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When the Rebels (14-8, 4-4 SEC) travel to Starkville tonight to take on the 18th-ranked Mississippi State Bulldogs (18-5, 5-3), they will try to return to Oxford with their first season sweep of their in-state rival since 1998. 

Ole Miss athletics’ positive momentum continues with the announcement that the Forward Together campaign has reached $60 million.

“We have come a very long way in a relatively short period of time,” Danny White, UMAA Foundation executive director, said. “Literally thousands have stepped forward in support of the campaign. It’s been extraordinary.

By the late 1990s, the University of Mississippi had already enrolled its first black student, cheered on its first black student-athlete, elected its first black Miss Ole Miss and crowned its first black Miss University. However, at the turn of the millennium the students had yet to be led by a black Associated Student Body president.

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Just 48 hours after losing a heartbreaker to Florida, the Ole Miss men’s basketball team returned to the court to host the South Carolina Gamecocks. The Rebels (14-7, 4-3 SEC) led for much of the game, but the Gamecocks (9-11, 1-5 SEC) refused to go away, knocking down shot after shot to stay in the game. 

However, it was senior forward Terrance Henry who delivered the knockout blow in favor of Ole Miss. His three-pointer with 18 seconds left sealed the 66-62 win for the Rebels on Saturday night.

When the Ole Miss basketball team takes the floor Saturday afternoon to face South Carolina, one Rebel will be facing former teammates.

Murphy Holloway transferred from Ole Miss after his sophomore season and returned home to South Carolina, where he walked on and redshirted before returning to Ole Miss this past fall for his junior season.

While NCAA transfer rules prohibited Holloway from playing in any games for the Gamecocks, Holloway went through practice with the team.

No. 15 Georgia got off to a quick start, with a 26-0 run in the first half, leading to a 61-47 win over Ole Miss Sunday afternoon.

“They were a true No. 15 team, and I think that stunned us a little bit,” head coach Renee Ladner said of Georgia. “Then we all started waiting for someone else to make a play.”

So, this is the new year? Well, sort of — I guess I’m a few weeks off on that.

Chancellor Dan Jones formally launched the search for a new Director of Athletics today, announcing the members of the search committee, scheduling the first committee meeting, and setting expectations for the search.

SOUTHAVEN  - Ole Miss started the season 9-1, winning six straight after a 30-point loss to Marquette in the Paradise Jam Tournament.

 However, the Rebels (9-3) lost 86-82 at Southern Miss this past Saturday, followed by a 68-56 loss to Middle Tennessee State in Southaven Wednesday night.

 “We just have a lot of inefficiencies,” Kennedy said of his team. “We don’t have one guy that’s really struggling. It’s our team. It’s our inability as a team.”