Ole Miss Prepares For Kentucky

Feb. 23, 2000

OLE MISS TIPS OFF 25TH SEASON ...
The 1999-2000 season marks the 25th anniversary of women's basketball at Ole Miss. In the last 24 years, the Lady Rebels have accumulated more than 500 wins, 23 winning seasons, been to 14 NCAA Tournaments, and advanced to the Elite Eight four times and the Sweet Sixteen seven times.

LADY REBELS CLOSE OUT REGULAR SEASON AT HOME ...
The Lady Rebels return home to Tad Smith Coliseum to close out the SEC regular season beginning with Kentucky, Thursday at 7:00 p.m. Kentucky is coming off a 75-65 win over Louisville on Tuesday. Ole Miss lost to Auburn 67-63, Sunday.

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 eighth season as the "Voice of the Lady Rebels." The broadcast is also available on the internet at www.WQLJ.com.

OH SO CLOSE ...
In a game of runs, 13th-ranked Auburn held off Ole Miss at the end to take a 67-63 win Sunday at Beard-Eaves Memorial Coliseum. Please see a recap and boxscore from the game on page 7.

SCOUTING KENTUCKY ...
Kentucky comes into the game with a 13-12 overall record, 4-8 in the SEC. The Wildcats are coming off a 75-65 win over Louisville on Tuesday. Kentucky has three players averaging in doubles figures led by sophomore forward LaTonya McDole, who leads the team in scoring with an average of 12.0 points per game. Shantia Owens averages a team-leading 7.5 rebounds per game. The Wildcats are scoring 68.1 points per game and allowing opponents 61.7. Kentucky is shooting 44.9 percent from the floor and averaging 36.1 rebounds per game.

SERIES VERSUS KENTUCKY ...
This will be the 19th meeting between Kentucky and Ole Miss. Ole Miss leads the series 15-3 and has won eight of the last nine meetings. The Lady Rebels defeated Kentucky 60-57 in Oxford last year, but the two teams met again, in the first round of the SEC Tournament, with Kentucky winning 75-59. The Wildcats have only won once in Tad Smith Coliseum, an 87-81 win during the 1990-91 season. Please see a recap and boxscore from the last game on page 7.

OLE MISS AGAINST THE STATE OF KENTUCKY ...
Ole Miss owns a 17-5 overall record (.772 winning percentage) against schools from the state of Kentucky. The Lady Rebels are 15-3 against the University of Kentucky, and 2-2 against Western Kentucky.

RON ALDY SHOW TO AIR WEDNESDAY'S ...
The second edition of the "Ron Aldy Coaches Show" will air Wednesday's at 5 p.m. The show will air in Oxford on cable channel 12. It will also air in Grenada on Thursday's at 6:00 p.m. on cable channel 13. The show will feature highlights from previous games, a chalk talk session with an assistant coach and player profiles.

HOME SWEET HOME ...
Ole Miss closed out another successful campaign in Tad Smith Coliseum last year. With an 86-77 win over Auburn, the Lady Rebels finished with a 10-3 record at home. Ole Miss owns an impressive 273-53 record (.837 winning percentage) at home and has never had a losing record in Tad Smith Coliseum. The Lady Rebels have gone undefeated at home four times.

LADY REBELS LIKE "TAD PAD" IN SEC PLAY ...
The Lady Rebels have had great success in Tad Smith Coliseum against SEC schools. In the history of the SEC, the Lady Rebels are 71-31 (.696 winning percentage) at home. The Lady Rebels have gone undefeated in SEC play at home four times and finished with one loss six times. Ole Miss finished 5-2 in SEC home games last year.

A BASKET HERE AND A BASKET THERE ...
It's no secret that the SEC is the toughest league in women's basketball night in and night out. The Lady Rebels are finding out just how tough it can be. Still searching for their first conference win, the Lady Rebels have come close several times. Six of their conference losses have been by 10 points or less. Ole Miss lost by eight to Vanderbilt. The Lady Rebels lost to Alabama by two twice this season, and fell to nationally-ranked Mississippi State by six points.

