OXFORD, Miss. – The No. 16 Ole Miss men's basketball team is gearing up for their final non-conference home game, when they host Queens on Saturday, December 21 in the SJB Pavilion at 4 p.m. on SEC Network+. Tickets remain available for some of the best seats in the house in the student section for only $5 against Queens, and can be purchased online byclicking here.
TEAM FACTS
No. 17/16 Ole Miss Rebels (Record: 10-1, 0-0 SEC)
Head Coach: Chris Beard • 2nd Season at Ole Miss (30-13) • 267-111 career record (13th Season)
Queens Royals (Record: 7-5, 0-0 ASUN)
Head Coach: Grant Leonard • 3rd Season at Queens (39-39) • 39-39 career record (3rd Season)
ON THE AIR
Television/Online: SEC Network+
Play-by-Play: Jake Hromada
Color: Kermit Davis
OLE MISS RADIO
Radio: Ole Miss Radio Network
Play-by-Play: David Kellum
Color: Marc Dukes
SERIES HISTORY VS. QUEENS
This is the first meeting between Ole Miss and Queens on the basketball court. The Rebels face an opponent for the first time ever in three games this season, Purdue, Lindenwood, and Queens.
SCOUTING THE ROYALS
Queens brings a 7-5 record to Oxford, having defeated Lynchburg, Western Carolina, South Carolina-Upstate, Virginia Military Institute, Carolina, Gardner-Webb, and Mercer. Their currently on a four-game win streak, and will begin their conference schedule in the ASUN following the matchup with Ole Miss.
The Royals are led in scoring by Fresno State transfer Leo Colimerio at 10.9 points per game. He has scored in double figures in six of the last seven games, including a 27-point performance to help lead Queens to victory over Gardner-Webb. He recorded a double-double in the previous game against Mercer with 12 points and 11 boards. The team is led on the boards by seven-footer Malcolm Wilson, who also leads all of college basketball with 48 total blocks at 4.0 per game. He's recorded five or more blocks in six games so far this season.
Led by Wilson, the team's average of 5.4 blocks per game is the 18th-best clip in college basketball
Head coach Grant Leonard is in his third season at the helm with Queens, where he's gone 39-39 since earning the job. He was previously an associate head coach at Queens since 2016, and was an assistant coach before that since 2013. Current Queens assistant coach Adam Short spent last season as a graduate assistant under Chris Beard in Oxford at Ole Miss.
ANOTHER HOT START
For the eighth time in program history, Ole Miss has picked up 10 or more wins through their first 11 competitions. This marks the second season the Rebels have hit that mark under head coach Chris Beard, after beginning the 2023-24 season 13-0.
"POLL" POSITION
In the latest top-25 polls released this past Monday, Ole Miss ranks No. 16 in the USA Today Coaches Poll and No. 17 in the AP Poll. Their ranking of No. 17 in the AP Poll is the highest they've reached in 12 seasons, since the Rebels were placed at No. 16 in the nation on January 28, 2013. Recently at No. 15 in the Coaches Poll on December 9, it was the highest ranking in a national poll since the Rebels were No. 14 in the AP Poll on January 4, 2010, and the highest position in the Coaches Poll since they sat in 15th on January 21 in 2008.
LET'S PLAY DEFENSE
A staple of success for head coach Chris Beard has always been his team's defensive play, and it's been evident on this year's Ole Miss roster to start the season. With a turnover margin of +7.3 through nine games, the Rebels rank second in all of college basketball, forcing 16.3 per game (No. 19 in the NCAA) while committing just 8.9 to rank second in the NCAA.
They have held opponents to under 60 points in four games this season, allowing an average of just 63.7 per contest, the 26th-fewest in the NCAA. Their field goal percentage defense of 40.1 ranks 61st in the country this season, and Ole Miss holds a record of 13-1 in two years under Beard when holding the opposition to under 40 percent from the field. Their scoring margin of +18.2 this season is the 22nd-best figure in the country.
Ole Miss ranks among the top teams in the nation in steals per game at 10.4, the ninth-best clip in college basketball, and blocks per game at 4.9 to rank 36th.
BATTLE TESTED
The future schedule for Ole Miss is one of the most difficult in the nation. As of December 19, their remaining strength of schedule ranks second in the country according to ESPN's Basketball Power Index. Their remaining opponent's win percentage of 86.4 is the fourth-highest in all of college basketball.
