Rebels Face Ranked Road Test at No. 20 Tennessee

			OLE MISS (7-5, 1-5 SEC) at #20 TENNESSEE (10-3, 4-1 SEC) Thursday, Jan. 28 • 6 p.m. • Knoxville, Tenn. Thompson-Boling Arena
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Ole Miss women's basketball will run into a red-hot Lady Vols team when it travels to No. 20 Tennessee on Thursday night. Tipoff is set for 6 p.m. CT on SEC Network+.

TEAM FACTS

Ole Miss Rebels (7-5, 1-5 SEC)
Head Coach: Yolett McPhee-McCuin • 3rd Season at Ole Miss (23-50) • 117-113 career record (8th Season)

#20 Tennessee Lady Vols (10-3, 4-1 SEC)
Head Coach: Kellie Harper • 2nd Season at Tennessee (31-13) • 316-221 career record (17th Season)

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SERIES NOTES vs. TENNESSEE

Series History
Tennessee leads, 48-8

Current Streak
Tennessee, 4

First Meeting
Jan. 17, 1977 • Oxford, Miss.
• L, 58-56

First SEC Meeting
Jan. 8, 1983 • Oxford, Miss.
• L, 69-67

Last Meeting
Feb. 27, 2020 •Knoxville, Tenn.
• L, 77-66

Last Win
Jan. 12, 2017
• W, 67-62
• First Rebel win vs. Tennessee since 1996 (snapped 28-game losing streak)

Last Win in Knoxville
Jan. 31, 1987
• W, 69-65
• Tennessee: Ranked No. 3
• Ole Miss: Ranked No. 8

SCOUTING TENNESSEE

Record
10-3, 4-1 SEC

National Rankings
AP Ranking: 20
Coaches Ranking: 22

Last Game
Jan. 24 • W, 70-53, vs. #12 Kentucky
• Top Scorers: Tamari Key (19, career-high), Rennia Davis (15)
• Third top-15 win of 2020-21
• Season-low points (53) and shooting percentage (28.6) for Kentucky
• Davis: 20 rebounds
• Held reigning SEC Player of the Year Rhyne Howard to 14 points, 3-of-16 shooting

Notes
• Top Scorer: Rae Burrell (16.5 PPG)
• Top Rebounder: Rennia Davis (9.2 RPG)
• Top 3PT Shooter: Rae Burrell (.455)
• Leads SEC in FG defense (.341)
• 2nd SEC in scoring defense (58.3 PPG) and rebounding margin (+15.5)
• NCAA top-30 in: rebounding margin (4th, +15.4), rebounds per game (6th, 46.7), field goal defense (14th, .341), total rebounds (17th, 607), assists per game (28th, 16.8) and scoring margin (29th, +15.3 PPG)
• Tamari Key: 3rd SEC in blocks (1.9)
• Rae Burrell: 9th SEC in scoring (16.5 PPG)

REBEL CAREER STATS (vs. Tennessee)

Donnetta Johnson (at Georgia)
• 1 GP
• 20 minutes
• 5 points
• 2-of-8 FG (.250)
• 3 rebounds
• 2 steals

Iyanla Kitchens
• 3 GP, 2 GS
• 13.0/game
• 2 points
• 3 rebounds (3.0/game)
• 1 block
• 1 steal

Mimi Reid
• 3 GP, 3 GS
• 24.3 minutes/game
• 21 points (7.0 PPG)
• 8-of-18 FG (.444)
• 2-of-4 3PT (.500)
• 3-of-4 FT (.750)
• Career-high 21 points vs. Tennessee in 2020
• 10 assists (3.3/game)
• 5 rebounds (1.7/game)
• 3 steals (1.0/game)

Taylor Smith
• 3 GP, 1 GS
• 16.0 minutes/game
• 11 points (3.7 PPG)
• 4-16 FG (.250)
• 2-6 3PT (.333)
• 1-4 FT (.250)
• 7 rebounds
• 5 assists
• 2 steals

