OXFORD, Miss. – Ole Miss women’s basketball is set to host the Auburn Tigers at SJB Pavilion to open SEC conference play. Tipoff is set for 6 p.m. CT and will be broadcasted on SEC Network +.
TEAM FACTS
Ole Miss Rebels (11-2, 0-0 SEC)
Head Coach: Yolett McPhee-McCuin • 5th Season at Ole Miss (65-68) • 10th Season in Career (159-131)
Auburn (10-2, 0-0 SEC)
Head Coach: Johnnie Harris • 2nd Season at Auburn (20-20) • 2nd Season in Career (20-20)
ON THE AIR
Television/Online: SECN+
Play by Play: Jake Hromada
Analyst: Leslie Roy
Radio: Ole Miss Radio Network
Station: 105.1 FM
Play by Play: Graham Doty
SERIES HISTORY
VERSUS AUBURN
Thursday’s meeting will be the 65th time the Rebels have taken on the Tigers. The two teams have been battling back and forth since 1978 with Auburn holding the overall lead 37-27 against Ole Miss.
Ole Miss has taken the victory in the last two games against Auburn. Last season, the Rebels traveled to The Plains and secured their first win at Auburn in the last seven seasons.
The Rebels hold a 14-12 lead when the Tigers come to Oxford. A win on Thursday would give Ole Miss a three-game winning streak against Auburn.
FIRST MEETING
• 12/08/78 – UM, 107-62, at Auburn
LAST MEETING
• 02/24/22 – UM, 72-52, at Auburn
SCOUTING THE TIGERS
Auburn enters the matchup 10-2 of the season after gaining a win against North Florida, 77-49, for its final non-conference game of the season. In head coach Johnnie Harris’s second season for Auburn, the Tigers are currently riding a seven-game winning streak heading into conference play.
Auburn is second in the SEC in blocks per game (6.5), steals per game (11.7), three point percentage (38.2), and turnovers forced per game (22.42).
Their sharp-shooter, Honesty Scott-Grayson, is second in the conference in three point percentage (25-51, .490). Scott-Grayson leads Auburn from the field, completing 67-of-140 baskets with a .479 average. The guard has led Auburn in scoring in the past seven games.
TEAM NOTES
LAST TIME OUT
Ole Miss won big on the road in Philly against Temple, 75-55, to close out its non-conference season 11-2.
Tyia Singleton (16), Madison Scott (16), Angel Baker (14), and Marquesha Davis (10) all dropped numbers in the double-figure category.
Scott and Baker didn’t stop there…
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