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 W, 78-73 W, 66-49 8:00 p.m. 7:00 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.)
South Alabama
JAGUARS
(7-5, 0-0 Sun Belt) Head Coach: Matthew Graves Career: 44-65/3 At USA: 44-65/3
GAME 12 Date: Thursday, Dec. 22, 2016 Time: 8:00 p.m. CT Location: Oxford, Miss. Arena: The Pavilion at Ole Miss (9,051) Television: SEC Network Richard Cross, play-by-play Mark Wise, 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 3-1 In Oxford: OM leads 2-0 Streak: OM, W2 Last Meeting: OM, W 89-71 (11/18/08)
Ole Miss
REBELS
(8-3, 0-0 SEC) Head Coach: Andy Kennedy Career: 241-142/12th At OM: 220-129/11th
TIP OFF • The Rebels are second in the SEC pulling down 41.3 rpg this year and second with a +5.8 rebounding margin. Ole Miss has outrebounded all but one opponent this year and are second in the SEC grabbing 14.1 offensive rpg. • With the win over Bradley, head coach Andy Kennedy moved past Rick Pitino for 19th on the SEC career coach ing victories list with 220 wins. • Ole Miss tied a school record with 13 blocked shots in the win over Bradley and rank 13th in the nation averaging 6.1 blocked shots a game. • 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. • Senior F Sebastian Saiz recorded his 15th career double-double with 10 points and 13 boards in Ole Miss’ win over Bradley. Saiz leads the SEC and ranks sixth nationally pulling down 11.7 rebounds a game, and has six double-doubles this season, which leads the league and ranks 13th in the nation. He is averaging 15.4 ppg and 12.6 rpg over the last 10 games and is the only player in the SEC this season averaging a double-double. Saiz is the league’s active career leader with 728 rebounds and is closing in Coolidge Ball, who ranks 10th in school history with 754 career boards. • Sophomore G Terence Davis tied a career-high with 19 points in the Rebels’ win over Bradley. Davis has posted two double-doubles in his last three games and is averaging 17.7 ppg and 9.3 rpg over the same three games. • Junior G Cullen Neal has posted 11 assists against just one turnover over his last two games. • Junior G Deandre Burnett ranks third in the SEC in scoring averaging 19.0 ppg this season. He scored a career- high 41 points in the Rebels’ win over Oral Roberts in the Virgin Islands, which is the fourth most in the nation this year and a Paradise Jam tournament record.
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 | 0 | DONTE FITZPATRICK-DORSEY 6-4 | 191 | So. | Memphis, Tenn.
G | 2 | CULLEN NEAL 6-4 | 191 | Jr. | Albuquerque, N.M.
PTS 14.5
REB 11.7
BLK 14.5
STL 1.1
FG% 53.5
FT% 71.9
PTS 3.9
REB 4.5
BLK 1.4
STL 0.8
FG% 58.6
FT% 34.6
PTS 13.0
REB 5.5
AST 1.1
STL 1.3
FG% 46.8
FT% 71.8
PTS 1.7
REB 1.6
AST 0.7
STL 0.4
FG% 45.5
FT% 87.5
PTS 12.4
REB 1.9
AST 3.2
STL 0.7
FG% 41.7
FT% 79.3