LAST TIME OUT (vs. Florida)
• Lopsided third quarter proves to be the difference in otherwise tight contest, falling to the Gators, 78-68
• Ole Miss entered halftime with 37-33 lead; Florida opened second half on 10-0 run that the Rebels were never able to gain back. Gators won the quarter, 25-12
• Ole Miss: 47.5 percent overall, 50 percent from three; 40 points in the paint
• Valerie Nesbitt: 18 points, 8-of-12 FG, career-high seven assists
• Madison Scott: 14 points, four rebounds
• Snudda Collins: (11 points, 3-of-5 3PT)
• Shakira Austin: (10 points, seven rebounds, three blocks)
• Florida's Kiara Smith (25 points) and Lavender Briggs (16 points) combine for 41; scored 28 combined in the second half and 20 in the third quarter alone
• Quotable: "At halftime, we talked about the next three minutes being crucial. We're going to either take the lead or get smacked in the face. We have to learn through adverse moments. That's just what has to happen." - Coach Yo

TEAM NOTES

NCAA NET RATINGS RELEASED
The NCAA released its first batch of NET ratings for the 2020-21 season on Jan. 4, with the Rebels appearing in the initial rankings at No. 20. Ole Miss currently sits at No. 58. SEC schools hold an average NET rating of 40.0.

DAUNTING SCHEDULE AHEAD
Ole Miss faces a difficult gauntlet ahead throughout SEC season, holding the NCAA's No. 8 future strength of schedule ranking against SEC schools that hold an average NET rating of 26.6 and a combined record of 84-24 (.778).

SWEET, SWEET VICTORY
When Ole Miss has won, it has won big. On the season, the Rebels hold an average scoring margin of 32.3 points in wins, helped by a large 16.6 point swing in wins vs. losses. Ole Miss is also shooting 10.8 percent better from beyond the arc in victories, and is winning the rebounding battle by a margin of 9.7 boards better in wins.

COACH YO VS. THE TOP-25
Being in the SEC means facing some of the toughest schools in the nation, and Ole Miss head coach Yolett McPhee-McCuin has had a tough road through her first few seasons in Oxford. Coach Yo's Rebels have gone up against 14 nationally ranked squads, 13 of which have come in SEC play. Ole Miss has one win against those 13, a 55-49 upset over No. 16 Kentucky in Lexington on Jan. 13, 2019, which marked the first ranked road win by a Rebel team since 2011 and the first win at UK overall since 2007.

vs. Ranked Schools (First Year)
#2 UConn - Nov. 22, 2018 (L, 90-50)
#16 Kentucky - Jan. 13, 2019 (W, 55-49)
#6 MSU - Jan. 27, 2019 (L, 80-49)
#20 Texas A&M - Feb. 3, 2019 (L, 72-60)
#12 S. Carolina - Feb. 7, 2019 (L, 76-42)
#6 MSU - Feb. 21, 2019 (L, 88-60)

vs. Ranked Schools (Second Year)
#10 Texas A&M - Jan. 6, 2020 (L, 79-35)
#23 Tennessee - Jan. 9, 2020 (L, 84-28)
#9 MSU - Jan. 26, 2020 (L, 80-39)
#1 S. Carolina - Jan. 30, 2020 (L, 87-32)
#23 Arkansas - Feb. 16, 2020 (L, 108-64)
#14 Kentucky - Feb. 20, 2020 (L, 94-52)
#9 MSU - March 1, 2020 (L, 84-59)

vs. Ranked Schools (Third Year)
#14 MSU - Jan. 10, 2021 (L, 60-56)

HOME SWEET HOME
Ole Miss has enjoyed playing in The Pavilion in 2020-21, owning a 6-3 record and several impressive stat lines vs. its road contests. At home, the Rebels are scoring 21.4 more points per game, outscoring opponents by an average of 15.3 more points per game, shooting 9.2 percent better from beyond the arc and averaging 12.7 more assists, 3.4 more steals, 1.9 more blocks and 7.0 more turnovers forced on defense.

SHARING IS CARING
The Ole Miss offense has been highly efficient, and that is due in large part to its ability to share the ball. The Rebels currently lead the SEC and rank 14th nationally with an average of 17.5 assists per game, helped greatly by five games of 20 or more assists and seven of at least 19. Since 1995, Ole Miss has had a max of six games with 20 assists or more, doing so twice in consecutive seasons in 2008-09 and 2009-10. The Rebels own two of the five best assist outings in the SEC this year, with a 26-assist game vs. Alcorn State and a 25-assist contest vs. McNeese State. The 26 dimes by the Rebel offense vs. Alcorn ranks as the most since 2009. Ole Miss tallied 20 in three consecutive games for the first time since Nov. 13-20, 2009.