I GOT ALL NUMBERS
The 2024-25 Ole Miss basketball roster boasts some serious career statistics. Seven players have scored over 1,000 points in their collegiate career, including Matthew Murrell (1,532),Sean Pedulla (1,383), Dre Davis (1,262), Jaemyn Brakefield (1,214), Jaylen Murray (1,145), Mikeal Brown-Jones (1,089), and Davon Barnes (1,002). Entering the season, the team possessed 8,735 career points, 3,062 rebounds, 1,346 assists, 596 steals, and 327 blocks.
AP FLOUR, SUGAR, SALT, BUTTER, AND WATER
Ole Miss has dominated the turnover battle this year, currently ranking second in both turnovers per game (8.9) and turnover margin (+7.4). The Rebels are forcing nearly twice as many turnovers than they commit, with an average of 16.3 per contest which ranks 19th in the NCAA. Ole Miss' assist-to-turnover ratio of 1.83 also ranks among the nation's best at 10th, led by Jaylen Murray with a season ratio of 3.71. They've been a force on the defensive end with an average of 10.4 steals per game (No. 9 in NCAA), paced by Matthew Murrell and Sean Pedulla, who each rank among the top-30 in steals per game nationally.
EASY TO HANDLE - A DIME BY THE DOZEN
Recording an assist-to-turnover ratio of 2.35 in his first season with Ole Miss, senior Jaylen Murray has taken his point guard play to an even higher level, beginning the 2024-25 year with 42 assists to just 14 turnovers. His assist-to-turnover ratio of 3.71 ranks 12th in the nation. "Juju" has registered five or more assists in seven games for the Rebels this season and ranks third in the SEC with 4.7 assists per game.
During his time at Ole Miss, Murray is averaging 4.16 assists per game, the fifth best career average in program history.
Career Assists Average
1. 7.09, Sean Tuohy (830 assists, 117 games, 1979-82)
2. 4.89, Bob Mahoney (329 assists, 74 games, 1973-75)
3. 4.43, Rod Barnes (456 assists, 103 games, 1985-88)
4. 4.36, Dave Shepherd (218 assists, 50 games, 1974-75)
5. 4.16, Jaylen Murray (179 assists, 43 games, 2023-pres.)
6. 3.96, Jarvis Summers (530 assists, 134 games, 2012-15)
7. 3.93, Chris Warren (452 assists, 115 games, 2008-11)
8. 3.60, Henry Jackson (378 assists, 105 games, 1976-79)
9. 3.53, Todd Abernethy (431 assists, 122 games, 2004-07)
10. 3.52, Deandre Burnett (225 assists, 64 games, 2016-18)
FIRST-HALF FIEND
If you're searching for excitement out of the gate from Ole Miss this season, look no further than Sean Pedulla in the first half. Averaging a team-best 8.7 points per game in the first 20 minutes of action, the guard is shooting a blistering 54.5% (24-44) from three-point range on the year and has hit 10-plus points in the first period four times. In the the two games against Lindenwood and Southern Miss, Pedulla was unconscious from beyond the arc, going 9-13 (69.2%) and dropping 27 points in the first half alone.
A "DO-IT-ALL" SCHOOL
Ole Miss is one of just two schools in the nation that currently hold a spot in the AP Top 25 in football, men's basketball, and women's basketball, joined by Tennessee. On the gridiron, the Rebels rank No. 16 while men's hoops ranks No. 17 and the women No. 25.
"I'M LIKE MAYONNAISE 'CAUSE I'M SMOOTH AND DANGEROUS TO LEAVE OPEN"
This year's roster possesses a mountain of shooting talent, notably from beyond the three-point arc. With nearly 1,000 career three-pointers made among the 2024-25 roster, the Rebels look to light it up from deep on offense this season. Among the current members of the Ole Miss roster, they made a total of 410 shots from three during the 2023-24 season, a total that would have ranked third in all of college basketball last year.
2023-24 Made Three Pointers (30+)
Matthew Murrell: 78
Jaylen Murray: 72
Davon Barnes: 59 (at Sam Houston)
Sean Pedulla: 53 (at Virginia Tech)
Malik Dia: 44 (at Belmont)
Jaemyn Brakefield: 38
Dre Davis: 35 (at Seton Hall)
SEASONED VETERANS
Featuring 10 seniors on the roster, Ole Miss returned the fourth-highest minutes-per-game figure among all "power-five" programs in the nation at 284.3, and the most in the SEC. In total, Ole Miss players have played in nearly 1,000 career collegiate games with over 500 starts. The Rebels are one of 18 programs in the nation that feature five or more players in at least their fifth year of college basketball.
