… Bretta Hart is the team’s top rebounder at 7.5 rpg. … Erika Sisk, a 5-9 junior guard, is averaging 11.1 points per game. The 5-10 sophomore guard is averaging an SEC-best 18.8 points per game and scored a career-high 28 points in a win over Arkansas Pine-Bluff on Dec. L Scouting the Rebels: The Ole Miss roster includes one of the most explosive players in the conference: Sessom Shandricka. The transfer from Texas Tech is averaging 31 minutes per game, easily the most on the team. … Minta Spear, in her first season at Vanderbilt, is averaging a team-best 4.7 assists per game. … Senior Rayte’a Long is averaging a team-high 4.6 rebounds per game and is shooting an amazing 70 percent from the floor (21-of-30). Redshirt sophomore Rebekah Dahlman, who was named the MVP of this week’s tournament at Fordham, is averaging 9.6 points per game. L Leading the way: A trio of sophomores is leading Vanderbilt in scoring, with Rachel Bell averaging a team-high 10.9 points per game and Christa Reed averaging 10.8. Vanderbilt is out-rebounding its opponents by an average of 10.9 boards per game, which ranks 18th in the country. Vanderbilt is also ranked ninth in the country in team defense, allowing just 50.2 points per game. 9 in the nation in field-goal percentage at 49.4 percent and ranked 10th nationally in 3-point accuracy at 39.7 percent. L What’s trending: The Commodores continue to shine on both ends of the floor - and they have some flashy numbers to prove it.
The Commodores’ current winning streak is the team’s longest since the 2011-12 season, when they opened the year with 10 consecutive victories. Vanderbilt wrapped up its non-conference schedule in memorable style, winning the Fordham Holiday Classic this week in New York. They’ve reeled off 10 straight wins - eight of which have come by double-digit margins - during a hot streak that dates back to Nov. L The skinny on Vanderbilt: The Commodores roll into SEC play with plenty of confidence and momentum. The Ole Miss teams will officially move into their new $95 million arena - the Pavilion - after Sunday’s contest. The 8,867-seat venue opened in 1966 and has hosted more than 3.4 million fans in its 50 years of existence. The contest - which is the SEC opener for both teams - will be the final basketball game ever played at Tad Smith Coliseum. The Vanderbilt women, who have won 10 straight games, will be involved in a historic event Sunday when they travel to Oxford, Miss., to face Ole Miss. Ole Miss has gone 7-2 in its past nine games after opening the season 1-3.
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