Leading that charge is starting point guard Mimi Reid, who ranks second in the conference and 33rd nationally at 5.1 assists per game. Compounded with an average of 19.5 turnovers forced on defense against 15.4 Rebel turnovers, Ole Miss currently ranks third in the SEC in assist/turnover ratio at 1.1.

On the season, the Rebels are tallying an assist on 63.0 percent of their made field goals.

Percentage of FG with Assists
Game 1 (McNeese): 25-35 (71.4%)
Game 2 (Kansas): 16-25 (64.0%)
Game 3 (Alcorn): 26-40 (65.0%)
Game 4 (MVSU): 21-33 (63.6%)
Game 5 (Jackson St.): 20-27 (74.1%)
Game 6 (George Mason): 10-of-26 (38.5%)
Game 7 (LSU): 17-of-24 (70.8%)
Game 8 (Auburn): 19-of-22 (86.5%)
Game 9 (at #14 MSU): 5-of-22 (22.7%)
Game 10 (vs. Mizzou): 23-of-29 (79.3%)
Game 11 (at UGA): 9-of-23 (39.1%)
Game 12 (vs. Florida): 19-of-28 (67.9%)
Total: 210-of-331 (63.4%)

AIN'T WASTING TIME NO MORE
The new crop of Rebels on the floor for Ole Miss this season has wasted no time in establishing their presence, scoring a combined 76.1 percent of all scoring through nine games this season (686 of 901).

vs. McNeese State: 88 of 99 (88.9 percent)
vs. Kansas: 56 of 70 (80.0 percent)
vs. Alcorn State: 77 of 104 (74.0 percent)
vs. MVSU: 66 of 86 (76.7 percent)
vs. Jackson St.: 65 of 89 (73.0 percent)
at George Mason: 53 of 64 (82.8 percent)
vs. LSU: 51 of 69 (73.9 percent)
vs. Auburn: 43 of 62 (69.4 percent)
at #14 MSU: 38 of 56 (67.9 percent)
vs. Mizzou: 74 of 77 (96.1 percent)
at Georgia: 36 of 57 (63.2 percent)
vs. Florida: 39 of 68 (57.4 percent)

Furthermore, the quartet of Shakira Austin (207 points), Donnetta Johnson (152 points), Madison Scott (102 points) and Snudda Collins (100 points) are together accounting for 62.3 percent of all season scoring this year.

Since Jan. 7 vs. Auburn, senior Valerie Nesbitt has scored 65.5 percent of her entire season scoring. In that span, she has tallied 17.2 percent of all Rebel scoring.

BABY REBELS
With a slew of new faces on the Ole Miss roster, the Rebels now own the 10th- youngest roster in the nation with an average age of 19.67 as of Nov. 25. Furthermore, Ole Miss is one of just three programs nationwide with its entire roster to have two or fewer years of Division I experience at the start of the year (alongside Indiana State and Murray State).

DEFENSE! DEFENSE!
The Rebels have been tough to score on in 2020-21, owning the SEC's fourth-best scoring defense (60.2 PPG) and sixth-best shooting defense (38.0 percent).

It's been an all-around team effort on the defensive side of the ball, as Ole Miss forcing the NCAA's 47th-most turnovers per game (19.5) helped by the nation's 36th-most steals (10.2), yielding the NCAA's 39th-best turnover margin in 2020-21 at +4.1 per game.

Against McNeese State, Ole Miss held the Cowgirls to 18 percent from the field, the lowest by a Rebel opponent since 2016, and the 19 steals by the Rebels against MVSU tie for the single-game lead in the SEC this season and are the most by a Rebel squad since 2016. Ole Miss has forced at least 24 turnovers in four games and has forced at least 19 in seven games -- with its most recent high of 29 vs. Jackson State.

That defensive hustle has produced results, holding the first four Rebel opponents to fewer than 60 points for the first time in program history, and notching the fifth-fewest points in program history vs. George Mason (34).

ELECTRIC OFFENSE
Ole Miss has been playing with the pedal down since its season began on Nov. 30, riding a solid offense toward a historic start. The Rebels rank in the top-50 of the NCAA in several key offensive categories, including:

• Assists Per Game: 14th (17.5)
• Scoring Margin: 31st (+14.9 PPG)
• Turnover Margin: 39th (+4.1)
• Total Assists: 42nd (210)
• Assist/Turnover Ratio: 43rd (1.1)
• FG Percentage: 45th (.448)
• Scoring Offense: 49th (75.1 PPG)

Other impressive offensive notes among other SEC schools this season include:

• Two of top-five single-game assist totals of 26 vs. Alcorn State and 25 vs. McNeese State
• 104 points vs. Alcorn State rank No. 6
• 40 field goals vs. Alcorn State ranks No. 6
• 61.5 shooting percentage vs. Alcorn State No. 4 in the SEC

LEAVIN' EM IN THE DUST
Ole Miss has gotten the upper hand from the jump on the offensive end, including six wire-to-wire wins. On the year, the Rebels have led for 66.5 percent of all game time this season in 485 total minutes played.

