The University of Mississippi Athletics
Lady Rebels Host McNeese State On Monday
11/30/2003 | Women's Basketball
Nov. 30, 2003
OXFORD, Miss. -
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TODAY'S GAME
Ole Miss (3-2) will be searching for their fourth win of the season and their second home win when they take on McNeese State (1-2) on Monday.
Tip-off for the Ole Miss-McNeese State contest is slated for 11 a.m. due to "School Day" activities going on at Ole Miss. The Lady Rebels are hosting elementary students who are traveling to the game as a field trip.
Junior Armintie Price leads the Lady Rebels in scoring after five games with 16.6 points per game. Price also leads UM in rebounding with 11.0 boards per game. Senior Genice Terry is also averaging double-figure scoring with 13.0 points per game. Junior Carletta Brown adds four assists per game, while Terry has collected 17 steals in just five games.
Ole Miss head coach Carol Ross will be looking for her fourth win as the Lady Rebel mentor. Ross recorded her 250th career win in the Lady Rebels' victory over Nebraska on Friday.
McNeese State is led by junior Tara Abdul-Hadi who averages 12.0 points per game and 7.0 rebounds per game. Carol Sensley is the head coach of the Cowgirls. Sensley owns a 16-40 record at MSU in her third season.
LAST TIME OUT
Tamika Butler hit five three-point shots in the second half, including four in the last 10 minutes of the game to carry Memphis to a, 69-63, come-from-behind win over Ole Mis. Ole Miss opened an early 7-0 lead behind six points from freshman forward Armintie Price and a free throw by junior center Amber Watts. With Price heading to the bench with two fouls, Memphis quickly closed the gap at 21-19. Ole Miss then opened up the full court press forcing six Lady Tiger turnovers to take a 33-22 lead at the break. Senior guard Genice Terry provided the fuel down the stretch of the first half for Ole Miss. Terry, who leads Ole Miss in steals with 17 on the season, scored 9-of-the-last-12 points of the half for the Lady Rebels with a three-pointer, two field goals and two free throws. Price scored a game-high 22 points to lead Ole Miss. She also grabbed a game-high 15 rebounds. Terry joined Price in double figures for the Lady Rebels with 12 points. She added five rebounds and had three steals. Freshman guard Ashley Awkward scored eight points and dished out three assists. Ole Miss connected on 18-of-62 shots from the field, good for 29.0 percent. They hit 2-of-12 three-point baskets and 25-of-33 from the free throw stripe. Ole Miss collected 14 steals and out-rebounded Memphis 51-44.
SCOUTING MCNEESE STATE
McNeese State is off to a 1-2 start in the 2003-04 season. The Cowgirls have defeated Centenary and fallen to New Orleans and Southern Miss. MSU is led by sophomore forward Tara Abdul-Hadi with 12.0 points per game. Abdul-Hadi is also the leading rebounder with 7.0 caroms per contest. Sophomore forward Regina Spivey (11.3) and sophomore guard Clarissa Clark (10.0) also average double-figure scoring for the Cowgirls. McNeese State is coached by former Lady Rebel assistant coach Carol Sensley. Sensley has guided MSU to a 16-40 record in her third season in Lake Charles.
OLE MISS-MCNEESE STATE TIES
The Lady Rebels do not field any players from the state of Louisiana. McNeese State does have one player from Mississippi on the roster in junior Tara Abdul-Hadi (Summit). McNeese State head coach Carol Sensley spent two years as an assistant coach at Ole Miss (1999-2001). The Lady Rebels posted a 29-29 record during Sensley's two seasons in Oxford participated in the 2001 WNIT. Cowgirl assistant coach Chandra Dorsey was a four-year letterwinner at Ole Miss (1998-2001). She posted career averages of 4.5 points and 1.8 rebounds as a Lady Rebel. She was a senior when current Lady Rebel seniors Tenisha Gist and Tywanna Inmon were freshman, the final season Sensley was an assistant coach at Ole Miss.
OLE MISS VS. SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE SCHOOLS
Ole Miss is 32-3 (.914 winning percentage) versus schools in the Southland Conference. The following is a list of schools from the league that Ole Miss has played and their record against those schools.
Team Record
Lamar 20
Louisiana-Monroe 12-2
McNeese State 3-0
Northwestern State 2-1
Southeastern Louisiana 9-0
Texas-Arlington 3-0
Texas State 1-0
Total 32-3
OLE MISS VS. LOUISIANA SCHOOLS
Ole Miss is 63-24 (.724 winning percentage) versus schools in the state of Louisiana. The following is a list of schools from Louisiana that Ole Miss has played and their record against those schools.
