Rebels Face Tough Test at Alabama

			OLE MISS (8-7, 2-7 SEC) at ALABAMA (12-5, 5-5 SEC) Thursday, Feb. 11 • 6 p.m. • Tuscaloosa, Ala. Coleman Coliseum
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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Ole Miss women's basketball looks to stay hot when it travels one state over for a key matchup against the Alabama Crimson Tide on Thursday. Tipoff is set for 6 p.m. CT on SEC Network+.

TEAM FACTS

Ole Miss Rebels (8-7, 2-7 SEC)
Head Coach: Yolett McPhee-McCuin • 3rd Season at Ole Miss (24-52) • 118-115 career record (8th Season)

Alabama Crimson Tide (12-5, 5-5 SEC)
Head Coach: Kristy Curry • 8th Season at Alabama (128-113) • 437-262 career record (22nd Season)

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SERIES NOTES vs. ALABAMA

Series History
Ole Miss leads, 34-27

Current Streak
Alabama, 6

First Meeting
Jan. 10, 1977 • Tuscaloosa, Ala.
• W, 73-70

First SEC Meeting
Jan. 24, 1983 • Tuscaloosa, Ala.
• W, 85-58

Last Meeting
Feb. 2, 2020 • Oxford, Miss.
• L, 57-56

Last Time in Tuscaloosa
Feb. 28, 2019
• L, 46-43

Last Win
Jan. 11, 2015 • Oxford, Miss.
• W, 77-63
• Four Rebels in double-digits
• Gracie Frizzell: 24 points, 8-of-12 3PT
• 8 threes was school record at the time

Last Win in Tuscaloosa
Jan. 15, 2012
• W, 69-55
• Valencia McFarland: 25 points, 9 assists

SCOUTING ALABAMA

Record
12-5, 5-5 SEC

National Rankings
AP Ranking: NR
Coaches Ranking: NR

Last Game
Feb. 4 • L, 83-76, vs. #25 Georgia (OT)
• Top Scorer: Jasmine Walker (24)
• Five lead changes, four ties
• Tied 69-69 going into OT; UGA won OT, 14-7
• Lead time separated by just 17 seconds
• Alabama had 19 turnovers
• Georgia shot 49.3% but just 1-of-9 from 3PT
• Georgia: 7 blocks
• Allowed 25 points to Que Morrison
• Georgia scored 30 points off turnovers, 52 points in the paint, 24 on fastbreak and 20 from the bench

Notes
• Top Scorer: Jasmine Walker (20.0)
• Top Rebounder: Jasmine Walker (10.0)
• Top 3PT Shooter: Jasmine Walker (.414)
• One ranked win over No. 14 Mississippi State on Jan. 14 (86-78)
• 2nd SEC in free throw shooting (.753) and threes per game (8.1); also 4th SEC in scoring offense (75.3 PPG) and assist/turnover ratio (1.1)
• NCAA top-30 in: fewest fouls per game (14th, 13.8), total free throws made (20th, 256), total threes made (23rd, 138) and total threes attempted (30th, 398)
• Jasmine Walker: Naismith Trophy Midseason Team, Katrina McClain Award Finalist, Preseason All-SEC
• Walker's SEC ranks: 1st in threes per game (3.1), 2nd in free throw shooting (.818), 2nd in three-point shooting (.414), 2nd in minutes played (35.7), 3rd in scoring (20.0 PPG) and 5th in rebounding (10.0)
• 10 double-doubles ranks ninth NCAA
• Other NCAA top-30 rankings include: total threes made (7th, 53), threes per game (12th, 3.1), total threes attempted (14th, 128), total points (19th, 340), defensive rebounds per game (21st, 7.6), total rebounds (22nd, 170), total field goal attempts (22nd, 277) and total field goals made (23rd, 121)

