The University of Mississippi Athletics
Women's Basketball Takes On Arkansas-Little Rock
11/27/2000 | Women's Basketball
Nov. 27, 2000
Ole Miss travels to Little Rock, Ark., Tuesday Nov. 28, to face the UALR Trojans at Trojan Fieldhouse. Game time is 7:00 p.m. and will be broadcast on Supertalk Mississippi 105.5 FM. The Lady Rebels enter the game with a 3-0 record while UALR comes in at 1-1.
ALDY BEGINS FOURTH YEAR
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.
LADY REBELS ON SUPERTALK MISSISSIPPI 105.5 FM
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?.
SCOUTING UALR
Ole Miss meets Arkansas-Little Rock Tuesday at 7:00 p.m. at Trojan Fieldhouse in Little Rock, Ark. The Trojans are coming off a 57-54 win at Louisiana-Monroe. In their season opener, the Trojans (1-1) dropped a 97-34 decision to the University of Missouri. The Trojans are led by 5-7 sophomore guard Muci Haris, who is averaging 12.5 points per game. Haris was named the Sun Belt Conference Freshman of the Year last year. Sophomore center Brooks Eplunus leads the team in rebounding with 7.0 boards per game. The Trojans are averaging 45.5 points per game and are shooting just 32.3 percent. UALR is averaging 31 turnovers per game including 37 in their season-opener against Missouri. The Trojans posted a 5-23 record in 1999-2000, in their first year of competition since the 1987-88 season.
SERIES RECORD
Ole Miss leads the all-time series 1-0. The two schools met last year for the first time with the Lady Rebels winning 68-56 in Oxford.
OLE MISS VS. ARKANSAS SCHOOLS
Ole Miss owns an 18-5 record (.783 winning percentage) versus schools from the state of Arkansas. The following is a list of the schools from Arkansas that Ole Miss has played and their records against those schools.
LADY REBELS FROM ARKANSAS
The Lady Rebels have three players on this year's team from the state of Arkansas. Sophomores Kayla Madewell and Leah Henley are from Farmington and Warren respectively, while freshman Tywanna Inmon hails from West Memphis. Arkansas-Little Rock does not have any players from Mississippi on its roster.
OLE MISS VS. SUNBELT CONFERENCE
The Lady Rebels own a 20-7 all-time record (.740 winning percentage) against the Sun Belt Conference. The following are the SBC schools that the Lady Rebels have faced and their records against those schools.
FRESHMAN SCORES A DOUBLE DIP
Freshman forward Tywanna Inmon scored her first career double-double in the win over West Alabama. Inmon played 17 minutes and tallied 14 points and 11 rebounds. Both are career highs. Inmon is fourth on the team in scoring, averaging 11.5 points and leads the team in rebounding at 6.5 per game.
HENLEY NETS CAREER HIGH
Sophomore Leah Henley grabbed a career-high eight rebounds against West Alabama, to go along with four points, one assist, one steal and one block in 15 minutes of action. Her previous high was three rebounds against Cal-Poly last year.
LADY REBELS GOLDEN IN WIN OVER TIGERS
The Lady Rebels 50-point margin against West Alabama, ties for the ninth widest margin of victory in the history of the program. Ole Miss defeated Montevallo 100-50 on Dec. 3, 1977.
CHICKEN ANYONE?
The Abner's Chicken promotion returns again this season. If the Lady Rebels hold an opponent to under 50 points or score 100 points in a game, fans receive half off the price of a five-piece chicken plate at Abner's, with their game-day program insert. The Lady Rebels sent the fans home happy in their first home game of the year, as they held West Alabama to only 45 points.
THE LAST TIME ...
The last time Ole Miss started a season 3-0 was the 1994-95 season when the Lady Rebels defeated Dayton, Texas-Arlington and Texas Christian to begin the year 3-0. They won 10 straight that year before falling to Vanderbilt 91-54.
COULD IT BE ANOTHER GRAND PLAYER?
