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The University of Mississippi Athletics
Ole Miss
1-1
Lamar
2-1
Rebels Fall At Lamar, 67-58
11/15/2011 | Women's Basketball
Nov. 15, 2011
BEAUMONT, Texas - The Ole Miss women's basketball team fell at Lamar Tuesday night, 67-58.
With the loss, Ole Miss fell to 1-1 while Lamar improved to 2-1.
"They are a very good basketball team. I think the difference was for the first eight minutes we stuck to our game plan and guarded them as we should have," head coach Renee Ladner said. "They went on a run and they had two threes that put us back on our heels and we never recovered from it."
Valencia McFarland ended the game with 18 points while Nikki Byrd added 11. Pa'Sonna Hope grabbed 11 boards for Ole Miss. For the game, the Rebels shot 36.8 percent to the Lady Cards' 42.3.
The Rebels and Cardinals traded baskets early until threes on back-to-back possessions for Ole Miss from Maggie McFerrin and McFarland put Ole Miss up 12-7 with 16:43 to play in the half.
The Lady Cards hit back-to-back threes of their own to extend their lead to nine points, 26-17, with 9:15 left in the half. Lamar pushed its lead to 12, 30-18, with just over six minutes in the half.
Lamar led Ole Miss 38-28 at the half. McFarland recorded a team-high 13 points in the half, while Hope added a team-high six rebounds.
In the second half, Ole Miss cut the Lady Cards' lead to five on a layup from Danielle McCray with 15:19 to play but Lamar pushed it lead back to 10 with 13:55 remaining.
Ole Miss cut Lamar's lead to five, 61-56, on a bucket from Byrd with 3:31 to play but couldn't get any closer.
Ole Miss will host South Alabama Friday at 4:30 p.m.
