GAME FIVE: GEORGIA TECH VS. OLE MISS | PAGE 7 Ole Miss is 103-19 (.844 win pct.) in games played at Tad Smith Coliseum during Kennedy’s tenure, including a 3-0 record this season. The Rebels are currently on a 23 game non-conference home winning streak dating back to 2010. Ole Miss has won 234 of its last 285 games (.821 win pct.) in Oxford dating back to the 1995-96 campaign. The Rebels have an all-time record of 467-198 (.702 win pct.) at Tad Smith Coliseum, which opened in 1965-66. FRESH FACES Ole Miss added four newcomers to this year’s team, all from the high school ranks, including three international players. Dwight Coleby hails from the Bahamas, Janari Joesaar is originally from Estonia and Sebastian Saiz is a native of Spain. Jerron Martin comes to Oxford from Maryland. Saiz participated in the FIBA U-20 World Championships this past summer averaging 7.2 points and 6.1 rebounds per game, while helping lead Spain to the bronze medal game where he posted tournament highs of 15 points and 13 rebounds in 70-63 victory over Russia. A high school teammate of Saiz at Sunrise Academy in Kansas, Joesaar averaged 14 points, six boards, four assists and two steals for coach Kyle Lindsted. Coleby starred at Piney Woods School averaging 18.9 points, 13.2 rebounds and 3.0 blocked shots as a senior for coach Lemuel Jones en route to Clarion-Ledger Dandy Dozen honors. Martin averaged 18.4 points per game helped lead his team to a 38-11 record as a senior for coach Van Whitfield at Princeton Day School. NEW ARENA ON THE HORIZON With $95 million in pledges and cash, the Forward Together Capital Campaign entered its building phase in September as Ole Miss works its way towards a new basketball arena. The building phase will focus on the Rebels’ new basketball arena and a five-story parking garage with 800 spaces serving the entire campus community. In order to be completed by September 2014, construction on the parking garage will begin this fall. Construction on the new arena will begin in the spring of 2014 with the goal to open the arena no later than January 2016, which would be in time for conference action. Rebels Add four in fall signing period Ole Miss added four players in the fall signing period as J.T. Escobar, Marcanvis Hymon, Stefan Moody and Rauno Nurger all signed national letters of intent to join the Rebels for the 2014-15 academic year. A native of Tallahassee, Fla., the 6-1 Escobar is a two-time Florida Coaches Athletic Association Class 3A All-State selection and averaged 18.4 points per game last season at The Maclay School. Hymon, a 6-7 forward out of Memphis, is rated the No. 132 overall prospect in the nation by Rivals.com and the No. 6 player in Tennessee by ESPN.com. An explosive guard originally from Kissimmee, Fla., Moody earned Sun Belt Conference Freshman of the Year honors at Florida Atlantic last season, posting averages of 15.7 points and 4.2 rebounds per game for the Owls before transferring to play for head coach Brian Hoberecht at Kilgore C.C. (Texas). A 6-10 center originally from Estonia, Nurger transferred to Sunrise Christian Academy in Bel Aire, Kan., for his senior season. Nurger averaged 10.2 points and 5.4 boards per game for the Estonian National Team at last summer’s 2013 FIBA U-20 European Championships and finished third among all players with 1.8 blocks per game.
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CAREER RECORDS WATCH Scoring average 1. 40.1 Johnny Neumann (23 games, 1971) 2. 26.1 Gerald Glass (60 games, 1989-90) 3. 24.8 Denver Brackeen (42 games, 1954-55) 4. 22.2 Don Kessinger (70 games, 1962-64) 5. 21.2 John Stroud (110 games, 1977-80) 6. 19.6 Marshall Henderson (39 games, 2013-) 3-point field goals made 1. 334 Chris Warren (115 games, 2008-11) 2. 278 Aaron Harper (123 games, 2001-04) 3. 249 Keith Carter (117 games, 1996-99) 4. 214 Joe Harvell (114 games, 1990-93) 5. 163 Jason Harrison (132 games, 1999-02) 6. 158 Todd Abernethy (122 games, 2004-07) 7. 152 David Huertas (65 games, 2008-09) 8. 148 Marshall Henderson (39 games, 2013-) 3-point field goald attempted 1. 900 Chris Warren (115 games, 2008-11) 2. 720 Aaron Harper (123 games, 2001-04) 3. 686 Keith Carter (117 games, 1996-99) 4. 528 Joe Harvell (114 games, 1990-93) 5. 454 Jason Harrison (132 games, 1999-2002) 6. 425 David Huertas (65 games, 2008-09) 7. 416 Marshall Henderson (39 games, 2013-) Consectutive games With 3-point fG 1. 46 Chris Warren (2010-11) 2. 41 Aaron Harper (2001-03) 3. 39 Marshall Henderson (2013-)