The University of Mississippi Athletics
Rebels Host Lady Lions Sunday Afternoon
12/8/2006 | Women's Basketball
Today's Game
Ole Miss hosts Penn State on Sunday, Dec. 10 at 2 p.m. as the two teams meet for the fourth time on the hardwood ... Ole Miss leads the series 2-1 and has won two-straight ... The game will mark Ole Miss' third outing versus a Big Ten Conference opponent in their last four games ... Ole Miss is 2-0 versus the Big Ten this season with wins over Northwestern and Illinois ... Ole Miss head coach Carol Ross will be honored before tip-off by the Mississippi Senate and House of Representatives for her contributions to the Ole Miss program ... Ole Miss is 4-0 in games played at home this season.
About Ole Miss
Ole Miss got back in the win column with a 75-50 win over Illinois in its last outing ... Senior guard Armintie Price picked up SEC Player of the Week honors for the sixth time in her career after collecting her first career triple-double versus the Illini with 34 points, 15 rebounds and 12 steals in the win ... Price's 34 points were a career-high as were her 12 steals, while the 15 rebounds were a season's best mark ... The 12 steals set a new Ole Miss single game steals mark, breaking head coach Carol Ross' mark of 11 set during the 1979-80 season ... Freshman guard Alliesha Easley poured in a career-best 25 points off of 12-of-16 shooting from the field ... The Rebels forced 34 Illini turnovers, scoring 39 points off of them ... Ole Miss nabbed a season-high 26 steals in the win ... Sophomore forward Brandi Tipton made her return to the court versus Illinois ... Tipton missed the first seven games of the season with an injury to her knee.
