, 1983, and against Arizona State on Dec. 28, 1992.
OH NO YOU DONT: Junior forward Sinissia Wysinger (Many, La.) made sure the Lady Rebels got the win against Memphis, blocking Tiffany Collins shot with 1.4 seconds left to seal a 70-68 win for the Lady Rebels. Wysinger had a career-high four blocked shots in the game.
MAKING THE MOST OF HER TIME: Senior center Jennie Gadd (Yorba Linda, Calif.) would like nothing better than to close her career in style and she is already making that happen. In 13 minutes per game, Gadd is averaging 4.2 points and 3.2 rebounds. Against Memphis, Gadd had seven points, six rebounds and two blocked shots in 18 minutes. In the Maine game, Gadd scored six points and pulled down four rebounds in 15 minutes of play.
IMPRESSIVE OUTSIDE THE SEC: The Lady Rebels have compiled an impressive record outside the Southeastern Conference in regular-season play in the decade of the 90s. Ole Miss has a 108-24 record (.818 winning percentage) versus non-SEC teams since the 1990-91 season. The Lady Rebels best non-conference record came during the 1991-92 SEC Championship season, compiling a 15-1 mark versus non-conference foes. The Lady Rebels have an overall 67-24 record (.736 winning percentage) versus non-conference opponents on this years schedule.
55 AND COUNTING: Senior Tarsha Bethley (Hollandale, Miss.) has started 55 consecutive games dating back to the 1996-97 season. She has started 62 games overall in her career.
WHEW! WHAT A SCHEDULE: As if the SEC schedule isnt tough enough, the Lady Rebels non-conference schedule is one of the toughest in the history of the program. The Lady Rebels have already faced Clemson, who cracked the Top 25 poll, and Memphis. This past weekend Ole Miss won the Maine Black Bear Tournament and later this month the Lady Rebels will travel to Annapolis, Md., for the Navy Classic.
126 AND COUNTING: With 10 three-pointers in the Oklahoma game, the Lady Rebels have now hit a three-pointer in 126 consecutive games. The record dates back to the 1993-94 campaign. The last time that the Lady Rebels did not hit a three-pointer in a game was on Feb. 23, 1994, in a 73-64 win over Mississippi State in Starkville. In that game against the Lady Bulldogs, Ole Miss went 0-for-4 from beyond the arc. The current 126-game streak bested the previous record of 84 consecutive games with at least one three-pointer. The previous record of 84 consecutive games with a three-pointer began on Jan. 17, 1990, in a 62-44 win over Southern University (1-for-6) and was broken on Dec. 28, 1992, in a 72-71 victory over Arizona State (0-for-5) in the first round of the Rev. Joseph T. Cahill, C.M. Invitational. Ole Miss shot 33.2 percent (171-515) from beyond the arc.
LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION: The Lady Rebels will appear on television once this season. Ole Miss will be on TV Sunday Jan. 10 as they host Kentucky in the FOX SportsSouth game of the week.
SEC GOES TO THURSDAY/SUNDAY FORMAT: The SEC experimented last year by adding two additional league games to the schedule to increase the games to 14. This year the SEC is experimenting with a Thursday/Sunday format for all league games.
ONCE IS ENOUGH: Last year, the Southeastern Conference added two contests to the schedule to increase the league games to 14. The Lady Rebels will play all conference teams once and will get the honor of playing three-time defending NCAA Champion Tennessee twice as well as Auburn and Mississippi State.
APPROACHING THE CENTURY MARK: The Lady Rebels are approaching 100 and its a good thing. Ole Miss now has 95 SEC wins and needs only five more to reach the 100-victory plateau. Tennessee (133), Georgia (112) and Auburn (100) are the only three SEC schools which have won 100 conference games.
TRAVELING ACROSS THE USA: In 24 years, the Ole Miss Lady Rebel basketball program has been one of the most well-traveled teams in the nation. With their trip to Alaska last year, the Lady Rebels have visited 29 states in their history. This year the Lady Rebels travels have taken them to Orono, Maine and later on they will visit the state of Maryland for the Navy Classic.
