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Feb. 6, 2002

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GAMEDAY INFORMATION
Date: Sunday, February 3, 2002
Time: 2:00 p.m. (CT)
Site: Pete Maravich Assembly Center, Baton Rouge, La.
Radio: WTNM Supertalk Mississippi 105.5 FM

PROBABALE STARTING LINE-UPS
OLE MISS

No.	Player	Ht.	Yr.	Pos.	Hometown	PPG	RPG	APG
11	Carletta Brown	5-4	Fr.	G	Roxie, Miss.	7.0	1.4	1.9
13	Ally Kelly (Fr.)	5-6	Fr.	G	Austin, Texas.	11.0	2.0	1.4
20	TaShondrea Moton	5-10	Sr.	F	Prattville, Ala.	5.5	5.8	1.3
32	Von Kirk	5-10	Sr.	F	Huntsville, Ala.	9.9	4.1	1.8
34	Tywanna Inmon	6-1	So.	F	West Memphis, Ark.	6.3	4.8	0.9

Kentucky

No.	Player	Ht.	Yr.	Pos.	Hometown	PPG	RPG	APG
4	Rita Adams	5-8	Jr.	G	East St. Louis, Mo.	11.3	4.9	5.6
12	Danyelle Payne	5-9	So.	G	Washington, D.C.	4.4	2.4	1.6
21	LaTonya McDole	6-1	Sr.	F	Dayton, Ohio	8.3	6.3	1.8
30	Shambrica Jones	6-0	So.	F	Yazoo City, Miss.	5.0	2.6	0.9
53	SeSe Helm	6-4	So.	C	Bowling Green, Ky.	16.1	7.0	0.3

STATISTICAL COMPARISON

Ole Miss	Category	Kentucky
70.6	Points Per Game	64.5
67.3	Opp. Points Per Game	67.3
40.6	Field Goal Pct.	43.4
41.5	Opp. Field Goal Pct.	42.7
67.5	Free Throw Pct.	62.1
68.2	Opp. Free Throw Pct.	63.9
35.6	3-Point Field Goals	30.7
33.2	Opp. 3-Point Field Goals	32.1
40.1	Rebounds	36.0
38.7	Opp. Rebounds	36.6
14.5	Assists	14.0
18.4	Turnovers	22.1
3.4	Blocked Shots	2.1
10.2	Steals	12.2

LADY REBEL GAME NOTES

LADY REBELS HOST WILDCATS ON THURSDAY: The Lady Rebels (10-12, 2-7) will be looking to get back in the win column after falling at LSU, 81-70, on Sunday. Ole Miss went 1-1 last week with a win over No.23-ranked Auburn, 63-53, and the loss at No.25-ranked LSU. Ole Miss will take on Kentucky (8-13, 1-8) at 7 p.m., Thursday in Tad Smith Coliseum.

ALDY IN FIFTH YEAR: Ron Aldy is in his fifth year (66-73 at Ole Miss, 145-113 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 is in his first season as the "Voice of the Lady Rebels". Daniels currently serves as news and sports director at WQLJ-FM 93.7 in Oxford.

OLE MISS FALLS TO #25 LSU: The Lady Rebels played a strong first half against No. 25 LSU as they hit 6-of-12 three points shots and trailed at the half by just one point at 37-36. Ole Miss hit an eight minute scoring drought at the start the second half that proved to be too much to overcome as LSU outscored the Lady Rebels 19-3 during that span. Despite being down by as many as 16 last in the second half, Ole Miss never gave up and cut the lead to seven with just under a minute to play. Von Kirk hit a three with 48 seconds remaining but it was nullifed by an illegal screen, sending LSU to the free throw line instead. The Lady Tigers hit their free throws down the stretch for the 81-70 victory. Freshmen Ally Kelly and Carletta Brown, along with Kirk led Ole Miss in the game. Kelly had 19 points, Brown had 16 points and five assists and Kirk had 14 points. Kelly and Kirk both tallied four rebounds to lead UM on the boards.

SCOUTING KENTUCKY: The Wildcats of Kentucky are mired in a seven-game losing streak entering Thursday's contest at Ole Miss. UK (8-13, 1-8) opened the SEC season with a narrow loss to Mississippi State in Lexington, before clipping Alabama on the road, 63-63. Sensational sophomore Selia "SeSe" Helm leads the Wildcats in both scoring and rebounding as she averages 16.1 points and 7.0 boards per game. Junior point guard Rita Adams also averages double figures with 11.3 points per contest. Adams also grabs 4.9 rebounds per game and has 118 assists and 76 steals on the season. Senior LaTonya McDole averages 8.3 points and 6.3 caroms a game.

SERIES RECORD: This will be the 21st meeting between the two schools. Ole Miss leads the series 16-4. Ole Miss defeated the Wildcats 75-54 last season in Lexington. However, the UK won the teams last meeting in Oxford, as they handed the Lady Rebels a 59-57 loss during the 1999-00 season. Ole Miss head coach Ron Aldy is 3-2 vs. the Wildcats. See page three for a boxscore from the last meeting between the two schools.

