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Ole Miss Women's Basketball Game Notes
11/13/2002 | Women's Basketball
Nov. 13, 2002
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GAME DAY QUICK FACTS
Radio: WTNM Supertalk Mississippi (105.5 FM). Broadcasts beginning 15 minutes prior to the scheduled tip-off. Brad Daniels is in his second season as the "Voice of the Lady Rebels". Exhibition games will not be broadcast.
Rankings: None
Series: This is the first meeting between the two teams.
Coaches: Ole Miss head coach Ron Aldy is 67-78 in his sixth season with the Lady Rebels and owns a 146-118 overall record in his nine years as a head coach. TJ Sokol is coached by Jiri Ruzicka.
Officials: Announced on game day.
LADY REBEL PROBABLE STARTERS
| No. | Pos. | Name | Yr. | Ht. | Ppg. | Rpg. |
| 11 | G | Carletta Brown | So. | 5-4 | 7.4 | 1.6 |
| 02 | G | Tenisha Gist | Jr. | 5-10 | 3.1 | 2.0 |
| 22 | F | Leah Henley | Sr. | 5-9 | 1.3 | 1.2 |
| 34 | F | Tywanna Inmon | Jr. | 6-1 | 5.9 | 4.8 |
| 33 | C | Amber Watts | So. | 6-3 | 5.4 | 4.9 |
LADY REBELS OFF THE BENCH
| No. | Pos. | Name | Yr. | Ht. | Ppg. | Rpg. |
| 05 | G | Elizabeth Cansdale | So. | 5-8 | 1.3 | 0.4 |
| 12 | F | Erin Newsom# | Jr. | 6-2 | -- | -- |
| 20 | G | Ashley Johnson | Fr. | 5-9 | -- | -- |
| 21 | G | Genice Terry | Jr. | 5-9 | -- | -- |
| 23 | F | Candice Holley^ | Jr. | 6-2 | -- | -- |
| 25 | F | Tia Watson | Jr. | 5-11 | -- | -- |
| 32 | F | Ellen Buchanan | Fr. | 5-11 | -- | -- |
| 45 | C | Marie Deparrois* | Fr. | 6-4 | -- | -- |
^ not eligible until the end of the first semester due to transfer rules
* not eligible pending NCAA ruling
Pronunciation: GIST (hard G as in 'Gift'), HOLLEY (HAUL-lee), TYWANNA (tuh-WANNA), DEPARROIS (dep-ah-WAH)
GAME DAY HEADLINES
* Thursday's game will be TJ Sokol's seventh of their nine game tour. The visitors from the Czech Republic have played at Oklahoma State, Stephen F. Austin, LSU, Alcorn State, Mississippi State and Arkansas State. They have remaining games at Louisiana Tech and Centenary College.
* Ole Miss is 1-0 in exhibition games this season after defeating West Alabama, 94-57, on Saturday. The Lady Rebels were 1-1 in exhibition games last season. They fell to the Basketball Travelers from Australia, 79-86, and defeated the Houston Jaguars, 83-53. w TJ Sokol's players' average age is 24. Center Jana Holinkova is the youngest, checking in at 17, while forward Petra Prochazkova is the oldest player at 32.
* If TJ Sokol's players' names all sound familiar, that is because each of the 11 players on their roster last names end in "ova". TJ Sokol also fields three players with the first name Jana and two with the first name Petra.
TJ SOKOL
| No. | Name | Pos. | Cl. | Ht. | Hometown/Previous School |
| 05 | Jana Mergancova | F | -- | 5-10 | Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic |
| 06 | Petra Prochazkova | G/F | -- | 5-10 | Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic |
| 09 | Monika Prausova | F | -- | 5-11 | Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic |
| 10 | Katerina Fraiova | F/C | -- | 6-1 | Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic |
| 11 | Jana Hradilova | F | -- | 5-11 | Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic |
| 12 | Martina Fridrichova | F | -- | 5-11 | Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic |
| 13 | Klara Ziklova | F/C | -- | 6-1 | Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic |
| 14 | Petra Miejnikova | F | -- | 5-11 | Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic |
| 16 | Simona Romsyova | F/C | -- | 6-1 | Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic |
| 17 | Jana Holinkova | C | -- | 6-5 | Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic |
| 18 | Llona Burgrova | C | -- | 6-6 | Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic |
Head Coach: Jiri Ruzicka
Team Manager: Vladimir Lunacek
Team Doctor: Milan Vesely
Basketball Travelers Representatives: Bob and Donna Lepse
LAST TIME OUT
Ole Miss defeated West Alabama, 94-57, in their exhibition opener. Sophomore Elizabeth Cansdale led the Lady Rebels with 16 points, including three three-pointers. Sophomore Amber Watts posted a double-double with 15 points and 18 rebounds. Watts also recorded four blocks. Sophomore Carletta Brown and junior Tia Watson added 14 points each, while freshman Ashley Johnson chipped in 11.
ALDY IS IN SIXTH YEAR
Ron Aldy is in his sixth year (67-78) 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 is using 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 five 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 three of the last four seasons. Since Aldy came to Oxford, all of his outgoing seniors have received their bachelor's degrees with the exception of three, one of whom will graduate in December and the other two in May. 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.
OLE MISS OPENS REGULAR AT HOME AGAINST SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY
Ole Miss will open their 2002-03 regular season against the Southern University Jaguars on Nov. 25, at 7 p.m. in Tad Smith Coliseum. The Lady Rebels lead 5-0 in the all-time series versus Southern. Ole Miss won the last meeting between the two schools, 90-43, on Feb. 1, 1995, in Baton Rouge.
SEVEN NEWCOMERS JOIN LADY REBELS IN 2002-03
New faces will abound as the 2002-03 Lady Rebel basketball season gets underway. The new players have arrived on the roster in a variety of ways. In the traditional mold, making their collegiate debuts will be freshman Ellen Buchanan and Ashley Johnson. In the not so traditional route, fellow freshman Marie Deparrois arrives in Oxford via Bourges, France. Deparrois is Ole Miss' first women's basketball international player. Junior college transfers Genice Terry and Tia Watson will joining the team as juniors. Two other newcomers will be listed as juniors in Candice Holley, a transfer from the University of Cincinnati, and Erin Newsom, an Ole Miss volleyball player playing her first season of collegiate basketball. Per NCAA transfer rules, Holley isn't eligible to suit up for game action until the completion of the fall semester on Dec. 13. Newsom will not join the team until the completion of the Ole Miss volleyball season on Nov. 17. Deparrois is awaiting word from the NCAA regarding her eligibility.