With her eight points against West Alabama, senior guard Becky Myatt needs 120 points to become the 19th Lady Rebel to score 1,000 points in a career. She currently has 880 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 20 threes to become the career three-pointer leader. Myatt now has 175 career threes.
STREAK STILL ALIVE
The Lady Rebels have now hit at least one three-pointer in 179 games. They hit three three-pointers in their win over West Alabama. The NCAA record for consecutive games with at least one three-pointer is 211 held by Tennessee Tech.
STARTING AT GUARD
Senior guard Becky Myatt has started 90 consecutive games since her freshman year. In addition, Myatt has led the team in minutes played averaging nearly 33 minutes per game.
TRAVELING WITH THE LADY REBELS
The Lady Rebels are one of the most well-traveled teams in the nation, having visited 33 states including Washington, D.C., and Aruba and Puerto Rico. This year, the Lady Rebels visited Vermont for the first time. In December they will travel to California for the Beach Classic.
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.
LADY REBELS RECEIVE VOTES IN BOTH POLLS
Ole Miss received nine votes in the Nov. 20 AP Poll, and 11 votes in the USA Today/ESPN Coaches poll. Six SEC teams are ranked in both polls while Florida and Ole Miss received votes in both polls.
OLE MISS WINS VERMONT HOWARD BANK CLASSIC
The Lady Rebels, behind the stellar guard play of Becky Myatt Von Kirk, and Sherika Wright, captured the Vermont Howard Bank Classic this past weekend in Burlington, Vt. Myatt scored 23 points including two key three-pointers at the end of the game to lead the Lady Rebels to an 85-75 win over Vermont in the championship game. She also had seven rebounds to earn tournament MVP honors. Kirk, who tallied 17 points was also named to the All-Tournament team. Wright scored in double digits both nights with 20 and 16 points respectively. Ole Miss downed Radford University in the first round 91-62.
OLE MISS SUCCESSFUL IN REGULAR SEASON TOURNAMENTS
With their Howard Bank Classic title, the Lady Rebels have won 35 regular season tournament titles. Ole Miss now owns a 105-26 record in regular season tournaments. The Lady Rebels downed Radford University 91-62 in the first round and then defeated Vermont 85-75 in the championship game.
MYATT GARNERS SEC PLAYER OF THE WEEK HONORS
Senior guard Becky Myatt was rewarded again, for her outstanding play in the Vermont Howard Bank Classic by being named the SEC Player of the Week for the week of Nov. 20. Myatt averaged 14.5 points, 4.5 rebounds and 1.5 assists. She sank two crucial three-pointers with just over four minutes remaining in the championship game to seal the title for the Lady Rebels. Myatt is the ninth Lady Rebel to be named SEC Player of the Week and the first since Tarsha Bethley earned the honor in November of 1998.
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.
IMPRESSIVE OUTSIDE THE SEC
The Lady Rebels have compiled an impressive record outside the Southeastern Conference in regular-season play since 1990. Ole Miss owns a 124-28 record (.816 winning percentage) versus non-conference teams since 1990. The Lady Rebels' best non-conference record since came during the 1991-92 SEC Championship season, as they compiled a 15-1 mark versus non-conference foes. The Lady Rebels have an overall 44-9 record (.830 winning percentage) versus non-conference opponents on this year's schedule.
LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION
Ole Miss will appear on television twice this year. FoxSportsNetSouth will televise the Lady Rebels' game against Auburn on Feb. 18 in Tad Smith Coliseum. College Sports Southeast will show the game at Mississippi State on Feb. 1 tape delayed.
INJURIES
Sophomore center Shayla Day is out for two weeks with problems in her feet.
TIP-INS
Senior Stephanie Murphy graduated last year and is taking graduate courses...She is also serving as a minister at Providence Methodist Church... Murphy gave her first sermon on Oct. 15... Chandra Dorsey, a Criminal Justice major, interned this summer with the University Police Department ...Takela Corbitt attended the NCAA Leadership conference this summer...Happy November birthdays to Tiffany Gray (4th), Coach Aldy (9th), Sherika Wright (22nd) and Stephanie Murphy (28th).
