The University of Mississippi Athletics
Lady Rebels Travel To Kentucky Thursday
2/14/2006 | Women's Basketball
Feb. 14, 2006
OXFORD, Miss. -
The Lady Rebels (14-10, 4-7) are looking for their third-straight win in SEC play when travel to Kentucky (17-6, 6-4) on Thursday. The game is scheduled for 6 p.m. (CST), in Memorial Coliseum.
Ole Miss and Kentucky are both searching for their third-straight conference victory after sweeping their games last week. The Lady Rebels and Wildcats previously met on Jan. 22 with Kentucky taking an 81-75 win in Oxford.
Ole Miss is led on the season by junior guard Armintie Price with 16.6 points and 10.3 rebounds per game. Price is one of two players in the SEC averaging a double-double on the season, along with sophomore center Sylvia Fowles of LSU. Both players posted 20-20 plus performances in games played this season.
Sophomore forward Carla Bartee has been Ole Miss' top player off the bench with 8.9 points and 3.7 rebounds per outing, although she has started four games on the season. Bartee has led Ole Miss in scoring in three of the last four games and is averaging 14.8 points per game during that period.
Junior guard Ashley Awkward reclaimed her starting spot at the point in Ole Miss' outing versus Alabama. Awkward responded by tying a career-high with 18 points. She made 6-of-8 free throws in the final minutes to seal the win for Ole Miss.
Freshman center Shawn Goff has been coming on strong as of late. Goff had a career game against Alabama pulling down 13 rebounds, eight on the offensive end, and scoring eight points to go along with three steals and three blocks.
Senior guard Ashley Johnson is Ole Miss' other player in double figures with 10.1 per game. Johnson scored 10 first-half points in Ole Miss' win over Auburn, leading the Lady Rebels to a 37-33 first-half lead.
Under the direction of third-year head coach Carol Ross, the Lady Rebels are 50-35. Ross, who played at Ole Miss from 1979-82, earned SEC Co-Coach of the Year honors in 2004 after guiding Ole Miss back to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in eight seasons. Ross' Lady Rebels returned to the NCAA Tournament in 2004-05, falling to George Washington in the first round of play.
Kentucky enters Thursday's game with a 17-6 overall mark and an 6-4 record in SEC games. Included in the Wildcats' six SEC wins is a victory over Tennessee in Rupp Arena.
Sophomore Samantha Mahoney leads UK in scoring with 11.5 points per game. Junior Jenny Pfeiffer is second on the team with 11.1 points per game off the bench. Freshman Carly Omerod and sophomore Sarah Elliot also drop in double-figures with 10.3 points per game each.
Senior Jennifer Humphrey leads the Wildcats on the boards with 9.3 per game. Sophomore Eleia Roddy pulls down 7.0 caroms per contest.
UK head coach Mickie DeMoss is 46-39 in her third season with the Wildcats. DeMoss' overall coaching mark is 91-107 in her seventh season in the business.