OLE MISS VS. KENTUCKY SCHOOLS: Ole Miss owns a 21-7 record (.741 winning percentage) versus schools from teams from Bluegrass country. 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          3-0Western Kentucky      2-3Total                21-7

OLE MISS-KENTUCKY TIES: The Lady Rebels do not have any natives of Kentucky on their roster. However, UK fields on Mississippi native on their roster in sophomore Shambrica Jones. Jones attended Yazoo City High School in Yazoo City, Miss. Wildcat assistant coach Rick Griffith is a 1987 graduate of Mississippi College. Ole Miss sports information contact Katy Lonergan's sister Molly attends the University of Kentucky on a track and field scholarship.

COMMON OPPONENTS: Outside of the SEC schedule, Ole Miss and Kentucky have played just one common opponent in Temple. UK defeated the Owls in their season-opener, 65-55, in Lexington. Ole Miss lost to TU, 84-69, in the finals of the Temple University Classic on Dec. 31.

HOME SWEET HOME: Ole Miss has the pleasure of spending two weeks in beautiful Oxford, Miss., as they will play their second series of back-to-back home games of the 2001-02 season. After playing 14-of-22 games this season on the road, Ole Miss will be hosting Kentucky and Florida this week at Tad Smith Coliseum. The Tad Pad has been a good home for the Lady Rebels. Over the last 26 seasons, the Lady Rebels have compiled an impressive 294-65 record for an incredible winning percentage of .819. In their 26 seasons in the Tad Pad, the Lady Rebels have had four undefeated home seasons in 1978-79 (11-0), 1981-81 (17-0), 1983-84 (13-0) and 1991-92 (14-0). The Lady Rebels are 5-2 in Tad Smith Coliseum so far this season.

LADY REBELS DOING IT IN THE CLASSROOM: Ole Miss is making good marks in the classroom as well as the basketball court as seven Lady Rebels earned honor roll status. Freshman Ally Kelly made a perfect 4.0 grade point average in her first semester at Ole Miss, earning a spot on the Chancellor's Honor Roll (3.75-4.0). Sophomore Kim Ufford made the Dean's Honor Roll (3.50-3.74). Freshman Carletta Brown, sophomores Tenisha Gist and Tywanna Inmon and seniors Von Kirk and TaShondrea Moton each earned a place on the U.M.A.A. Honor Roll (3.00-3.49). In addition to the players making good grades, managers Brittany Aldy and Tiffany Gray each made the Chancellor's Honor Roll and medical redshirt Shayla Day earned U.M.A.A. honors.

DOWNTOWN CARLETTA BROWN: Ole Miss freshman guard Carletta Brown has been making opponents pay for backing off her. Brown has nailed 16 three-point shots over the last eight games for Ole Miss and has 22 three-pointers on the season. Brown averages 7.0 points per game in just over 17 minutes of action on the season, but has upped her average to 9.8 poinst per game in SEC play. The 5-4 Roxie, Miss., native has scored in double figures in six games this season with a career-high 17 points versus Georgia on Jan. 24. Brown's offensive fire power has led her into Ole Miss' starting line-up the last five games.

MORE FROM DOWNTOWN BROWN: Carletta Brown has really stepped up her intensity since being inserted into the starting line-up five games ago. Brown has averaged 12.4 points per game since becoming a starter compared to just 5.4 points in the first 17 games of the season. Brown has made 10-of-25 three-point shots during the five-game stretch, good for 40.0 percent and has also grabbed 14 rebounds. She has played an average of 26.6 minutes compared to 14.0 minutes as a non-starter.

CHARITABLE LADY REBELS: The Ole Miss guards are making the most of their opportunities at the free-throw line. Carletta Brown Leah Henley, Ally Kelly, Von Kirk and Sherika Wright are all making over 70 percent of their free throws. Brown has hit 26-of-33 from the line for 78.8 percent and Henley has made 6-of-8 from the line for 75.0 percent. Kelly has hit 38-of-48 from the stripe for 79.2 percent and Kirk has made 44-of-53 from the charity stripe for 83.0 percent. Wright rounds out the group of good-shooting guards as she has made 49-of-69 from the free-throw line for 71.0 percent. Brown was 4-4 from the charity stripe in the closing minutes of Ole Miss' win over Auburn. Her free throws helped seal the win for the Lady Rebels.

PUTTING UP THE POINTS: Ole Miss is averaging 70.6 points per game so far this season. The Lady Rebels managed 68.6 points per game last season. Ole Miss has gone over the century mark twice during the first 14 games of the season. They defeated Arkansas-Little Rock, 101-57, and recently beat Fairleigh Dickinson, 105-46. The 59-point victory over Fairleigh Dickinson was the third largest margin of victory in the history of the Lady Rebel program.

