Ole Miss Travels To South Carolina

Feb. 4, 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 TRAVEL TO SOUTH CAROLINA ...
The Lady Rebels travel to Columbia, S.C. to face the South Carolina Lady Gamecocks Sunday at 3:00 p.m. EST. The game is being televised by FoxSportsNetSouth. South Carolina lost to Auburn 71-62 at home Thursday night, while Ole Miss dropped a 66-60 decision at home to Mississippi State.

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.

MISSISSIPPI STATE HOLDS OFF OLE MISS ...
After being down double digits most of the game, Ole Miss got to within five with 1:30 to go in the game, but the 20th-ranked Mississippi State Lady Bulldogs held on for a 66-60 win at Tad Smith Coliseum, Thursday night. Please see a recap and boxscore from the game on page 7.

SCOUTING SOUTH CAROLINA ...
South Carolina comes into the game with an 11-10 overall record, 1-7 in the SEC. The Lady Gamecocks are coming off a 71-62 loss to Auburn, in which they led by one (35-34) at halftime. South Carolina's leading scorer, Shaun Gortman is out for the season after tearing her ACL against Florida. She was averaging 14.8 points per game. Senior forward Annie Lester averages 11.4 points per game. Freshman post player Petra Ujhelyi leads the team on the boards with 7.0 rebounds per game. The Lady Gamecocks are averaging 69.1 points per game, while giving up 65.4. They are shooting 42.8 percent from the floor and netting 39.8 rebounds per game.

OLE MISS

					1999-2000 Stats
No.	Player	Ht	Yr	Pos	Hometown	PPG	RPG	APG
24	Chandra Dorsey	5-3	Jr.	G	Pine Grove, LA	5.3	2.2	2.7
25	Becky Myatt	5-8	Jr.	G	Bon Aqua, TN	9.3	4.2	3.3
54	Frankie Boyd	6-4	Sr.	C	Ethel, MS	13.9	6.3	0.5
14	Sinissia Wysinger	6-1	Sr.	F	Many, LA	4.3	5.6	1.1
23	Stephanie Murphy	5-11	Jr.	F	Webb, MS	5.2	3.5	0.8

SOUTH CAROLINA

					1999-2000 Stats
No.	Player	Ht	Yr	Pos	Hometown	PPG	RPG	APG
05	Ines Ajanovic	6-3	Fr.	G	Belgrade, Yugoslavia 3.5	2.4	0.8
10	Kelly Morrone	5-9	Fr.	G	Syracuse, NY	6.7	2.0	2.6
00	Petra Ujhelyi	6-4	Fr.	C	Budapest, Hungary 6.2	7.0	2.0
34	Shannon Segres	6-0	So.	F	Dale City, VA	7.9	3.8	0.7
44	Annie Lester	6-0	Sr.	F	Norcross, GA	11.4	4.8	0.8

STATISTICAL COMPARISON
(1999-2000 Statistics)

South Carolina	Category	Ole Miss
69.1	Points Per Game	67.6
65.4	Opponents Points Per Game	63.0
42.8	Field Goal Percentage	37.7
41.6	Opponents Field Goal Percentage	39.5
65.6	Free Throw Percentage	61.1
65.4	Opponents Free Throw Percentage	65.7
30.0	3-Point Field Goals	30.7
29.8	Opponents 3-Point Field Goals	33.0
39.8	Rebounds	43.9
35.4	Opponents Rebounds	38.6
16.3	Assists	12.9
22.2	Turnovers	16.0
3.0	Blocked Shots	1.8
12.0	Steals	7.4

SERIES VERSUS SOUTH CAROLINA ...
This will be the 13th meeting between South Carolina and Ole Miss. The Lady Rebels hold an 8-4 lead in the series. The two teams first met back in 1978 at the Tennessee Tech Invitational with Ole Miss winning 84-76. South Carolina leads 3-2 in games played in Columbia. They have won back-to-back games there including a 79-72 win in the 1997-98 season. Ole Miss won last year's meeting, 68-56 in Oxford. Please see a recap and boxscore from the last game on page 7.

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.

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.

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

STEPPING INTO HER ROLE ...
Junior Chandra Dorsey has been starting at point guard since sophomore Takela Corbitt injured her knee in the Vanderbilt game, and she has taken to her role quite nicely. In five of the last seven games, Dorsey has scored in double digits including 13 points at LSU and a season-high 18 against Georgia. She also has 28 assists in the last six games. Against Georgia, She was 7-of-15 from the field including 4-of-8 from three-point range. She hit two threes down the stretch against Mississippi State as the Lady Rebels attempted a comeback.

