Ole Miss exerted their dominance down low all afternoon against UNC Wilmington on Saturday.
The duo of Romello White and Luis Rodriguez controlled the play around the basket in the Rebels’ 78-58 win over the Seahawks at the Pavilion.
In the paint, Ole Miss (2-0) outscored UNCW 50-20 while nearly doubling them up in the rebound column, 40-26. Of the Rebels’ rebounds, 15 of them came on the offensive end of the floor.
“The rebounding, number one, was the biggest (improvement),” said Ole Miss head coach Kermit Davis. “That was a big emphasis the last two days.