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The University of Mississippi Athletics
Sunday, February 16
Knoxville, Tenn.
11 AM
Ole Miss
at
Tennessee
Women’s Basketball Travels to No. 15 Tennessee for Sunday Showdown
2/15/2025 | Women's Basketball
OXFORD, Miss. – Ole Miss women's basketball is on the hunt for its third ranked win in five games, as the Rebels face No. 15/16 Tennessee in Knoxville, Tenn. on Sunday, Feb. 16. Tipoff between the Rebels and Lady Volunteers will be at 11:00 a.m. CT, streaming on SEC Network.
TEAM FACTS
RV/RV Ole Miss Rebels (17-7, 8-4 SEC)
Head Coach: Yolett McPhee-McCuin • 7th Season at Ole Miss (120-91) • 12th Season in Career (214-154)
No. 15/16 Tennessee Lady Volunteers (18-6, 5-6 SEC)
Head Coach: Kim Caldwell • 1st Season at Tennessee (18-6) • 9th Season in Career (235-37)
ON THE AIR
Television: SEC Network
Play-by-Play: Eric Frede
Color: Christy Thomaskutty
OLE MISS RADIO
Radio: Ole Miss Radio Network
Play-by-Play: Graham Doty
OLE MISS VS. TENNESSEE
Ole Miss and Tennessee will share the basketball court for the 62nd time in its history. The Lady Volunteers hold a 52-9 advantage in a series that dates to 1977. Last time out, Ole Miss snapped an eight-game losing streak against Tennessee with an 80-75 victory in Oxford.
Marquesha Davis and Kharyssa Richardson combined for 44 total points in the victory. Richardson, coming off the bench, scored a career-high 21 points off 9-for-10 shooting, including a pair of threes. Davis led the Rebels with 23 points, while Madison Scott secured a double-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds.
Ole Miss legend Peggie Gillom-Granderson had the best individual scoring effort in program history against Tennessee in 1978. She scored 45 points off 21 made field goals. That record has stood the test of time and remains the highest-scoring game by a Rebel in Ole Miss history.
Likewise, it's the most points scored against a Lady Volunteer squad in their history.
SCOUTING THE LADY VOLUNTEERS
Kim Caldwell is in her first season leading Tennessee's women's basketball program. She's led the Lady Volunteers to an 18-6 record thus far with a 5-6 conference mark.
Tennessee boasts one of the most potent scoring attacks in the NCAA. The Lady Volunteers are averaging 90.4 points per game to lead the SEC and are second in the nation. Sophomore Talaysia Cooper leads that charge for UT, scoring 17.2 points per game. She set a season-high 33 points against Liberty and has scored in double-digits in her last five games.
Cooper is also stellar on the defensive side of the ball, where she leads the SEC in steals (74) and steals per game (3.08). Tennessee forces 23.13 turnovers per game, 11th in the country.
Long distance shooting is the primary strike for Tennessee, who leads the nation in threes per game. The Lady Volunteers make 10.8 3-pointers per game on 33.6% shooting. All players on the roster are capable of making shots from long range, with dynamic duo Jewel Spear and Samara Spencer serving as the headliners.
Spear and Spencer have combined for 109 made threes this season so far, with both shooting nearly 40% from 3-point distance. Spears has spent the past two seasons with Tennessee, where she became the fourth active player in the SEC to accrue 2,000 overall career points. Many of her points feed off from Spencer, who has the fifth-most career assists among active players in the SEC. Spencer, in her first year with the team after transferring in from Arkansas, has 488 career assists.
Like the Rebels, the Lady Volunteers pride themselves on creating second chance points. UT leads the SEC in offensive boards per game and are ranked second nationally. The team hauls in 18.3 offensive boards per game. It's helped them in recording north of 40 overall rebounds per game on average, with 41.75 per game. That ranks 18th in the country.
LAST TIME OUT
Ole Miss dominated Arkansas with an 89-50 rout on Thursday evening at Bud Walton Arena in Fayetteville, Ark.
The Rebels exploded for their best game against an SEC opponent this season with its 39-point victory. Ole Miss has now bested Arkansas in the past five games of the series. The Rebels held Arkansas to its worst scoring performance of the year and its second-biggest loss in SEC play thus far.
All 14 active Rebels got an opportunity to play against Arkansas, with 13 of them contributing to the scoreboard with at least one point. Seven Rebels set season-highs in points, assists and/or rebounds. In total, Ole Miss recorded eight instances of season best performances in statistical categories.
Sadler paced the team in scoring for her first time as a Rebel, dropping a season-high 17 points. She made seven field goals off the bench, while hauling in five rebounds and three assists.
WE SCORE TOO!
Offensively, the Rebels are averaging 76.7 points per game, marking the most by an Ole Miss team in the Coach Yolett McPhee-McCuin era.