KIRK MISSES HER FIRST GAME OF THE YEAR ...
Sophomore Von Kirk missed her first game of the year, Thursday against Mississippi State. The Huntsville, Ala., native has mono and is listed as day-to-day.

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 16 games for the Lady Rebels and has 27 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.

DORSEY DISHES OUT CAREER BEST ...
Junior Chandra Dorsey dished out a career-best six assists in the Alabama game, Jan. 20. She tied her career-high with six assists in the LSU game.

CORBITT RETURNS ...
Sophomore point guard Takela Corbitt returned to the game, against LSU, and saw limited action, playing seven minutes. She did not see action against Georgia, but did play 12 minutes in the Alabama game. Corbitt missed three games after straining her MCL in her right knee, against Vanderbilt.

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.

CAREER DAY FOR VON ...
Sophomore Von Kirk scored a career-high 19 points in her first career start, against Belmont. Kirk finished 7-of-12 from the floor, including 3-of-6 from the three-point line. She has scored in doubles digits in 11 games this year, including six of the last nine.

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 150 career three-pointers. Myatt needs 45 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 24 out of the last 26 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 the Northern Arizona game and the Vanderbilt game. In addition she has hit three or more treys in eight games this year.

KING OF THE THREES! ...
The 1998-99 Lady Rebel team set the single season record for three-pointers with 178, averaging 6.4 treys per game. This year's teams is already on pace to break that record. The Lady Rebels are averaging 7.3 three-pointers, first in the conference. In the Jan. 24 NCAA statistics, the Lady Rebels were ranked 13th in three-point field goals made per game.

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 nine of their losses, they have scored less than 70 points.

MURPHY HAS CAREER NIGHT ...
Junior Stephanie Murphy notched her first career double-double including a career-high 10 rebounds in the win over Southern Miss. Her previous high was nine versus UMKC last year. Murphy added 10 points, three assists and one steal in the winning effort.

KIRK ALL OVER THE BOARDS IN WIN ...
Sophomore Von Kirk had a career night on the boards against Southern Mississippi with seven rebounds. Against Tennessee Tech she grabbed seven boards again.

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 65 assists for the year. Myatt has 236 career assists.

ALL OVER THE GLASS ...
The Lady Rebels are outrebounding their opponents through the first 20 games of the season. Ole Miss is averaging 43.9 rebounds per game, while allowing opponents 38.6 per game, a margin of 5.3 per game. The Lady Rebels were outrebounded for only the fourth all year in the Alabama game. The following chart shows their rebounding against opponents.

Opponent	Lady Rebel Rebs.	Opp. Rebs.	Margin
Memphis	52	40	+12
Clemson	46	48	-2
Bowling Green	53	31	+22
Montana St.	59	47	+12
UALR	54	43	+11
Delaware	45	31	+14
Cal-Poly	37	36	+1
Middle Tennessee	42	33	+9
San Jose State	42	30	+12
Northern Arizona	39	34	+5
Southern Miss	50	42	+8
Tennessee Tech	43	42	+1
Vanderbilt	38	35	+3
Mississippi State	42	38	+4
Belmont	44	31	+13
Alabama	37	45	-8
LSU	35	37	-2
Georgia	49	39	+10
Alabama	34	47	-13
Mississippi State	37	34	+3
Avg.	43.9	38.6	+5.3

LADY REBELS IN NCAA STATS ...
In the Jan. 24 NCAA statistics, Ole Miss was ranked 13th in three-point field goals made per game with 7.4.

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.

A CAREER HIGH FOR BANTZ ...
Junior Heather Bantz scored a career-high 13 points to lead Ole Miss over Middle Tennessee 76-44. Bantz went 5-of-6 from the floor including 3-of-3 from behind the arc. Her previous high was 12 against Florida State during the 1997-98 season.

WYSINGER NETS CAREER-HIGH ...
Senior Sinissia Wysinger recorded a career-high 12 points, all in the second half, to spark the Lady Rebels in their 79-66 win over Cal-Poly in the South Florida Classic. Her previous best was 11 versus Auburn last year.