HOOP IN THE 'SIP
On November's signing day, Chris Beard and staff added two top recruits to Athletic Financial Aid Agreements in Tylis Jordan and Patton Pinkins. The pair gives Ole Miss a consensus top-25 recruiting class for 2025, ranked No. 12 in the nation by Rivals, No. 16 by On3, and No. 25 by 247Sports.
Tylis Jordan, PF, 6-9, 210, Wheeler, Louisville, Ga.
Jordan is a consensus top-100 recruit for the class of 2025, owning a national ranking as high as No. 27 in the country by On3 and No. 28 by Rivals. Listed as a power forward, the 6'9" Louisville, Ga. native is an incredibly skilled big man who can easily play with the ball in his hands.
He has the ability to stretch the floor with his shooting and is able to knock down threes. One of the top-ranked players in his class in the always-talented state of Georgia, Jordan averaged a double-double last season at Shiloh as a junior with 21.3 points and 10.3 rebounds per game, and is currently playing his senior season at Wheeler.
Patton Pinkins, SG, 6-5, 170, Frenship, Wolfforth, Texas
Another top-100 recruit, Pinkins is ranked as high as No. 74 in his class nationally by ESPN and No. 78 by Rivals. A 6'5" shooting guard from Wolfforth, Texas, he currently plays at Frenship High School, where he's described as an efficient player with a shooting percentage of over 60 percent from the field and over 40 percent from three.
Pinkins, the son of current Ole Miss assistant coach Al Pinkins, possess a high basketball IQ with strong passing ability. His ability as an on-ball defender pairs well with his prowess at scoring the basketball at all three levels.
20-MINUTE LOCKDOWN
In the second half against Southern Miss on December 14, the Ole Miss defense held the Golden Eagles to just 18 points. It was the lowest point total for an opponent in any half since the Rebels held UNC Wilmington to 18 in the first half on December 12 during the 2020-21 season, and the fewest points surrendered in a game at 46 since holding Vanderbilt to the same amount on March 6, 2021.
PROGRAM POINT PRESIDENTS
Seniors Matthew Murrell and Jaemyn Brakefield have each surpassed the 1,000-point mark during their careers here in Oxford, and continue to climb the program leaderboard. Here's a snapshot of where they lie among the career points list at Ole Miss:
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11. Gerald Glass - 1,564
12. Don Kessinger - 1,553
13. Matthew Murrell - 1,532
14. Terence Davis - 1,512
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33. Ken Turner - 1,159
34. Jack Marshall - 1,137
35. Jaemyn Brakefield - 1,136
36. Joe Ayers - 1,130
IT STILL MEANS MORE
The gauntlet of the SEC got even tougher this season with the addition of Oklahoma and Texas to the conference for the 2024-25 academic year. With nine teams currently owning a spot in the national top-25 polls, including Ole Miss, the schedule for the Rebels is littered with big games, especially at home in the SJB Pavilion. Between January 22 and February 4, Ole Miss will host No. 11 Texas A&M, No. 2 Auburn, Texas, and No. 4 Kentucky.
NETWORKING
The 2024-25 NET Rankings made their debut on Monday, December 2 and Ole Miss has since climbed their way to No. 21 in the nation. Since the ranking's first iteration at the conclusion of the 2018-19 season, their ranking of 21st on December 19 is the highest-ever NET Ranking for the Ole Miss program.
As of December 19, the entire SEC is ranked among the top 100, with 14 of the 16 programs sitting inside the top 50, nine in the top 25, and four in the top 10.
RECORD BOOK WRECKER
Senior guard Matthew Murrell enters his fifth season with Ole Miss and continues to put his name up and down the program record book. The Memphis native currently ranks 13th in school history in career points with 1,532, and fifth in both three-point shots made (227), and three-point attempts (645). A consistent member of the lineup for each of his seasons, Murrell recently entered the top-10 in both career minutes and games played. He currently sits in eighth with 3,701 minutes, just behind Keith Carter with 3,719, and has played in 128 games, tying him for ninth with Emmanuel Wade and just behind Sebastian Saiz with 129.