The Rebels scored 90-plus points four times so far, with its highest-scoring outings against South Alabama and Florida. Ole Miss' 94 points in both games are the most by a Rebel team since Nov. 14, 2021, and is the third-most points scored under McPhee-McCuin. 94 points against the Gators also marks the most against an SEC opponent in the Coach Yo era, and the most by a Rebel team versus a conference foe since scoring 95 points against Arkansas on March 2, 2006.
The nonconference schedule also saw the first time under McPhee-McCuin that Ole Miss has registered at least three games with 90-plus points, and the first time since 2017-18.
The Rebels have now reached the 80-point plateau 11 times this season, officially the first time a team under Coach Yo that has earned that many games over 80. It's the most by a Rebel squad since the 2006-07 season when legendary head coach Carol Ross' team had 15 games over 80.
AGAINST RANKED OPPONENTS
When it comes to facing off against ranked opponents, Ole Miss owns 92 wins against such teams. The Rebels picked up two of those victories in the last three games, taking down No. 23 Vanderbilt and No. 8 Kentucky. Under Yolett McPhee-McCuin, the Rebels have knocked off 12 ranked opponents.
Ole Miss has toppled 31 teams ranked in the top-10, with 14 of those victories occurring while the Rebels are unranked. The most recent top-10 win was against 8th-ranked Kentucky on Feb. 10, 2025, marking the second time in the Coach Yo era that the Rebels have dropped a top-10 ranked team, with the prior upset coming in the 2023 NCAA Tournament against No. 5 Stanford.
Having already faced seven ranked opponents in the Associated Press poll during the 2024-25 season, Ole Miss' gauntlet of a schedule continues with three highly touted ranked teams on deck in its final five games of the regular season.
HOG ROASTIN'
In its matchup against Arkansas, Ole Miss effectively eliminated the Razorbacks' 3-point shooting, holding them to making only two threes in 22 attempts. Opposite Arkansas, Ole Miss' 10 3-pointers is the most by a Rebel squad since Feb. 28, 2020, against Tennessee. Tameiya Sadler and KK Deans drained three each to lead the team.
Ole Miss recorded 50-plus rebounds for a second-straight game, the first coming against No. 8 Kentucky. Additionally, the Rebels have outrebounded opponents by at least 20 in back-to-back matchups. Ole Miss' ferocious offense allowed only two Arkansas steals, which is the fewest allowed by the Rebels against an SEC opponent this season.
STAY CONNECTED WITH THE REBELS
Single-game tickets for the 2024-25 Ole Miss basketball season are on sale now. To purchase or learn more about buying single-game tickets for women's basketball, click here or contact the Ole Miss Athletics ticket office.
Follow the Rebels on X at @OleMissWBB, Facebook at Ole Miss WBB and on Instagram at Ole MissWBB. You can also follow head coach Yolett McPhee-McCuin on X at @YolettMcCuin.
TEAM FACTS
RV/RV Ole Miss Rebels (17-7, 8-4 SEC)
Head Coach: Yolett McPhee-McCuin • 7th Season at Ole Miss (120-91) • 12th Season in Career (214-154)
No. 15/16 Tennessee Lady Volunteers (18-6, 5-6 SEC)
Head Coach: Kim Caldwell • 1st Season at Tennessee (18-6) • 9th Season in Career (235-37)
ON THE AIR
Television: SEC Network
Play-by-Play: Eric Frede
Color: Christy Thomaskutty
OLE MISS RADIO
Radio: Ole Miss Radio Network
Play-by-Play: Graham Doty
OLE MISS VS. TENNESSEE
Ole Miss and Tennessee will share the basketball court for the 62nd time in its history. The Lady Volunteers hold a 52-9 advantage in a series that dates to 1977. Last time out, Ole Miss snapped an eight-game losing streak against Tennessee with an 80-75 victory in Oxford.
Marquesha Davis and Kharyssa Richardson combined for 44 total points in the victory. Richardson, coming off the bench, scored a career-high 21 points off 9-for-10 shooting, including a pair of threes. Davis led the Rebels with 23 points, while Madison Scott secured a double-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds.
Ole Miss legend Peggie Gillom-Granderson had the best individual scoring effort in program history against Tennessee in 1978. She scored 45 points off 21 made field goals. That record has stood the test of time and remains the highest-scoring game by a Rebel in Ole Miss history.
Likewise, it's the most points scored against a Lady Volunteer squad in their history.
SCOUTING THE LADY VOLUNTEERS
Kim Caldwell is in her first season leading Tennessee's women's basketball program. She's led the Lady Volunteers to an 18-6 record thus far with a 5-6 conference mark.
Tennessee boasts one of the most potent scoring attacks in the NCAA. The Lady Volunteers are averaging 90.4 points per game to lead the SEC and are second in the nation. Sophomore Talaysia Cooper leads that charge for UT, scoring 17.2 points per game. She set a season-high 33 points against Liberty and has scored in double-digits in her last five games.
