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Ole Miss Women's Basketball Game Notes
11/15/2001 | Women's Basketball
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Nov. 15, 2001
LADY REBELS HIT THE ROAD FOR OPENER: The Lady Rebels open the regular season in Cookeville, Tenn. Ole Miss takes on Tennessee Tech in the season-opener for both teams. Ole Miss owns a 12-3 overall record versus the Golden Eaglettes. Tennessee Tech stole a victory from the Lady Rebels last season as they defeated Ole Miss 71-56 in Oxford.
ALDY IS IN FIFTH YEAR: Ron Aldy is in his fifth year at the helm of the Lady Rebel basketball program. After having achieved success on every level as either a head coach or an assistant coach, Aldy has used his knowledge and love of the game to bring the storied Ole Miss basketball program back to national prominence. He has dedicated himself to making Ole Miss a winner on and off the court. Aldy has guided the Lady Rebels to postseason play in two of his four seasons in Oxford. He led Ole Miss to a 17-13 overall record and a trip to the WNIT in 2000-01. Off the court, the Lady Rebels have made tremendous strides academically and in the community, as well. Ole Miss has placed six players on the SEC Academic Honor Roll in each of the last three seasons. Since Aldy came to Oxford, all of his outgoing seniors have received their bachelor's degrees with the exception of one, who will graduate in December. Aldy and his staff have seen to it that the Lady Rebels get involved in the Oxford community. The Ole Miss players have helped build a community playground, visited the elderly and participated in many other activities in the area.
LADY REBELS ON SUPERTALK MISSISSIPPI 105.5 FM: This season 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. Brad Daniels begins his first season as the "Voice of the Lady Rebels". Daniels replaces Gary Darby who worked with the Lady Rebels for the past 10 seasons. Daniels currently serves as news and sports director at WQLJ-FM 93.7 in Oxford.
DOWELL, MYATT JOIN LADY REBEL STAFF: During the offseason, Aldy added two people to the Lady Rebel staff. Kim Dowell joined the program as an assistant coach and Becky Myatt turned in her playing shoes for a clipboard as she is now a graduate administrative aide for Ole Miss. Dowell comes to Oxford from her alma mater, UT-Arlington, where she served as an assistant coach for the past five seasons. She replaces Carol Sensley, a member of the staff for the past two seasons, who left to take the head coaching position with the McNeese State University women's basketball program. Myatt, who earned four letters under Aldy, is the Lady Rebel career leader in three-point field goals made and attemtped. She joined the 1,000 point club as a senior as she tallied 1,193 points during her Ole Miss career. Myatt's primary duties will be coordinating film exchange and maintaining correspondence with Alumni and Lady Rebel supporters.
LADY REBELS TAME HOUSTON JAGUARS IN SECOND EXHIBITION: Ole Miss drilled the Houston Jaguars, 83-53, in their second and final exhibition game of the 2001-02 season. The Lady Rebels were led by sophomore forward Tywanna Inmon who scored 14 points and grabbed 15 rebounds. Joining Inmon in double figures was freshman guard Carletta Brown with 14 points. Brown was 4-for-6 from behind the three point line and added three assists and two steals in her 20 minutes of action. Freshman forward/center Amber Watts collected 12 rebounds and senior guard Sherika Wright contributed eight points, four steals and three assists in the effort.
OLE MISS FALLS TO AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT IN FIRST EXHIBITION GAME: The Lady Rebels dropped their exhibition opener to the Australian Institute of Sport 86-79. Senior Sherika Wright led four Lady Rebels in double figures with 15 points. Also scoring in double digits were freshman Carletta Brown with 14 points, senior Von Kirk with 13 points and freshman Ally Kelly added 11.
SCOUTING TENNESSEE TECH: Tennessee Tech opens the season at home versus the Lady Rebels. The Golden Eaglettes defeated Der Helder (Holland), 76-56, in their lone exhibition contest. Senior forward Janet Holt, an All-American candidate, led TTU with 34 points and 10 rebounds. Also scoring in double figures were senior guard Allison Clark with 12 points and junior guard Wendi Hartsfield with 10 points. The Golden Eaglettes recorded a 24-6 record during the 2000-01 season. Holt led the charge by averaging 24.6 points and 9.8 rebounds per outing. She was named the 2001 Ohio Valley Conference Player-of-the-Year. It was the second straight year for her to earn the honor. Holt has scored 1,706 points in her three-year career and has recorded 717 rebounds. In addition to Holt, Tennessee Tech returns two other starters from last season's Ohio Valley Conference regular season championship team in senior guards Allison Clark and Misty Garrett. Clark averaged 12.4 points per game last season, while Garrett chipped in 6.4 points and added 5.6 rebounds per contest.
SERIES RECORD: This will be the 16th meeting between the two schools. Ole Miss holds a 12-3 advantage in the series, but dropped last year's contest to the Golden Eaglettes 71-56 in Oxford.
OLE MISS VS. TENNESSEE SCHOOLS: Ole Miss owns a 77-58 record (.571 winning percentage) versus schools from the Volunteer state. The following is a list of schools from Tennessee that Ole Miss has played and their record against those schools.
Team RecordBelmont 2-0Chattanooga 2-0Lambuth 1-0Memphis 28-11Middle Tennessee 13-2Tennessee 7-24Tennessee-Martin 0-1Tennessee State 1-0Tennessee Tech 12-3Vanderbilt 11-17Total 77-58OLE MISS VS. THE OVC: The Lady Rebels own a 19-4 all-time record (.826 winning percentage) against the Ohio Valley Conference. The following are the OVC schools the Lady Rebels have faced and their records against those schools.
