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GAME 23: VS. FLORIDA Date: Sunday (Feb. 2, 2014) Time: 1:04 p.m. (CT) Location: Oxford, Miss. Arena: Tad Smith Coliseum (9,061) Television: SEC-TV Play-by-Play: Cara Capuano Color Analyst: Nell Fortner Radio: 93.7/105.1 Live Audio: OleMissSports.com Series: 33rd Meeting Florida leads, 18-14 In Oxford: Florida leads, 10-5 Last Meeting: UM W, 88-81 (1/26/2013)
2013-14 Schedule Overall Record: 10-12, 1-7 SEC Date Opponent(TV) Time/Result 11/3 Christian Brothers (Ex) W, 74-59 11/8 Jacksonville State W, 83-62 11/10 Central Arkansas L, 66-63 11/15 vs. West Virginia^ L, 86-56 11/16 at Hawai’i^ L, 79-63 11/17 vs. Washington State^ L, 79-65 11/22 Southeastern La. W, 96-69 11/24 Tennessee State W, 77-61 11/26 Louisiana-Monroe W, 78-72 11/30 at Tulane W, 89-66 12/4 La Tech W, 79-68 12/7 Mississippi Valley State W, 72-60 12/16 at South Alabama W, 72-56 12/18 at No. 12/10 Baylor (FSSW) L, 87-80 12/30 Austin Peay W, 99-69 1/2 Missouri* L, 85-76 1/9 at No. 10/10 Tennessee* (CSS) L, 94-70 1/12 at Alabama L, 93-79 1/16 16/18 Vanderbilt* L, 80-74 1/19 Arkansas* (CST) L, 68-65 1/23 Mississippi State* W, 87-85 (OT) 1/26 No. 14/14 LSU* (SEC TV) L, 66-56 1/30 at No. 7/8 South Carolina* L, 99-70 2/2 Florida* (SEC TV) 1:00 p.m. 2/6 No. 10/10 Tennessee* (CSS) 8:00 p.m. 2/9 at RV Georgia* 1:00 p.m. 2/13 at No. 13/12 Kentucky* (SPSOU) 6:00 p.m. 2/20 17/15 Texas A&M* 6:00 p.m. 2/23 at Mississippi State* 2:00 p.m. 2/27 at Missouri* 7:00 p.m. 3/2 Auburn* 2:00 p.m. 3/5 at SEC Tournament TBA *SEC Game ^Rainbow Wahine Classic (Honolulu, Hawai’i) ! SEC Tournament (Duluth, Ga.) Rankings: AP/USA Today All Times Central Home Games in BOLD
OXFORD, MISS.
Ole Miss Rebels (10-12, 1-7 SEC) Head Coach: Matt Insell Career: 10-12 at OLE MISS: First Year
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Ole Miss fell to No. 7/8 South Carolina, 99-70, in Columbia, S.C., on Thursday (Jan. 30). The loss moved the Rebels to 10-12, 1-7 in SEC action and was Ole Miss’ second consecutive loss and their fifth straight loss to the Gamecocks. The Rebels move to 0-5 against ranked opponents and 0-3 against top 10 foes.
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With her 24 points, senior Valencia McFarland was in double-figures for the 78th time in her career and for the fourth consecutive game against South Carolina. Additionally, McFarland’s 24 points gave her 20+ for the fourth time in Ole Miss’ last five games and for the ninth time this season.
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Tia Faleru’s 19 points, 18 in the second half, marked her third consecutive game in double figures and her fifth game in double-figures in the last five outings. Faleru is averaging 16.2 points per game and leads the Rebels with 9.5 rebounds per game.
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Valencia McFarland will make her 100th consecutive start in Sunday’s game vs. Florida. McFarland who has played in 109 games has made 108 career starts and has scored in each game of her collegiate career.
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Valencia McFarland was named to the 2014 Nancy Lieberman Award Watch List on Jan. 15. The award is given to the nation’s top point guard. McFarland is one of 29 players on the Watch List and joins Arkansas’ Calli Berna, Tennessee’s Ariel Massengale and Texas A&M’s Jordan Jones.
OLE MISS PROJECTED STARTERS G • 3 • VALENCIA McFARLAND 5-4 | Sr. | Edwards, Miss.
G • 10 • DIARA MOORE 5-7 | Sr. | Cedar Hills, Texas.
G/F • 21 • SHEQUILA JOSEPH 6-3 | Fr. | London, England
G/F • 22 • DANIELLE McCRAY 6-1 | Jr. | West Palm Beach, Fla. OleMissHoops.com Twitter.com/OleMissNow OleMissSportsBlog.com Facebook.com/OleMissSports
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Florida Gators (15-6, 5-3 SEC) Head Coach: Amanda Butler Career: 174-110 (9) at Florida: 134-88 (7)
F • 32 • TIA FALERU 6-1 | Jr. | Ozark, Ala.
PTS REB AST S FG% FT% 16.8 4.3 6.2 1.9 .420 .670 PTS 10.9
REB 3.9
AST 1.9
S 1.0
FG% .377
FT% .723
PTS 6.6
REB 3.4
AST 0.5
S 0.3
FG% .296
FT% .750
PTS 6.6
REB 4.9
AST 0.8
S 0.5
FG% .431
FT% .594
PTS 16.2
REB 9.5
AST 0.9
S 1.6
FG% .474
FT% .683