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Ole Miss Women's Basketball Game Notes
11/26/2001 | Women's Basketball
Nov. 26, 2001
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GAMEDAY INFORMATION
Date: Tuesday, November 27, 2001
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Site: Tad Smith Coliseum, Oxford, Miss.
LADY REBEL GAME NOTES
OLE MISS HOSTS UALR: The Lady Rebels (3-1) return to Tad Smith Coliseum on Tuesday night to host the Arkansas-Little Rock Trojans (1-3). Game time is set for 7 p.m.
ALDY IS IN FIFTH YEAR: Ron Aldy is in his fifth year (59-61 at Ole Miss, 138-102 all-time) 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 and Gary Darby are sharing the play-by-play duties this season. Darby is in his 10th year as the "Voice of the Lady Rebels". Daniels, in his first year with Ole Miss, currently serves as news and sports director at WQLJ-FM 93.7 in Oxford.
LADY REBELS CAPTURE GRAN TREE THANKSGIVING CLASSIC TITLE: Ole Miss defeated Montana State, 66-59, and UW-Milwuakee, 74-57, to claim the 2001 Gran Tree Thanksgiving Classic title. The Lady Rebels used a balanced scoring attack in the tournament as five different players scored in double figures over the weekend. Senior Von Kirk was named MVP of the tournament and freshman Ally Kelly joined Kirk on the All-Tournament team. In addition to playing in the tournament, the Ole Miss team also took in the sights of the beautiful state of Montana. The Lady Rebels spent Thanksgiving Day at Big Sky ski resort.
SCOUTING ARKANSAS-LITTLE ROCK: The Trojans enter the game against Ole Miss with a 1-3 record. UALR lost its two games at the Southwest Texas Classic over the weekend. The Trojans fell to host Southwest Texas, 71-42, in their first round game and dropped the consolation game to High Point, 77-59. UALR is led by a pair of sophomore forwards, Alicia Cash and Roberta Sarti, who both average 13 points and 5 rebounds a game. Cash scored a career-high 29 points in UALR's lone win of the season over Texas-Pan American.
SERIES RECORD: This will be the third meeting between the two schools. Ole Miss holds a 2-0 advantage in the series. Ole Miss defeated the Trojans 76-74 in Little Rock last year. The Lady Rebels also defeated the Trojans, 68-56, in Oxford during the 1999-00 season. Please see page 3 for a recap of last meeting between the two schools.
OLE MISS VS. ARKANSAS SCHOOLS: Ole Miss owns a 20-6 record (.769 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.
Team RecordArkansas 11-4Arkansas-Little Rock 2-0Arkansas State 6-2Total 20-6
OLE MISS VS. THE SUN BELT CONFERENCE: The Lady Rebels own a 22-8 all-time record (.733 winning percentage) against the Sun Belt Conference. The following are the Sun Belt schools Ole Miss has faced and their records against those schools.
Team RecordArkansas-Little Rock 2-0Arkansas State 6-2Florida International 2-0Louisiana Tech 1-3New Orleans 6-0South Alabama 2-0Western Kentucky 2-3Total 22-8
OLE MISS-UALR TIES: The Lady Rebels have three players on this year's team from the state of Arkansas. Juniors Leah Henley and Kayla Madewell hail from Warren and Farmington respectively, and sophomore Tywanna Inmon is from West Memphis. Arkansas-Little Rock. UALR does not field any players from the state of Mississippi, however assistant coach Brooks Donald is a 2000 graduate of Mississippi State.
COMMON OPPONENTS: Ole Miss and Arkansas-Little Rock share three common opponents in Arkansas State, South Alabama and Middle Tennessee. Ole Miss will play Arkansas State in Jonesboro on Dec. 7. They will take on South Alabama in the Central Florida Holiday Classic and travel to Murfreesboro, Tenn. to take on Middle Tennessee in their next game. UALR will play at South Alabama on Jan. 19 and will play both Arkansas State and Middle Tennessee two times during the season.
OLE MISS SUCCESSFUL IN REGULAR SEASON TOURNAMENTS: Ole Miss owns a 109-26 record in regular season tournaments. The Lady Rebels have won 37 tournament titles, including the 2001 Gran Tree Thanksgiving Classic. The Lady Rebels defeated Montana State and UW-Milwaukee to claim the title last weekend.
KIRK FOR MVP: Senior Von Kirk was named Most Valuable Player of the Gran Tree Thanksgiving Classic last weekend. Kirk averaged 13 points, 7 rebounds and 3 steals a game during the two-day tournament. The honor was Kirk's first MVP award of a regular-season tournament. It was her second time to earn All-Tournament honors, though as she was named to the Howard Bank Classic All-Tournament team last season.
KIRK MOVING UP THE CHARTS: Lady Rebel senior Von Kirk is moving up the Ole Miss charts in three-point shooting. Kirk, in just over two years, has made 92 three pointers, good for fifth-place on the career Lady Rebel chart. The 5-10 senior needs just eight more three point basket to catch Kim Gilchrist for fourth place. Becky Myatt is on top of the chart with 232 three point baskets.
OLE MISS WINS HOME OPENER: The Lady Rebels got on the board in the win column with Monday night's 78-58 victory over Murray State. Senior Sherika Wright led the charge with 17 points and five assists. Also in double figures for Ole Miss was sophomore Tywanna Inmon with 13 points and five steals.
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 Janet Holt 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.
STREAK STILL ALIVE: Ole Miss hit 12 three-pointers against UW-Milwaukee in the championship game of the Gran Tree Thanksgiving Classic. They have now hit at least one three-pointer in 208 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.
TAKE IT AWAY: Sophomore Tywanna Inmon had a career high five steals in the Lady Rebels' win over Murray State. Inmon's previous career high was three, which she had against four teams last season.
MACHINE GUN KELLY: Ole Miss freshman Ally Kelly has been impressive in her first season of college basketball. Kelly is currently leading Ole Miss in scoring with an 11.0 points per game average. She was recently named to the All-Tournament team at the Gran Tree Thanksgiving Classic. She has led Ole Miss in scoring twice this season with 15 points in the opening loss to Tennesse Tech and 19 in their most recent win against UW-Milwaukee. Kelly has been exceptionally strong from the three-point line making 10-of-20 shots from behind the arc.
BLOCK PARTY: Lady Rebel freshman forward/center Amber Watts is quickly becoming a defensive force int he paint. Watts, who stands 6-3, has collected an impressive 11 blocks in her first four collegiate games. With Watts in the middle Ole Miss has recoreded 20 blocks in their first four games after only getting 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 (11), Carletta Brown (5) , Elizabeth Cansdale (3) and Amber Watts (3) are averaging 22 points per game, good for 33% of the team's total points average. Kelly's 11 points per game average is currently the best on the team.
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 59-17 all-time (776 winning percentage) in the month of November, including a 4-0 record during the 2000-01 season.
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 136-30 record (.819 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 50-8 record (.862 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.
TIP-INS: Two members of the Lady Rebel program celebrate their birthdays in the month of November. Head Coach Ron Aldy had his day on November 9, and senior guard Sherika Wright celebrated 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.
