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Women's Basketball Preseason Notebook (Oct. 25)
10/25/2014 | Women's Basketball
Countdown to Tipoff!
The Rebels open the 2014-15 season on Nov. 14 vs. Grambling in the 12th annual Kids Day game. The Rebels and Tigers will tipoff at 11 a.m. at the Tad Smith Coliseum.
Rebels Take Part in #SECTipoff15
Ole Miss along with the other teams in the SEC kicked off the 2014-15 basketball season with SEC Tipoff at the SEC Network studios in Charlotte, N.C., on Tuesday. Head coach Matt Insell and seniors Tia Faleru and Danielle McCray represented Ole Miss during the daylong media carwash. Insell and players did radio and TV interviews, as well as photo shoots throughout the day. The players also had a chance to listen to some of the top women in the basketball industry speak about life after basketball.
SEC Tipoff '15 Recap | Photo Gallery
Additionally, Coach Insell participated in the Coaches Clicker, breaking down a play that the Rebels run. Check it out below:
What The Rebels Have Coming Back
The Rebels lose four-year starter Valencia McFarland but do return senior forward Tia Faleru, who is the leagues top returning scorer (16.4 points per game) and rebounder (9.4 rebounds per game). Faleru, who was a first team All-SEC AP selection and a second team ALL-SEC coaches' selection in 2013-14, is just 41 points away from 1,000 and will join 26 other Rebels who have reached the milestone. The Rebels also return Shequila Joseph who started each game of her freshman season and Bretta Hart who was Ole Miss' lone freshman to record a double-double last year with 13 points and 10 rebounds against Austin Peay. Ole Miss also has sharpshooter Gracie Frizzell back in the lineup along with Amber Singletary who knocked down five triples against Georgia last year and look for Danielle McCray to continue her solid rebounding efforts into her senior season.
From the Ole Miss WBB Video Crew
The Ole Miss women's basketball has been hard at work this preseason and so has the Ole Miss video crew. Check out their latest video piece on the Rebel Basketball team:
Get To Know Ole Miss Women's Basketball:
GET TO KNOW Ole Miss WBB: Favorite Movie Quotes from Ole Miss Rebels on Vimeo.
Western Kentucky Game Added to TV Schedule
It was announced this week that the Ole Miss-Western Kentucky game will be televised as apart of the C-USA TV package. The addition of the game gives Ole Miss 10 games televised on a linear network this season.
From Coach Insell … On The Seniors
The Ole Miss basketball team will rely heavily on the senior leadership of Tia Faleru, Danielle McCray and Amber Singletary to lead a young Rebel squad this season. Head coach Matt Insell talks about his senior trio.
Tia: "Tia established herself as one of the elite players in the SEC last season. We are looking for her to provide even more production and leadership throughout her senior season"
Danielle: "Danielle has worked very hard on her game this offseason. We are expecting her on-court contributions to increase, while providing our team with some much needed consistency as a senior leader."
Amber: "Having Amber's passion and energy around our team everyday will give our younger players someone that they can look up to on days that they might need some extra energy."
Ole Miss Great Peggie Gillom-Granderson Inducted Into Alumni Hall of Fame
For the second consecutive season the Ole Miss women's basketball team had a former player inducted into the Alumni Hall of Fame as former player and associate head coach Peggie-Gillom Granderson was inducted on Friday, Oct. 17. Last season, former player and head coach Carol Ross was inducted.
Gillom-Granderson Into Alumni Hall of Fame
Welcome to the Family
This Ole Miss women's basketball family welcomed two new (and tiny) additions to the family this summer and early fall. Assistant coach Alex Simmons and her husband Christian welcomed daughter, Carsyn in August, while assistant coach Todd Schaefer and his wife Lisa welcomed son Jake in late September. Jake joins big brothers, Landon and Will. Welcome to the Rebel family!
Rebels on TV in 2014-15
With the launch of the SEC Network the Ole Miss women's basketball team will be on national television nine times in 2014-15, including a showdown on ESPNU with likely preseason top 5 selection, South Carolina, on Feb. 1 in Oxford. In total, Ole Miss will make five appearances on the SEC Network, three appearances on Fox Sports Net and on the ESPN family of networks. Additionally, Ole Miss will make 16 appearances on SECN+ the online streaming platform.
All of the games included in the ESPN package (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU) and the SEC Network will be available through WatchESPN, accessible online at WatchESPN.com, on smartphones and tablets via the WatchESPN app, and streamed on televisions through Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, Chromecast, Roku, Xbox 360 or Xbox One to fans who receive their video subscription from an affiliated provider. Fox Sports Net events will be available via these avenues outside the SEC Footprint only.
AT&T U-verse® TV, Bright House Networks, Charter, Comcast Xfinity TV, Cox Communications, DIRECTV, DISH, Google Fiber, LUS Fiber, PTC Communications, Suddenlink, Time Warner Cable, NCTC, NRTC, NTTC, Verizon FiOS and Wilkes Telephone will carry the SEC Network nationwide. Hundreds of additional live events from various sports will be offered exclusively as SEC Network+ events on WatchESPN and SECNetwork.com through AT&T U-verse, Charter, Comcast, Cox, DISH, Google Fiber, Suddenlink, NCTC, NRTC, NTTC and Verizon FiOS authentication.
Complete 2014-15 Women's Basketball Schedule
Season Tickets on Sale
If you haven't gotten your season tickets for the 2014-15 season, it's not too late. Season tickets are on sale and can be purchased for $50. For additional ticket information go to OleMissTix.com or call the Ole Miss Ticket Office at 1-888-REB-TKTS (732-8587). You can also order tickets online here!
SEC Tournament Tickets On Sale
Make sure you get your SEC Tournament tickets to support the Rebels! Tickets for the 2015 Southeastern Conference Women's Basketball Tournament are now on sale. The 2015 SEC Women's Tournament will be held at the Verizon Center in Little Rock, Arkansas on March 4-8, 2015. Tickets for the tournament are $100 for a reserved book. A ticket book contains seven tickets, one for each session, which allows one person to attend all 13 games. Tickets can be purchased here. Additional information regarding special ticket promotions, including advanced single session ticket sales, will be announced at a later date.
Follow Ole Miss Women's Basketball on The Web and Social Media
For all Ole Miss women's basketball news and information, go to OleMissSports.com, and follow the Rebels on Twitter at @OleMissWBB, Facebook at Ole Miss WBB and on Instagram at Ole Miss_WBB. Fans can also follow Ole Miss women's basketball head coach Matt Insell on Twitter at @minsell. The Ole Miss assistant coaches are also on Twitter. Assistant Coach Brittany Hudson @Coach_BH), Assistant Coach Alex Simmons (@APSimms2) and Assistant Coach Todd Schaefer (@OLEMISSCoach)
Basketball Practice Facility Renamed Tuohy Basketball Center
Thanks to the extraordinary contributions of Sean Tuohy and his family to the Ole Miss Athletics Foundation's Forward Together campaign, Ole Miss Athletics has renamed the Basketball Practice Facility the Tuohy Basketball Center. Read all about the renaming HERE. There will be a formal dedication of the building on Nov. 1 at 10 a.m. prior to the Ole Miss vs. Auburn football game.
