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Rebels Close Big Apple Adventure at Wagner
11/28/2015 | Women's Basketball
Game Notes- at Wagner - Game 6
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Ole Miss closes its two-game New York adventure on Sunday, Nov. 29 when it travels to Staten Island to take on Wagner in non-conference action. The Rebels and Seahawks will tip off at 1 pm ET/12 PM CT from the Spiro Sports Center. Ole Miss fans can listen to the action live on OleMissSports.com and on 105.1 FM in Oxford with Graham Doty and Armintie Herrington on the call.
Game 6: Ole Miss (2-3) at Wagner (0-3)
Date: November 29, 2015
Time: 1:00 pm ET/12:00 PM CT
Location: Staten Island, N.Y. (Spiro Sports Center)
Television: None
Live Audio: OleMissSports.com
Livestats: Live Stats
Live Video: None
Starting Five
1. Ole Miss snapped its three-game losing streak with a 72-57 win over Stony Brook on Friday afternoon. Shandricka Sessom had a team-best 16 points while A'Queen Hayes added her second career double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds, while going 6-of-8 from the free throw line down the stretch.
2. Erika Sisk picked up her third game in double figures with 11 points and added a game-high six steals. Her six steals were just one shy of tying her career-best of seven steals set last season against Southeast Missouri State. Sisk is averaging a team-high 2.8 steals per game.
3.For the second consecutive game Ole Miss went with the lineup of A'Queen Hayes, Erika Sisk, Madinah Muhammad, Shandricka Sessom and Shequila Joseph. This group owns a 1-1 record. Muhammad becomes the first freshman to start more than one game and the only to make back-to-back starts.
4. Sunday's game is the first meeting between Ole Miss and Wagner. Ole Miss has faced three other teams from the Northeast Conference in Long Island, Mount St. Mary's and Farleigh Dickinson and is 3-0 all-time against teams from the NEC. Additionally, Sunday's game is Wagner's first home contest as they opened the year with three straight road games.
5. Ole Miss is one of the youngest teams in the SEC with no seniors and just two players who have been in the program more than two years in Bretta Hart and Shequila Joseph. Of its 13 players, nine are freshmen or sophomores. Although some of the sophomores got quite a it of experience with Kelsey Briggs, A'Queen Hayess and Shandricka Sessom each playing in over 30 games last season.
Ole Miss vs. Wagner Notables
-This will be the first ever meeting between Ole Miss and Wagner and just the fourth team from the Northeast Conference the Rebels have ever faced. Ole Miss is 3-0 against teams from the NEC.
-Wagner head coach Lisa Cermignano is very familiar with the SEC as she served as an assistant coach at SEC rival school Vanderbilt for three years.
-Ole Miss doesn't have any players on the roster from New York but freshman Alissa Alston hails from nearby New Haven, Conn., and student manager Jalen Powell is from Long Island.
A Win Would
-Give Ole Miss back-to-back wins for the first time this season after opening the year with a 1-3 record and pull the Rebels to .500 with eight non-conference games left on the schedule.
-Move the Rebels 13 wins way from the 800th victory in program history. Ole Miss' current record is 786-475. The earliest Ole Miss could hit the 800th win would be on Jan. 21 against Kentucky.
Rebels By The Numbers
5- Number of consecutive games Ole Miss leading scorer Shandricka Sessom has scored in double figures. The number increases to six when you include games from last season. Sessom is averaging 17.2 points per game and is the SEC's fifth leading scorer.
6- Number of triples freshman Torri Lewis had against UL-Lafayette just one shy of the freshman record for three-pointers set by Shae Nelson in 2011. Additionally it was two shy of the Tad Smith record for three-pointers set by Gracie Frizzell last season.
10- Number of rebounds A'Queen Hayes had in the win over Stony Brook. Hayes posted her second career double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds. Hayes joins Shequila Joseph as the only Rebels to post a double-double this season.
19- Number of rebounds Bretta Hart had against UL-Lafayette. Hart, who entered the season averaging 2.1 rebounds per game, is averaging 9.0 rebounds per game through the first three games.
20- Number of points Torri Lewis scored against UL-Lafayette. Lewis scored 17 of her 20 points in the fourth quarter and 18 of her points came from the three point line.
Scouting Wagner
Wagner enters Sunday's game with an 0-3 record, but has played an tough schedule to open the season. The Seahawks opened the years with a three-game road swing with games at Pittsburgh, Old Dominion and Ohio State. Sunday's game will be their home opener. Jasmine Nwajei is leading the offense with 15.0 points per game and is joined in double figures by teammate Jordyn Peck who is adding 10.0 points per game. Sofia Roma leads the defensive efforts with 8.0 rebounds per game and is one of four players averaging at least four rebounds per game. As a team, Wagner is averaging 48.3 points per game and is grabbing 36.0 rebounds per game.
About Ole Miss
Sophomore Shandricka Sessom leads the Ole Miss offense averaging 17.2 points per game and has reached double figures in each game this season and in six consecutive games dating back to last season. Erika Sisk joins Sessom in double figures with 11.2 points per game Kelsey Briggs and Shequila Joseph are nearing double digits with 8.0 and 7.8 points per game, respectively. Bretta Hart leads the rebounding efforts with 8.6 rebounds per game, while Sessom is contributing 6.0 boards per game. As a team, Ole Miss is averaging 80.0 points per game and grabbing 46.2 rebounds per game.
Up Next
Ole Miss returns home to host Western Kentucky on Dec. 2 at 6 p.m. The game will be available on SEC Network+ with Armintie Herrington and Richard Cross on the call.