THE RECORD BELONGS TO? ...
This year's Lady Rebel squad has been on fire from three-point range. With their 12 three-pointers in the Auburn game, this year's team set the single season record with 180, surpassing the previous record of 178 set by the 1998-99 team. The Lady Rebels are averaging a conference-leading 7.2 three-pointers per game. Ole Miss has hit five or more three-pointers in 22 games this year. In the Feb. 14 NCAA statistics, the Lady Rebels were ranked 15th in three-point field goals made per game.

MYATT MOVING UP THREE-POINT CHART ...
Junior guard Becky Myatt is one of the top three-point shooters in Ole Miss history and she is making her way up the career charts. She already owns the single-season record with 65 set last year and is tied for the most in a game with seven, made last year against Auburn. With her three three-pointers in the win over Tennessee Tech, Myatt moved into second and has 160 career three-pointers. Myatt needs 35 to become the all-time leader. Regan Seybert (1993-97) heads the list with 194 career threes.

MYATT FROM DOWNTOWN ...
Becky Myatt has scored at least one three-pointer in 27 out of the last 31 games dating back to the Mississippi State game on Feb. 11 of last year. She has at least one three-pointer in every game this year except four games. In addition she has hit three or more treys in 10 games this year.

DORSEY TIES CAREER-HIGH ...
Junior guard Chandra Dorsey tied her career-high with 19 points, including three three-pointers to lead the Lady Rebels at Auburn. It was her sixth double-digit game this year. All have come in conference play.

MORE ON DORSEY ...
Chandra Dorsey had an all-around great game Sunday against Auburn finishing with a career-best eight rebounds and also recording four assists and three steals.

MYATT LIKES AUBURN TOO ...
Junior guard Becky Myatt likes Auburn too. On Sunday she scored 18 points, seven rebounds, four assists and two steals. She had four three-pointers. Last year she scored 25 points against Auburn in the final regular season game, including seven threes.

MADEWELL EARNS FIRST START ...
Freshman forward Kayla Madewell has been playing well lately and she was rewarded Sunday with her first career start. Madewell finished with nine points, inlcuding three three-pointers, and five rebounds.

MADEWELL HAS THE SHOOTING TOUCH ...
Freshman forward Kayla Madewell scored a lot in high school averaging 23.2 points her senior year. She has shown lately her ability to shoot the three, forcing opponents to guard someone other than Becky Myatt. In the last four games, Madewell has made 11 three-pointers. She is third on the team with 23. Madewell hit two key threes in the final minutes of the game against Auburn as the Lady Rebels mounted another comeback attempt.

MYATT REACHES MILESTONE ...
Becky Myatt reached another milestone in her career, scoring her 800th career point in the Auburn game. She currently has 807 points for her career. With the rest of this season, and next year remaining for Myatt, she needs 193 points to become the 19th Lady Rebel to score 1,000 points in a career.

MYATT NEARS ANOTHER MILESTONE ...
Becky Myatt needs just three steals to reach 100 for her career. She currently has 97 for her career and leads the team with 35 this year.

MYATT PULLS DOWN #300 ...
Becky Myatt recorded her 300th career rebound last week in the Florida game. She now has 310 career rebounds.

MYATT DISHES OUT #200 ...
Junior guard Becky Myatt reached a milestone in her career. In the Northern Arizona game, Myatt dished out her 200th career assist She finished with seven assists for the night and currently leads the team with 87 assists for the year. Myatt has 258 career assists.

FRESHMAN SCORES CAREER-HIGH ...
Freshman Kayla Madewell scored a career-high 15 points in the Alabama game. She went 5-of-12 from the floor including three three-pointers. She also had four rebounds and three steals in 24 minutes.

DOUBLE YOUR PLEASURE ...
Senior Frankie Boyd recorded her fifth career double-double and third of the season, in the LSU game, with 12 points and 11 rebounds. She had a double-double of 27 points and 13 rebounds against Montana State and also scored 27 points and 11 rebounds versus Alabama.

DOUBLE DIGITS FOR BOYD ...
Senior Frankie Boyd has scored in double digits in 20 games for the Lady Rebels this year and has 31 career double-digit games. She had one of her best games this season, against Alabama, shooting 57 percent on 12-of-21 from the floor and grabbing 11 rebounds. Boyd was one point shy of a career-high, which she scored against Montana State.

