The University of Mississippi Athletics
Lady Rebels Take On Western Kentucky
12/17/2003 | Women's Basketball
Dec. 17, 2003
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. -
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Ole Miss, in search of their sixth win of the season, will take on Western Kentucky on Thursday, Dec. 14, at 7p.m. in E.A. Diddle Coliseum.
The Lady Rebels are 5-4 to start the year under first-year head coach Carol Ross. The Lady Rebels are looking for their second-straight road win after defeating Birmingham Southern, 89-56, on Tuesday night.
Western Kentucky is 2-5 heading into Thursday night's ball game. The Lady Toppers opened the season with a win over Rhode Island in the Preseason WNIT. They then fell to eventual Preseason WNIT champion Texas Tech in the second round. WKU has defeated Louisiana-Monroe and fallen victim to Utah, Arkansas, Louisville and Clemson.
Thursday's game marks the seventh meeting all-time between Ole Miss and Western Kentucky, with the series knotted at three games a piece.
LAST TIME OUT
Genice Terry and Carletta Brown combined for 43 points as Ole Miss dismantled Birmingham Southern, 89-56, on Tuesday night. Terry and Brown combined for seven three-point baskets, and the Lady Rebels shot 59.4 percent in the first half to knock off the Panthers at Bill Battle Coliseum.
Ole Miss jumped out to an early 10-0 lead behind the hot shooting of Brown, Terry and center Amber Watts. Birmingham Southern managed to keep themselves in the game for most of the first half behind six three-point baskets, pulling within five at the 7:22 mark, but never got any closer.
Brown, who scored 17 first-half points, scored nine-straight in a span for the Lady Rebels, to help forge a 49-31 half time lead. Terry finished the half with 15 points and forward Armintie Price added nine points at the break.
Ole Miss continued to light it up in the second half, as Terry scored eight more points and Watts provided the Lady Rebels with an inside attack, scoring 10 second half points of her own. Ole Miss led by as many as 35 points in the second half, and also dominated BSC on the boards 47-30.
Terry led Ole Miss with a career-high 23 points, including a career-high five three-point baskets. She also collected four steals and four rebounds. Brown finished with 20 points off of 8-of-12 shooting from the field, 2-of-3 from beyond the arc and 2-of-2 from the charity stripe. Brown also had three assists.
Price notched her fifth double-double of the season with 13 points and 11 rebounds. She also tallied six assists and four steals. Watts rounded out the double-figuring scoring for Ole Miss with 14 points. She also contributed eight rebounds and two blocks. Center Amber Terrell had eight points and forward Ellen Buchanan had six points, six rebounds and five steals.
OLE MISS UPDATE
Leading the way for Ole Miss (5-4) thus far in 2003-04 is freshman forward Armintie Price. Price is averaging a double-double with 15.3 points and 11.1 rebounds per game. She was named the Southeastern Conference Player of the Week on Dec. 1. Senior guard Genice Terry is also averaging double figures with 13.3 points per game. Terry also has collected a team-high 27 steals. Junior guard Carletta Brown is the third Lady Rebel averaging double figures with 10.7 points per contest. Brown also leads the team in assists with 39. Junior center Amber Watts averages 9.0 points and 5.6 caroms per game. Watts leads the team in blocks with 15 on the season.
WESTERN KENTUCKY UPDATE
Western Kentucky (2-5) is led by senior Leslie Logsdon and sophomore Tiffany Porter-Talbert. Logsdon averages 14.0 points per game and Porter-Talbert averages 12.6 points per game. Freshman Carla Bartee and Porter-Talbert lead the team in rebounds with 8.1 rebounds per game. Bartee is also averaging 9.6 points per game in her debut season. Lady Topper head coach Mary Taylor-Cowles, a Western Kentucky grad, is in her second season with WKU and owns a 24-14 record. Her overall coaching record is the same.
Carol Ross UPDATE
Ole Miss head coach Carol Ross is in her first season guiding the Lady Rebels, with a 5-4 record at Ole Miss. 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. Ross recently earned her 250th career win with the Lady Rebels, 69-66, win over Nebraska on Nov. 28. 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.
SERIES HISTORY
The all-time series between Ole Miss and Western Kentucky is tied at three games a piece. The last meeting saw the Lady Rebels defeat the Lady Toppers, 79-45, on Dec. 16, 2002 in Oxford. Ole Miss head coach Carol Ross is 1-0 against Western Kentucky
OLE MISS VS. SUN BELT SCHOOLS
Ole Miss is 23-11 (.676 winning percentage) versus schools in the Sun Belt Conference. The following is a list of schools from the league that Ole Miss has played and their record against those schools. Ole Miss head coach Carol Ross also owns a 8-2 (.800 winning percentage) record against schools from the Sun Belt Conference.
Team Record
Arkansas-Little Rock 4-0
Arkansas State 6-3
Florida International 2-1
Louisiana Tech 1-3
New Orleans 6-0
South Alabama 2-1
Western Kentucky 3-3
Total 23-11
OLE MISS VS. KENTUCKY SCHOOLS
Ole Miss is 23-8 (.742 winning percentage) versus schools in the state of Kentucky. Ole Miss head coach Carol Ross is 11-4 (.733 winning percentage) versus schools from Kentucky, including a 1-0 record against WKU. The following is a list of schools from the Bluegrass state whom Ole Miss has played and their record against those schools.
Team Record
Kentucky 17-5
Murray State 3-0
Western Kentucky 3-3
Total 23-8
IMPRESSIVE OUTSIDE THE SEC
The Lady Rebels have compiled an impressive record outside the Southeastern Conference in regular-season play. Ole Miss owns a 157-39 record (.801 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.
