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Ole Miss Women’s Basketball Rings in New Year with Win over Arkansas
Behind a double-double from senior Shequila Joseph (London, England) with 15 points and a career-best 13 rebounds the Ole Miss women’s basketball team (12-2, 1-0 SEC) picked up its third consecutive win in its SEC opener with a 73-64 win over Arkansas on New Year’s Day. The win was the 11th straight home win for the Rebels and the sixth straight overall win.
Arkansas (11-3, 0-1 SEC) made things interesting in the fourth quarter using a 12-0 run coupled with a 3:03 scoring drought by Ole Miss to cut the lead to under 10 points with 1:44 left, but Ole Miss sealed the win late with a bucket from Joseph and free throws from Erika Sisk (Oxford, Miss.) and Alissa Alston (New Haven, Conn.), earning the win in front of a national television audience.
For the second time this season Ole Miss had two double-doubles led by Joseph’s 15 and 13. Shandricka Sessom (Byhalia, Miss.) added 11 points and 10 rebounds for her team-leading third double-double of the season. Sisk also hit double-digit assists for the second time this season with 10 helpers. Shelby Gibson (Murfreesboro, Tenn.) added 12 points of the bench – for her second consecutive game in double figures and sixth of the season.
The third quarter was equally as entertaining as the first half. The Rebels opened the half with a bucket underneath from Taylor Manuel (St. Louis Mo.) followed by a triple from Madinah Muhammad (Chicago, Ill.) before using an 8-0 run over a span of 1:43 to take a 46-35 lead at the third quarter media timeout. The third frame was Gibson’s time to shine. Coming off a career-best 16-point outing against Mississippi Valley, the rookie scored eight points in the third frame to help the home team jump out to a 16-point lead. The Rebels punctuated the third quarter with a triple from Torri Lewis (Olive Branch, Miss.) as time wound down at the end of the quarter.
Gibson completed a three-point play to open the second quarter and the home team rattled off seven unanswered points to pull ahead 19-10 – the largest lead of the first half – at the 7:16 mark, but Arkansas battled back midway through the quarter and a once nine-point lead was whittled to just four points at the media timeout. The teams matched each other bucket for bucket late in the quarter highlighted by six points from Arkansas’ Jailyn Mason, but the home team took a slim 27-26 lead at the break. Joseph was the story of the first half, recording eight points and seven rebounds – almost recording a double-double in the first 20 minutes of action.
After hitting their first two buckets of the game and taking a quick 4-0 lead, the Rebels weathered an Arkansas push with the Rebels ahead 6-5 at the fist media timeout. Joseph tallied six points and four rebounds, scoring nearly half of Ole Miss’ points in the first frame as the Rebels took a 13-8 lead into the second quarter.
Courtesy of Ole Miss Sports
NFL Rebels: Five former Ole Miss Rebels make the NFL playoffs
Five former NFL Rebels have made the NFL playoffs as the season comes to an end. The playoffs begin on January 7th.
As the NFL regular season comes to an end, five NFL Rebels prepare for the playoffs. The road the Super Bowl will go through New England and Dallas this year.
Brandon Bolden of the New England Patriots will receive a first-round bye in the playoffs this year. The former Rebel has been relegated to mostly special teams duty this season.
Courtesy of Randy Morgan and to read the rest of this article go to OleHottyToddy.com
Coaching rumors: Ole Miss receivers coach Matt Lubick hired as Baylor co-OC
According to a report by Zach Barnett of Football Scoop, Lubick has been hired as the co-offensive coordinator at Baylor under new head coach Matt Rhule. Rebels coach Hugh Freeze confirmed the news shortly after the report.
Lubick was hired on Dec. 22, less than two weeks ago, after serving as Oregon’s offensive coordinator under Mark Helfrich this season. According to Scout’s Ben Garrett, Baylor offered Lubick a large raise in addition to the promotion to lure him away from Ole Miss.
Courtesy of Cody Pace and to read the rest of this article go to SEC Country.com