Murrell has his eyes set on entering the top-10 career lists in two other categories as well, on the verge in: Career field goal attempts (Murrell at 1,257, 10th is Carlos Clark at 1,297), and career steals (Murrell at 138, 10th is Rahim Lockhart at 148).
TEAM FACTS
No. 17/16 Ole Miss Rebels (Record: 10-1, 0-0 SEC)
Head Coach: Chris Beard • 2nd Season at Ole Miss (30-13) • 267-111 career record (13th Season)
Queens Royals (Record: 7-5, 0-0 ASUN)
Head Coach: Grant Leonard • 3rd Season at Queens (39-39) • 39-39 career record (3rd Season)
ON THE AIR
Television/Online: SEC Network+
Play-by-Play: Jake Hromada
Color: Kermit Davis
OLE MISS RADIO
Radio: Ole Miss Radio Network
Play-by-Play: David Kellum
Color: Marc Dukes
SERIES HISTORY VS. QUEENS
This is the first meeting between Ole Miss and Queens on the basketball court. The Rebels face an opponent for the first time ever in three games this season, Purdue, Lindenwood, and Queens.
SCOUTING THE ROYALS
Queens brings a 7-5 record to Oxford, having defeated Lynchburg, Western Carolina, South Carolina-Upstate, Virginia Military Institute, Carolina, Gardner-Webb, and Mercer. Their currently on a four-game win streak, and will begin their conference schedule in the ASUN following the matchup with Ole Miss.
The Royals are led in scoring by Fresno State transfer Leo Colimerio at 10.9 points per game. He has scored in double figures in six of the last seven games, including a 27-point performance to help lead Queens to victory over Gardner-Webb. He recorded a double-double in the previous game against Mercer with 12 points and 11 boards. The team is led on the boards by seven-footer Malcolm Wilson, who also leads all of college basketball with 48 total blocks at 4.0 per game. He's recorded five or more blocks in six games so far this season.
Led by Wilson, the team's average of 5.4 blocks per game is the 18th-best clip in college basketball
Head coach Grant Leonard is in his third season at the helm with Queens, where he's gone 39-39 since earning the job. He was previously an associate head coach at Queens since 2016, and was an assistant coach before that since 2013. Current Queens assistant coach Adam Short spent last season as a graduate assistant under Chris Beard in Oxford at Ole Miss.
ANOTHER HOT START
For the eighth time in program history, Ole Miss has picked up 10 or more wins through their first 11 competitions. This marks the second season the Rebels have hit that mark under head coach Chris Beard, after beginning the 2023-24 season 13-0.
"POLL" POSITION
In the latest top-25 polls released this past Monday, Ole Miss ranks No. 16 in the USA Today Coaches Poll and No. 17 in the AP Poll. Their ranking of No. 17 in the AP Poll is the highest they've reached in 12 seasons, since the Rebels were placed at No. 16 in the nation on January 28, 2013. Recently at No. 15 in the Coaches Poll on December 9, it was the highest ranking in a national poll since the Rebels were No. 14 in the AP Poll on January 4, 2010, and the highest position in the Coaches Poll since they sat in 15th on January 21 in 2008.
LET'S PLAY DEFENSE
A staple of success for head coach Chris Beard has always been his team's defensive play, and it's been evident on this year's Ole Miss roster to start the season. With a turnover margin of +7.3 through nine games, the Rebels rank second in all of college basketball, forcing 16.3 per game (No. 19 in the NCAA) while committing just 8.9 to rank second in the NCAA.
They have held opponents to under 60 points in four games this season, allowing an average of just 63.7 per contest, the 26th-fewest in the NCAA. Their field goal percentage defense of 40.1 ranks 61st in the country this season, and Ole Miss holds a record of 13-1 in two years under Beard when holding the opposition to under 40 percent from the field. Their scoring margin of +18.2 this season is the 22nd-best figure in the country.
Ole Miss ranks among the top teams in the nation in steals per game at 10.4, the ninth-best clip in college basketball, and blocks per game at 4.9 to rank 36th.
BATTLE TESTED
The future schedule for Ole Miss is one of the most difficult in the nation. As of December 19, their remaining strength of schedule ranks second in the country according to ESPN's Basketball Power Index. Their remaining opponent's win percentage of 86.4 is the fourth-highest in all of college basketball.