SPREADING THE WEALTH: The Lady Rebels are getting solid production from a number of players. Eight players are averaging more than five points per game. TaShondrea Moton (5.5), Amber Watts (5.5), Carletta Brown (7.0), Tywanna Inmon (6.3), Saundra Jackson (9.0), Von Kirk (9.9), Ally Kelly (11.0) and Sherika Wright (10.7) are all capable scorers, making it difficult for opposing defenses to know who to guard. Seven of the eight players have led the team in scoring.

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.

OLE MISS SUCCESSFUL IN REGULAR SEASON TOURNAMENTS: Ole Miss owns a 111-28 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 a short time in Oxford, has made 127 three pointers, good for fourth-place on the career Lady Rebel chart. She needs 12 more three-pointers to pass Jackie Martin on the chart for third place. Becky Myatt is on top of the chart with 232 three point baskets.

JACKSON TAKING IT TO THE BANK: Senior center Saundra Jackson is making good on most of her field goals this year. Jackson has made 81-of-145 shots from the field so far this season, good for 55.9 percent, which currently ranks fourth in the SEC. The Lady Rebel record for field goal percentage for a season is 60.4 percent by Eugenia Conner during the 1982-83 season. Jackson's current field goal percentage would rank fourth on the Ole Miss chart for field goal percentage for a season.

STARTERS ALL AROUND: Through 22 games this season, Ole Miss has used five different starting lineups. Senior guard Sherika Wright has started all but two games this season, while freshman center Amber Watts has started 19-of-22 games. Freshman guard Ally Kelly and senior guard Von Kirk have both started 18-of-22 contests and senior forward TaShondrea Moton has started 14 games. Sophomore forward Tywanna Inmon (10), junior Leah Henley (4), freshman Carletta Brown (5) and senior Saundra Jackson (1) have all made their way their way into the lineup. The following are Ole Miss' starting lineups and the records they have produced.

Wright, Kirk, Moton, Inmon, Jackson     0-1Wright, Kelly, Henley, Inmon, Watts     1-0Wright, Kelly, Kirk, Inmon, Watts       4-2Wright, Kelly, Kirk, Moton, Watts       4-5Wright, Brown, Henley, Moton, Watts     0-3Brown, Kelly, Kirk, Moton, Inmon        1-1

STREAK STILL ALIVE: Ole Miss made nine threes in the loss to #25 LSU. They have now hit at least one three-pointer in 226 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 302 straight games, dating back to 1991.

TAKE IT AWAY: The Lady Rebels recorded 28 steals against UALR on Nov. 27, led by freshman guard Ally Kelly's seven thefts. Five players recorded three or more steals in the contest and 12 of 13 players that played recorded at least one steal. The 28 steals ranks as the second best in a single game in Ole Miss history. The Lady Rebels have recorded 189 steals on the season, good for 10.5 per game which ranks fourth in the SEC.

BLOCK PARTY: Lady Rebel freshman forward/center Amber Watts has quickly become a defensive force in the paint. Watts, who stands 6-3, has collected an impressive 46 blocks in her first 22 collegiate games. The Utica, Miss., native is ranked third in the SEC in blocked shots with 2.1 blocks per contest. With Watts and senior Saundra Jackson manning the middle Ole Miss has recorded 75 blocks in their first 22 games after only getting 38 blocks all of last season.

DEPTH A PLENTY: Ole Miss has developed some quality depth as 10 players are averaging double-digits in minutes. Sherika Wright leads the Lady Rebels with minutes per game, as she is on the floor 29.0 minutes per game. Ally Kelly and Von Kirk are close behind with 25.5 and 27.0 minutes per game respectively. Amber Watts (19.3), TaShondrea Moton (22.1), Tywanna Inmon (17.8), Saundra Jackson (19.3), Carletta Brown (16.9) and Tenisha Gist (12.0) and Leah Henley (10.3) all average more than 10 minutes per game.

IMPRESSIVE OUTSIDE THE SEC: The Lady Rebels have compiled an impressive record outside the Southeastern Conference in regular-season play. Ole Miss owns a 141-34 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. 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.

LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION: Ole Miss will make four television appearances during the 2001-02 season. The Sunshine Network aired Ole Miss' 75-73 loss at Florida on Jan. 20. FoxSportsNetSouth televised the Lady Rebels', 87-66, loss Mississippi State on Jan. 27 and Comcast Sports Southeast will televise the Lady Rebels' final home game of the season versus Tennessee on Feb. 21. Ole Miss dropped a 62-42 decision to Vanderbilt, a game that was televised on Comcast Sports Southeast.

DOWELL, MYATT JOIN LADY REBEL STAFF: During the offseason, Head Coach Ron 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. 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.

TIP-INS: Ole Miss assistant coach Kim Rosamond celebrates her birthday in the month of February. Rosamond will blow out her candles on Feb. 17. Lady Rebel freshman Carletta Brown is a native of Roxie, Miss., the same hometown of award-winning author Richard Wright, famous for his books Native Son and Black Boy. Senior TaShondrea Moton is being honored this week by the Southeastern Conference as a member of the Good Works team.The Good Works team looks to highlight a member from each school who gives back to the community.

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