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McMahon scores 21, Theinou 20 and No. 18 Ole Miss women dump Mississippi State 93-68
Ole Miss shot 76.5% in the second quarter, scoring 29 points to build a halftime lead and relied on strong bench scoring to secure a 25-point win.
- On Sunday in Oxford, No. 18 Ole Miss defeated Mississippi State 93-68, with Cotie McMahon scoring 21 points and Sira Thienou adding 20.
- In the second quarter, Ole Miss heated up, shooting 76.5% and leading 50-35 at halftime as McMahon scored nine points and Thienou extended the lead with a layup and three.
- Role players supported the starters with efficient shooting as Latasha Lattimore scored 17 and Chandler Prater added 15 off the bench, while Christeen Iwuala shot 7-of-9 for 14 points.
- The defeat deepened Mississippi State Bulldogs' SEC road struggles, leaving them 14-4, 1-3, and their most lopsided loss to Ole Miss since 1995, as Purcell said, `You want to make sure you learn from this game but then at some point you got to quit learning and you got to apply`.
- Ole Miss will travel to Georgia next Sunday for another SEC test and faces a stretch of four ranked opponents, with McPhee-McCuin saying `We have a lot of young players stepping into new roles` as the Rebels build momentum after leading by 29 points.
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The Independent OnlineNo. 18 Mississippi 93, Mississippi St. 68
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WCBB: No. 18 Ole Miss beats Mississippi State 93-68
This year’s Egg Bowl of basketball, at least on the women’s side, took place on Sunday afternoon with Ole Miss handing Mississippi State a 93-68 loss in Oxford. The No. 18 Rebels were led by four players scoring in double digits – Cotie McMahon (21 points), Sira Thienou (20), Latasha Lattimore (17), and Christeen Iwuala (14) – to help Yolette McPhee-McCuin’s group notch a 56% clip from the field, compared to the Bulldogs’ 41% mark. “We really wa…
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