Scarlet Knights Host Ole Miss on Tuesday Evening
Dec 11 | Women's Basketball
PISCATAWAY, N.J. - The Rutgers women's basketball team plays host for the second time in the past four days, entertaining Ole Miss on Tuesday, December 12 at 7:30 p.m. at the Louis Brown Athletic Center. The Scarlet Knights hope to avenge a 67-57 loss to the Lady Rebels last season which halted RU's 8-0 season start.
Rutgers has posted a 39-3 record in its home confines, dating back to the start of the 2003-04 season. That includes 1-1 ledger at home this season.
The Scarlet Knights are fresh off a 76-51 triumph over Princeton on Saturday, their first home win of the young season. Sophomore center Kia Vaughn (Bronx, N.Y.) scored a career-high 27 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, her fourth double-double of the fall. Freshman Epiphanny Prince had 19 points and junior Matee Ajavon added 14 points and six assists.
Prince continues to pace the youthful Knights in scoring, averaging 17.1 points a contest. Vaughn is averaging a double-double, a team-best 11 rebounds to go along with 14.6 points. The center is ranked first in the BIG EAST in rebounds and blocked shots (2.29) per game.
This is the fourth meeting between the two programs with Ole Miss holding a 2-1 advantage. The first meeting took place on Dec. 29, 1983 at the La Salle Holiday Tournament and a 70-59 Lady Rebels win. Rutgers posted a 65-50 triumph on Nov. 16, 2003 in the second round of the 2003 Preseason WNIT. And last season, Ole Miss downed the Scarlet Knights, 67-57, handing RU its first loss of the season.
The Lady Rebels are 7-2 this season with a pair of consecutive wins over Big 10 opponents. They defeated Penn State on Sunday at home, 65-48. Rutgers faced the Lady Lions in the Virgin Islands, posting a 57-44 win.
Ole Miss is averaging 81.7 points per game, ranking seventh in the NCAA. Guard Armintie Price leads the way, averaging 17.6 points a contest. In addition, she has 35 steals in just nine games and is grabbing 7.4 caroms a game. Price had a triple double versus Illinois on Dec. 2, scoring 34 points, adding 15 rebounds and 12 steals.
Alliesha Easley, the current SEC freshman of the week, is posting 12.2 points per game and adding 3.1 rebounds. Easley paced the squad against Penn State, scoring 15 points. GAME NOTES
