Basketball
No. 24 Ole Miss Women’s Basketball Travels to No. 1 South Carolina
By Adam Brown
Sports Editor
adam.brown@hottytoddy.com
The No. 24 Ole Miss women’s basketball team heads to Columbia, S.C. for a top 25 showdown against No. 1 South Carolina on Thursday. Tipoff is set for 5 p.m. and can be seen on ESPN.
“We look forward to taking on South Carolina,” Ole Miss head coach Yolett McPhee-McCuin said.
The Rebels are coming into a week ranked in the AP Top 25 for the first time in 15 years. After defeating Texas A&M and No. 23 Kentucky to move to 17-2 overall and 5-1 in SEC play.
“Really pleased of how we completed our first two games on the road, McPhee-McCuin said. “How the team was focused and stepped out and competed at a high level. More complete in the A&M game than the Kentucky game. The Kentucky game was really good for us as we found a way to win.”
Coach added being in the top 25 is great for our program and great for our university.
South Carolina (18-1, 6-1 SEC) continues to prove why they’re the top program with five wins this season over top-10 opponents.
The Gamecocks edge Ole Miss in scoring defense, leading the conference holding their opponents to an average of 52.2 points per game and have defeated their opponents by a margin of 19.58 points per game.
Aliyah Boston has been on a tear recently with 12 straight double-doubles as she ranks third in the country with a total of 13 on the year. As a team, South Carolina has been dominant off the glass leading the nation with a rebounding margin of +17.9 per game.
These two programs are no strangers on the hardwood with South Carolina holding the advantage 24-17 in the series. The Gamecocks have claimed the last 13 matchups in the series, with Ole Miss last picking up a win 64-63 at the 2010 SEC Tournament.
The last time the Rebels came away with a win in Columbia was in 2009 with a one-point 66-65 victory over the Gamecocks.
This will be the third meeting between the Rebels and the Gamecocks with South Carolina ranked as the No. 1 team in the nation.
| Mon, Nov 4 |  | vs Long Island University | W, 90-60 |
| Fri, Nov 8 |  | vs Grambling | W, 66-64 |
| Tue, Nov 12 |  | vs South Alabama | W, 64-54 |
| Sat, Nov 16 |  | vs Colorado State | W, 84-69 |
| Thu, Nov 21 |  | vs Oral Roberts | L, 100-68 |
| Thu, Nov 28 |  | vs BYU | W, 96-85 OT |
| Fri, Nov 29 |  | vs 13 Purdue | L, 80-78 |
| Tue, Dec 3 |  | @ Louisville | W, 86-63 |
| Sat, Dec 7 |  | vs Lindenwood | W, 86-53 |
| Sat, Dec 14 |  | vs Southern Miss | W, 77-46 |
| Tue, Dec 17 |  | vs Southern | W, 74-61 |
| Sat, Dec 21 |  | vs Queens University | W, 80-62 |
| Sat, Dec 28 |  | @ Memphis | L, 87-70 |
| Sat, Jan 4 |  | vs Georgia | W, 63-51 |
| Wed, Jan 8 |  | @ 23 Arkansas | W, 73-66 |
| Sat, Jan 11 |  | vs LSU | W, 77-65 |
| Tue, Jan 14 |  | @ 5 Alabama | W, 74-64 |
| Sat, Jan 18 |  | @ 17 Mississippi State | L, 81-84 |
| Wed, Jan 22 |  | vs 13 Texas A&M | L, 62-63 |
| Sat, Jan 25 |  | @ Missouri | 5:00 PM SECN |
| Wed, Jan 29 |  | vs Texas | 8:00 PM ESPN2 |
| Sat, Feb 1 |  | vs 2 Auburn | 3:00 PM TBA |
| Tue, Feb 4 |  | vs 10 Kentucky | 6:00 PM ESPN |
| Sat, Feb 8 | | @ LSU | 7:30 PM SECN |
| Wed, Feb 12 |  | @ South Carolina | 6:00 PM SECN |
| Sat, Feb 15 | | vs 17 Mississippi State | 5:00 PM TBA |
| Sat, Feb 22 |  | @ Vanderbilt | 2:30 PM SECN |
| Wed, Feb 26 | | @ 2 Auburn | 6:00 PM TBA |
| Sat, Mar 1 |  | vs 12 Oklahoma | 1:00 PM TBA |
| Wed, Mar 5 |  | vs 1 Tennessee | 8:00 PM TBA |
| Sat, Mar 8 |  | @ 6 Florida | 5:00 PM SECN |