The University of Mississippi Athletics
Women's Basketball Prepares For Houston
11/10/2000 | Women's Basketball
Nov. 10, 2000
OLE MISS
vs.
Houston Jaguars
DATE: Nov. 12, 2000
TIME: 2:00 p.m.
SITE: Tad Smith Coliseum
OLE MISS TO HOST HOUSTON JAGUARS IN SECOND EXHIBITION The Ole Miss women's basketball team will host the Houston Jaguars in its second exhibition game of the season Sunday at 2:00 p.m. Tip-off is 2:00 p.m. in Tad Smith Coliseum. The Houston Jaguars defeated Southeastern Louisiana 70-47 on Thursday.
ALDY BEGINS FOURTH YEAR AS LADY REBEL COACH Ron Aldy is in his fourth year as the person in charge of rebuilding Ole Miss women's basketball back to where it once was. Aldy has dedicated himself to making Ole Miss a winner on and off the court. After a difficult first season, Aldy guided the team to its 23rd winning season in 199 and a return trip to postseason play. Following a return to postseason play two years ago, the ship appeared to be headed in the right direction for Ole Miss women's basketball. The 1999-2000 season was sailing along with a 10-2 start in non-conference action. Then the Lady Rebels hit SEC play, where they lost seven games by 10 points or less. Injuries began to mount, and the Lady Rebels were unable to get the ship back on course. With more determination and motivation, the Lady Rebels look ahead to the 2000-01 season. Off the court, the Lady Rebels have made tremendous strides academically and in the community. In 1999, Ole Miss led the league with six players named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll and in 2000 were second with six. Since Aldy got here, five players have received their bachelor's degrees.
NEW STAFF ON BOARD During the offseason, Aldy added two new members to the Lady Rebel staff. Gil Thompson joined the program as an assistant coach and Aldy says he (Thompson) should pay dividends in recruiting for the future of the program. Thompson came to Ole Miss from Raymond, Miss., where he spent the past season as the head coach of the Girls team. Thompson led the Rangerettes to a 33-5 overall record and the 4A State Championship, the first in the school's history. Drew Clinton is on board in the capacity of Administrative Assistant. Clinton, a native of Olive Branch, Miss., spent the past four years serving as the Sports Manager for the national Amateur Athletic Association in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.
LADY REBELS MOVING The Lady Rebels are moving - well in a way. For the past 15 years, all Lady Rebel home games have been broadcast on WQLJ Q93.7 FM. This year the Lady Rebel games will be broadcast on WTNM Supertalk Mississippi (105.5 FM), with each broadcast beginning 15 minutes prior to the scheduled tip-off. Gary Darby returns for his ninth season as the ?Voice of the Lady Rebels?.
OLE MISS DEFEATS SLOVAN BRATISLAVA IN EXHIBITON Ole Miss defeated Slovan Bratislava 76-67 in their exhibition opener Thursday night. Fourteen different Lady Rebels saw action, with 11 scoring in the game. Freshman forward Tywanna Inmon came off the bench to lead the Lady Rebels with 15 points in her collegiate debut. Inmon, a West Memphis, Ark., native made 7-of-11 shots and grabbed four rebounds in 18 minutes of action. The Lady Rebels out-rebounded Slovan Bratislava, 49-27, and forced 23 turnovers to hold off the visitors. Junior center Saundra Jackson scored 12 points and grabbed eight rebounds for Ole Miss.
LADY REBELS HIT THE ROAD FOR
The Lady Rebels will travel to Burlington, Vt., for their regular season opener as they play in the University of Vermont Howard Bank Classic Nov. 17-18. Ole Miss will face Radford in the first round at 5:00 p.m. CST. Vermont and Lafayette will meet in the other game.
TRAVELING WITH THE LADY REBELS The Lady Rebels are one of the most well-traveled teams in the nation, having visited 32 states including Washington, D.C., and Aruba and Puerto Rico. This year, the Lady Rebels will visit Vermont for the first time and will also travel to California for the Beach Classic.
MYATT NAMED TO PRESEASON ALL-SEC TEAM Senior guard Becky Myatt was named to the 2000-01 preseason All-SEC second team. The team was voted on by the media members attending SEC Media Days Nov. 1-2 in Birmingham. Myatt is one of six guards on either the first or second team. Myatt averaged 9.7 points, 4.1 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game last year. She ranked among the top five in the SEC in three-pointers per game.
COULD IT BE ANOTHER GRAND PLAYER? Senior guard Becky Myatt needs 157 points to become the 19th Lady Rebel to score 1,000 points in a career. She enters the season with 843 points.
THREE-POINT RECORD IN JEOPARDY Regan Seybert is the all-time leader in three-pointers with 194, a record she set in 1997. But, that record is about to fall as senior Becky Myatt needs only 26 threes to become the career three-pointer leader. Myatt enters the season with 169 three-pointers.
STREAK STILL ALIVE The Lady Rebels look to continue their streak of consecutive games with at least one three-pointer. The Lady Rebels have hit at least one three-pointer in 176 games. The NCAA record for consecutive games with at least one three-pointer is 211 held by Tennessee Tech.
LADY REBELS RECEIVE VOTES IN USA TODAY/ESPN TOP 25 POLL Ole Miss received eight votes in the preseason USA Today/ESPN Top 25 poll. The Lady Rebels are among the ?others receiving votes?. They did not receive any votes in the AP Top 25 poll.
ANOTHER TOUGH SCHEDULE Two years ago, the Lady Rebels had the 10th toughest schedule in the nation and last year's ranked right up there in the top 25. This year's schedule features 14 teams that made postseason play, including eight NCAA tournament teams. Highlighting the schedule are trips to NCAA participant Vermont Nov. 17-18 and WNIT participant Long Beach State in December. Six SEC teams are ranked in the AP Top 25 and the USA Today/ESPN Top 25.
OLE MISS AMONG TOP 20 IN STRENGTH OF SCHEDULE The WBCA/Summerville RPI has produced a preseason strength of schedule for the 2000-01 season and Ole Miss is ranked 16th. The 2000-01 Division I women's basketball strength of schedule was derived from the combined 1999-00 records of the individual schools 2000-01 schedules. The Lady Rebels have had one of the toughest schedules in the nation the last three years.
