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Ole Miss Closes Homestand with High Point
11/18/2016 | Women's Basketball
Game Notes- High Point - Game 4
Ole Miss closes out its season-opening four-game homestand with a matchup with High Point on Sunday. Game time is set for 2 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 4: Ole Miss (3-0) vs. High Point (1-1)
Date: November 17, 2016
Time: 2:00 PM
Location: Oxford, Miss. (The Pavilion at Ole Miss)
Television: SECN+ Link
Livestats:
Starting Five
1. Ole Miss moved to 3-0 with a 68-50 win over Jacksonville State on Thursday. Erika Sisk led Ole Miss with 15 points while Shandricka Sessom picked up her third career double-double with 11 points and 11 rebounds. The 3-0 start equals the best start in the Insell era and the first since the 2014-15 season.
2. The Rebels had each of their five starters score in double figures against Jacksonville State. It's the first time since a 66-65 win at Georgia in 2010 that Ole Miss had its five starters in double figures and the first time all five starters have been in double figures in the Insell era.
3. Shequila Joseph was one rebound short of a double-double with 13 points and nine rebounds against Jacksonville State. Joseph is leading Ole Miss on the glass with 7.7 rebounds per game and has posted five or more rebounds in each game this season.
4. Ole Miss and High Point are meeting for the first time on Sunday. The Rebels will be playing just their second team from the Big South, last taking on a Big South team in 2000 earning a win over Radford. Ole Miss will also be taking on VCU and Oregon for the first time this season.
5. With 15 points against Jacksonville State, Erika Sisk is 28 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. High Point Notables
-Ole Miss and High Point will be meeting for the first time in Sunday's contest. The Rebels are 1-0 against the Big South with a win over Radford - the only other team from the Big South Ole Miss has ever faced.
-Ole Miss head coach Matt Insell and High Point head coach DeUnna Hendrix are two of the youngest head coaches in NCAA Division I. When Insell coached his first game at Ole Miss, at the age of 30, he was the second youngest coach in Division I, trailing High Point's Hendrix's who was 29 at the start of the 2013-14 season.
-High Point has no Mississippi native on their roster but the game will be a homecoming of sorts for senior Kaylah Keys who hails from Memphis, Tenn., and played her prep ball at Harding Academy. Ole Miss has no North Carolina natives on the roster.
A Win Would
-Give Ole Miss its fourth straight win, which would be the best start for the Rebels in the Matt Insell era. The Rebels won their first three games in 2014-15 before a loss to Middle Tennessee. In 2014-15, Ole Miss went 6-1 to open the season and advanced to the third round of the WNIT.
-Move Ole Miss two wins away from its 800th program victory. The earliest Ole Miss could get all-time win No. 800 would be the second game of the UNLV Lady Rebel Roundup over Thanksgiving.
Rebels By The Numbers
3- Number of wins Ole Miss needs to reach 800 program victories. Currently Ole Miss' all-time record is 977-493. Ole Miss' first chance to reach 800 wins will be in the second game of the UNLV Lady Rebel Roundup on Nov. 27. Ole Miss will become one of just six SEC schools to reach the milestone.
6-Number of wins head coach Matt Insell needs to earn his 50th career win. Insell is 44-54 in three years as head coach of the Ole Miss women's basketball team. The earliest Insell could get win No. 50 would be against Oregon on Dec. 14.
5-Number of starters Ole Miss had in double figures against Jacksonville State. It's the first time since a 66-65 win at Georgia in which Ole Miss had all five starters in double figures. It's also the first time in the Insell era Ole Miss has had five starters in double figures.
28- 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 three collegiate seasons and seems poised to become Ole Miss' 27th 1,000- point scorer in school history. Currently Sisk is averaging 12.0 ppg and if she continues to score at that rate the earliest she could hit the milestone would be during the UNLV Lady Rebel Roundup.
43.3-Number of points Ole Miss's opponents are averaging. Ole Miss' opponents haven't scored over 50 points through the first three games. Ole Miss held Southeastern Louisiana to a program-best 31 points in the season opener on Nov. 11.
Scouting High Point
High Point enters Sunday's game with a 1-1 record after defeating Brevard College, 89-42, on Thursday night. Bre Davis scored 15 points in the Panthers first win of the season. Kaylah Keys and Emma Bockrath were also in double figures with 15 and 13 points, respectively. Shea Morgan led the rebounding efforts with eight boards. Davis is pacing the High Point offense with 15 points per game and is joined in double figures by three teammates. Shea Morgan leads the rebounding efforts with 9.5 rebounds per game. High Point is averaging 68.5 points per game and 59.0 rebounds per game in a loss to Charlotte and the win over Brevard College.
About Ole Miss
Ole Miss has started the season strong and with a 3-0 start has equaled the best start in the Matt Insell era and is led by Shandricka Sessom, who is averaging 15.7 points per game. Joining Sessom in double figures are Madinah Muhammad (12.3 ppg), Erika Sisk (12.0 ppg) and Taylor Manuel (11.7 ppg). Shequila Joseph leads the rebounding efforts with 7.7 rebounds per game, while Sessom and Sisk are contributing 6.0 rebounds per game. Sessom became Ole Miss' first 20-point scorer with 26 points against Lipscomb and tallied her third career double-double and the first of the season with 11 points and 11 rebounds against Jacksonville State. Erika Sisk is 28 points from reaching 1,000 career points and Matt Insell is six wins away from his 50th career win.
Up Next
Ole Miss heads to Las Vegas, Nev., for the Lady Rebel Roundup hosted by UNLV. The Rebels will play Wisconsin in the opening round on Saturday at 12 PM CT and will play either host UNLV or Tennessee State on Sunday.