2020-21 Lead/Trail
Total Minutes: 485:00
Ole Miss Lead Time: 322:18
Ole Miss Trail Time: 142:53
Time Tied: 20:14

OFF THE LINE
Three-point defense has been a point of emphasis during the Coach Yo era, with 45 of 73 of her opponents being held to five trifectas or fewer.

1st Season (2018-19)
17-of-31 (54.8%)

2nd Season (2019-20)
21-of-30 (70.0%)

3rd Season (2020-21)
7-of-12 (58.3%)

HISTORIC START
The 2020-21 Rebel squad got off to a spectacular start on both ends of the court, notching the fewest points allowed through six games in school history (290). Ole Miss scored at least 80 points in four of its first five for the first time since 2006-07 (after scoring 80 or more just twice in the entirety of the 2019-20 season) and has scored 90 or more twice after not doing so in an entire season since 2017-18.

The Rebels have posted two historic win margins as well, with a 56-point win vs. Alcorn State (104-48) and a 55-point win vs. McNeese State (99-44) ranking sixth and seventh in program history -- the largest wins at Ole Miss since 2015. The 104-point outing vs. Alcorn State is the 35th 100-point game in program history and the first by a Rebel squad since 2015.

Furthermore, Ole Miss' 6-0 start marked just the 12th time in 46 years of the program that a Rebel team has started off 6-0 or better -- the best start since the 2008-09 season.

Best Starts in Ole Miss History
Final /Current Record in Parenthesis
1986-87: 16-0 (25-5; Sweet 16)
1987-88: 15-0 (24-7; Sweet 16)
1988-89: 13-0 (23-8; Elite Eight)
2000-01: 11-0 (15-13; WNIT)
1994-95: 11-0 (21-8; NCAA Tournament)
1982-83: 11-0 (26-6; Sweet 16)
1975-76: 11-0 (19-8)
1981-82: 10-0 (27-5; NCAA Tournament)
1983-84: 8-0 (24-6; Sweet 16)
2008-09: 7-0 (18-15; WNIT)
2002-03: 7-0 (12-16)
1978-79: 7-0 (31-9)
2020-21: 6-0 (7-4)

LIGHTS. OUT.
The Rebels simply couldn't miss against Alcorn State on Dec. 8, nearly breaking the school record for single-game shooting percentage. Ole Miss wound up with the second-best mark in school history at 61.5 percent, helped greatly by a 64.7 percent first-half percentage that ranked as the best since 2014 (Jan. 16, vs. Vanderbilt, 68.0), and best in non-conference since 2009 (Dec. 20, vs. Winston-Salem State, 65.6).

Single-Game FG Shooting, All-Time
1. vs. New Orleans (2004-05) - 63.1
2. vs. Alcorn State (2020-21) - 61.5
3. vs. Winston-Salem St. (2009-10) - 60.3
4. vs. Vanderbilt (1985-86) - 60.0

REBS SNAP STREAK VS. AUBURN
Ole Miss finished its first perfect non-conference season in program history at 6-0 and followed that up by snapping a 22-game SEC regular season losing streak with a 62-58 victory over Auburn on Jan. 7. The win was the first since Feb. 14, 2019 vs. Vanderbilt (65-60), as well as the first wire-to-wire SEC win since Jan. 20, 2019 vs. Florida (76-66).

INDIVIDUAL NOTES

CREAM OF THE CROP
Ole Miss junior Shakira Austin may be in her first season in the SEC, but she already rests in rarified company as one of just six active SEC players with 850 career points and 600 career rebounds, joining Auburn's Unique Thompson (1,366/1,044), Tennessee's Rennia Davis (1,582/855), Texas A&M's Ciera Johnson (1,090/696), Alabama's Jasmine Walker (1,154/691) and LSU's Faustine Aifuwa (896/674). When Austin's 875 career points and 633 rebounds are combined with her 151 career blocks, only Austin, Aifuwa and Johnson sit in the 850/600/100 club. Austin ranks second in blocks among current SEC players behind Aifuwa's 170.