I GOT ALL NUMBERS
The 2024-25 Ole Miss basketball roster boasts some serious career statistics. Seven players have scored over 1,000 points in their collegiate career, including Matthew Murrell (1,532),Sean Pedulla (1,383), Dre Davis (1,262), Jaemyn Brakefield (1,214), Jaylen Murray (1,145), Mikeal Brown-Jones (1,089), and Davon Barnes (1,002). Entering the season, the team possessed 8,735 career points, 3,062 rebounds, 1,346 assists, 596 steals, and 327 blocks.
AP FLOUR, SUGAR, SALT, BUTTER, AND WATER
Ole Miss has dominated the turnover battle this year, currently ranking second in both turnovers per game (8.9) and turnover margin (+7.4). The Rebels are forcing nearly twice as many turnovers than they commit, with an average of 16.3 per contest which ranks 19th in the NCAA. Ole Miss' assist-to-turnover ratio of 1.83 also ranks among the nation's best at 10th, led by Jaylen Murray with a season ratio of 3.71. They've been a force on the defensive end with an average of 10.4 steals per game (No. 9 in NCAA), paced by Matthew Murrell and Sean Pedulla, who each rank among the top-30 in steals per game nationally.
EASY TO HANDLE - A DIME BY THE DOZEN
Recording an assist-to-turnover ratio of 2.35 in his first season with Ole Miss, senior Jaylen Murray has taken his point guard play to an even higher level, beginning the 2024-25 year with 42 assists to just 14 turnovers. His assist-to-turnover ratio of 3.71 ranks 12th in the nation. "Juju" has registered five or more assists in seven games for the Rebels this season and ranks third in the SEC with 4.7 assists per game.
During his time at Ole Miss, Murray is averaging 4.16 assists per game, the fifth best career average in program history.
Career Assists Average
1. 7.09, Sean Tuohy (830 assists, 117 games, 1979-82)
2. 4.89, Bob Mahoney (329 assists, 74 games, 1973-75)
3. 4.43, Rod Barnes (456 assists, 103 games, 1985-88)
4. 4.36, Dave Shepherd (218 assists, 50 games, 1974-75)
5. 4.16, Jaylen Murray (179 assists, 43 games, 2023-pres.)
6. 3.96, Jarvis Summers (530 assists, 134 games, 2012-15)
7. 3.93, Chris Warren (452 assists, 115 games, 2008-11)
8. 3.60, Henry Jackson (378 assists, 105 games, 1976-79)
9. 3.53, Todd Abernethy (431 assists, 122 games, 2004-07)
10. 3.52, Deandre Burnett (225 assists, 64 games, 2016-18)
FIRST-HALF FIEND
If you're searching for excitement out of the gate from Ole Miss this season, look no further than Sean Pedulla in the first half. Averaging a team-best 8.7 points per game in the first 20 minutes of action, the guard is shooting a blistering 54.5% (24-44) from three-point range on the year and has hit 10-plus points in the first period four times. In the the two games against Lindenwood and Southern Miss, Pedulla was unconscious from beyond the arc, going 9-13 (69.2%) and dropping 27 points in the first half alone.
A "DO-IT-ALL" SCHOOL
Ole Miss is one of just two schools in the nation that currently hold a spot in the AP Top 25 in football, men's basketball, and women's basketball, joined by Tennessee. On the gridiron, the Rebels rank No. 16 while men's hoops ranks No. 17 and the women No. 25.
"I'M LIKE MAYONNAISE 'CAUSE I'M SMOOTH AND DANGEROUS TO LEAVE OPEN"
This year's roster possesses a mountain of shooting talent, notably from beyond the three-point arc. With nearly 1,000 career three-pointers made among the 2024-25 roster, the Rebels look to light it up from deep on offense this season. Among the current members of the Ole Miss roster, they made a total of 410 shots from three during the 2023-24 season, a total that would have ranked third in all of college basketball last year.
2023-24 Made Three Pointers (30+)
Matthew Murrell: 78
Jaylen Murray: 72
Davon Barnes: 59 (at Sam Houston)
Sean Pedulla: 53 (at Virginia Tech)
Malik Dia: 44 (at Belmont)
Jaemyn Brakefield: 38
Dre Davis: 35 (at Seton Hall)
SEASONED VETERANS
Featuring 10 seniors on the roster, Ole Miss returned the fourth-highest minutes-per-game figure among all "power-five" programs in the nation at 284.3, and the most in the SEC. In total, Ole Miss players have played in nearly 1,000 career collegiate games with over 500 starts. The Rebels are one of 18 programs in the nation that feature five or more players in at least their fifth year of college basketball.