IT KEEPS GOING AND GOING ...
With 12 three-pointers in the Auburn game, Ole Miss has now hit a three-pointer in a school record 173 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. The NCAA record for consecutive games scoring a three-point field goal is 211 by Tennessee Tech (1989-1996).

STARTING AT GUARD ...
Junior guard Becky Myatt has started 84 consecutive games since her freshman year. In addition, Myatt has led the team in minutes played each of the last two seasons.

IT MUST BE 70 ...
It appears the magic number for the Lady Rebels this year is 70. When they score 70 or more points, they are 8-0. In all 14 of their losses, they have scored less than 70 points.

LADY REBELS AMONG TEAMS OF THE 1990s ...
Ole Miss was among the top 35 teams of the nineties in Division I women's basketball for total wins. The Lady Rebels ranked 31st overall with 203 wins and were one of seven SEC teams named to the list. Furthermore, the Lady Rebels were among the best in winning percentage for the nineties at .659 (203-105).

LADY REBELS ONE OF WINNINGEST TEAMS IN SEC ...
Since the Southeastern Conference began regular-season play in the 1981-82 season, the Lady Rebels have posted a winning record in conference play in 11 of 18 years. Tennessee is first with 16 winning seasons in SEC play, followed by Georgia (13), Auburn (12) and Ole Miss (11). Last year, the Lady Rebels joined a select group in the SEC with their win over Arkansas, becoming the fourth SEC school to win 100 conference games. Tennesse, Georgia and Auburn are the other three SEC schools which have won 100 conference games. The Lady Rebels have 101 conference wins.

PICKING UP WHERE WE LEFT OFF ...
The Lady Rebels have already picked up where they left off in the decade of the nineties. Ole Miss posted a 121-28 record (.812 winning percentage) versus non-conference teams in the decade of the 90s. They are 2-0 in this decade after wins over Tennessee Tech and Belmont.

BOYD, MYATT NAMED TO ALL-TOURNEY TEAM ...
Senior Frankie Boyd and junior Becky Myatt were named to the Northern Arizona Hilton Garden Inn Classic All-Tournament team. Boyd averaged 17.5 points and 6.0 rebounds in two games. Myatt averaged 9.2 points, 5.0 rebounds and 3.5 assists for the tournament.

OLE MISS WINS 34TH REGULAR SEASON TOURNAMENT TITLE ...
Ole Miss won its 34th regular season tournament title this season, capturing the Montana State GranTree Classic in Bozeman, Mt. With their win over Montana State in the championship game, the Lady Rebels hit the century mark in tournament wins. They now have a 103-26 record in regular season tournaments.

BOYD NAMED TOURNAMENT MVP ...
Ole Miss senior Frankie Boyd was named the Montana State GranTree Classic Most Valuable Player. Boyd scored 27 points and 13 rebounds in the championship game against Montana State to lead the Lady Rebels to the title. She scored 23 of her 27 in the second half. Junior Becky Myatt was also named to the All-Tournament team. She scored 14 points, including four three-pointers, grabbed six rebounds and dished out seven assists in the Lady Rebels' first-round win over Bowling Green.

LADY REBELS SET NCAA RECORD AT TOURNEY ...
Ole Miss and Bowling Green combined to set an NCAA record for three-pointers in a game by two teams with 31. The Lady Rebels had 17, while Bowling Green finished with 14. The previous high by two teams in one game, was 26 by Oklahoma and Iowa State on Jan. 7, 1996. The two teams also set a record for attempts with 75. The previous high was 67 by Morehead State and Marshall on Dec. 6, 1994. In addition, the Lady Rebels finished one three shy of the NCAA record for three-pointers in a game by one team. Villanova holds that record with 18 against Pennsylvania on Dec. 20, 1997.

