{"id":20808,"date":"2015-01-18T06:50:42","date_gmt":"2015-01-18T12:50:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=20808"},"modified":"2015-10-27T23:34:06","modified_gmt":"2015-10-28T04:34:06","slug":"rebels-thrash-no-19-arkansas-96-82-in-front-of-18000-at-bud-walton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/rebels-thrash-no-19-arkansas-96-82-in-front-of-18000-at-bud-walton\/","title":{"rendered":"Rebels thrash No. 19 Arkansas 96-82 in front of 18,000 at Bud Walton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">A simple and humble, yet sarcastic (not really)\u00a0suggestion. Suspend all home games for <strong>Ole Miss<\/strong> basketball. Play all games on the road. Seriously. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Ole Miss (11-6, 2-3) proved once again that it can win big games on the road with a 96-82 thrashing of <strong>No. 19 Arkansas<\/strong> on Saturday night while hitting an incredible 74 percent of field goals in the first half. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">&#8220;I do think our guys get excited to play here,&#8221; <strong>Andy Kennedy<\/strong> said. &#8220;Because of the fandom, and because of the energy that is in the building. I think it does give you an extra push.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">That extra push gave a\u00a0sold out crowd of 18,352 at <strong>Bud Walton Arena<\/strong> little to cheer about as Ole Miss took a 53-40 lead into halftime. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Leading scorer <strong>Stefan Moody<\/strong> produced a season high 18 points while pulling down four rebounds and adding three assists on the night. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Four other<strong> Rebels<\/strong> finished with double digits in the scoring stat: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.olemisssports.com\/sports\/m-baskbl\/mtt\/jarvis_summers_761403.html\">Jarvis Summers<\/a> added 17 points; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.olemisssports.com\/sports\/m-baskbl\/mtt\/sebastian_saiz_861782.html\">Sebastian Saiz<\/a> had 12 and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.olemisssports.com\/sports\/m-baskbl\/mtt\/ladarius_white_778495.html\">LaDarius White<\/a> 10. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.olemisssports.com\/sports\/m-baskbl\/mtt\/dwight_coleby_861783.html\">Dwight Coleby<\/a> finished with 12 points and 10 rebounds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">&#8220;It&#8217;s hard to win a basketball game when they only miss seven shots in the first half,&#8221; Arkansas guard <strong>Michael Qualls<\/strong> said. &#8220;That&#8217;s ridiculous. Like I said, it was one of those nights.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Indeed it was one of those nights. The win improved Kennedy&#8217;s record against Arkansas to 11-4. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Ole Miss plays again on Tuesday against <strong>Georgia<\/strong> at 6 pm. The game can be seen on the <strong>SEC Network<\/strong>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Oh by the way, the Tuesday night game?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">On. The. Road. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; A simple and humble, yet sarcastic (not really)\u00a0suggestion. Suspend all home games for Ole Miss basketball. 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