The University of Mississippi Athletics
Women's Basketball Game Notes
12/1/2002 | Women's Basketball
Dec. 1, 2002
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LADY REBEL PROBABLE STARTERS
| No. | Pos. | Name | Yr. | Ht. | Ppg. | Rpg. |
| 11 | G | Carletta Brown | So. | 5-4 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
| 2 | G | Tenisha Gist | Jr. | 5-10 | 13.5 | 7.0 |
| 22 | F | Leah Henley | Sr. | 5-9 | 3.0 | 4.0 |
| 25 | F | Tia Watson | Jr. | 5-11 | 5.0 | 6.0 |
| 33 | C | Amber Watts | So. | 6-3 | 13.5 | 11.0 |
LADY REBELS OFF THE BENCH
| No. | Pos. | Name | Yr. | Ht. | Ppg. | Rpg. |
| 5 | G | Elizabeth Cansdale | So. | 5-8 | 11.0 | 3.5 |
| 12 | F | Erin Newsom | Jr. | 6-2 | 5.5 | 3.0 |
| 20 | G | Ashley Johnson | Fr. | 5-9 | 5.0 | 3.0 |
| 21 | G | Genice Terry | Jr. | 5-9 | 2.5 | 0.5 |
| 23 | F | Candice Holley | Jr. | 6-2 | -- | -- |
| 32 | F | Ellen Buchanan | Fr. | 5-11 | 9.0 | 2.5 |
| 34 | C | Tywanna Inmon | Jr. | 6-1 | 14.0 | 5.0 |
| 45 | C | Marie Deparrois | Fr. | 6-4 | -- | -- |
STATISTICAL COMPARISON
| Ole Miss | Category | Illinois-Chicago |
| 78.5 | Points Per Game | 65.0 |
| 50.0 | Opp. Points Per Game | 50.3 |
| 42.7 | Field Goal Pct. | 37.4 |
| 29.3 | Opp. Field Goal Pct. | 35.5 |
| 68.9 | Free Throw Pct. | 60.8 |
| 66.7 | Opp. Free Throw Pct. | 66.7 |
| 31.1 | 3-Point Field Goals | 26.2 |
| 26.7 | Opp. 3-Point Field Goals | 12.2 |
| 53.5 | Rebounds | 41.0 |
| 31.5 | Opp. Rebounds | 38.3 |
| 20.0 | Assists | 13.0 |
| 18.5 | Turnovers | 19.0 |
| 2.0 | Blocked Shots | 3.7 |
| 8.5 | Steals | 15.7 |
GAME DAY QUICK FACTS
Rankings: None
Series: This will be the first meeting between Ole Miss and Illinois-Chicago.
Coaches: Ole Miss head coach Ron Aldy is 69-78 in his sixth season with the Lady Rebels and owns a 148-118 overall record in his nine years as a head coach. Illinois-Chicago head coach Lisa Ryckbosch is in her first season with the Flames and has a 3-0 record. This is her first season as a head coach.
GAME DAY HEADLINES
* Ole Miss and UIC will play in the championship game of the UIC Thanksgiving Tournament. Both teams defeated Morgan State to advance to Sunday's title game.
* Ole Miss is 2-0 on the season for the first time since the 2000-01 season, when the Lady Rebels posted 11-straight wins to start the season.
* Sophomore Amber Watts tied a career-high 20 points against Morgan State on Saturday. Tenisha Gist recorded a career-high eight assists versus the Lady Bears and also tied a career high with seven rebounds.
* Ole Miss has had six different players score in double figures so far this season. Tywanna Inmon (14 vs. Southern), Tenisha Gist (14 vs. Southern, 13 vs. Morgan State), Amber Watts (20 vs. Morgan State), Erin Newsom (11 vs. Morgan State), Ellen Buchanan (15 vs. Morgan State), and Elizabeth Cansdale (10 vs. Southern, 12 vs. Morgan State) have all scored in double digits.
LADY REBEL GAME NOTES
LAST TIME OUT: The Lady Rebels cruised past Morgan State, 91-47, to open play at the UIC Thanksgiving Tournament. Sophomore Amber Watts narrowly missed a double-double as she posted 20 points in nine rebounds in just 18 minutes of action. Watts was joined in double figures by freshman Ellen Buchanan (15), juniors Tenisha Gist (13) and Erin Newsom (11) and sophomore Elizabeth Cansdale (12). Junior Tia Watson led the Lady Rebels on the boards with 10 rebounds and Gist led Ole Miss in assists with a career-high eight dimes.
ALDY IS IN SIXTH YEAR: Ron Aldy is in his sixth year (69-78) 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.
SCOUTING ILLINOIS-CHICAGO: Illinois-Chicago is 3-0 on the season having posted wins over Northwestern (58-53), Akron (65-53) and Morgan State (72-45). The Flames were 15-15 during the 2001-02 season and return three starters and seven overall letterwinners. UIC finished seventh in Horizon League play a year ago, finishing with a 6-10 record. They are led by the one-two punch of LeKesha Williams and Jaysie Chambers. Williams is averaging 20.7 points per game, while Chambers averages a double-double with 12.7 points and 10.0 boards per contest. Senior Zsuzsa Tarnai adds 8.0 points and 3.7 rebounds off the bench.