LADY REBELS SET SCHOOL RECORD FOR THREES ...
Ole Miss set a school record for three-pointers in a game with 17 against Bowling Green. The previous best was 16 made against Auburn on Feb. 21, 1999. Takela Corbitt, Stephanie Murphy and Becky Myatt had four threes each, while Heather Bantz connected for three behind the arc. Von Kirk and TaShondrea Moton each had one to round out the three-pointers. The Lady Rebels also set a school record for attempts with 41. The previous best was 36 versus Wright State in 1996-97.

LADY REBELS TIE SEC RECORD ...
Ole Miss' 17 three-pointers in the Bowling Green game ties an SEC record for most three-pointers in a game. South Carolina had 17 against Western Carolina in 1994.

IMPRESSIVE OUTSIDE THE SEC ...
The Lady Rebels compiled an impressive record outside the Southeastern Conference in regular-season play in the decade of the 90s. Ole Miss finished with a 121-28 record (.812 winning percentage) versus non-conference teams in the decade of the 90s. The Lady Rebels' best non-conference record of the decade 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 74-22 record (.771 winning percentage) versus non-conference opponents on this year's schedule.

HERE, THERE AND EVERYWHERE ...
The Lady Rebels have made their presence known across the country visiting more than half the United States to play basketball. This year, the Lady Rebels visited Bozeman, Mt., for Thanksgiving to play in the Montana State Tournament. Just before the Christmas break, the Lady Rebels traveled to Flagstaff, Ariz., to participate in the Northern Arizona Classic, and also visited the Grand Canyon.

LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION ...
Ole Miss will appear on television three times this year. The Lady Rebels' game against South Carolina will be televised by FoxSportsNetSouth. This year College Sports Southeast will televise more than 60 men's and women's games throughout the state of Alabama and Mississippi. The Lady Rebels will appear on CSSE, Feb. 3 against Mississippi State. Also, the Ole Miss/Tennessee game on Feb. 10 will be televised locally by Comcast Cable.

IT'S ALL ACADEMIC ...
Several members of the Lady Rebel basketball team made one of the University's three honor rolls for the fall semester. TaShondrea Moton made the Chancellor's Honor Roll. Tanya Bolden, Takela Corbitt, Shayla Day and Chandra Dorsey made the Dean's Honor Roll, and Von Kirk, Stephanie Murphy, and Becky Myatt made the UMAA Honor Roll.

DRIBBLES ...
The Lady Rebels will face 11 teams that went to postseason play, including nine NCAA Tournament teams...In the SEC rotation, the Lady Rebels will play Vanderbilt and Alabama twice in addition to Mississippi State...Junior Stephanie Murphy is serving as a student representative on the Ole Miss Athletic Committee...Senior Tanya Bolden was named to the SEC Good Works Team...Bolden works with the Habitat for Humanity and is a mentor to Elementary kids...A member of FCA, Bolden volunteers with Special Olympics...Tanya has been nominated for three postgraduate scholarships: NCAA Women's Enhancement Program Postgraduate Scholarship, NCAA Ethnic Minority Postgraduate Scholarship for Careers in Athletics, and the NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship Program...She has also been nominated for the National Association of Academic Advisors for Athletics Achievement Award.

Probable Startes

OLE MISS

No.	Player	Ht	Yr	Pos	Hometown	PPG	RPG	APG
24	Chandra Dorsey	5-3	Jr.	G	Pine Grove, LA	5.4	2.5	2.6
25	Becky Myatt	5-8	Jr.	G	Bon Aqua, TN	9.3	4.2	3.5
54	Frankie Boyd	6-4	Sr.	C	Ethel, MS	13.6	5.9	0.4
21	Kayla Madewell	6-0	Fr.	F	Farmington, AR	5.1	3.2	0.3
23	Stephanie Murphy	5-11	Jr.	F	Webb, MS	5.7	3.4	0.7

KENTUCKY

11	Tiffany Wait	5-10	Sr.	G	Hot Springs, AR	9.5	2.3	2.1
24	Erica Jackson	5-6	Sr.	G	Lexington, KY	11.4	2.8	2.7
34	Shantia Owens	6-4	Sr.	C	Newark, NJ	9.6	7.5	1.2
21	LaTonya McDole	6-1	So.	F	Dayton, OH	12.0	6.1	1.6
44	Laura Meadows	6-3	Jr.	F	Hunington, WV	11.5	6.3	2.2

RON ALDY IN THIRD SEASON AT OLE MISS
Ron Aldy is in his third season at the helm of the Ole Miss women's basketball program. He is known around the coaching ranks, as one of the best in the nation. He has achieved success on every level as either a head coach or an assistant coach. Since his arrival, Aldy has dedicated himself to making Ole Miss a winner on and off the court. With the plans in motion and the building started, Aldy is ready to lead the Lady Rebels and continue the tradition into the next century.

