re: 2017-2018 Rebel Hoops 12-20 (5-13): USCe L; HIRE THAD MATTA

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GAME 18
Matchup: Ole Miss (10-7, 3-2 SEC) at Texas A&M (11-6, 0-5 SEC)
Date: Tuesday, January 16, 2018
Time: 8 p.m. CT
Location: College Station, Texas
Arena: Reed Arena (12,989)
Television: SEC Network
Tom Hart, play-by-play
Jon Sundvold, analyst
Radio: Ole Miss IMG Sports Network
David Kellum, play-by-play
Marc Dukes, analyst
Series: Texas A&M leads 5-2
Last Meeting: Jan. 25, 2017
Texas A&M won 80-76
Oxford, Miss.

TIPOFF TIDBITS
- Ole Miss begins playing back-to-back road games for the first time this season.
- The Rebels are coming off a 78-72 win over Florida, handing the Gators their first SEC loss of the season.
- Bruce Stevens scored 22 points, and Deandre Burnett added 20 in the win over the Florida; it was the first time this season that Ole Miss has two 20-point scorers in a game.
- The Rebels are 92nd in the RPI; Ole Miss has finished in the top 100 of the RPI in all 11 seasons under Andy Kennedy, one of 20 programs to do that.
- Ole Miss ranks second in the SEC in turnover margin (+3.4) in conference games.
- The Rebels are 9-1 when shooting over 30 percent from beyond the arc.
- Freshman Devontae Shuler ranks second in the SEC with eight steals in conference games.
- Senior Deandre Burnett is averaging 19.7 ppg in the Rebels’ three SEC wins.
- Sophomore Breein Tyree is averaging 13.4 ppg in SEC play.
- Senior Marcanvis Hymon ranks 10th in school history with 91 career blocks.
- When he starts, junior Bruce Stevens averages 15.2 ppg.
- The Rebels rank 28th nationally in fewest turnovers (196).
- Ole Miss is one of nine teams nationwide to have at least 10 different starting lineups this season.
- Guards are accounting for 71.3 percent of the Rebels’ scoring.
- Ole Miss is in the 12th season of the Andy Kennedy era; Kennedy, the Dean of the SEC, is the winningest coach in school history with 244 victories.
- Ole Miss has posted conference records over .500 in each of the last three seasons, the first time they have done that since 1936-1938.
- Ten different players have started games this year for Ole Miss, one of six schools nationally to have done that.
- The Rebels are over .500 as a program (1,291-1,289) for the first time since 1959; Ole Miss was 95 games under .500 when Kennedy took over in Oxford.
- The Rebels are looking for their first win ever in College Station (0-2).

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