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 3/9 3/10 3/14
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] W, 87-82 (OT) MISSOURI* [SECN] W, 80-77 at Alabama* [SECN] L, 70-55 NR/RV SOUTH CAROLINA* [SECN] W, 75-70 Missouri$ W, 86-74 RV/RV Arkansas$ L, 73-72 at Monmouth& 6:00 pm
* SEC Game | Ranking: AP/USA TODAY | All Times CT ^ Paradise Jam (St. Thomas, Virgin Islands) % Big 12/SEC Challenge $ SEC Tournament (Nashville, Tenn.) & NIT
OLE MISS STYLE GUIDE
No. 4 Monmouth
HAWKS
(27-6, 18-2 MAAC) Head Coach: King Rice Career: 106-91/6 At MU: 106-91/6
NIT First Round Date: Tuesday, March 14, 2017 Time: 6:00 p.m. CT Location: West Long Beach, N.J. Arena: OceanFirst Bank Center (4,100) Television: ESPN3 Jay Harris, play-by-play Rob Kennedy, analyst Radio: Ole Miss Radio Network David Kellum, play-by-play Live Audio: OleMissSports.com Live Video: WatchESPN.com Series: First Meeting
No. 5 Ole Miss
REBELS
(20-13, 10-8 SEC) Head Coach: Andy Kennedy Career: 253-152/12th At OM: 232-139/11th
TIP OFF • Ole Miss travels to Monmouth in the first round of the NIT Tuesday. This marks the eighth postseason appearance in 11 years for the Rebels under Andy Kennedy. Ole Miss had only 12 postseason appearances in the 96 years before Kennedy’s arrival and boasts a 13-11 all-time record in 12 NIT appearances. • The Rebels finished the regular season tied for fifth in the league standings after being predicted to finish ninth in the SEC this year by the media. Ole Miss has not finished worse than sixth in the league and has finished above its preseason projected finish each of the last six seasons since the league moved away from a divisional format. • Ole Miss and Kentucky are the only two schools to finish .500 or better in the SEC each of the last six seasons. • Head coach Andy Kennedy moved into a tie with former Florida coach Norm Sloan for 18th on the SEC career coaching victories list with 232 wins. He is also moved past Rick Stansbury (MSU) for the fourth most wins in SEC history by a coach in his first 11 years in the league at one school. • The Rebels have hit 259 of 322 (.804) attempts from the free throw line over the last 12 games. Ole Miss leads the nation in made free throws this year with 660. The Rebels are averaging 80.1 ppg over their last nine games. • With a 1279-1281 all time record, Ole Miss is nearing a .500 winning percentage as a program. The Rebels were 95 games under .500 when Andy Kennedy took over in Oxford and have not been .500 or better as a program since Ole Miss was 440-440 on Jan. 17, 1958. • Sophomore G Terence Davis is averaging 18.3 points a game over his last nine games. He has increased his scoring this season 12.7 ppg over last year, which is the largest increase in scoring for any player in the SEC. • Ole Miss has 20 wins for the ninth time in 11 seasons under Andy Kennedy, who joins Billy Donovan, Joe. B. Hall, Nolan Richardson and Tubby Smith as the only coaches in SEC history to accomplish that feat. The Rebels had just seven 20 win seasons in the 96 seasons before Kennedy’s arrival. • Senior F Sebastian Saiz recorded his 29th career double-double with 14 points and 16 boards in the win over Missouri and now has 20 double-doubles this season, which leads the SEC and ranks seventh nationally. Saiz leads the SEC and ranks fifth in the nation pulling down 11.2 rebounds a game and is the only player in the conference this season a veraging a double-double. The league’s active career rebounding leader, he recently moved past Walter Actwood into second in Ole Miss history with 970 rebounds. Saiz is also first player in school history and just the 16th player in SEC history with 1,000 points, 900 rebounds and 100 blocked shots. He was named the 2017 C Spire Howell Trophy winner as the most outstanding player in Mississippi. It was the fifth straight time a Rebel has won the award. He also earned first team All-SEC honors from the league’s coaches. • Two Ole Miss signees - Devontae Shuler and Jamarko Pickett - were recently ranked inside the top 100 and four- star prospects in the latest release of the Scout.com ranking. Shuler was rated the No. 57 prospect in the nation, while Pickett checked in at No. 99.
PROJECTED OLE MISS STARTERS F | 11 | SEBASTIAN SAIZ 6-9 | 240 | Sr. | Madrid, Spain
F | 50 | JUSTAS FURMANAVICIUS 6-7 | 210 | Jr. | Kaunas, Lithuania
G | 14 | RASHEED BROOKS 6-5 | 201 | Sr. | Kalamazoo, Mich.
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% 14.9 11.2 1.1 0.9 46.2 72.9 PTS REB BLK STL FG% FT% 6.4 5.0 1.1 0.8 46.8 62.0 PTS 6.6
REB 2.6
AST 1.5
STL 0.9
FG% 36.1
FT% 90.5
PTS 7.5
REB 1.9
AST 1.8
STL 0.5
FG% 38.3
FT% 70.0
PTS 14.5
REB 5.3
AST 1.7
STL 1.3
FG% 46.8
FT% 73.0