Ole Miss Game Notes - LSU

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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] Time/Result MOREHOUSE (Ex.) [SECN+] W, 90-66 TENNESSEE-MARTIN [SECN+] W, 86-83 UMASS [SECN] W, 90-88 vs. Oral Roberts^ [CBSSPORTS] W, 95-88 (OT) vs. Saint Joseph’s^ [CBSSPORTS] W, 81-68 vs. #12/18 Creighton^ [CBSS] L, 86-77 MONTANA [SECN+] W, 86-81 MIDDLE TENNESSEE [SECN+] L, 77-62 MEMPHIS [SECN+] W, 85-77 at Virginia Tech [ESPNU] L, 80-75 MURRAY STATE [SECN+] W, 78-73 BRADLEY [SECN] W, 66-49 SOUTH ALABAMA [SECN] W, 92-58 #8/8 KENTUCKY* [ESPN2] L, 99-76 at No. 24/24 Florida* [ESPNU] L, 70-63 at Auburn* [SECN] W, 88-85 GEORGIA* [ESPNU] L, 69-47 at RV/RV South Carolina* [ESPNU] L, 67-56 TENNESSEE* [SECN] W, 80-69 at Missouri* [SECN] W, 75-71 TEXAS A&M* [ESPN2] L, 80-76 No. 5/5 BAYLOR% [ESPN2] L, 78-75 MISSISSIPPI STATE* [SECN] W, 88-61 at Vanderbilt* [ESPNU] W, 81-74 at Tennessee* [SECN] L, 75-66 AUBURN* [SECN] W, 90-84 LSU* [SECN] 8:00 p.m. at Arkansas* [SECN] 5:00 p.m. at Mississippi State* [ESPN2] 8:00 p.m. MISSOURI* [SECN] 2:30 p.m. at Alabama* [SECN] 7:30 p.m. SOUTH CAROLINA* [SECN] 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.)

LSU

TIGERS

(9-15, 1-11 SEC) Head Coach: Johnny Jones Career: 294-264/17th At LSU: 89-66/5th

GAME 26 Date: Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017 Time: 8:00 p.m. CT Location: Oxford, Miss. Arena: The Pavilion at Ole Miss (9,051) Television: SEC Network Mike Morgan, play-by-play Dane Bradshaw, analyst Radio: Ole Miss Radio Network David Kellum, play-by-play Keith Carter, analyst Live Audio: OleMissSports.com Live Video: WatchESPN.com Series: LSU leads 120-87 In Oxford: OM leads 54-34 Streak: LSU, W3 Last Meeting: LSU, W 90-81 (1/13/16)

Ole Miss

REBELS

(15-10, 5-6 SEC) Head Coach: Andy Kennedy Career: 248-149/12th At OM: 227-136/11th

TIP OFF • Ole Miss wraps up a two-game homestand Tuesday when the Rebel welcome LSU to The Pavilion. The Rebels have won five of their last seven SEC games and seven of the last 11 against the Tigers. • Head coach Andy Kennedy recently moved past former Kentucky coach Rick Pitino into 19th on the SEC career coaching victories list and now has 227 wins at Ole Miss. • The Rebels have hit 108 of 128 (.844) attempts from the free throw line over the last five games. Ole Miss ranks second in the SEC making 75.3 percent of its attempts this year and leads the league, and ranks sixth nationally, in made free throws this year with 490. • Senior F Sebastian Saiz recorded his 26th career double-double with 11 points and 15 boards at Tennessee and now has 17 double-doubles this season, which leads the SEC and ranks fourth nationally. Saiz leads the SEC and ranks sixth in the nation pulling down 11.4 rebounds a game and is the only player in the SEC this season averaging a double-double. The league’s active career rebounding leader, he recently moved past Reggie Buckner into third in Ole Miss history with 885 rebounds. Saiz has topped both 1,000 points and 800 boards in his career and is just the sixth player in Ole Miss history accomplish that feat. • Senior F Sebastian Saiz needs just 15 rebounds to join Rebel great Murphy Holloway as the only two players in Ole Miss history with 1,000 points and 900 rebounds. • Sophomore G Terence Davis earned SEC Player of the Week honors earlier this year after posting two straight double- doubles in wins over Tennessee and Missouri. He is averaging 17.6 points and 6.5 rebounds a game over his last eight games and has increased his scoring this season 11.8 ppg over last year, which is the largest increase in scoring for any player in the SEC. • Two Ole Miss signees - Devontae Shuler and Jamarko Pickett - were recently ranked four-star prospects in the latest release of the Rivals.com 150. Shuler was rated the No. 106 prospect in the nation, while Pickett checked in at No. 113. Pickett was also ranked the No. 93 player in the nation by ESPN.com. • Ole Miss boasts the 28th toughest strength of schedule this season and the Rebels have played 15 games against teams ranked inside the RPI top 100, including 13 inside the top 68.

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 | 1 | DEANDRE BURNETT 6-2 | 192 | Jr. | Miami Gardens, Fla.

G | 4 | BREEIN TYREE 6-2 | 192 | Fr. | Somerset, N.J.

G | 14 | RASHEED BROOKS 6-5 | 201 | Sr. | Kalamazoo, Mich.

PTS REB BLK STL FG% FT% 15.2 11.4 1.1 1.0 48.5 72.5 PTS 3.8

REB 4.6

BLK 1.2

STL 0.7

FG% 54.3

FT% 40.0

PTS REB AST STL FG% FT% 16.6 2.2 3.2 1.1 33.8 89.6 PTS 5.5

REB 1.6

AST 2.0

STL 0.5

FG% 36.3

FT% 68.9

PTS 7.3

REB 2.7

AST 1.7

STL 0.8

FG% 37.7

FT% 89.5


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