1,000-POINT WATCH
Shakira Austin is getting close to becoming the 31st Rebel to ever surpass the 1,000-point mark for her career in an Ole Miss jersey, currently sitting at 875 points. Austin tallied up 668 points in two seasons at Maryland, and is currently averaging 17.3 points per game as a Rebel. At that average, Austin should near the 1,000-point threshold around the Feb. 21 contest vs. Texas A&M in Oxford.

VALERIE!
Ole Miss senior Valerie Nesbitt has been on a tear, scoring 65.5 percent of her entire season total within the last five games. In that span she is averaging 11.0 points per game, but in her previous six she averaged just 4.8.

Nesbitt enjoyed time in the national spotlight during the Rebels' near-upset of No. 14 Mississippi State, helping lead a late fourth quarter charge to cut the lead to two points multiple times. Nesbitt scored 10 of her season-high 18 points in the final frame, falling just two points shy of her career best 20 vs. Alcorn State last season. Nesbitt again scored 18 vs. Florida on Jan. 24, while also dishing out a career-high seven assists.

As a junior, Nesbitt led all Rebels in steals (despite playing just 15 games) and became the only Rebel in recorded history to record eight or more steals and assists in a single game after a 12-point, 8-assist, 8-steal and 6-rebound game vs. Louisiana Tech on Nov. 23, 2019.

NICE SHOOTIN' KID
Two-time SEC Freshman of the Week Snudda Collins has been a serious three-point threat for the Rebels in the early going of her career, leading all SEC freshmen and ranking fifth overall at 2.1 threes per game. Additionally, Collins' three-point percentage of 46.3 ranks 21st overall in the NCAA, and she sits third among all freshmen nationally. Collins has hit three trifectas or more in a game six times this season, highlighted by a five three-pointer outing in her Ole Miss debut vs. McNeese State on Nov. 30. Collins lit the net on fire, leading all scorers with 23 points off the bench with a 5-of-8 clip from beyond the arc to boot. Her 23 points stand as the most ever by a Rebel freshman in a season opener (in available records). Collins was the leader of a bevy of newcomers on the floor vs. the Cowgirls, who combined for 88 of the 99 total points Ole Miss scored -- the most in the Coach Yo era and the most by a Rebel squad in a season opener since 2005. Furthermore, her 23 points were the most by any Rebel in an opener since 2017.

At Brookhaven High School, Collins helped lead her team to the 5A state title game her senior season to cap off an extraordinary career that saw her average 12.0 points and end as the No. 4 ranked prospect in Mississippi.

YOUNG GUNS
Ole Miss had a lot of hype entering 2020-21 due to its SEC top-ranked recruiting class, but the young Rebels have backed that up with superb play. Ole Miss has received SEC Freshman of the Week honors a program record four times this season -- two each for Snudda Collins and Madison Scott -- which puts the 2020-21 squad just two shy of the overall program record of SEC weekly honors set by the 2006-07 Elite Eight team.

SHAKIRA ON A TEAR
Ole Miss junior Shakira Austin has been simply unstoppable in 2020-21, but especially so in a six-game stretch from Dec. 15 to Jan. 14. In that span, Austin scored 20 points or more in five of the six games, averaging 20.5 points and 9.2 rebounds while shooting 50 percent overall, 33 percent from beyond the arc and 78 percent from the free throw line.

Included in that stretch were four straight 20-point games vs. Jackson State (22; Dec. 15), George Mason (24; Dec. 19), LSU (20; Jan. 4) and Auburn (25; Jan. 7), making her the first Rebel to do so in four straight since Bianca Thomas did so twice during the 2009-10 season. After being stymied at No. 14 Mississippi State, Austin came back with a vengeance vs. Missouri, dropping a career-high 26 points.

Austin has also recently found her groove from deep, going 3-of-9 from three after not hitting a trifecta in her career prior to Dec. 19 at George Mason.

BALL DON'T LIE
Ole Miss garnered national attention when it added ESPN's No. 1 rated transfer in April, Shakira Austin of Maryland, and as a Rebel she has not disappointed. Austin leads all Rebels and ranks seventh in the SEC with 17.3 points per game, while also chipping in 7.6 rebounds, 1.8 blocks, 1.7 steals and 1.3 assists per game. The Preseason All-SEC honoree and Lisa Leslie Award Watch List member has especially been a dominant force down low for the Rebels in the early going, recording multiple blocks in seven of her 12 games played -- pushing her career total to games with multiple blocks to 33. Austin has also been in double-digits in 11 of her of her first 12 games as a Rebel, making her new career total 46. She recently recorded her 18th career double-double vs. Mizzou, and her 1.8 blocks per game currently put her No. 5 in the SEC.

