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Rebels Prepare to Face the Volunteers Inside Sold out Pavilion
By Adam Brown
Sports Editor
adam.brown@hottytoddy.com
Devontae Shuler is averaging 12.8 ppg throughout the last four contest. Photo by Sarah Kane
The Ole Miss Rebels men’s basketball team host the No. 7 Tennessee Volunteers inside a sold-out Pavilion. Tip-off is set for 6 p.m. on SEC Network.
Ole Miss (19-8, 9-5 SEC) is coming off of a 72-71 victory over the Georgia Bulldogs on Saturday to pick up the season sweep. Junior Breein Tyree had a monster second half in the game scoring 14 of his 17 points that led the team.
Senior Terence Davis ranks fifth in steals (1.7), eighth in scoring (15.6 ppg), eighth in field goal shooting (46.1 percent) as well as 10th in assists (3.4 per game).
Sophomore Devontae Shuler has been clutch the past four games averaging 12.8 ppg.
When the Rebels and Volunteers tip off tonight fans will watch the two highest scoring duo’s in the conference as Tyree and Davis (35.0 ppg) are slightly ahead of Tennessee’s Grant Williams and Admiral Schofield (34.2 ppg).
No. 7 Tennessee enters tonight’s matchup with a 24-3 record, including 12-2 in SEC play to sit tied atop the conference standings with No. 4 Kentucky and No. 13 LSU. The Volunteers are coming off a tough overtime loss at LSU on Saturday. Tennessee tops the conference in several categories while finding the top five of the national rankings.
The Vols are second in the country in assist/turnover ratio (1.7), third in field goal percentage (50.4), fourth in assists (19.0 per game) and fifth in blocks (5.5 per game). Reigning SEC Player of the Year Williams leads the conference in scoring at 19.0 ppg, while Scofield is fourth at 16.9 ppg. Williams ranks second in the SEC with a 56.9 field goal percentage and is shooting 82.9 percent from the free throw line to rank fourth. Dishing out 6.3 assists per game, Jordan Bone paces the conference and ranks 15th nationally.
Ole Miss and Tennessee have met 117 times, with the Volunteers holding a 73-44 lead in a series that began in 1924. Ole Miss has won six of the last 10 meetings, but Tennessee has taken the past three matchups. In Oxford, the Volunteers hold a slight 26-25 advantage. The home team has won 14 of the last 18 regular season meetings dating back to 2004. Ole Miss has won six of the past seven games played in Oxford with a 1-1 record in The Pavilion.
Fans that are not able to make it to the Pavilion can watch all of the action on SEC Network or listen to the call on the Ole Miss Radio Network.
| Mon, Nov 4 |  | vs Long Island University | W, 90-60 |
| Fri, Nov 8 |  | vs Grambling | W, 66-64 |
| Tue, Nov 12 |  | vs South Alabama | W, 64-54 |
| Sat, Nov 16 |  | vs Colorado State | W, 84-69 |
| Thu, Nov 21 |  | vs Oral Roberts | L, 100-68 |
| Thu, Nov 28 |  | vs BYU | W, 96-85 OT |
| Fri, Nov 29 |  | vs 13 Purdue | L, 80-78 |
| Tue, Dec 3 |  | @ Louisville | W, 86-63 |
| Sat, Dec 7 |  | vs Lindenwood | W, 86-53 |
| Sat, Dec 14 |  | vs Southern Miss | W, 77-46 |
| Tue, Dec 17 |  | vs Southern | W, 74-61 |
| Sat, Dec 21 |  | vs Queens University | W, 80-62 |
| Sat, Dec 28 |  | @ Memphis | L, 87-70 |
| Sat, Jan 4 |  | vs Georgia | W, 63-51 |
| Wed, Jan 8 |  | @ 23 Arkansas | W, 73-66 |
| Sat, Jan 11 |  | vs LSU | W, 77-65 |
| Tue, Jan 14 |  | @ 5 Alabama | W, 74-64 |
| Sat, Jan 18 |  | @ 17 Mississippi State | L, 81-84 |
| Wed, Jan 22 |  | vs 13 Texas A&M | L, 62-63 |
| Sat, Jan 25 |  | @ Missouri | L, 83-75 |
| Wed, Jan 29 |  | vs Texas | W, 72-69 |
| Sat, Feb 1 |  | vs 2 Auburn | L, 92-82 |
| Tue, Feb 4 |  | vs 10 Kentucky | W, 98-84 |
| Sat, Feb 8 | | @ LSU | 7:30 PM SECN |
| Wed, Feb 12 |  | @ South Carolina | 6:00 PM SECN |
| Sat, Feb 15 | | vs 17 Mississippi State | 5:00 PM TBA |
| Sat, Feb 22 |  | @ Vanderbilt | 2:30 PM SECN |
| Wed, Feb 26 | | @ 2 Auburn | 6:00 PM TBA |
| Sat, Mar 1 |  | vs 12 Oklahoma | 1:00 PM TBA |
| Wed, Mar 5 |  | vs 1 Tennessee | 8:00 PM TBA |
| Sat, Mar 8 |  | @ 6 Florida | 5:00 PM SECN |