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 2/18 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 #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 #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] W, 96-76 at Arkansas* [SECN] L, 98-80 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.)
Mississippi State
BULLDOGS
(14-12, 5-9 SEC) Head Coach: Ben Howland Career: 429-235/21st At MSU: 28-29/2nd
GAME 28 Date: Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017 Time: 8:00 p.m. CT Location: Starkville, Miss. Arena: Humphrey Colosseum (10,575) Television: ESPN2 Tom Hart, play-by-play LaPhonso Ellis, analyst Radio: Ole Miss Radio Network David Kellum, play-by-play Keith Carter, analyst Live Audio: OleMissSports.com Live Video: WatchESPN.com Series: MSU Leads Series 142-113 In Starkville: MSU leads 94-25 Streak: OM, W2 Last Meeting: OM, W 88-61 (1/31/17)
Ole Miss
REBELS
(16-11, 7-7 SEC) Head Coach: Andy Kennedy Career: 249-150/12th At OM: 228-137/11th
TIP OFF • Ole Miss wraps up a two-game road trip at Mississippi State Tuesday. The Rebels and the Bulldogs are the SEC’s most-played rivalry, having met 255 times. Ole Miss has won six of the last seven matchups against MSU, which is the Rebels’ best streak against the Bulldogs since winning eight straight from 1980-83. • The Rebels are averaging 88.7 ppg over their last three games and 83.5 ppg over the last six. • Head coach Andy Kennedy recently moved past former Kentucky coach Rick Pitino into 19th on the SEC career coaching victories list and now has 228 wins at Ole Miss. A win over Mississippi State would be Kennedy’s 250th as a head coach. • The Rebels have hit 146 of 175 (.846) attempts from the free throw line over the last seven games. Ole Miss leads the league in SEC play making 75.8 percent of its attempts and ranks first in the conference, and fifth nationally, in made free throws this year with 528. • 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 sixth nationally. Saiz leads the SEC and ranks sixth in the nation pulling down 11.0 rebounds a game and is the only player in the conference 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 896 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. He needs just nine rebounds to join Rebel great Murphy Holloway as the only two players in school history with 1,000 points and 900 rebounds. • Sophomore G Terence Davis scored a career-high 33 points in Ole Miss’ win over LSU and is averaging 27.7 points and 5.3 rebounds a game over his last three games while shooting 62.3 percent (33 of 53) from the field. He has increased his scoring this season 12.9 ppg over last year, which is the largest increase in scoring for any player in the SEC and ranks sixth in the conference averaging 16.8 ppg in league play. • 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 ranks No. 71 in the latest NCAA RPI and boasts the 39th toughest schedule this season. The Rebels have played 15 games against teams ranked inside the RPI top 100.
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 | 3 | TERENCE DAVIS 6-4 | 201 | So. | Southaven, Miss.
PTS REB BLK STL FG% FT% 15.0 11.0 1.1 1.0 46.9 72.8 PTS 3.8
REB 4.6
BLK 1.2
STL 0.7
FG% 54.5
FT% 40.4
PTS REB AST STL FG% FT% 16.9 2.2 3.3 1.1 35.9 89.1 PTS 5.4
REB 1.7
AST 1.9
STL 0.4
FG% 35.2
FT% 70.2
PTS 14.7
REB 5.5
AST 1.6
STL 1.4
FG% 48.2
FT% 73.9