Team RecordAustin Peay 3-0Murray State 2-0Southeast Missouri 1-0Tennessee-Martin 0-1Tennessee State 1-0Tennessee Tech 12-3Total 19-4LADY REBELS FROM TENNESSEE: The Lady Rebels only have one player on the roster from the state of Tennessee. Sophomore guard/forward Tenisha Gist hails from Athens. Of the 11 players on Tennessee Tech's roster, all 11 are from the Volunteer state. Graduate administrative aide Becky Myatt also calls Tennessee home. Myatt is a native of Bon Aqua.
SEASON OPENERS: Ole Miss has compiled an impressive record in season openers in the history of the program. The Lady Rebels are 23-4 in season-opening games and defeated Radford 91-62 in last season's opeing game.
KIRK MOVING UP THE CHARTS: Lady Rebel senior Von Kirk is moving up the Ole Miss charts in several categories. Kirk, in just two years, has made 87 three pointers, good for sixth-place on the career Lady Rebel chart. The 5-10 senior needs just one more three point basket to tie Christie Sides for fifth place on the list and just 13 to catch Kim Gilchrist for fourth place. Becky Myatt is on top of the chart with 232 three point baskets. Kirk has scored 526 points in her two-year Lady Rebel career. She needs to average nearly 16.0 a game during her final year in Oxford to reach the 1,000 point club.
STREAK STILL ALIVE: Ole Miss hit 14 three-pointers against Western Kentucky in the first round of the WNIT. They have now hit at least one three-pointer in 204 consecutive games. The NCAA record for consecutive games with at least one three-pointer is held by Louisville, who has hit a three-pointer in 290 straight games, dating back to 1991.
MOST WINS UNDER ALDY: Four starters and nine letterwinners return from the 2000-01 team that recorded 17 wins. The 17 victories are the most wins by a Lady Rebel team under Coach Ron Aldy. The 1998-99 team finished 15-13 and made the WNIT. The 17 wins in a season are also the most wins since the 1995-96 season, when Ole Miss went 18-11 and made the NCAA Tournament.
LADY REBELS RECEIVE VOTES IN ASSOCIATED PRESS POLL: Ole Miss received one vote in the preseason Associated Press Top 25 poll. The Lady Rebels are among the "others receiving votes". They did not receive any votes in the preseason USA Today/ESPN Top 25 poll.
IMPRESSIVE OUTSIDE THE SEC: The Lady Rebels have compiled an impressive record outside the Southeastern Conference in regular-season play since. Ole Miss owns a 133-29 record (.821 winning percentage) versus non-conference opponents since 1990. The Lady Rebels' best non-conference record during that time came during the 1991-92 SEC Championship season, as they compiled a 15-1 mark versus non-conference foes. The Lady Rebels' were nearly as good last season as they went 12-1 against non-SEC challengers. The Lady Rebels have an overall 47-7 record (.870 winning percentage) versus the non-conference opponents on this year's slate.
OLE MISS MAKING THE GRADE: The Lady Rebels placed six players on the 2001 SEC Academic Honor Roll. Tennessee led the conference with seven players on the honor roll. In each of Ron Aldy's four years, Ole Miss has ranked in the top three in the SEC with the number of players on the honor roll. Takela Corbitt, Shayla Day, Von Kirk, TaShondrea Moton, Stephanie Murphy and Becky Myatt were all named to the 2001 SEC Academic Honor Roll. Myatt received the honor for the third-straight year.
OLE MISS OPENS AT HOME AGAINST MURRAY STATE: Ole Miss will open their 2001-02 home season against the Murray State Lady Racers on Nov. 19, at 7 p.m. in Tad Smith Coliseum. The Lady Rebels lead 2-0 in the all-time series versus Murray State, including last year's 85-45 victory. Saundra Jackson led Ole Miss in scoring with 18 points, while Kayla Madewell and TaShondrea Moton had seven boards a piece.
STARTING OUT STRONG: Last season the Lady Rebels stormed out to an 11-0 start to the season. The last time Ole Miss started the season 11-0 was during the 1988-89 season, when the Lady Rebels started the season 13-0 before losing at Tennessee, 68-61. Ole Miss went on to advance to the NCAA Elite Eight that year.
COMMON OPPONENTS: Tennessee Tech and Ole Miss share three common opponents during the 2001-02 season. Both teams will square off against Middle Tennessee, Mississippi State and Murray State.
TIP-INS: Two members of the Lady Rebel program celebrate their birthdays in the month of November. Head Coach Ron Aldy blew out his candles on November 9, and senior guard Sherika Wright will celebrate her 22nd birthday on November 22.
LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION: Ole Miss will appear on television twice this year. The Sunshine Network will air Ole Miss' game at Florida on Jan. 20, 2002. FoxSportsNetSouth will televise the Lady Rebels' game against Mississippi State on Jan. 27 in Tad Smith Coliseum and Comcast Sports Southeast will televise the Lady Rebels' final home game of the season versus Tennessee on Feb. 21.
TRAVELING WITH THE LADY REBELS: Ole Miss will log plenty of miles during the 2001-02 season. The Lady Rebels will travel as far west as Bozeman, Mont., and as far east as Philadelphia, Pa. In between those two trips will be a trip south to Orlando, Fla. All of these trips come on the heels of Ole Miss' tour of Canada last May.
