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The University of Mississippi Athletics
Ole Miss
4-1
Massachusetts
1-4
Women's Hoops Wins Third Straight, Wins At UMass
11/26/2011 | Women's Basketball
Nov. 26, 2011
AMHERST, Mass. - Nikki Byrd led four players in double figures as the Ole Miss women's basketball team won its third straight game, 72-67, at UMass Saturday afternoon.
With the win, Ole Miss improved to 4-1 overall, while fell to UMass 1-4.
The win gave Ole Miss its third 4-1 start over the last three seasons. It also pushed the Rebels' winning streak to three games, the longest since the 2009-10 season when Ole Miss won five straight from January 6 - January 24. The win gave the Rebels back-to-back wins on the road for the first time since Ole Miss won three straight on the road from November 27 - December 2, 2009.
Byrd recorded her third consecutive double-double and eighth career double-double with a career-high 26 points and 17 rebounds. Byrd is the first Ole Miss player since Arminite Price to record three consecutive double-doubles. Price accomplished the feat in 2007.
Valencia McFarland added 15 points, six boards and five assists, Amber Singletary scored a career-high 11 while Whitney Hameth scored 10.
For the game Ole Miss shot 36.9 percent from the floor (24-65) and came up big from the free throw line, finishing 19-24 for 79.2 percent.
Ole Miss made its first two field goal attempts of the game before missing its next seven as UMass used a 10-0 run to take an early 10-4 lead with 14:25 left in the half.
The Minutewomen pushed their lead to 13 points, 35-21, with 3:57 remaining in the first half. From that point, Ole Miss went on a 13-1 run over the final 3:57 of the half to pull to within two at the break, 36-34, as Byrd hit a shot at the buzzer.
In the first half, Singletary led Ole Miss with eight points while McFarland and Nikki Byrd each recorded seven. The Rebels shot 41.2 percent (14-34) from the floor while the Minutewomen shot 53.8 percent (14-26).
The Rebels pulled to within one on a pair of free from Singletary, 46-45, with 11:43 to play and took the lead for the first time since Ole Miss led 4-0 as the Rebels went up 49-48 with 9:48 to play.
A put back from Danielle McCray with 4:19 left gave Ole Miss a 59-56 lead.
Ole Miss will host Arkansas-Pine Bluff on Tuesday at 7 p.m.
