2016-17 BASKETBALL GAME NOTES
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2016-17 SCHEDULE Date 11/3 11/11 11/14 11/18 11/20 11/21 11/24 11/30 12/3 12/11 12/15 12/19 12/22 12/29 1/3 1/7 1/11 1/14 1/17 1/21 1/25 1/28 1/31 2/4 2/8 2/11 2/14 2/20 2/21 2/25 3/1 3/4
Opponent [TV] MOREHOUSE (Ex.) [SECN+] TENNESSEE-MARTIN [SECN+] UMASS [SECN] vs. Oral Roberts^ [CBSSPORTS] vs. Saint Joseph’s^ [CBSSPORTS] vs. #12/18 Creighton^ [CBSS] MONTANA [SECN+] MIDDLE TENNESSEE [SECN+] MEMPHIS [SECN+] at Virginia Tech [ESPNU] MURRAY STATE [SECN+] BRADLEY [SECN] SOUTH ALABAMA [SECN] KENTUCKY* [ESPN2] at Florida* [ESPNU] at Auburn* [SECN] GEORGIA* [ESPNU] at South Carolina* [ESPNU] TENNESSEE* [SECN] at Missouri* [SECN] TEXAS A&M* [ESPN2] BAYLOR% [ESPN2] MISSISSIPPI STATE* [SECN] at Vanderbilt* [ESPNU] at Tennessee* [SECN] AUBURN* [SECN] LSU* [SECN] at Arkansas* [SECN] at Mississippi State* [ESPN2] MISSOURI* [SECN] at Alabama* [SECN] SOUTH CAROLINA* [SECN]
Time/Result W, 90-66 W, 86-83 W, 90-88 W, 95-88 (OT) W, 81-68 L, 86-77 W, 86-81 L, 77-62 W, 85-77 L, 80-75 7:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 8:00 p.m. 2:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 5:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 5:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m. 2:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m.
* SEC Game | Ranking: AP/USA TODAY | All Times CT ^ Paradise Jam (St. Thomas, Virgin Islands) % Big 12/SEC Challenge $ SEC Tournament (Nashville, Tenn.)
Murray State
RACERS
(5-5, 0-0 OVC) Head Coach: Matt McMahon Career: 22-19/2 At MSU: 22-19/2
GAME 10 Date: Thursday, Dec. 15, 2016 Time: 7:00 p.m. CT Location: Oxford, Miss. Arena: The Pavilion at Ole Miss (9,051) Television: SEC Network+ Will Kolmeyer, play-by-play Gerald Glass, analyst Radio: Ole Miss Radio Network David Kellum, play-by-play Keith Carter, analyst Live Audio: OleMissSports.com Live Video: WatchESPN.com Series: OM leads 2-1 In Oxford: OM leads 2-0 Streak: OM, W1 Last Meeting: OM, W 77-61 (11/17/10)
Ole Miss
REBELS
(6-3, 0-0 SEC) Head Coach: Andy Kennedy Career: 239-142/12th At OM: 218-129/11th
TIP OFF • Ole Miss returns home Thursday to begin a four-game homestand when the Rebels host Murray State. • The Rebels rank third in the SEC in scoring at 81.9 ppg and have scored 80-plus points in six of their first nine games for the first time since 20007-08. • Head coach Andy Kennedy ranks 20th on the SEC career coaching victories list with 218 wins. He is one win shy of tying Rick Pitino for 19th on the list. • Last season, head coach Andy Kennedy moved past MSU’s Rick Stansbury for the fourth-most wins by a head coach in their first 10 years after taking over an SEC program. Kennedy trails only Joe B. Hall, of Kentucky, (227), Billy Donovan, of Florida, (226) and Wimp Sanderson, of Alabama, (216) in SEC history. • Junior G Deandre Burnett ranks second in the SEC and 53rd nationally in scoring averaging 20.0 ppg this sea son. He scored a career-high 41 points in the Rebels’ win over Oral Roberts in the Virgin Islands, which is the third most in the nation this year and was a Paradise Jam tournament record. His nine 3-pointers in the game is the second most in school history, one shy of Marshall Henderson’s school record. Ole Miss has had an SEC scor ing champion in three of the last four seasons. • Senior F Sebastian Saiz recorded his 13th career double-double with 20 points and 16 boards in Ole Miss’ win over Memphis. Saiz leads the SEC and ranks 10th nationally pulling down 11.2 rebounds a game and has four double-doubles this season, which leads the league and ranks 28th in the nation. He is averaging 16.1 ppg and 12.3 rpg over the last eight games and is the only player in the SEC this season averaging a double-double. Saiz is the league’s active career leader with 700 rebounds and is closing in Coolidge Ball, who ranks 10th in school history with 754 career boards. • Sophomore G Terence Davis recorded his first career double-double with 18 points and a career-high 12 boards at Virginia Tech.
PROJECTED OLE MISS STARTERS OLE MISS STYLE GUIDE
F | 11 | SEBASTIAN SAIZ 6-9 | 240 | Sr. | Madrid, Spain
F | 5 | MARCANVIS HYMON 6-7 | 220 | Jr. | Memphis, Tenn.
G | 3 | TERENCE DAVIS 6-4 | 201 | So. | Southaven, Miss.
G | 1 | DEANDRE BURNETT 6-2 | 192 | Jr. | Miami Gardens, Fla.
G | 4 | BREEIN TYREE 6-2 | 192 | Fr. | Somerset, N.J.
PTS REB BLK STL FG% FT% 14.9 11.2 1.2 0.8 56.8 69.8 PTS 4.3
REB 4.7
BLK 1.6
STL 0.8
FG% 66.7
FT% 35.0
PTS 12.0
REB 4.9
AST 1.2
STL 1.2
FG% 45.1
FT% 7.6.5
PTS 20.0
REB 2.6
AST 2.6
STL 0.7
FG% 35.7
FT% 93.0
PTS 2.4
REB 0.6
AST 1.4
FG% 33.3
3FG% 40.0
FT% 50.0