HOOP IN THE 'SIP
On November's signing day, Chris Beard and staff added two top recruits to Athletic Financial Aid Agreements in Tylis Jordan and Patton Pinkins. The pair gives Ole Miss a consensus top-25 recruiting class for 2025, ranked No. 12 in the nation by Rivals, No. 16 by On3, and No. 25 by 247Sports.
Tylis Jordan, PF, 6-9, 210, Wheeler, Louisville, Ga.
Jordan is a consensus top-100 recruit for the class of 2025, owning a national ranking as high as No. 27 in the country by On3 and No. 28 by Rivals. Listed as a power forward, the 6'9" Louisville, Ga. native is an incredibly skilled big man who can easily play with the ball in his hands.
He has the ability to stretch the floor with his shooting and is able to knock down threes. One of the top-ranked players in his class in the always-talented state of Georgia, Jordan averaged a double-double last season at Shiloh as a junior with 21.3 points and 10.3 rebounds per game, and is currently playing his senior season at Wheeler.
Patton Pinkins, SG, 6-5, 170, Frenship, Wolfforth, Texas
Another top-100 recruit, Pinkins is ranked as high as No. 74 in his class nationally by ESPN and No. 78 by Rivals. A 6'5" shooting guard from Wolfforth, Texas, he currently plays at Frenship High School, where he's described as an efficient player with a shooting percentage of over 60 percent from the field and over 40 percent from three.
Pinkins, the son of current Ole Miss assistant coach Al Pinkins, possess a high basketball IQ with strong passing ability. His ability as an on-ball defender pairs well with his prowess at scoring the basketball at all three levels.
20-MINUTE LOCKDOWN
In the second half against Southern Miss on December 14, the Ole Miss defense held the Golden Eagles to just 18 points. It was the lowest point total for an opponent in any half since the Rebels held UNC Wilmington to 18 in the first half on December 12 during the 2020-21 season, and the fewest points surrendered in a game at 46 since holding Vanderbilt to the same amount on March 6, 2021.
PROGRAM POINT PRESIDENTS
Seniors Matthew Murrell and Jaemyn Brakefield have each surpassed the 1,000-point mark during their careers here in Oxford, and continue to climb the program leaderboard. Here's a snapshot of where they lie among the career points list at Ole Miss:
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11. Gerald Glass - 1,564
12. Don Kessinger - 1,553
13. Matthew Murrell - 1,532
14. Terence Davis - 1,512
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33. Ken Turner - 1,159
34. Jack Marshall - 1,137
35. Jaemyn Brakefield - 1,136
36. Joe Ayers - 1,130
IT STILL MEANS MORE
The gauntlet of the SEC got even tougher this season with the addition of Oklahoma and Texas to the conference for the 2024-25 academic year. With nine teams currently owning a spot in the national top-25 polls, including Ole Miss, the schedule for the Rebels is littered with big games, especially at home in the SJB Pavilion. Between January 22 and February 4, Ole Miss will host No. 11 Texas A&M, No. 2 Auburn, Texas, and No. 4 Kentucky.
NETWORKING
The 2024-25 NET Rankings made their debut on Monday, December 2 and Ole Miss has since climbed their way to No. 21 in the nation. Since the ranking's first iteration at the conclusion of the 2018-19 season, their ranking of 21st on December 19 is the highest-ever NET Ranking for the Ole Miss program.
As of December 19, the entire SEC is ranked among the top 100, with 14 of the 16 programs sitting inside the top 50, nine in the top 25, and four in the top 10.
RECORD BOOK WRECKER
Senior guard Matthew Murrell enters his fifth season with Ole Miss and continues to put his name up and down the program record book. The Memphis native currently ranks 13th in school history in career points with 1,532, and fifth in both three-point shots made (227), and three-point attempts (645). A consistent member of the lineup for each of his seasons, Murrell recently entered the top-10 in both career minutes and games played. He currently sits in eighth with 3,701 minutes, just behind Keith Carter with 3,719, and has played in 128 games, tying him for ninth with Emmanuel Wade and just behind Sebastian Saiz with 129.
Murrell has his eyes set on entering the top-10 career lists in two other categories as well, on the verge in: Career field goal attempts (Murrell at 1,257, 10th is Carlos Clark at 1,297), and career steals (Murrell at 138, 10th is Rahim Lockhart at 148).
