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5 Reasons Cam Akers Can Win A Heisman at Ole Miss
Clinton QB/RB Cam Akers is high on the Ole Miss Rebels recruiting list. I believe if he decides to play in Oxford, he can eventually end up with a Heisman Trophy.
Most of the entire country is waiting to find out where prized Clinton High School senior Cam Akers will attend college. Everyone wants him in their backfield. He is rated by most agencies as the best running back prospect in the country. There have even been lively debates as to whether he is the best in Mississippi high school history.
Ole Miss has made his final cut. Akers is close to making an announcement. He plans on being an early enrollee, so whatever school he chooses will have the benefit of having him for Spring practice.
The Rebels would be a great landing spot for Akers. The argument about the offense being conducive to his talent is a weak one. When you have a once in a generation talent like Akers, you adjust your offense toward his skill. Therefore, he doesn’t have to worry about getting touches.
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Ole Miss Women’s Basketball Wins Big Over La-Monroe
The Ole Miss women’s basketball team moved to 6-0 at The Pavilion at Ole Miss with a 97-40 win over La.-Monroe on Saturday afternoon. Sophomore Madinah Muhammad (Chicago, Ill.) led the Ole Miss offense with 21 points for her third game of 20+ points this season, while classmate Alissa Alston (New Haven, Conn.) dished out a career-best nine assists.
After a heartbreaking loss to No. 16 West Virginia in their last outing, Ole Miss (7-2) came out on fire in the first half shooting 48.5 percent and building a 38-point halftime lead on the strength of 13 points from Muhammad and Shandricka Sessom (Byhalia, Miss.) in the first two quarters.
Shelby Gibson (Murfreesboro, Tenn.), making her first career start, got the first field goal for Ole Miss as the 8:37 mark and scored five of Ole Miss’ first nine points ad Ole Miss pulled ahead, 11-0 forcing the Warhawks to call a timeout at the 6:06 mark to try and stop the Rebel momentum.
The Warhawks timeout didn’t stop the Rebels offense as Ole miss ran its lead to 19-0 highlighted by triples from Sessom and Muhammad. The Warhawks got on the board at the 2:45 mark with a bucket underneath, but Ole Miss started to heat up from long range with two treys from Torri Lewis (Olive Branch, Miss.) as Ole Miss took a 31-5 lead at the end of the first quarter.
The Ole Miss offense didn’t slow much in the second quarter, extending their lead to 34 points at the media timeout. The Rebels held the Warhawks to 4-of-24 shooting (.167 percent) for the half and the 38-point scoring margin for the first half is the fourth largest in a half.
La-Monroe started the second half much better and shot 71.4 percent in the third quarter for 24 points, but Ole Miss (7-2) continued their hot shooting as they doubled up the Warhawks midway through the quarter. Bretta Hart (Poplarville, Miss.) provided a spark off the bench with 10 points in the third quarter. The Rebels held the Warhawks without a field goal in the fourth quarter as they extended their home unbeaten streak to six straight.
From The Head Coach
On the win…
“Real proud of our girls. They played extremely hard coming off exams and coming off a layoff. To be able to come back and play that well is great. It was a dominant performance by our basketball team, a complete overall, dominant performance, and we needed that going into Wednesday. Real proud of our team—25 assists on 33 made shots, that’s a big number. That’s just huge, and I’m so proud of them.”
On the energy and attitude of this team…
“Our energy, our enthusiasm, our kids just enjoy playing this game. I enjoy coaching them and they enjoy playing with each other. It’s just fun to coach this basketball team the way they’re playing and how hard they play. I couldn’t be more proud of them.”
On Wednesday’s meeting with Oregon…
“It’s a huge game. We have a Power 5 team coming in here, a team that’s lost one game, a team that’s going to be a NCAA tournament team. They have one of the best players in the country on their roster. We’re going to have to be ready to play. We need people here. It’s going to be an NCAA tournament game. We need a big-time atmosphere for this game. It’s going to be two really good, extremely talented teams going at it. We need our fans. We need Rebel nation here. This will be a big game come March for us. If we get this win, it’s a resume-building game.”
On the health of the team…
“Chrishae Rowe will be ready. We’ll have all 13 of them out there. We rested Taylor (Manuel) a bit today. We’ll do that from time to time. It’s good because it gets Cecilia Muhate and Kate Rodgers more minutes. For us to get to the tournament this year, we’re going to need Ceci and Kate to be really good. They got great minutes today. Just real proud of them all.”
Rebel Sidelines
-Shelby Gibson made her first career start in tonight’s contest. She is the second freshman to earn a start this season, joining Kate Rodgers.
-With the win, Ole Miss moves takes a 14-2 series advantage and has now won the last 11 games in the series.
-Ole Miss’ 38-point scoring margin in the first half is tied or the fourth largest in a half
-The 57-point margin of victory is the fifth largest in school history
-Ole Miss moves to 6-0 at The Pavilion this season. It is the best home record to start the season in the Insell era and the best start since a 7-0 start at home in 2012-13.
-Each of Ole Miss’ players that saw time on the court scored at least two points.
-Alissa Alston had a career-best 9 assists and has now dished out five or more assists in three of the last four games.
Up Next
Ole Miss welcomes Oregon from the Pac 12 to The Pavilion at Ole Miss on Wednesday. Tipoff is set for 6 pm.
Next Five Games
Dec. 14 – vs. Oregon 6 PM
Dec. 17 – vs. VCU 1 PM
Dec. 20 – vs. Austin Peay 6 PM
Dec. 28 – vs. Mississippi Valley State 6 PM
Jan. 1 – vs. Arkansas 4 PM
Keep Up With the Rebels
Keep up to date with the Ole Miss women’s basketball team throughout the season on social media. For all Ole Miss women’s basketball news and information, go to OleMissSports.com, and follow the Rebels on Twitter at @OleMissWBB, Facebook at Ole Miss WBB on Instagram at Ole MissWBB and on Snapchat with the handle @OleMissWBB. Fans can also follow Ole Miss women’s basketball head coach Matt Insell on Twitter at @minsell.
Courtesy of Ole Miss Sports
Five Shoot for Mississippi Junior Olympics
Five members of the Ole Miss rifle team shot in the Mississippi Junior Olympics yesterday, at the Patricia C. Lamar National Guard Readiness Center. The state match is the qualifier for the National Junior Olympics to be held at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado in April 2017.
Ole Miss freshman Jillian Tyler won the Mississippi State Junior Olympics women’s smallbore rifle championship with a 562 score and placed second in air rifle with a 388. As state champions, Tyler receive an automatic invitation to Nationals.
Sophomore Harley Gardner turned in a 579 smallbore score. However, being a Texas resident, Gardner was not eligible for the Mississippi title, but did earn an At-Large invitation to Nationals.
The remaining three shooters, Alana Kelly, Hayley Carroll and Samantha Sandifer will be looking for At-Large invitations, that will be issued on a space available basis at the conclusion of all state competitions.
“I am hopeful that the other Ole Miss shooters who competed today will also be invited to Nationals,” Beasley said. “Their scores are not want we hoped, but based on recent history, I think each has a chance of qualifying for Nationals.”
The Rebels will return to action January 14th to take on Kentucky and Murray State.
For more information on Ole Miss Rifle, follow the Rebels on Twitter at @OleMissRifle, on Facebook at OleMissRifle and on Instagram @OleMissRifle.
Courtesy of Ole Miss Sports
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