Tate Blackman did not have the freshman season he had hoped for a year ago, and he was bound and determined to get off to a better start this year. He did just that in Ole Miss’s 9-2 opening day win over Florida International. The sophomore second baseman went 2-4 with a pair of RBIs including a solo home run to left field to lead off the second inning in his first at...
Author Archives: Brian Scott Rippee
Facing his former team, Matt Insell and the Lady Rebels picked apart the #9 Lady Kentucky Wildcats to pull the upset 73-65 The Lady Rebels played this same highly ranked Wildcat team at home last season and scored the upset. This time Ole Miss came through again completed the wire-to-wire upset. “What a great win for our program”, head coach Matt Insell...
Ole Miss basketball coach Andy Kennedy woke up this morning knowing he would be facing a tough challenge playing without injured starters Sebastian Saiz and Martavious Newby, who were dealing with eye injuries. Then Frank Martin’s Number 24 South Carolina Gamecocks (17-1, 4-1 SEC) learned the hard way that playing a short-handed Ole Miss (12-6, 2-4 SEC) team...
The third game in The Pavilion did not follow the script of the first two for Ole Miss, as former Rebel guard, and Florida head coach Michael White came away with an 80-71 road victory on Saturday night. “It was a special night for me. Oxford and Ole Miss mean a lot to me. I love this place and I always will,” White said “More importantly, It was very much a quality...
For the Lady Rebels, the Pavilion magic that was created less than 24 hours ago by the men’s team, never translated over in their Sunday match up with Florida. It was total domination on the part of the Lady Gators (14-2; 1-1 SEC), as they would win handily by a score of 85-65. They led in almost every category and gave the Lady Rebels no chance. “True credit...
