{"id":20973,"date":"2015-01-24T06:28:26","date_gmt":"2015-01-24T12:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=20973"},"modified":"2015-10-27T16:23:13","modified_gmt":"2015-10-27T21:23:13","slug":"rebels-look-to-keep-tourney-hopes-alive-with-win-over-gators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/rebels-look-to-keep-tourney-hopes-alive-with-win-over-gators\/","title":{"rendered":"Rebels look to keep tourney hopes alive with win over Gators"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s\u00a0one of those must-win\u00a0games.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Just a week removed from defeating\u00a0then No. 19 Arkansas<\/strong> on the road,\u00a0Andy Kennedy<\/strong> and his Ole Miss Rebels<\/strong> find themselves on the edge of either moving closer to NCAA Tournament<\/strong> invite status or inadvertently declining the RSVP. <\/span><\/p>\n

Ole Miss ranks No. 55 in the latest Ratings Percentage Index rankings. The Rebels are 2-3 against the RPI top 35, including wins over No. 32 Arkansas<\/strong> and No. 33 Cincinnati<\/strong>. <\/span><\/p>\n

Ole Miss (11-7, 2-3) will host Florida<\/strong> (10-8, 2-3) today in a must win game at Tad Smith Coliseum<\/strong> at 5 pm. The Gators<\/strong> RPI is currently No. 77. The game will be televised by the SEC Network. <\/span><\/p>\n

The charity stripe has been the weapon of choice for Ole Miss. The more times the Rebels can get to the line, the better their chances for winning. Currently, Ole Miss leads the NCAA in free throw percentage, hitting almost 80 percent<\/strong> of their shots. <\/span><\/p>\n

Comparing\u00a0the\u00a0Numbers<\/span><\/strong>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0OM<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0FLA<\/strong>\u00a0 <\/span>
\nScoring Offense\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 74.3\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 67.3<\/span><\/p>\n

Scoring Defense\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a067.1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 53.9<\/span><\/p>\n

Scoring Margin\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 +7.2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 +8.4<\/span><\/p>\n

Field Goal Pct.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 .437\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 .448<\/span><\/p>\n

Opp. Field Goal\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 .383\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 .402<\/span><\/p>\n

3-Point Pct.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 .356\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 .332<\/span><\/p>\n

Opp. 3-Point Pct.\u00a0\u00a0 .331\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 .351<\/span><\/p>\n

Free Throw Pct.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0.798\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 .661<\/span><\/p>\n

Boards\u00a0Per Game\u00a0\u00a0\u00a038.2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 34.5<\/span><\/p>\n

Rebound Margin\u00a0 +3.6\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 +3.2<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s\u00a0one of those must-win\u00a0games.\u00a0 Just a week removed from defeating\u00a0then No. 19 Arkansas on the road,\u00a0Andy Kennedy and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":236,"featured_media":20975,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[5106,1174,7067,4610,5107],"class_list":["post-20973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ole-miss","tag-adny-kennedy","tag-florida","tag-ole-miss","tag-ole-miss-basketball","tag-rebels-vs-gators"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/012514_MSU_0170.jpg?fit=1280%2C831&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/236"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20973\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}