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The University of Mississippi Athletics
Ole Miss
10-14 (3-9SEC)
Georgia
19-6 (9-3SEC)
No. 24 Georgia Comeback Dooms Women's Hoops
2/13/2011 | Women's Basketball
Feb. 13, 2011
OXFORD, Miss. - After leading the majority of the game, the Ole Miss women's basketball team saw No. 24/RV Georgia take the lead with 9:55 left to play as the Bulldogs defeated the Rebels 61-56 Sunday afternoon.
Ole Miss led from the 8:00 minute mark in the first half until Georgia went ahead with 9:55 left in the game. The Rebels cut the Bulldogs' lead to two, 47-45, with 7:47 to play but couldn't retake the lead.
With the loss, Ole Miss fell to 10-14 overall (3-9 SEC) while No. 24/RV Georgia improved to 19-6 overall (9-3 SEC).
The game featured four ties and three lead changes through the first 14 minutes of the half. Maggie McFerrin's third three of the game put Ole Miss up 20-17 with 5:47 left in the first half.
A three from Valencia McFarland put the Rebels up by 10, 27-17, with 3:32 remaining in the first half. Georgia used a 6-0 run to pull to within four, 27-23, with 1:10 left in the half. McFarland hit a pair of free throws with 1.2 seconds left as Ole Miss led at half, 31-25.
McFarland and McFerrin each had nine points at the half while McFarland and Nikki Byrd each had a team-high three rebounds. The Rebels shot 48.5 percent (11-of-24) from the floor while the Bulldogs shot 37.5 percent (9-of-24).
Ole Miss used a 7-0 run capped by a basket from Byrd as Ole Miss led 39-29 with 17:43 to play. Georgia tied the game at 38-38 with 15:17 left but the Rebels pushed their lead back to four, 42-38, on a jumper from Pa'Sonna Hope with 12:01 remaining.
Georgia took its first lead since the 8:01 mark of the first half when the Bulldogs went up 43-42 with 9:55 to play.
McFarland led Ole Miss with 15 points and seven assists while McFerrin scored a career-high 12 points on four three pointers. Byrd finished the game with 10 points while Hope grabbed a team-high seven boards.
"In the second half, Georgia came out and upped their intensity" head coach Renee Ladner said. "Nikki made players guard her tonight. We need her to be a force every night."
Ole Miss will host Arkansas on Thursday at 7 p.m. in the annual "Tickled Pink" game. Ole Miss is teaming up with Baptist Hospital North Mississippi and all fans who wear pink to the game get in free. In addition, Baptist Memorial will be giving door prizes to fans wearing pink and all proceeds from fan donations at the game will stay in Lafayette County.