Austin was a significant contributor on two Big Ten championship teams at Maryland in 2019 and 2020, averaging 10.1 points, 8.2 rebounds and 2.0 blocks, while shooting 47.2 percent overall in 66 games and 47 starts. Austin shattered the Maryland single-season blocks record her freshman season with 89, earning her a spot on both the Big Ten Defensive Team and All-Freshman team, and followed that up with a slot on the 2020 All-Big Ten Second Team after ranking No. 1 nationally in 2019-20 in advanced analytic On-Court Forced Turnover Rate (via Pivot Analysis). Coming out of Riverdale Baptist, Austin was ESPN's No. 3 overall prospect and a McDonald's All-American.

THE WAIT IS OVER
Redshirt sophomore Donnetta Johnson waited a long time to play basketball again after sitting out 2018-19 due to NCAA transfer rules. She has quickly asserted herself as a dynamic scoring option for the Rebels, ranking second on the team with an average of 12.7 points. Johnson has put on a show on national TV twice this season, dropping a career-high 25 points at No. 14 Mississippi State and 21 vs. Kansas, showcasing her ambidextrous style of shooting in both contests. Johnson followed up her career day vs. MSU with a 20-point performance vs. Missouri, her first consecutive 20-point games in her career. In SEC play, Johnson is averaging 12.7 points per contest and is shooting 43.2 percent from the field.

Johnson played in 27 games and started eight her freshman season at Georgia in 2018-19 before transferring to Ole Miss and sitting out last season. At Georgia, Johnson sparked the Bulldogs in a historic upset over No. 13 Tennessee, which earned her SEC Freshman of the Week honors. Johnson was the No. 28 guard nationally coming out of Baldwin High School in Queens, New York.

OLD GUARD
Redshirt junior Mimi Reid returns as the Rebel with the most experience in 2020-21, with 63 career starts to her name. The Bronx native has finished each of her first two seasons at Ole Miss ranked in the top-10 in the SEC in assists, finishing last season seventh at 4.1 per game, and she has showed no signs of slowing down in 2020-21 as she currently ranks second in the SEC and 33rd nationally at 5.1 dimes per contest. Reid has three of the top-five single-game assist totals in the SEC in 2020-21, including a 10-assist performance vs. LSU for her fourth career double-digit assist game.

Reid also flashed some scoring aptitude since late last year, averaging 15.4 points and shooting 43.6 percent overall in a five-game stretch from Feb. 13-27 last year. In all five games Reid scored in double digits (she had never done so in three straight prior to 2019-20) and her offensive prowess was highlighted by a career-high 21 points at Tennessee on Feb. 27, the first time she had broken 20 points in her career. Furthermore, Reid hit 18 straight free throws across four games from Feb. 16-27, ending up with a 19-of-22 (.864) line in that stretch.

BIG FISH
Five-star signee Madison Scott has proved why she was a top-flight recruit coming out of high school, playing a pivotal role for the Rebels through her first games in an Ole Miss jersey. Scott leads all SEC freshmen in rebounding (6.4). Scott has been named the SEC Freshman of the Week twice already in her young career, winning back-to-back weeks on Dec. 15 and Dec. 23. She recorded her first career double-double vs. Jackson State on Dec. 15 (15 points, 10 rebounds), and notched a career-high 17 points vs. MVSU on Dec. 12. Scott put forth an eye-opening performance on the glass vs. Kansas, nabbing a game and career-high 10 rebounds, five of which came in a crucial spot for the Rebels in a dominant fourth quarter vs. the Jayhawks. There has only been four games this season in which Scott has not hauled in at least seven boards.

Scott, the No. 13 national prospect out of Bishop McNamara in Maryland, is the first McDonald's All-American in Ole Miss women's basketball history (and just the second overall). Scott had a prolific career at Bishop McNamara, which was capped off by a senior season in which she was named the Washington Post Metro Player of the Year after notching a line of 13.3 points, 8.9 rebounds, 3.5 assists, 1.9 blocks and 1.8 steals and a .570 shooting percentage her senior season.

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