LAST TIME OUT (vs. #14 KENTUCKY)
• After a month full of heartbreak and frustration, the Rebels took it all out on the 14th-ranked team in the country, besting Kentucky, 72-60, at The Pavilion on Feb. 4.
• First ranked win since Jan. 13, 2019 at No. 16 Kentucky (55-49), first home ranked win since Dec. 14, 2016 vs. No. 25 Oregon (83-67), largest SEC win since Feb. 26, 2017 vs. Texas A&M (62-49), biggest win vs. Kentucky since Feb. 22, 2001 (75-54) and largest vs. UK at home since Jan. 2, 1997 (83-52).
• Ole Miss led for 34:23, dominated the glass 49-34 and held a large 42-20 advantage in the paint
• Yielded 26 points to reigning SEC Player of the Year Rhyne Howard, but held her to 2-of-10 from beyond the arc as Kentucky shot 6-of-26 from deep.
• Shakira Austin recorded her 20th career double-double with 21 points, 12 rebounds; had 17 points and 7 rebounds in first half. First Rebel to record consecutive double-doubles since Shandricka Sessom in December 2015, first in consecutive SEC games since Tia Faleru did in February and March 2015.
• Mimi Reid: 14 points, 4 assists
• Donnetta Johnson: 12 points
• Madison Scott: 9 points, 8 rebounds
• Newcomers: 49 of 72 points
• Quotable: "Extremely grateful for the win, extremely grateful for our players having resilience and not breaking. I thought that they put together 40 minutes. We knew we were close because we had put together 25 minutes, and then 30 minutes, and then at LSU we put together 39 minutes, so the focus for the last couple days was just on finishing, and I thought we did a good job of that tonight." - Coach Yo

TEAM NOTES

DOWN GOES KENTUCKY!
Ole Miss snapped a six-game slide with an emotional 72-60 upset over No. 14/15 Kentucky on Feb. 4, the second time in the Coach Yo era that the Rebels have taken down a nationally ranked Wildcat squad.

The Rebels didn't just upset the Wildcats, they dominated the game. Ole Miss outrebounded Kentucky, 49-34, held a huge edge in points in the paint (42-20), and led for 34:23 of the contest. Shakira Austin was crucial for the Rebels, scoring 21 points and 12 rebounds. Ole Miss allowed 26 points to Kentucky star Rhyne Howard, but the Rebels as a team chipped in on defense to stymie UK to just 6-of-26 from beyond the arc.

The win for Ole Miss was a historic one in several ways:

• First win over a ranked team since winning at No. 16 Kentucky on Jan. 13, 2019 (55-49)

• First home win over a ranked team since beating No. 25 Oregon on Dec. 14, 2016 (83-67)

• Largest SEC win since beating Texas A&M on Feb. 26, 2017 (62-49)

• Largest win over Kentucky since Feb. 22, 2001 (75-54, in Lexington)

• Largest win over Kentucky in Oxford since Jan. 2, 1997 (83-52)

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 16 nationally ranked squads, 15 of which have come in SEC play. Ole Miss now has two wins against in that stretch: a 55-49 upset over No. 16 Kentucky in Lexington on Jan. 13, 2019 (the first ranked road win by a Rebel team since 2011 and first at UK since 2007), and a 72-60 win over No. 14 Kentucky on Feb. 4, 2021.

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)
#20 Tennessee - Jan. 28, 2021 (L, 68-67)
#14 Kentucky - Feb. 4, 2021 (W, 72-60)

CLOSE CONTEST AHEAD?
The Rebels and Crimson Tide have had several close battles over the last few seasons. Since 2016, the average margin of victory for Alabama in six Tide victories has been just 5.7 points, with all games falling within 10 points and each of the last three within three points for an average margin of just 2.3 points per game since 2018.

SWEET, SWEET VICTORY
When Ole Miss has won, it has won big. On the season, the Rebels hold an average scoring margin of 37.9 points in wins, helped by a large 15.1 point swing in wins vs. losses. Ole Miss is also shooting 7.6 percent better from beyond the arc in victories, and is winning the rebounding battle by a margin of 10.1 boards better in wins.

CLOSE GAMES
Ole Miss has been in the fight, but unable to close out several close, heartbreaking losses this SEC season. The Rebels currently own an average margin of defeat of just 8.3 points in their seven losses -- all coming during SEC season. In those games combined, Ole Miss is still shooting 42 percent overall and nearly drawing even on the boards, but are yielding 47.5 percent shooting overall and 37.9 from three.

