The Ole Miss girls recorded their second win in program historical past over a prime 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 practically had as many offensive rebounds (27) as Kentucky had whole rebounds. Ole Miss held Kentucky to solely 4 offensive rebounds, which speaks to its means 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 staff 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 go from Todd-Williams to senior ahead Starr Jacobs for a layup below the basket prolonged Ole Miss’ result in 61-55 with two minutes to play.
Kentucky really had extra factors within the opening quarter (22) than it had your entire second half (20). Except for the large drawback on the boards, Kentucky solely made 4 threes the entire recreation. Throughout its three-game profitable 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 recreation faraway from posting a career-high 43 factors in opposition to then-No. 13 Oklahoma on Feb. 2.
Going right into a prime 10 showdown in opposition to No. 3 Texas on Thursday, Kentucky (19-3, 8-2 SEC) should put a extra full recreation collectively, which begins with getting extra rebounds.
Ole Miss (16-7, 7-4 SEC) greater than had its method on the glass Monday night time. Whereas the 27-4 benefit on offensive rebounds might be troublesome to duplicate, Ole Miss proved it might probably win even when the photographs should not falling constantly.