TAKELA CORBITTS LAST SECOND SHOT DEFEATS OKLAHOMA: Freshman Takela Corbitt (Bruce, Miss.) drove the lane and nailed a layup with less than a second on the clock to give Ole Miss a 77-75 win over Oklahoma Wednesday at Tad Smith Coliseum. Corbitt finished the night with 18 points on 6-of-9 shooting from the floor, including 4-of-5 from beyond the arc and 2-of-2 from the free throw line. She also dished out six assists and had two steals. Senior Tarsha Bethley (Hollandale, Miss.) led all Lady Rebels with 19 points, while sophomore Becky Myatt (Bon Aqua, Tenn.) added 16 in the win. Frankie Boyd (Ethel, Miss.) led Ole Miss on the boards with six. Phylesha Whaley led Oklahoma in scoring with 21 points on 9-of-16 from the field. She also grabbed a team-high seven rebounds. Stacy Dales chipped in 15 and LaNeishea Caulfield added 12 points. Ole Miss jumped out to a 20-8 lead as Corbitt scored 14 of those points on four consecutive three-pointers. The Lady Rebels led by 12 with 6:24 to go in the first half, but Oklahoma cut it to five with three minutes left on two consecutive three-pointers and a jumper by Caulfield. The Lady Rebels answered with a jumper by Bethley and a layup by Stephanie Murphy (Webb, Miss.), to go up by 46-37 but the Sooners Dales hit a jumper to make it a seven-point advantage for Ole Miss at the half. In the second half, Ole Miss led 57-45 with 16:14 on the clock, when Oklahoma scored 11 unanswered points to pull within one (57-56) with 11:59 to go in the game. Ole Miss answered on a jumper by Murphy and back-to-back threes, to build a 10 point lead (70-60) with 9:17 left. The Sooners would go on a 15-5 run to make it a tie game 75-75 with 1:56 remaining. Two straight turnovers gave Ole Miss the ball with 5.8 seconds on the clock setting up Corbitts game-winning bucket.
REBEL RAMBLINGS: Ole Miss was picked to finish ninth in the SEC presea]son poll voted on by the media. Tennessee was a unanimous pick to win their eighth overall SEC womens title this year, followed by Georgia, Alabama, Florida Vanderbilt, Arkansas, Auburn, LSU, Ole Miss, South Carolina, Mississippi State and Kentucky. The Lady Rebels will play eight teams that participated in the NCAA Tournament last year. The Lady Rebels are now 48-15 (.762 winning percentage) in the month of November in the history of the program. They went 4-1 this year in November. In the month of December, the Lady Rebels are an impressive 153-35 (.814 winning percentage). The Lady Rebels have gone undefeated in the month of December seven times.
HEAD COACH RON ALDY
Ron Aldy is in his second season as the head coach of the Lady Rebel basketball program.
In his first season, Aldy had the difficult task of maintaining a winning program with a young and inexperienced team. Only two players returned with any significant playing time from the previous season, and the remainder of the roster consisted mostly of freshmen and sophomores. The team battled hard through inexperience and adversity, and by the end of the year, Aldys plan had begun to take shape. The Lady Rebels won three of their last five, including a win over Final Four participant Arkansas and an upset victory over Georgia in the first round of the Southeastern Conference Tournament.
Prior to coming to Ole Miss, Aldy spent five seasons as the Associate Head Coach at Florida. During his five seasons (1992-97) at Florida, Aldy helped guide the Lady Gators to a 110-44 record and five NCAA Tournaments, including an Elite Eight appearance in 1997.
LADY REBEL 1,000 POINT SCORERS
Peggie Gillom 1976-80 2,486Jennifer Gillom 1982-86 2,186Eugenia Conner 1981-85 1,993Clara Jackson 1990-94 1,919Cynthia Autry 1985-89 1,490Alisa Scott 1983-87 1,488Yolanda Moore 1992-96 1,485Kimsey ONeal 1986-90 1,480Sheila Sullivan 1974-77 1,475G. Springfield 1975-79 1,432Jackie Martin 1987-92 1,395Marilyn Brooks 1981-85 1,308Charlotte Banks 1989-92 1,182Kris Stratton 1978-81 1,164Regan Seybert 1993-97 1,126Kristen Goehring 1989-93 1,102Tarsha Bethley 1994-pr 1,070Carol Ross 1977-81 1,015
UP NEXT: TENNESSEE TECH
Date: Saturday, December 12
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Site: Tad Smith Coliseum, Oxford, Miss.
OLE MISS RECORD WHEN:
Playing on Monday 0-1
Playing on Tuesday 0-0
Playing on Wednesday 1-0
Playing on Thursday 1-0
Playing on Friday 1-0
Playing on Saturday 1-0
Playing on Sunday 1-0
Leading at halftime 4-0
Trailing at halftime 1-1
Scoring 70 or more points 5-0
Scoring 60 or more points 4-0
Scoring less than 60 points 0-1
Outrebounding opponents 2-0
Attempting more than 10 free throws 5-1
Attempting less than 10 free throws 0-0
Recording 15 or more assists 3-0
Recording less than 15 assists 2-1
Hitting four or more three-pointers 5-1
Hitting less than four three-pointers 0-0
On television 0-0
Playing at night 4-1
Playing in the day 1-0
Brandy Reed made a layup and Patricia Nash sank two free throws with four seconds left to lead Southern Mississippi to a 80-77 win over Ole Miss at Tad Smith Coliseum. Reed led four Lady Eagles in double figures with 31 points on 13-of-19 shooting from the floor, including 2-of-2 from beyond the arc. She also pulled down a game-high 12 rebounds. Patricia Nash chipped in 17. Yolanda Moore led the Lady Rebels with 29 points on 11-of-18 from the field, and 11 rebounds. Lisa Miller added 14 points. Ole Miss led by five at the half (43-38) but Southern Mississippi tied it up at 51-51 with 15:27 left on a layup by Nash. The game remained close the rest of the way and was tied at 7-5-75 with 2:28 to go.