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 22.5 and a combined record of 80-25 (.762).

NCAA NET RATINGS
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. 47. SEC schools hold an average NET rating of 38.5.

HOME SWEET HOME
Ole Miss has enjoyed playing in The Pavilion in 2020-21, owning a 7-3 record and several impressive stat lines vs. its road contests. At home, the Rebels are scoring 17.6 more points per game, outscoring opponents by an average of 18.1 more points per game, shooting 4.5 percent better from beyond the arc and averaging 11.7 more assists, 1.4 more steals, 2.5 more blocks and 2.7 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 rank second in the SEC and 39th nationally with an average of 16.2 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 at 4.6 assists per game.

On the season, the Rebels are tallying an assist on 59.4 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%)
Game 13 (at #20 Tenn.): 9-of-27 (33.3%)
Game 14 (at LSU): 9-of-24 (37.5%)
Game 15 (vs. #14 Kentucky): 15-of-27 (55.6%)
Total: 243-of-409 (59.4%)

ANALYZE THIS
Ole Miss holds several impressive team and individual rankings among the CBB Analytics rankings. As a team, the Rebels rest in the 93rd percentile in both opponent block percentage (4.7%) and opponent block-to-foul ratio (0.12). Individually, several Rebels rank in the 99th percentile or higher, such as Shakira Austin's 10.5 points in the paint per game, Snudda Collins' 6.4 percent turnover rate or both Mimi Reid (100th, 41.9 percent) and Valerie Nesbitt's (99th, 37.2 percent) standings in assist ratio and assist percentage, respectively.

For more analytics, refer to the table on Page 11 of the game notes.

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 75.7 percent of all scoring through 15 games this season (837 of 1106).

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)
at #20 Tenn.: 53 of 67 (79.1 percent)
at LSU: 49 of 66 (74.2 percent)
vs. #14 Kentucky: 49 of 72 (68.1 percent)

Furthermore, the quartet of Shakira Austin (256 points), Donnetta Johnson (201 points), Madison Scott (126 points) and Snudda Collins (121 points) are together accounting for 63.7 percent of all season scoring this year.

Since Jan. 7 vs. Auburn, senior Valerie Nesbitt has scored 72.6 percent of her entire season scoring. In that span, she has tallied 14.7 percent of all Rebel scoring.

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 67.2 percent of all game time this season in 570 total minutes played.

2020-21 Lead/Trail
Total Minutes: 610:00
Ole Miss Lead Time: 417:36
Ole Miss Trail Time: 161:28
Time Tied: 30:14

BABY REBELS
With a slew of new faces on the Ole Miss roster, the Rebels 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).

OFF THE LINE
Three-point defense has been a point of emphasis during the Coach Yo era, with 47 of 76 opponents being held to five or fewer.

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

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

3rd Season (2020-21)
9-of-15 (60.0%)

INDIVIDUAL NOTES

AUSTIN NAMED TO LISA LESLIE TOP-10 LIST
Rebel junior and reigning SEC Player of the Week Shakira Austin has earned national attention after making the first cutoff list for the Lisa Leslie Award on their Top-10 list, released on Feb. 5. Austin joins South Carolina's Aliyah Boston -- the 2020 winner -- as the lone SEC representatives on the Top-10 list.

2021 Lisa Leslie Award Top-10 Candidates
Queen Egbo, Baylor
Olivia Nelson-Ododa, UConn
Ayoka Lee, Kansas State
Elissa Cunane, NC State
Janelle Bailey, North Carolina
Shakira Austin, Ole Miss
Nancy Mulkey, Rice
Aliyah Boston, South Carolina
Kamilla Cardoso, Syracuse
Charli Collier, Texas

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 924 points. Austin tallied up 668 points in two seasons at Maryland, and is currently averaging 17.1 points per game as a Rebel. At that average, Austin should near the 1,000-point threshold around the Feb. 25 contest at South Carolina.

