Ole Miss and Stanford have met just once previously, and that matchup also came on the big March stage. The Ole Miss bench outscored the Gonzaga reserves 33-6 and crashed the boards to hold a 51-36 overall rebounding advantage. Ole Miss: The Rebels improved to 21-0 when holding teams to 60 or fewer points. Gonzaga's three seniors - Truong, twin sister Kayleigh and Maxwell - and redshirt junior Eliza Hollingsworth all announced after the final regular-season game they plan to return for one more season. Gonzaga: Ejim picked up her third foul with 3:52 left in the second quarter. “Poetic, that's all I can say, it was poetic,” McPhee-McCuin said of her team winning with defense. The Rebels didn't want to let Gonzaga get 50 points. They combined to miss the first 10 3-pointers before Baker connected at the 5:52 mark of the second quarter for Ole Miss. Collins' three-point play 1:13 before halftime helped put the Rebels ahead 34-21 at the break.Ī physical, defensive game, both teams took a while to find any offensive rhythm and began 7 for 22. Ole Miss used a 9-0 run late in the first half to build a 26-16 lead as the Zags missed four straight shots. ![]() The game was definitely played under Ole Miss’ terms.” My team is tough but we’re only good enough to compete today if it’s under our terms. “We think that we’re a good enough to compete with that team, I know that we are. “What a bummer,” coach Lisa Fortier said. The Zags missed six straight shots spanning halftime and made a forgettable showing in their sixth straight NCAA Tournament. “Kudos to them, they guard the 3-point well,” Truong said. Gonzaga came in shooting 42% from 3-point range and Brynna Maxwell held the second-best 3-point shooting percentage in the nation coming in at 49.43%, but the team finished just 1 for 17 and Maxwell scored four points on 1-of-10 shooting missing all five of her 3s. ![]() Yvonne Ejim led the Zags with 19 points and eight rebounds but her star teammates were stymied. We wear shirts in practice that say ‘We Defend.’” "I was just in awe watching our team defend. We wanted to hold them to 12 or less each quarter and we did that,” McPhee-McCuin said. ![]() “As far as our defensive performance, elite. Making consecutive NCAA appearances for the first time since 2004-05, the Rebels held WCC Player of the Year Kaylynne Truong to six points on 2-of-9 shooting. The Rebels earned back-to-back 20-win seasons for the first time under McPhee-McCuin and it hadn’t been done since the 1993-95 seasons. Madison Scott had 11 points and 10 rebounds and Angel Baker added 11 points and five boards for Ole Miss, which grabbed 24 offensive rebounds. 7 seed and back in the tournament for the first time in 15 years. This Ole Miss group is determined to take another step toward erasing the memory of last season's 75-61 first-round loss to 10th-seeded South Dakota playing as a No. The Zags (28-5) scored a season-low points - and their only loss with fewer points was a 64-60 defeat to Portland in the West Coast Conference Tournament title game March 7. 1 South Carolina, coach Yolett McPhee-McCuin’s Rebels showed off their signature defense that has held opponents to just 56.8 points per game by shutting down one of the nation's top 3-point-shooting teams. 16 seed Sacred Heart 92-49 in Friday's first game at Maples Pavilion.Īlready tested twice by No. Ole Miss will face the Cardinal (29-5) on Sunday for a spot at the Sweet Sixteen in Seattle next weekend. ![]() Now, bring on top-seeded Stanford on its home court. “Coming into this game I think I was 0 for 22 and I knew that, and I kind of took it personal,” Collins said. The Rebels shut down one of the best 3-point-shooting teams in the country. "I did not know that, every time Snudda shoots I think it's going in," teammate Angel Baker said.Ĭollins found her groove again and scored 15 points, and eighth-seeded Mississippi once again leaned on its stingy defense to get past the first round of the NCAA Tournament this time after last year's big disappointment, beating No.
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