Team Record
Grambling 4-0
Louisiana-Lafayette 1-0
Louisiana-Monroe 12-2
LSU 18-16
Louisiana Tech 1-3
McNeese State 3-0
New Orleans 6-0
Northwestern State 2-1
Southern University 6-0
Southeastern Louisiana 9-0
Tulane 1-2
Total 63-24
COMMON OPPONENTS
Ole Miss and McNeese State share two common opponents in SEC schools Mississippi State and Arkansas. McNeese State will take on former Lady Rebel player Ally Kelly, who currently plays at Southland Conference school Texas State. Kelly, who played at Ole Miss as a freshman during the 2001-02 season, was forced to transfer closer to her home of Austin, Texas, for family reasons.
IMPRESSIVE OUTSIDE THE SEC
The Lady Rebels have compiled an impressive record outside the Southeastern Conference in regular-season play. Ole Miss owns a 155-37 record (.807 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.
ROSS TAKES OVER AT HER ALMA MATER
The Lady Rebels opened the 2003-04 season under the direction of first-year head coach Carol Ross. Ross, who played at Ole Miss from 1979-82, was named the fifth head coach in Ole Miss history after taking a year off from coaching. Prior to that she was 247-121 in 12 seasons as the head coach at Florida. While at UF, Ross led the Lady Gators to nine NCAA Tournament appearances and one WNIT appearance. Ross, a 1982 Ole Miss grad, became the fourth women's basketball player ever to be inducted into the University of Mississippi Athletic Hall of Fame when she was honored on Sept. 1, 2001. Ross was named to the inaugural SEC All-Tournament team in 1980 and still holds the Ole Miss school record for steals in a career (333), season (135 in 1980) and game (11 vs. Southeastern Louisiana in 1980). Ross is one of only two players in Lady Rebel history to record 1,000 points, 500 assists and 250 steals in a career.
600 ON THE HORIZON
With 598 all time wins in the history of the Lady Rebel program, Ole Miss will be searching for its 600th victory during the 2003-04 season. The Lady Rebels have put together 598 wins to just 288 losses in the 29 seasons in Oxford.
PRICE DOUBLES HER PLEASURE
Freshman forward Armintie Price has exploded on to the college basketball season. Price posted her first double-double of her career in just her third collegiate game with 21 points and 13 rebounds against Belmont. She then posted double-doubles in both games of the Lady Tiger Thanksgiving Classic with 18 points and 16 rebounds against Nebraska and 22 points and 15 boards against Memphis. Price averaged 20.3 points and 14.7 rebounds during the past week and was named to the Lady Tiger Thanksgiving Classic All-Tournament team.
BEST FOOT FORWARD
Lady Rebel head coach Carol Ross will be looking to get out of the gates with a good record in her first season at the helm of the Ole Miss program. Ross, who was 17-11 in her first season as Florida women's basketball head coach, will be looking to join the good company of former Lady Rebel coaches with solid first-year records Pam Davidson, Lin Dunn, Van Chancellor and Ron Aldy, posted a combined first-year record of 82-41 (66.7 winning percentage). The following is a list of previous Ole Miss women's basketball head coaches and their first year records:
Coach (Year) Record (Pct.)
Pam Davidson (1974-75) 14-8 (63.6)
Lin Dunn (1977-78) 25-15 (62.5)
Van Chancellor (1978-79) 31-9 (77.5)
Ron Aldy (1997-98) 12-19 (38.7)
Carol Ross (2003-04) 3-2 (60.0)
TERRY TAKETH AWAY
Senior Genice Terry posted a career-high seven steals in the Lady Rebels' season-opening win over Jackson State. With the seven pilfers, Terry nearly doubled her previous career-high of four steals, which she achieved against Florida International last season. Although Terry taketh, she also giveth as she distributed four passes that led to Lady Rebel baskets against JSU. Terry leads the team with 17 steals in five games this season.
ASHLEY NOT SO AWKWARD
Freshman guard Ashley Awkward has slowly been working her way into the Lady Rebel line-up. Awkward who played just six minutes in her debut against Jackson State has averaged 12 minutes per game since. She played a career-high 17 minutes against Memphis, posting career-highs in points (8), rebounds (2), assists (3) and steals (2).