COMMON OPPONENTS: Illinois-Chicago and Ole Miss will share three common opponents during the 2002-03 season. Both teams played Morgan State in the UIC Thanksgiving Tournament. UIC defeated Morgan State, 72-45, while Ole Miss. Both teams will also take on Western Kentucky and Alabama.
OLE MISS-UIC TIES: Ole Miss does not field any natives of Illinois and UIC does not field any Mississippi natives. Lady Rebel forward Tia Watson and UIC center Rhonda Geyer played together at Westark Community College in Westark, Ark., before transferring to their respective schools.
OLE MISS VS. ILLINOIS SCHOOLS: Ole Miss is 2-0 (1.000 winning percentage) versus schools in the state of Illinois. The following is a list of schools from Illinois that Ole Miss has played and their record against those schools. Today's game will mark the first time a Ron Aldy coached team has faced a team from the state of Illinois.
Team RecordLoyola-Chicago 1-0Southern Illinois 1-0Total 2-0
OLE MISS VS. THE HORIZON LEAGUE: The Lady Rebels have posted an overall record of 4-0 (1.000 winning percentage) against the Horizon League. Illinois-Chicago will be the fifth Horizon League team Ole Mis has faced in the history of the program. The following is a list of schools from the Horizon League that Ole Miss has played and their record against those schools. Lady Rebel head coach Ron Aldy owns a 1-0 record against teams from the Horizon League as Ole Miss defeated UW-Milwaukee, 74-57, at the Gran Tree Thanksgiving Classic last season.
Team RecordButler 1-0Loyola-Chicago 1-0Wisconsin-Milwaukee 1-0Wright State 1-0Total 4-0
GIST HAS CAREER DAY AGAINST SOUTHERN: Junior Tenisha Gist posted several career highs in the Lady Rebels' season opening 66-53 win over Southern University. Gist's set new marks in points (14), field goal attempts (9), three-point field goal attempts (4) and minutes played (30). She also tied career highs in assists (4) and rebounds (7).
WATSON EARNS FIRST START: Junior college transfer Tia Watson started things off right. Watson earned her first career start in her first career game at Ole Miss. The 5-11 forward recorded three points, three assists, two rebounds and one steal in 16 minutes of action. Watson was impressive in exhibition action for the Lady Rebels as she scored 11 points and grabbed seven rebounds versus TJ Sokol and had 14 points and eight boards against West Alabama.
CROSSING OVER: Junior forward Erin Newsom recently joined the Ole Miss women's basketball team after completing her four-year Lady Rebel career in volleyball and scored 11 points and grabbed six rebounds in just her second game. Newsom, a 6-2 Argyle, Texas native, was a standout basketball player at Northwest High School before deciding to play volleyball in college. She was the starting middle blocker on the Lady Rebel volleyball team and was a team captain in 2002. She will have two seasons of basketball eligibility. Newsom is one of two two-sport athletes on the volleyball team as junior setter Jade Polonich also plays golf at Ole Miss.
DOUBLING UP: Sophomore center Amber Watts tallied her third career double-digit rebounding game in the season-opener against Southern. Watts grabbed a career-high 13 caroms in the win over the Jaguars. The 13 rebounds marks the third time in Watts' young career that she posted 10 or more rebounds as she tallied 12 last year versus Fairleigh Dickinson and 10 against Temple. For the season, Watts is averaging a double-double as she records 13.5 points and 11.0 rebounds per conetst.
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.
SWEET NOVEMBER: The Lady Rebels have compiled a 65-18 all time record in the month of November, including a 4-1 record last season. Ole Miss will play just two games in the month of November during the 2002-03 season. The Lady Rebels were undeated for the month of November during the 2002 season as they defeated Southern, 66-53, on Nov. 25 and Morgan State, 91-47, in the first round of the Illinois-Chicago Thanksgiving Tournament on Nov. 30.
600 ON THE HORIZON: With 586 all time wins in the history of the Lady Rebel program, Ole Miss will be searching for its 600th victory during the 2002-03 season. The Lady Rebels have put together 586 wins to just 271 losses in the 29 seasons in Oxford.
LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION: Ole Miss will appear on television three times this year. FoxSportsNetSouth will televise the Lady Rebels' game against Auburn on Feb. 2 in Tad Smith Coliseum and Comcast Sports Southeast will televise the Lady Rebels' game at Tennessee on Feb. 6. The Sunshine Network will air Ole Miss' game at Florida on Feb. 27.
TRAVELING WITH THE LADY REBELS: Ole Miss will log plenty of miles during the 2002-03 season. The Lady Rebels will travel as north to Chicago for the Illinois-Chicago Thanksgiving Tournament. Sunshine awaits Ole Miss at both the Sun Splash Shootout in Nassau, Bahamas and the Sun-N-Fun Classic in Miami.
TIP-INS: Head Coach Ron Aldy celebrated his birthday on November 9. Senior Leah Henley got engaged this fall to Rebel football player Rick Razzano. Razzano popped the question during the Rebel Walk through the Grove prior to the Sept. 14 Memphis game. Henley joins fellow Lady Rebel Tywanna Inmon as future brides. Inmon is engaged to Ben Virges.
IMPRESSIVE OUTSIDE THE SEC: The Lady Rebels have compiled an impressive record outside the Southeastern Conference in regular-season play. Ole Miss owns a 143-34 record (.806 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.
