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Ole Miss Women's Basketball Game Notes
11/19/2001 | Women's Basketball
Nov. 19, 2001
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GAMEDAY INFORMATION
DATE: November 19, 2001
TIME: 7:00 p.m.
SITE: Tad Smith Coliseum
RADIO: WTNM 105.5 FM
LADY REBEL GAME NOTES
LADY REBELS HOST LADY RACERS IN HOME OPENER: The Lady Rebels will host Murray State in their 2001-02 home opener. Game time is set for 7 p.m., Monday, Nov. 19 at Tad Smith Coliseum.
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.
LADY REBELS DROP OPENER TO TENNESSEE TECH: Ole Miss came up short in their first game of the season as they fell to Tennessee Tech, 77-55, on Friday, Nov. 16. The Lady Rebels were tied with the Golden Eaglettes, 30-30, at halftime behind freshman Ally Kelly's 11 first-half points. Senior All-American candidate led Tennessee Tech to the victory by scoring 25 of her 41 points in the second half. Kelly finished the game with 15 points and three steals. Senior Sherika Wright added nine points and four steals for Ole Miss and sophomore Tywanna Inmon chipped in nine points.
SCOUTING MURRAY STATE: The Lady Racers enter the game with a 1-0 record after defeating Brescia 72-55 in their season-opener. Senior forward Susan Tackett led four Lady Racers in double-figures with 15 points. Freshmen RiQuita Thomas, Rebecca Remington and Brittany Park each added 10 points. Senior post/forward Denise McDonald pulled down a team-high eight rebounds, while senior guard Eniko Verebes handed out a game-high eight assists and four steals.
SERIES RECORD: This will be the third meeting between the two schools. Ole Miss holds a 2-0 advantage in the series, and won last year's contest at Murray State, 85-45. The two schools met for the first time during the 1984-85 season with Ole Miss claiming an 81-52 victory in the first round of the Lady Rebel Classic. Please see page 3 for a recap of last year's game.
OLE MISS VS. KENTUCKY SCHOOLS: Ole Miss owns a 20-7 record (.741 winning percentage) versus schools from the Bluegrass state. The following is a list of schools from Kentucky that Ole Miss has played and their record against those schools.
Team RecordKentucky 16-4Murray State 2-0Western Kentucky 2-3Total 20-7OLE MISS VS. THE OVC: The Lady Rebels own a 19-5 all-time record (.792 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 12-4Total 19-4OLE MISS-MURRAY STATE TIES: The Lady Rebels do not field any Kentucky natives on this year's squad and likewise, Murray Sate does not have any Mississippi natives on their roster.
HOME OPENERS: Ole Miss has compiled an impressive record in home openers in the history of the program. The Lady Rebels are 25-2 in home-opening games and defeated West Alabama, 94-45, in last season's first game in Tad Smith Coliseum. The last time Ole Miss was unsuccessful in a home opener was during the 1998-99 season when the Lady Rebels fell to Clemson, 76-54.
KIRK MOVING UP THE CHARTS: Lady Rebel senior Von Kirk is moving up the Ole Miss charts in three-point shooting. 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.
STREAK STILL ALIVE: Ole Miss hit four three-pointers against Tennessee Tech in the season-opener. They have now hit at least one three-pointer in 205 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.
GRAND DEBUT: Ole Miss freshman Ally Kelly made an impressive debut in the Lady Rebels' season-opening loss at Tennessee Tech. Kelly, from Austin, Texas, led Ole Miss in scoring with 15 points. She made 5-of-9 shots from the field, including 4-of-6 from three-point range. She also added three steals.
BLOCK PARTY: Lady Rebel freshman forward/center Amber Watts also had an impressive debut with four blocks against Tennessee Tech. Watts, who stands 6-3, teamed with seniors TaShondrea Moton and Von Kirk to tally six blocks for Ole Miss. The Lady Rebels' only recorded 38 blocks all of last season.
YOUNG GUNS: Ole Miss is getting strong play from its freshman class so far in this young season. Ally Kelly (15), Carletta Brown (6) and Amber Watts (4) scored 25 of Ole Miss' 55 points in the season opener against Tennessee Tech. The trio along with Elizabeth Cansdale also contributed nine rebounds, three assists, four blocks and four steals.
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.
NOVEMBER NUMBERS: The Lady Rebels are 56-17 all-time (767 winning percentage) in the month of November, including a 4-0 record during the 2000-01 season.
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 133-30 record (.816 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.
COMMON OPPONENTS: Murray State and Ole Miss share only one common opponent during the 2001-02 season. Both teams have Tennessee Tech on their schedule. The Lady Rebels dropped their season-opener to the Golden Eaglettes 77-55, and Murray State will face them twice as they are both in the Ohio Valley Conference.
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.
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.