OLE MISS-WESTERN KENTUCKY CONNECTIONS
* Ole Miss does not have any players that hail from the state of Kentucky, however, WKU has one player from the Magnolia state in freshman Carla Bartee of Waynesboro, Miss. Bartee is from the same home town as Lady Rebel signee Tassie Worsham.
* Ole Miss and Western Kentucky are the only two schools in NCAA Division I where the men's and women's basketball coaches both played and are now the head coaches at their alma mater. Carol Ross is a 1982 graduate of Ole Miss, while Rebel head coach Rod Barnes is a 1988 Ole Miss graduate.
* Ole Miss and Western Kentucky share just one common opponent in Kentucky. Ole Miss will play the Wildcats in SEC play, while Western Kentucky will take on UK on Dec. 22.
* In last year's meeting, junior center Amber Watts recorded a her second-straight double-double to lead the Lady Rebels to a, 79-45, victory over WKU. Watts tallied 13 points and a career-high 14 rebounds. Junior guard Carletta Brown was also in double figures with 15 points. Sophomore guard Ashley Johnson and senior guard Genice Terry each added nine points in the win. The leading returning Lady Topper from last year's game is Tiffany Porter-Talbert, who posted 11 points and six reoubnds in last years game.
* Lady Topper assistant coach Kyra Elzy played her collegiate ball at Tennessee. Elzy faced Ole Miss four times during her career with Tennessee winning all four games.
600 FOR THE LADY REBELS
By defeating McNeese State, 85-72, on Dec. 1, Ole Miss reached their 600th all time win in the history of the Lady Rebel program. The Lady Rebels have put together 601 wins to just 291 losses in the 29 seasons in Oxford.
Milestone Game
50 Ole Miss def. Alabama, 76-55, Feb. 7, 1977
100 Ole Miss def. Blue Mountain, 92-69, Jan. 30, 1979
150 Ole Miss def. Delta State, 63-61, Nov. 30, 1981
200 Ole Miss def. Vanderbilt, 82-72, Dec. 3, 1983
300 Ole Miss def. Mississippi College, 90-60, Feb. 28, 1987
400 Ole Miss def. UMKC, 51-49, Dec. 31, 1991
500 Ole Miss def. Arkansas, 76-73, March 1, 1996
600 Ole Miss def. McNeese State, 85-72, Dec. 1, 2003
TRIPLE PLAY
A season ago, the threes were the key for Ole Miss as the Lady Rebels connected 179 triples, compared to 135 for their opponents. So far in 2003-04, the threes are the key, but in the opposite manner. Ole Miss has made only 40 three pointers, compared to 61 for their opponents, while attempting 40 less threes than their opponents. In three-of-the-four Lady Rebel losses this season, the opponent has made more three-point baskets than Ole Miss.
PRICE NABS HONORS
Lady Rebel freshman Armintie Price has already earned two honors during her short career. First, Price was named to the five-member All-Tournament team at the Lady Tiger Classic after posting double-doubles in games against Nebraska and Memphis. She was then named the Southeastern Conference Player of the Week on Monday, Dec. 1. Price was the 10th Lady Rebel to earn SEC Player of the Week honors and the first since Becky Myatt was earned the honor on Nov. 20, 2000. Price currently ranks 10th in the SEC in points per game (15.3) and second in rebounding (11.1).
LADY REBELS CRY FOUL
In Ole Miss' four losses this season, the Lady Rebels have been whistled for 20 more fouls than their opponents, as they have committed 95 fouls in the four setbacks, compared to 75 for the opposing teams. By committing 20 more fouls in the losses, there is a direct correlation that their opponents in the four losses have gone to the charity stripe a whopping 34 more times.
BACKCOURT BLAST
Guard play has been a strong area for Ole Miss through the first nine games of the 2003-04 season. Ole Miss' top three scorers are formed by the starting backcourt and small forward. Armintie Price (15.3) leads the way with Genice Terry (13.3) and Carletta Brown (10.7) not far behind. Price, Terry and Brown combined for 56 of Ole Miss' 89 points in Tuesday's win over Birmingham Southern, including a career-high 23 points from Terry. Price also leads the team in rebounding (11.1), while Terry leads the team in steals (3.0) and Brown leads UM in assists (4.3).
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) 5-4 (55.5)
DROPPING DIMES
Ole Miss junior point guard Carletta Brown is well on her way to having her most productive season to date in the assists category. Brown, who has started 46-of-65 career games, has tallied 39 assists in just nine games this season, and ranks fifth in the SEC in assists per game. Brown recorded a team-high 80 assists as a sophomore and is currently on pace to dish 135 assists this season, nearly doubling her output from a season ago.
PRICE DOUBLES HER PLEASURE
Freshman forward Armintie Price has exploded on to the college basketball scene. 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 week of Nov. 25-Dec. 1, and was named to the Lady Tiger Thanksgiving Classic All-Tournament team. She was not done with the double-doubles there though, as she added a 18-point, 13-rebound performance against McNeese State on Monday. Price did all that work in just 23 minutes of action. Price recorded her fifth double-double of the season in Ole Miss' win over Birmingham Southern with 13 points and 11 rebounds.
TERRIFIC TERRY
Ole Miss senior Genice Terry is having a senior year to remember. Terry is second on the team in scoring with 13.3 points per game. She is also averaging a career-high 4.1 rebounds per game and a team-leading 3.0 steals per game, which ranks fourth in the SEC. Terry, who has played for four different coaches in her four collegiate seasons, posted career-highs in scoring (23) and three-point baskets (5) in the Lady Rebels' last win over Birmingham Southern. Terry also posted career highs in assists (4) and steals (7) in the season-opener against Jackson State.
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 Heather Landry, was the 2003 Tennessee Division 2 Miss Basketball, while at Briarcrest Christian.
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, in the title game. 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.
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. 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.
