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] #8/8 KENTUCKY* [ESPN2] at No. 24/24 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 W, 92-58 L, 99-76 L, 70-63 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.)
Auburn
TIGERS
(10-4, 0-2 SEC) Head Coach: Bruce Pearl Career: 498-189/22nd At AU: 36-44/3rd
GAME 13 Date: Saturday, Jan. 7, 2017 Time: 5:00 p.m. CT Location: Auburn, Ala. Arena: Auburn Arena (9,121) Television: SEC Network Mike Morgan, play-by-play Pat Bradley, analyst Radio: Ole Miss Radio Network David Kellum, play-by-play Keith Kessinger, analyst Live Audio: OleMissSports.com Live Video: WatchESPN.com Series: AU leads 74-57 In Auburn: AU leads 49-14 Streak: OM, W8 Last Meeting: OM, W 69-59 (2/20/16)
Ole Miss
REBELS
(9-5, 0-2 SEC) Head Coach: Andy Kennedy Career: 242-144/12th At OM: 221-131/11th
TIP OFF • Ole Miss continues its road swing this week when the Rebels head to the Plains to face Auburn Saturday. The Rebels have won 11 of the last 13 meetings against the Tigers, including the last eight. • The Rebels have won three straight over the Tigers in Auburn. • Ole Miss made 16 of 17 from the line against UK (.941), which was the third-best percentage in a game in school history under 20 attempts, and are 52 of 61 from the charity strip (.852) over the last three games. Junior G Deandre Burnett leads the league in free throw shooting this season converting 100 of 109 (.917) attempts. • The Rebels lead the SEC with a +6.3 rebounding margin and rank second in the league pulling down 41.6 rpg. Ole Miss has outrebounded all but one opponent this year and are third in the SEC grabbing 13.5 offensive rpg. • Ole Miss tied a school record with 13 blocked shots in the win over Bradley and ranks 10th in the nation averag- ing 6.2 blocked shots a game. • With the win over Bradley, head coach Andy Kennedy moved past former UK coach Rick Pitino for 19th on the SEC career coaching victories list and now has 221 wins at Ole Miss. • Senior F Sebastian Saiz recorded his 18th career double-double with 15 points and 13 boards against Florida and now has recorded a double-double in five straight games. Saiz leads the SEC and ranks third nationally pull- ing down 12.2 rebounds a game, and has nine double-doubles this season, which leads the league and ranks sixth in the nation. He is averaging 16.5 ppg and 12.9 rpg over the last 13 games and is the only player in the SEC this season averaging a double-double. Saiz is the league’s active career leader and recently passed former Rebel Justin Reed for ninth in Ole Miss history with 770 career boards. He also needs just 50 points to become the 38th member of the 1,000-point club in school history.
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.
F | 50 | JUSTAS FURMANAVICIUS 6-7 | 210 | Jr. | Kaunas, Lithuania
G | 1 | DEANDRE BURENTT 6-2 | 192 | Jr. | Miami Gardens, Fla.
G | 2 | CULLEN NEAL 6-4 | 191 | Jr. | Albuquerque, N.M.
PTS REB BLK STL FG% FT% 15.7 12.2 1.4 1.0 52.8 74.4 PTS 3.8
REB 4.3
BLK 1.6
STL 0.7
FG% 58.8
FT% 43.3
PTS REB AST STL FG% FT% 11.8 5.2 1.1 1.1 44.4 69.8 PTS REB AST STL FG% FT% 19.1 2.2 3.0 0.8 37.0 91.7 PTS REB BLK STL FG% FT% 5.6 5.4 1.6 0.6 50.8 46.9