The Ole Miss ladies recorded their second win in program historical past over a high 10 opponent on Monday night time with a 66-57 win over No. 8 Kentucky.
Whereas the Rebels confronted a 37-31 halftime deficit, they tightened up their protection within the second half, holding Kentucky to twenty factors.
A significant key to Ole Miss’ success was its rebounding. The Rebels outrebounded the Wildcats, 54-33, and almost had as many offensive rebounds (27) as Kentucky had whole rebounds. Ole Miss held Kentucky to solely 4 offensive rebounds, which speaks to its skill to create one-and-done possessions for Kentucky all night time lengthy.
The rebounding was essential towards the upset win, given Ole Miss solely went 25-of-77 from the ground and 2-of-14 (14.3%) from deep. Senior guard Madison Scott led the workforce with 22 factors.
Ole Miss grabbed a 48-47 lead previous to the top of the third quarter with this wide-open three from senior guard Kennedy Todd-Williams.
This pinpoint move from Todd-Williams to senior ahead Starr Jacobs for a layup beneath the basket prolonged Ole Miss’ result in 61-55 with two minutes to play.
Kentucky truly had extra factors within the opening quarter (22) than it had all the second half (20). Other than the large drawback on the boards, Kentucky solely made 4 threes the entire sport. Throughout its three-game successful streak earlier than Monday’s loss, the Wildcats hit a complete of 36 threes throughout that span.
Junior ahead Teonni Key had a team-high 18 factors whereas senior guard Georgia Amoore was held to fifteen factors (7-of-16 FG), one sport faraway from posting a career-high 43 factors towards then-No. 13 Oklahoma on Feb. 2.
Going right into a high 10 showdown towards No. 3 Texas on Thursday, Kentucky (19-3, 8-2 SEC) should put a extra full sport collectively, which begins with getting extra rebounds.
Ole Miss (16-7, 7-4 SEC) greater than had its manner on the glass Monday night time. Whereas the 27-4 benefit on offensive rebounds can be troublesome to duplicate, Ole Miss proved it might probably win even when the pictures usually are not falling constantly.