Cooper is also stellar on the defensive side of the ball, where she leads the SEC in steals (74) and steals per game (3.08). Tennessee forces 23.13 turnovers per game, 11th in the country.
Long distance shooting is the primary strike for Tennessee, who leads the nation in threes per game. The Lady Volunteers make 10.8 3-pointers per game on 33.6% shooting. All players on the roster are capable of making shots from long range, with dynamic duo Jewel Spear and Samara Spencer serving as the headliners.
Spear and Spencer have combined for 109 made threes this season so far, with both shooting nearly 40% from 3-point distance. Spears has spent the past two seasons with Tennessee, where she became the fourth active player in the SEC to accrue 2,000 overall career points. Many of her points feed off from Spencer, who has the fifth-most career assists among active players in the SEC. Spencer, in her first year with the team after transferring in from Arkansas, has 488 career assists.
Like the Rebels, the Lady Volunteers pride themselves on creating second chance points. UT leads the SEC in offensive boards per game and are ranked second nationally. The team hauls in 18.3 offensive boards per game. It's helped them in recording north of 40 overall rebounds per game on average, with 41.75 per game. That ranks 18th in the country.
LAST TIME OUT
Ole Miss dominated Arkansas with an 89-50 rout on Thursday evening at Bud Walton Arena in Fayetteville, Ark.
The Rebels exploded for their best game against an SEC opponent this season with its 39-point victory. Ole Miss has now bested Arkansas in the past five games of the series. The Rebels held Arkansas to its worst scoring performance of the year and its second-biggest loss in SEC play thus far.
All 14 active Rebels got an opportunity to play against Arkansas, with 13 of them contributing to the scoreboard with at least one point. Seven Rebels set season-highs in points, assists and/or rebounds. In total, Ole Miss recorded eight instances of season best performances in statistical categories.
Sadler paced the team in scoring for her first time as a Rebel, dropping a season-high 17 points. She made seven field goals off the bench, while hauling in five rebounds and three assists.
WE SCORE TOO!
Offensively, the Rebels are averaging 76.7 points per game, marking the most by an Ole Miss team in the Coach Yolett McPhee-McCuin era.
The Rebels scored 90-plus points four times so far, with its highest-scoring outings against South Alabama and Florida. Ole Miss' 94 points in both games are the most by a Rebel team since Nov. 14, 2021, and is the third-most points scored under McPhee-McCuin. 94 points against the Gators also marks the most against an SEC opponent in the Coach Yo era, and the most by a Rebel team versus a conference foe since scoring 95 points against Arkansas on March 2, 2006.
The nonconference schedule also saw the first time under McPhee-McCuin that Ole Miss has registered at least three games with 90-plus points, and the first time since 2017-18.
The Rebels have now reached the 80-point plateau 11 times this season, officially the first time a team under Coach Yo that has earned that many games over 80. It's the most by a Rebel squad since the 2006-07 season when legendary head coach Carol Ross' team had 15 games over 80.
AGAINST RANKED OPPONENTS
When it comes to facing off against ranked opponents, Ole Miss owns 92 wins against such teams. The Rebels picked up two of those victories in the last three games, taking down No. 23 Vanderbilt and No. 8 Kentucky. Under Yolett McPhee-McCuin, the Rebels have knocked off 12 ranked opponents.
Ole Miss has toppled 31 teams ranked in the top-10, with 14 of those victories occurring while the Rebels are unranked. The most recent top-10 win was against 8th-ranked Kentucky on Feb. 10, 2025, marking the second time in the Coach Yo era that the Rebels have dropped a top-10 ranked team, with the prior upset coming in the 2023 NCAA Tournament against No. 5 Stanford.
Having already faced seven ranked opponents in the Associated Press poll during the 2024-25 season, Ole Miss' gauntlet of a schedule continues with three highly touted ranked teams on deck in its final five games of the regular season.
HOG ROASTIN'
In its matchup against Arkansas, Ole Miss effectively eliminated the Razorbacks' 3-point shooting, holding them to making only two threes in 22 attempts. Opposite Arkansas, Ole Miss' 10 3-pointers is the most by a Rebel squad since Feb. 28, 2020, against Tennessee. Tameiya Sadler and KK Deans drained three each to lead the team.
Ole Miss recorded 50-plus rebounds for a second-straight game, the first coming against No. 8 Kentucky. Additionally, the Rebels have outrebounded opponents by at least 20 in back-to-back matchups. Ole Miss' ferocious offense allowed only two Arkansas steals, which is the fewest allowed by the Rebels against an SEC opponent this season.
STAY CONNECTED WITH THE REBELS
Single-game tickets for the 2024-25 Ole Miss basketball season are on sale now. To purchase or learn more about buying single-game tickets for women's basketball, click here or contact the Ole Miss Athletics ticket office.
Follow the Rebels on X at @OleMissWBB, Facebook at Ole Miss WBB and on Instagram at Ole MissWBB. You can also follow head coach Yolett McPhee-McCuin on X at @YolettMcCuin.
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