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 900 career points and 650 career rebounds, joining Auburn's Unique Thompson (1,426/1,091), Tennessee's Rennia Davis (1,617/869), Texas A&M's Ciera Johnson (1,133/723), Alabama's Jasmine Walker (1,220/719) and LSU's Faustine Aifuwa (936/702). When Austin's 924 career points and 663 rebounds are combined with her 153 career blocks, only Austin and Aifuwa sit in the 850/600/150 club. Austin ranks third in blocks among current SEC players behind Aifuwa's 174 and Georgia's Jenna Staiti with 158.

SHAKIRA ON A TEAR
Ole Miss junior Shakira Austin has been simply unstoppable in 2020-21, recently leading the Rebels in an upset win over Kentucky and becoming the first to record conseucitve double-doubles since 2015-16 and the first in back-to-back SEC games since 2014-15. Austin was especially effective 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.

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 sixth in the SEC with 17.1 points per game and third with a 53.7 percent clip from the field, while also chipping in 8.1 rebounds, 1.5 blocks, 1.6 steals and 1.1 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 games -- pushing her career total to games with multiple blocks to 33. Austin has also been in double-digits in 14 of her of her first 15 games as a Rebel, making her new career total 49. She recently recorded her 20th career double-double and fifth as a Rebel vs. No. 14 Kentucky, making her the first Rebel to record back-to-back double-doubles since 2015-16 and the first in consecutive SEC games since 2014-15.

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.

DONNETTA IN THE SPOTLIGHT
Ole Miss sophomroe Donnetta Johnson is used to the lights of the Big Apple, so maybe that has helped her shine against ranked teams and on national television. Against three ranked teams this season, Johnson is averaging 18.7 points and is shooting 48.1 percent from the field, and she has poured it on in four national TV games with an average of 15.0 points and a 39.1 percent clip -- including 21 points vs. Kansas on Dec. 3 and a career-high 25 at No. 14 MSU on Jan. 10.

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 a program-record six SEC Freshman of the Week honors this season -- two from Snudda Collins and four from Madison Scott -- and combined with Shakira Austin's Player of the Week honor on Feb. 9 broke the Ole Miss program record for total weekly honors in a season, topping the old mrk of six set by the 2006-07 Elite Eight team (four Players of the Week, two Freshmen).

MADI CRASHING THE BOARDS
Four-time SEC Freshman of the Week Madison Scott put on a rebounding clinic at LSU on Jan. 31, hauling in a career-high 16 boards to go along with 12 points for her second career double-double. Her 16 rebounds stand as the most by a Rebel since Bretta Hart recorded 18 vs. Western Kentcuky on Dec. 12, 2015. Furthermore, it was the most rebounds by a Rebel in an SEC game since Feb. 13, 2014 (Tia Faleru, at Kentucky, 16) and the most by a Rebel freshman since Feb. 6, 2011 (Pa'Sonna Hope, vs. LSU, 16). Scott leads all SEC freshmen and is tied for 16th nationally among freshmen in rebounding this season at her average of 7.2 per game.

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 sixth overall at 2.0 threes per game. Additionally, Collins' three-point percentage of 44.8 ranks 20th overall in the NCAA, and she sits third among all freshmen nationally. Collins has hit three trifectas or more in a game seven 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.

VALERIE!
Ole Miss senior Valerie Nesbitt has been heating up, scoring 72.6 percent of her entire season total within the last eight games. In that span she is averaging 9.6 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.

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 13.4 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 13.9 points per contest and is shooting 42.3 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 at 4.6 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 has also flashed some scoring aptitude since late last year, scoring 14 points vs. No. 14 Kentucky, and last year she averaged 15.4 points and shooting 43.6 percent overall in a five-game stretch from Feb. 13-27. In all five games in that stretch 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 (7.2) and has already been named the SEC Freshman of the Week four times in her young career, winning back-to-back weeks on Dec. 15 and Dec. 23 and then again on Feb. 2 and Feb. 9. On the year, she has recorded two double-doubles, the most rebounds in a game by a Rebel since 2015 and is averaging 10.5 points, 7.2 rebounds and is shooting 63.4 percent from the field.

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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