Women’s Basketball Falls on the Road to No. 23 Oklahoma

NORMAN, Okla. – In an enormous street check for the Ole Miss ladies’s basketball group, the Rebels fell quick to No. 23 Oklahoma after a defensive battle on Sunday afternoon in Norman, Oklahoma, 59-69.
 
Ole Miss (7-2) pressured 19 turnovers in opposition to the Sooners (7-1) however was unable to management the Oklahoma offense. It was a high-attempt capturing recreation from either side of the court docket with each groups placing up over 60 pictures from the area.
 
Leading for Ole Miss, Angel Baker secured 22 factors, capturing 50 p.c from the area. Baker introduced down a season-high of 9 rebounds, eight of them being defensive.
 
From the arc, Snudda Collins locked in back-to-back video games with 5 threes. Collins’ 5 competitions from past the arc tie her season excessive for the third time this 12 months.
 
The recreation started with a back-and-forth defensive battle with each groups going scoreless from the area for the first three minutes of the recreation. The Ole Miss protection pressured seven turnovers out of Oklahoma in simply the first 10 minutes of the recreation.
 
On the offensive aspect of the ball, Ole Miss trailed for the majority of the first, however two consecutive completions from the far line for Collins tied the recreation again. A put-back at the buzzer by Tyia Singleton put the Rebels in the lead at 16-14 at the finish of the first quarter.
 
The Sooners didn’t keep down lengthy, going on a 9-0 run to begin the second quarter. Ole Miss was sparked by an Elauna Eaten three to put them at the half with an eight-point deficit at 28-34.

Coming out of the half, a made layup by Rita Igbokwe acquired the Rebels rolling. Two back-to-back threes made by Baker and Collins gave Ole Miss a 6-0 lead proper out of the half and tie the recreation again up. Igbokwe secured 4 of her six factors in the third.

 

Another bucket from the arc by Collins put Ole Miss down by three at the finish of the third quarter and looking out in the direction of the last 10 minutes acquire the ball again on its aspect.

 

In the fourth, Myah Taylor drove the ball down for a layup to take the lead for the first time since halfway in the second quarter. However, the Sooners responded again shortly and went on an 11-0 run in a few of the last minutes of the recreation to safe the 69-59 win.

 

The Rebels have a week-long break earlier than returning residence at the SJB Pavilion on Sunday, December 11, the place they are going to face off with Jacksonville State a 1 p.m. CT. The recreation is scheduled to be broadcasted on SEC Network.