HOME SWEET HOME
The home of Ole Miss basketball is C.M. "Tad" Smith Coliseum, and the Coliseum, affectionately known as the "Tad Pad," has become one of the toughest arenas in the country for opponents to play. The Lady Rebels have compiled an impressive 295-66 record for an incredible winning percentage of 81.7. The "Tad Pad" ranks as the 13th most intimidating active arena to play in its 29 years of hosting women's basketball games. The following is a list of the top active arenas in women's college hoops with their records entering the 2003-04 season.
Arena (School) Record (Pct.)
1. Thompson-Boling Arena (Tennessee) 227-11 (95.4)
2. Thomas Assembly Center (Louisiana Tech) 319-19 (94.4)
3. Gampel Arena (Connecticut) 195-15 (92.9)
4. United Spirit Arena (Texas Tech) 68-6 (91.9)
5. Dahlberg Arena (Montana) 338-32 (91.4)
6. Jon M. Huntsman Arena (Utah) 310-39 (88.8)
7. Frank Erwin Center (Texas) 340-52 (86.7)
8. Beard-Eaves Memorial Coliseum (Auburn) 289-47 (86.0)
9. Golden Panther Arena (Florida International) 230-45 (83.6)
10. Carver Hawkeye Arena (Iowa) 226-48 (82.5)
11. E.A. Diddle Arena (Western Kentucky) 331-70 (82.5)
12. Yanitelli Center (St. Peter's College) 315-70 (81.8)
13. C.M. Tad Smith Coliseum (Ole Miss) 295-66 (81.7)
OLE MISS FINISHES SECOND AT LADY TIGER CLASSIC
Ole Miss defeated Nebraska, 69-66, and then came up short in the championship game against the host Memphis as they fell, 69-63, on Saturday. Freshman forward Armintie Price was named to the Lady Tiger Classic All-Tournament team with her tournament averages of 20.0 points and 15.5 rebounds. Senior guard Genice Terry also came up big for Ole Miss as she posted tournament averages of 12.5 points, 6.0 rebounds and 3.5 steals per game.
LADY REBELS DROP BELMONT
Freshman Armintie Price recorded her first double-double of the season as she posted 21 points and 13 rebounds to lead Ole Miss to a 78-62 win over Belmont in Nashville. Price came off-the-bench and sparked the Lady Rebels with her strong rebounding, grabbing eight offensive boards. Junior Carletta Brown and senior Genice Terry added 18 and 16 points, respectively. Brown's three-pointer gave Ole Miss (2-1) a 44-35 lead with 11:46 remaining, but Belmont (0-2) would use a 12-4 run, capped by back-to-back treys by Hollie Davis to pull within 48-47 with 10:08 left. The Lady Rebels would then use a 17-3 spurt to build a 65-50 advantage with 4:26 to go. Brown helped seal the win by connecting on 10-of-12 free throws.
LADY REBELS GET TRIPPED UP BY RUTGERS
Despite not scoring a field goal for nearly 10 minutes to open the game, Ole Miss closed to within four points just before halftime behind the three-point shooting of juniors Elizabeth Cansdale and Carletta Brown who knocked down two threes a piece just before the break. Genice Terry drilled two three-pointers in the opening minutes of the second period and had 11 points to lead Ole Miss (1-1), but it was not enough as Rutgers pulled away and advanced to the Preseason WNIT semifinals with a 65-50 win over the Lady Rebels. Junior Amber Watts led Ole Miss in rebounding with nine rebounds.
OLE MISS OPENS 2003-04 WITH WIN OVER JACKSON STATE
Ole Miss opened the season and Preseason WNIT with a 83-58 win over Jackson State on Friday. The Lady Rebels had three players in double figures, led by junior Carletta Brown with 15 points and four assists. Freshman Armintie Price posted 14 points and six rebounds, while senior Genice Terry chipped in 13 points, a career-high seven steals, four assists and four rebounds. Despite over 25 minutes of stopped play in the first half due to clock malfunctions, the Lady Rebels were able to maintain their focus and take a 36-23 halftime lead. Ole Miss opened the second half with a 19-6 run to forge a 26-point lead. The Lady Tigers never recovered.
MINCY ON THE MEND
Freshman forward Jada Mincy will likely spend her freshman season as a redshirt. Mincy, a 6-1 Memphis, Tenn., native, had surgery to repair a torn anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee in October. Mincy, who rehabs daily with athletic trainer Rachel Sargent, was the 2003 Tennessee Division 2 Miss Basketball, while at Briarcrest Christian.
