Ole Miss men’s basketball (2-0) defeated Central Arkansas (1-1) inside the Sandy and John Black Pavilion on Friday night, 92-60.
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
– Budd Clark engineered the Rebel offense with 13 points, a team-high six assists, and four boards.
– Clark is one-of-two active players in the country with 1,500+ points, 500+ assists, and 225+ steals. (Tamin Lipsey, Iowa State)
– Clark eclipsed 500 career assists in tonight’s game.
– Clark has 46 career games with 10+ points and 5+ assists.
– Patton Pinkins led Ole Miss with 19 points (4-5 3FG), three steals, and two assists.
– Pinkins is currently the all-time leader in 3-point field goal percentage at Ole Miss, surpassing John Matthews (1988-91) at 44.3 percent. Pinkins is currently 50-of-111 from deep in just two seasons. (45 percent)
– Pinkins is shooting 7-of-9 from 3-point range this season. (77 percent)
– Santiago Trouet stuffed the stat sheet with eight points, seven rebounds, two assists and two blocks.
– Corey Stephenson registered 11 points, seven rebounds and a steal.
– Stephenson has produced double figures in his first two starts for the Rebels.
– Ben Henshell netted 13 points and three assists.
– It was Henshall’s first collegiate game in double figures.
– Roman Siulepa grabbed seven rebounds, added four points and two assists.
– Christian Brown
– Consecutive starts: Budd Clark (101), Ilias Kamardine (37), Roman Siulepa (35), Corey Stephenson (33) and Patton Pinkins (5).
– Head coach Chris Beard picked up his 298th career victory in the NCAA (all divisions).
TEAM NOTES
– Ole Miss has started 2-0 in all four seasons with Beard at the helm.
– The Rebels improved to 5-0 all-time against Central Arkansas.
– 2012-13 was the last time Ole Miss opened the regular season with back-to-back games of scoring 90+ points.
– Ole Miss improved to 8-2 under Beard when dishing out 20+ assists.
– Ole Miss’ five starters have combined active starting streaks of 211 games.
– Ole Miss had four players reach double figures, three of them were starters.
– The Rebels outscored UCA, 20-5 in points off turnovers.
– Ole Miss led for 38:41.
– All available Rebels saw action in tonight’s game.
UP NEXT
Ole Miss hosts SE Louisiana inside the SJB Pavilion on Tuesday, Nov. 10, at 7:30 p.m. CT. The game will air on SECN+ and the Ole Miss Radio Network. Students will receive a throwback jersey or shirt for