Ole Miss vs. Texas: How to watch, start time, TV channel
Ole Miss women’s basketball — fresh off off back-to-back SEC wins — hosts No. 7 Texas on Sunday at 2 p.m. CT.
The Rebels were off last week following wins over Florida and at in-state rival Mississippi State. The Rebels are No. 6 in the nation and No. 1 in the nation in scoring defense. They’re holding opponents to 52.0 points per game.
“Huge opportunity coming up this Sunday with us,” Ole Miss head coach Yolett McPhee-McCuin said. “Alumni game (and) 50 years with of teams. Hopefully we have a representative from every decade to come and show up.
“But all in all last week was a really good week for us.”
Ole Miss (13-5, 4-2 SEC) had held eight opponents to 50 points or less for the fourth straight season.
“Really trying to get this team to buy into the defensive end,” McPhee-McCuin said. “That’s Ole Miss women’s basketball. Our knock has always been offensively we couldn’t make shots. Well, we have that, but we can’t lose the defense.
“If we bring both of those together that’s a team no one’s going to want to play in March.”
HOW TO WATCH
Television: ESPN
Play-by-Play: Brenda VanLengen
Color: Christy Thomaskutty
HOW TO LISTEN
Radio: Ole Miss Radio Network
Play-by-Play: Graham Doty
SERIES HISTORY
Ole Miss and Texas have been playing since 1981. Sunday will be the eighth all-time meeting between the teams. The Longhorns hold a 6-1 series advantage.
The Rebels’ only win against the Longhorns came in 1988. Ole Miss and Texas last met in 2009. The Longhorns escaped with a 64-58 win in Austin.
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Vic Schaefer is 128-34 in five-plus seasons as Texas head coach. The Longhorns are 19-2 (5-2) in their first season in the SEC.
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Texas is shooting 48.4 percent from the floor as a team — the second-highest mark in the conference. The Longhorns are scoring 87.1 points per game, the third-most in the SEC and sixth-most nationally.
They’ve won three straight, including a nail-biter over No. 17 Tennessee on Thursday. Madison Booker played all 40 minutes and led the Longhorns with 26 points. Taylor Jones had 21 points and 14 rebounds for her sixth double-double of the season.
Booker was the SEC Preseason Player of the Year. She’s averaging 16.4 points per game and has scored 20 or more points in nine games, including each of the last three. Booker had a season-high 28 last week against Maryland.
Jones is a 6-foot-4, sixth-year senior averaging 11.8 points and 1.65 blocks. She’s the SEC’s active leader in career blocks (261) and leads Texas with 7.0 rebounds per game.
Kyla Oldacre is chipping in 10.1 points, 6.8 rebounds and 1.0 blocks off the bench. Texas is averaging 34.4 points from non-starters, third-highest in college basketball. The Longhorns also have the best turnover margin in the SEC.
Rori Harmon is averaging the second-most per-game assists in the SEC (6.2). She leads the league in assist/turnover ratio (3.42). Harmon, a four-year starter, has the second-most assists by an active SEC player (631), as well as the fourth-most steals (248). She’s averaging 2.52 steals per game.
