GAMEDAY Womens Basketball
Mississippi 73, Kentucky 69
Associated Press
LEXINGTON, Ky. - Shakira Austin had 22 points and 12 rebounds, Madison Scott also had a double-double and Mississippi upended No. 19 Kentucky for the second time this season, winning 73-69.
Two subpar offensive performances against the Rebels, who won just four conference games, dropped the Wildcats to the fifth-seed - with only one bye - for the Southeastern Conference tournament next week.
Donnetta Johnson scored 14 points for Ole Miss (10-10, 4-10 SEC), Scott and Snudda Collins both had 12. Scott had 10 rebounds and Collins four 3-pointers, including a clutch shot from the left corner with 1:07 to play that made it 64-58.
Ole Miss was 9 of 10 from the foul line in the last minute and 14 of 15 in the fourth quarter.
Rhyne Howard scored 21 points and grabbed a career-high 16 rebounds for Kentucky (16-10, 9-6). She had 26 and 10 in the first meeting but in the two games combined shot 13 of 51 from the floor, 2 of 15 from 3-point range.
Chasity Patterson scored 18 points for the Wildcats, who average 77.6 points and shoot 45.6% overall and 37% from 3-point range at home.
Ole Miss held Kentucky to 5 of 17 from 3-point range and 33.3% overall (22 of 66). In the earlier 72-60 win, the Wildcats were 6 of 26 from distance and shot 31.8% (21 of 66).
A 15-2 run gave Kentucky a 22-11 lead late in the first quarter. Ole Miss was within 31-25 by scoring the last five points of the half. The Rebels opened second half with three straight Johnson layups followed by two Collins 3s for a 37-31 lead.
February 28, 2021
| Ole Miss | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| S. Austin | F | 37 | 6-18 | 10-12 | 0-0 | 1-12 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 22 |
| S. Collins | F | 31 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 4-7 | 0-3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| M. Scott | F | 30 | 3-9 | 6-6 | 0-0 | 0-10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| V. Nesbitt | G | 25 | 3-5 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 7 |
| D. Johnson | G | 23 | 5-8 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 14 |
| J. Bracey | 23 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| M. Reid | 18 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | |
| C. McGee | 6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| T. Douglas | 5 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| I. Kitchens | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| T. Smith | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Totals | 205 | 24-54 (.444) |
21-25 (.840) |
4-8 (.500) |
4-38 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 73 | |
| Kentucky | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| T. Wyatt | F | 20 | 2-4 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| K. McKinney | F | 18 | 1-4 | 3-4 | 0-2 | 0-3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| R. Howard | G | 36 | 6-25 | 9-11 | 0-5 | 8-16 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 21 |
| C. Patterson | G | 31 | 5-10 | 6-8 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 18 |
| K. Roach | G | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Massengill | 27 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| T. Hunt | 25 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 1-2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | |
| D. Edwards | 17 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | |
| R. Benton | 14 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| B. Green | 14 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| O. Owens | 2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
| N. Leveretter | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 208 | 22-66 (.333) |
20-25 (.800) |
5-17 (.294) |
12-37 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 69 | |
Officials: Gina Cross, Pualani Spurlock-Welsh, Natasha Camy
Attendance: 1,200