The University of Mississippi Athletics
Ole Miss Hosts Lipscomb on Sunday
11/12/2016 | Women's Basketball
Game Notes - Lipscomb 
The Ole Miss women's basketball team continues its season-opening four-game homestand when they host Lipscomb on Sunday at 5 pm at The Pavilion at Ole Miss. Season tickets are also available for $50 and can be purchased at the Ole Miss Ticket office or online HERE.
Game 2: Ole Miss (1-0) vs. Lipscomb (0-1)
Date: November 13, 2016
Location: Oxford, Miss. (The Pavilion at Ole Miss)
Television: SECN+ Link
Livestats:
Starting Five
1. Ole Miss picked up an 81-31 win over Southeastern Louisiana to open the 2016-17 season on Friday. Madinah Muhammad led the way with 16 points and a career-best seven steals. Shequila Joseph and Cecilia Muhate each grabbed seven rebounds. The Lady Lions 31 points were a school record for fewest opponent points.
2. The win over the Lions was the ninth consecutive season opening win for the Rebels and marked the first season-opening win at The Pavilion. Ole Miss moved to 37-6 all-time in season openers and has now won each of its season-openers in the Insell era. Ole Miss has also opened at home each of the last eight seasons.
3. True freshman Shelby Gibson scored 14 points and grabbed six rebounds in her debut. Her 14 points are the most points by a freshman in their debut since Arminite Price had 14 on Nov. 14, 2003. It's also the second consecutive season an Ole Miss freshman had double digits in their debut, Alissa Alston had 12 in her debut last season.
4. Ole Miss and Lipscomb are meeting for the fifth time on Sunday. Ole Miss owns a 3-1 series advantage. This will be Lipscomb's second consecutive trip to Oxford, as the teams last meet in the Magnolia State in 2012. Ole Miss is 2-0 in games played in Oxford.
5. With seven points in the season-opener, Erika Sisk is 57 points away from 1,000 career points. She will become the second player to achieve the milestone under head coach Matt Insell and staff and will become the 27th player in program history to top 1,000 career points.
Ole Miss vs. Lipscomb Notables
-Ole Miss and Lipscomb are meeting for the fifth time, with the Rebels owning a 3-1 series advantage. The last meeting between the teams came in 2012-13, a 68-46 Ole Miss win.
-Lipscomb doesn't have any Mississippi natives on the roster, but they do have a player from England in Jessica Davies, she hails from Watford, England while Ole Miss' Shequila Joseph is a London, England native
-The Bison will also take on SEC foe Alabama during the non-conference slate.
A Win Would
-Give Ole Miss back to back wins to open the season for the first time since the 2014-15 season, when Ole Miss opened with three straight wins.
-Move Ole Miss four wins away from its 800th program victory. The earliest Ole Miss could get all-time win No. 800 would be with a victory over Wisconsin in the opening round of the UNLV Lady Rebel Round Up over Thanksgiving.
Rebels By The Numbers
5- Number of wins Ole Miss needs to reach 800 program victories. Currently Ole Miss' all-time record is 974-493. Ole Miss' first chance to reach 800 wins will be in the second game of the UNLV Thanksgiving tournament on Nov. 27.
8-Number of wins head coach Matt Insell needs to earn his 50th career win. Insell is 42-54 in three years as leader of the Ole Miss women's basketball team.
14-Number of points freshman Shelby Gibson had in her collegiate debut. It's the most points for an Ole Miss player in their debut since current Coordinator of Player Engagement Armintie (Price) Herrington had 14 in her collegiate debut.
31-Number of points Ole Miss held Southeastern Louisiana to in their season-opener. The 31 points are the fewest points allowed in program history.
57- Number of points Erika Sisk needs to hit the 1,000-point milestone. The Oxford native has scored over 300 points in each of her two collegiate seasons and seems poised to become Ole Miss' 27th 1,000- point scorer in school history.
Scouting Lipscomb
Lipscomb opened their season on the road at Loyola (Maryland) falling 74-30 to the Greyhounds. Lipscomb had three players with five points in Alex Banks, Kennedy Potts and Kaylee Cotton while Lauren Assesna and Potts each also posted five rebounds. The Bison shot 20.0 percent from the floor and had 28 turnovers in the loss.
About Ole Miss
Ole Miss opens the 2016-17 with lots of optimism. The Rebels return 83.5 percent of their scoring lead by Shandricka Sessom who led Ole Miss with 15.6 points per game a season ago. In the season-opener against Southeastern Louisiana, Madinah Muhammad led a quartet of players in double figures with 16 points, while Cecilia Muhate and Shequila Joseph led way on the glass with seven rebounds. Each of Ole Miss' freshmen saw action in the first game and Shelby Gibson posted 14 points and six rebounds.
Up Next
The Rebels welcome Jacksonville State to The Pavilion at Ole Miss on Thursday Tipoff is set for at 6:00 p.m.