FRESHMAN NETS CAREER HIGHS ...
Lady Rebel freshman Shayla Day netted a career high 11 points and nine rebounds in the win over Arkansas-Little Rock. She played 17 minutes. She had seven rebounds against Bowling Green and scored eight points and five rebounds versus Montana State in the championship game of the GranTree Classic. In the South Florida Classic, Day had seven points on 3-of-4 from the field against Delaware. In the win over Tennessee Tech, Day scored eight points on 4-of-6 from the floor. Against Vanderbilt, Day scored nine points and pulled down six rebounds in 15 minutes.

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.

BOYD NETS CAREER-HIGHS ...
Senior Frankie Boyd netted a career-high 27 points and 13 rebounds in the championship game against Montana State. She was 8-of-26 from the floor and scored 23 of her 27 points in the second half as Ole Miss overcame a 17-point deficit. Her previous high was 24 against Tennessee-Martin last year.

MOTON GRABS CAREER-HIGH NINE BOARDS ...
Sophomore TaShondrea Moton grabbed a career-high nine rebounds in the championship game of the GranTree Classic. She had seven defensive boards. Her previous high was eight against Clemson earlier this year. She is averaging 4.4 rebounds per game this year.

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.

IT KEEPS GOING AND GOING ...
With five three-pointers in the Mississippi State game, Ole Miss has now hit a three-pointer in a school record 168 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 79 consecutive games since her freshman year. In addition, Myatt has led the team in minutes played each of the last two seasons.

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.

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

UP NEXT TENNESSEE

Date: Thursday, February 10
Time: 7:00 PM
Site: Tad Smith Coliseum- Oxford, Miss.

OLE MISS IN THE SEC

(As of Jan. 31 Release)

TEAM

Rebounding
## Team	G	REB	Avg/G
1. Florida	18	804	44.7
2. Ole Miss	19	841	44.3
3. Tennessee	19	841	44.3
4. Alabama	19	838	44.1

Rebounding Margin
## Team	G	TEAM	Avg	OPP	Avg-Margin
1. Tennessee	19	841	44.3	624	32.8 - +11.4
2. Auburn	20	851	42.5	657	32.8 - +9.7
3. Alabama	19	838	44.1	717	37.7 - +6.4
4. Vanderbilt	21	813	38.7	698	33.2 - +5.5
5. Ole Miss	19	841	44.3	739	38.9 - +5.4

3-Point Field Goals Made
## Team	G	3FG	Avg/G
1. Ole Miss	19	141	7.42
2. Mississippi State	19	121	6.37
3. Tennessee	19	105	5.53
4. Arkansas	19	102	5.37
5. Alabama	19	86	4.53

INDIVIDUAL
Scoring
## Player-Team	G	FG	3FG	FT	Pts	Avg/G
1. LaToya Thomas, MS	19	156	8	76	396	20.8
2. Marie Ferdinand, LSU	19	146	2	44	338	17.8
3. Tiffany Travis, UF	18	115	19	54	303	16.8
4. Tonya Washington, UF	18	128	17	27	300	16.7
5. Wendi Willits, AR	19	102	52	48	304	16.0
18. Frankie Boyd, UM	19	101	0	56	258	13.6

Rebounding
## Player-Team	G	OFF	DEF	TOT	Avg/G
1. DeTrina White, LSU	19	77	109	186	9.8
2. Tawana McDonald, UG	23	69	140	209	9.1
3. LaToya Thomas, MS	19	64	98	162	8.5
4. Naomi Mobley, UF	18	51	100	151	8.4
5. Nitra Perry, MS	19	54	101	155	8.2
16. Frankie Boyd, UM	19	50	68	118	6.2

3-Point FG Made
## Player-Team	G	3FG	Avg/G
1. Wendi Willits, AR	19	52	2.74
2. Cynthia Hall, MS	19	49	2.58
3. Kara Lawson, UT	19	47	2.47
4. Becky Myatt, UM	19	39	2.05
5. Taquilla Allen, UA	19	38	2.00
8. Von Kirk, UM	19	33	1.74

Assist/Turnover Ratio
## Player-Team	G	Asst	Avg	Turn	Avg	Ratio
1. Katrina Hibbert, LSU	19	114	6.0	35	1.8	3.26
2. Tiffany Krantz, AU	20	94	4.7	35	1.8	2.69
3. Kelly Miller, UG	23	114	5.0	49	2.1	2.33
4. Coco Miller, UG	23	84	3.7	38	1.7	2.21
5. Angela Harris, MS	19	108	5.7	59	3.1	1.83
10. Becky Myatt, UM	19	62	3.3	37	1.9	1.68

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