After a difficult first season in which only two players returned with any significant playing time, Aldy was happy to have 10 letterwinners back, and the result was the program's 23rd winning campaign and a return to postseason play. The Lady Rebels finished with a 15-13 record and earned a bid to the Women's NIT. Highlights included winning the Maine Dead River Company Classic and defeating six teams that made the NCAA Tournament. Off the court, the Lady Rebels have made tremendous strides academically since Aldy's arrival. Last year, Ole Miss led the league with six players named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll and two more would have made it if freshman were eligible.

A native of Jackson, Miss., Aldy came to Ole Miss after a five-year stint 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.

Prior to his time at Florida, Aldy coached in the state of Mississippi for 23 years at the junior college and high school levels. From 1988-92, Aldy led Holmes Community College to a 79-40 record, one top five national finish, one Region 23 title and two state junior college championships. Before his junior college coaching stint, Aldy coached both the boys' and girls' teams at Grenada Kirk. In 17 years at Kirk, he compiled a 294-167 boys' record and a 449-110 girls' mark.

Renowned as one of the best coaches in the nation, Aldy has been instrumental in the development of such standouts as WNBA stars Merlakia Jones (Cleveland Rockers), Delisha Milton (Los Angeles Sparks), Bridget Pettis (Phoenix Mercury) and Murriel Page (Washington Mystics). Over the last three decades, Aldy's teams have won an incredible 863 games over the course of his career.

LADY REBEL EARLY SIGNEES


Name	Pos.	Ht.	Hometown/High School
Sherika Wright	G	5-6	Augusta, Ga./Josey/Gulf Coast CC
Tywanna Inmon	F	6-1	West Memphis, Ark./West Memphis
Saundra Jackson	C	6-4	Beaufort, S.C./Battery Creek/Gulf Coast CC

LADY REBELS' RECORD WHEN ...

Playing on Monday	0-1
Playing on Tuesday	1-1
Playing on Wednesday	1-0
Playing on Thursday	1-6
Playing on Friday	3-0
Playing on Saturday	3-0
Playing on Sunday	1-6
Playing at home	4-5
Playing on the road (includes neutral sites)	7-9
Playing at night	9-8
Playing in the day	2-6
Leading at halftime	10-3
Trailing at halftime	0-12
Tied at halftime	0-0
Scoring 70 or more points	8-0
Scoring 60 or more points	11-7
Scoring less than 60 points	0-7
Shoots 50 percent or better from the field	0-0
Shoots between 40-49 percent from the field	7-1
Shoots under 40 percent from the field	4-13
Shoots 30 percent or better from 3-pt arc	10-5
Shoots under 30 percent from 3-pt. arc	1-9
Shoots 70 percent or better from FT line	3-5
Shoots 60-69 percent from FT line	6-2
Shoots under 60 percent from FT line	4-7
Opponent shoots 50 percent or better from the field	0-3
Opponent shoots 40-49 percent from the field	4-8
Opponent shoots 30 percent or better from 3-pt. arc	7-8
Opponent shoots under 30 percent from the 3-pt. arc	6-4
Commits 15 or more turnovers	5-12
Commits less than 15 turnovers	6-2
Forces 20 or more turnovers	6-3
Forces less than 20 turnovers	5-11
Outrebounds opponents	11-6
Outrebounded by Opponents	0-8
Attempts 10 or more free throws	10-11
Attempts 10 or less free throws	1-2
Records 15 or more assists	7-1
Records less than 15 assists	4-13
Hits five or more three-pointers	11-11
Hits less than five three-pointers	0-3
On television	0-4

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