Ole Miss Game Notes - Syracuse

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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 2/18 2/21 2/25 3/1 3/4 3/9 3/10 3/14 3/18

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 vs. Missouri$ [SECN] W, 86-74 vs. RV/RV Arkansas$ [SECN] L, 73-72 at Monmouth& [ESPN2] W, 91-83 at Syracuse& [ESPN] 10:00 a.m.

* 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. 1 Syracuse

ORANGE

(19-14, 10-8 ACC) Head Coach: Jim Boeheim Career: 903-342/41st At SU: 903-342/41st

NIT Second Round Date: Saturday, March 18, 2017 Time: 10 a.m. CT Location: Syracuse, N.Y. Arena: Carrier Dome (35,446) Television: ESPN Bob Wischusen, play-by-play Fran Fraschilla, analyst Radio: Ole Miss Radio Network David Kellum, play-by-play Keith Carter, analyst Live Audio: OleMissSports.com Live Video: WatchESPN.com Series: First Meeting

No. 5 Ole Miss

REBELS

(21-13, 10-8 SEC) Head Coach: Andy Kennedy Career: 254-152/12th At OM: 233-139/11th

TIP OFF • Ole Miss travels to Syracuse in the second round of the NIT Saturday. This is 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 14-11 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 past Florida coach Norm Sloan into 18th on the SEC career coaching wins list with 233 victories. 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 296 of 380 (.779) attempts from the free throw line over the last 14 games. Ole Miss leads the nation in made free throws this year with 678. The Rebels are averaging 81.2 ppg over their last 10 games. • With a 1280-1281 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 17.6 points a game over his last 10 games. He has increased his scoring this season 12.6 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 30th career double-double with 23 points and 11 boards in the win over Monmouth and now has 21 double-doubles this season, which leads the SEC and ranks sixth 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 averaging a double-double. The league’s active career rebounding leader, he recently moved past Walter Actwood into second in Ole Miss history with 981 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 | 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% 15.1 11.2 1.1 0.9 46.7 74.2 PTS REB BLK STL FG% FT% 6.4 5.1 1.1 0.8 48.3 61.6 PTS 16.7

REB 2.2

AST 3.0

STL 1.1

FG% 35.6

FT% 88.1

PTS 7.6

REB 2.0

AST 1.9

STL 0.6

FG% 38.6

FT% 70.3

PTS 14.4

REB 5.3

AST 1.7

STL 1.3

FG% 47.2

FT% 73.0


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