Chris Beard had his first game with the Rebels.
Chris Beard had his first game with the Rebels.
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00:00 Chris Beard had his first game as the Ole Miss men's basketball coach.
00:04 Hello, my name is Skyler Gerard of Fan Nation, The Grove Report, and here's your latest basketball news.
00:09 Now the Ole Miss Rebels men's basketball team entered the Chris Beard era with a Monday night victory over the Alabama State Hornets.
00:15 Rebels men's basketball got it done on the hardwood on Monday night versus Alabama State.
00:20 Ole Miss beat Alabama State 60-59 and started the Chris Beard era 1-0.
00:26 In Beard's press conference, he was asked about how he felt about the game, and Beard mentioned that he is and his team is just trying to add buzz and that that's growing around Ole Miss as a whole, he said.
00:36 "I'm just blessed to be here," Beard said. "I believe in this place football's on right now. Along with women's basketball, Olympic sports, and baseball, we're just trying to do our part.
00:45 This campus is on fire right now, and we're just trying to do our part in men's basketball. There's no place I'd rather be than Oxford, Mississippi," he said.
00:53 The Rebels did not shoot exceptionally well on Monday night, and they hit 37% from the field, 24% beyond the arc, and 48% from the free throw line.
01:02 Beard did not seem concerned, and he knows there's still better basketball to come.
01:06 Beard and the Rebels are set to host Eastern Washington Eagles on Friday night in the Sandy and John Black Pavilion, and tip-off is set for 7 p.m. CT, and the game will be televised on SEC Network+.
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