Webster Progress-Times

Ole Miss takes

two-overtime win

against Arkansas on Sunday

The Lady Rebels of Ole Miss used three free throws from Ashley Awkward in the last minute of the game on Sunday to take a 90-87 double-overtime road win against Southeastern Conference rival Arkansas.

Ole Miss led my as many as 19 points in the game, before battling for the win to move to 18-6 overall and 7-2 in league play. The Lady Vols of

Tennessee led the SEC at 7-0, while LSU and Ole Miss are tied for second, a half-game again of 6-2 Georgia.

Armintie Price led Ole Miss with 30 points in the game, hitting on 11-of-17 shots from the field and 7-of-10 from the free throw line. Alliesha Easley scored 19 points for the Lady Rebels, while Carla Bartee added 10.

The Lady Bulldogs of Mississippi State dropped a 63-57 decision to Auburn on Sunday to fall to 14-9 overall and 5-4 in the league.

It was the first time Auburn had beaten MSU in Humhrey Coliseum in Starkville since 1994.

Imesia Jackson led Mississippi State with 14 points.

Mississippi Valley State suffers

embarrassing college baseball loss

There is not run-rule in college baseball.

Maybe after the way Mississippi Valley State got manhandled in the first game of its double-header sweep at the hands of Florida Atlantic on Saturday that should change.

While Florida Atlantic won the night-cap 11-7, it was the first game that raised a few eyebrows. The homestanding owls banged out 29 hits and set a school record for runs scored in a 33-3 thumping of the Delta Devils.

SWAC, Gulf South may met on football field in 2007

Jackson State may open its 2007 football season at home in Memorial Stadium against Delta State on Sept. 1 at 6 p.m.

It would be the first meeting between the two teams, but not the first time Delta State has tangled with a Southwestern Athletic Conference team. The Statesman won three of four meetings against SWAC member Mississippi Valley State from 2000 to 2003. Financial terms of the 2007 game were not disclosed. It is only a one-year deal, but there are talks of future games between the two schools.

Ackerman hosts East Oktibbeha in prep hoops action Thursday

The short drive to Choctaw County may be worth the time to prep basketball fans on Thursday night.

Ackerman hosts East Oktibbeha beginning at 6 p.m. in a showdown postponed from earlier in the year.

"It should be exciting if you are a high school basketball fan," said AHS head boys and girls basketball coach Gary Beals.

The East Oktibbeha boys feature Jenirro Bush, a Dandy Dozen selection by the Jackson Clarion-Ledger. But, it doesn't end there. The East Oktibbeha girls have a Dandy Dozen of their own in April Sykes.

The Ackerman boys lost to East Oktibbeha earlier in the season, but the two girls teams have yet to play. The AHS boys were 18-5 going into this week's action, while the Lady Indians were 22-3.

New brand of football introduced to MPSA for 2007 season

The Mississippi Private School Assocation will try something new during the 2007 football season.

For the first time the MPSA will sanction eight-man football in an effort to make the sport available to some of the associations smaller schools.

Six teams will compete for the title during the 2007 and 2008 school years.

The schools will play each other twice - once at home and once on the road - giving the schools a 10-game schedule.

Participating for the next two years will be Kemper Academy in DeKalb, Calvary Christian School and Russell Christian School in Meridian, Mt. Salus in Clinton, Rebul Academy in Learned and Ben's Ford Academy in Bogalusa, La.

Ole Miss Rebels

half-game out of SEC West lead

The Ole Miss men's basketball team is on the move. And, it's in the right direction.

The Rebels took wins over arch-rival Mississippi State and Auburn last week to take three of their last four Southeastern Confernce games and move to 4-5 in league play, just a half-game behind league leading Auburn.

Ole Miss, now 15-8 overall, doesn't play again until Saturday when the Rebels host Alabama at 4 p.m..

Clarence Sanders came off the bench to score 21 points, all on

three-pointers to lead Ole Miss past Auburn 82-59 on Saturday on the road.

"He's a shooter," said Ole Miss head coach Andy Kennedy. "That's what he does and he does it well. But we had a good team effort overall. We really played well on both ends of the floor."

While Auburn was committing 25 turnovers in the game, the Rebels were making 11 steals. "We were making some things happen defensively," Kennedy said.

"That is something we have been talking about."

Bam Doyne scored 20 points for Ole Miss, while Auburn transfer Dwayne Curtis had 19 points and 11 rebounds for the Rebels. Todd Abernethy had 14 points and dealt out nine assists.

The 23-point was the second largest ever for Ole Miss over Auburn and the Rebels largest ever at Auburn.

Ole Miss opened the week with a convincing 12-point home win over Mississippi State.

Doyne led the Rebels with 23 points, while Sanders scored 22 points and Abernethy had a double-double with 19 points and 10 assists.

Curtis led the Rebels on the inside with 14 points and eight rebounds.

The Rebels had lost 10 of their last 11 games against Mississippi State going into last week's contest. The win over the Bulldogs, pushed Ole Miss' home record this season to an impressive 11-1.

Charles Rhodes led Mississippi State with 24 points and seven rebounds, while Jamont Gordon had 20 points and senior Deitric Slater tossed in 11.

State, which trailed most of the game, cut the Ole Miss lead to 68-64 with 6:36 left in the game before the Rebels went on a 13-0 run that put the game away.

The Bulldogs got back on the winning track on Saturday with an 85-78 home win over LSU.

Mississippi State is now 3-5 in the Southeastern conference and 12-9 overall going into a Wednesday night road contest against Alabama at 7. State then visits Auburn at 1 p.m. on Saturday.

Reginald Delk led State with 18 points against LSU, while Slater scored 15 points, Gordon 14 and Rhodes 13.

The game was tied 39-39 at the half, but MSU used a 7-0 run midway in the second half to take control of the game.