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Women’s Basketball Records Most Dominant Win in Program History
12/17/2025 | Women's Basketball
OXFORD, Miss. – A second half surge propelled No. 14/14 Ole Miss women’s basketball to victory over Mississippi Valley State, 102-34, Wednesday evening at the SJB Pavilion in Oxford, Mississippi.
The Rebels (11-1, 0-0) 68-point victory over the Devilettes (1-9, 0-0) sets the program record for widest margin of victory by three points. Most recently set last year against Alabama State, Ole Miss has once again set the standard for major program wins. Head coach Yolett McPhee-McCuin now owns five of the top 10 biggest blowouts in Ole Miss program history.
Ole Miss scored 63 points in the second half, which is tied for the most points scored by a Rebel squad in a single half in program history, which it most recently did on Nov. 13, 2015, also against MVSU. By reaching the century mark in scoring for the second time this season, McPhee-McCuin has guided the Rebels to multiple 100-point games in the same season for the first time since 2009-10. It’s the third time in McPhee-McCuin’s tenure in Oxford that the Rebels have scored at least 100 points.
Offense wasn’t the only contributing factor to Ole Miss’ big win. Apart from the second quarter, the most the Rebels gave up in a quarter was eight points. Only one player on MVSU reached double figures, only getting to 10. MVSU committed 32 turnovers to Ole Miss’ nine, the widest margin between Ole Miss and an opponent this season. The Rebels brought in 35 points off those turnovers, and a season-high 62 points in the paint.
Six Rebels reached double-digit scoring, including Ole Miss’ dynamic duo of Christeen Iwuala and Cotie McMahon, who once again showed out for the Rebels. Iwuala had a solid all-around game, leading the Rebels with her fifth career double-double, scoring 15 points and a team-leading 11 rebounds. She reached 100 rebounds for the season, marking the third time in her career reaching the century mark in the category, and the fastest she’s done so by far.
1?0?0? rebounds this season for Christeen!@ChristeenIwuala x #HottyToddy x #Give pic.twitter.com/XZsOYtv0Ny
— Ole Miss Women's BB (@OleMissWBB) December 17, 2025
For McMahon, she continues to have one of the best offensive starts in program history. With 24 points, she became Ole Miss’ eighth player in program history north of 1,700 overall career points. She has yet to score in single digits this season and continues to chase Shandricka Sessom’s most recent 14-game streak to start the 2015-16 season. McMahon added seven rebounds and three steals and has scored at least 20 points in four of the last five games, and six times in total this season.
Nonstop ??@cotiemcmahon23 extends her career points to over 1,700!#HottyToddy x #Give pic.twitter.com/ihl6GupcnS
— Ole Miss Women's BB (@OleMissWBB) December 17, 2025
Latasha Lattimore was a defensive stalwart for the Rebels, denying MVSU shots from all over the court. She finished the day by tying a career-high six blocks, making her the first Rebel since Rita Igbokwe on Jan. 4, 2024, to deny at least five shots in a game, and the most by a Rebel since Igbokwe had eight against Arkansas-Pine Bluff on Dec. 21, 2023. She was Ole Miss’ third player with double-digit points at 10.
Not today ?????
— Ole Miss Women's BB (@OleMissWBB) December 17, 2025
Latasha Lattimore x #HottyToddy x #Give pic.twitter.com/5EVyxRux1c
Jayla Murray, Kaitlin Peterson and Tianna Thompson provided valuable depth from the bench. Murray had a season-high 13 points in 12 minutes of action, to go along with three assists and three rebounds. Thompson recorded 12 points, marking back-to-back games of at least 10 points, and three overall in the last four games. Peterson had 10 points and recorded her first block of the season.
Ole Miss opened slowly, only scoring off free throws before the media break. Iwuala converted a contested jumper in the paint, which kickstarted an offensive rhythm. The Rebels commenced a 14-0 scoring run, which lasted over the remainder of the first quarter. Thompson made an immediate impact when she entered off the bench, scoring seven consecutive points for the Rebels. Despite the slow start, Ole Miss’ defense kept MVSU’s offense slower, allowing a season-low two points to the Devilettes in the opening 10 minutes. Entering the second, Ole Miss was on top, 17-2.
The Devilettes started to show some life in the second quarter, minimizing the Rebel lead. Iwuala kept Ole Miss energized, scoring six points for the Rebels to reach double-digit points for the day. McMahon also had a stellar offensive quarter for the Rebels, scoring her first 10 points of the day in the second. However, MVSU had a highly efficient quarter of shooting. Despite that, the Rebels still outscored the Devilettes in the quarter to enter halftime with a 39-23 lead. Iwuala finished the quarter with 10 points, including a floater to beat the buzzer for good measure.
The second the whistle blew in the third quarter, Ole Miss was a different team. The defense bullied MVSU all quarter, once again allowing only two points, which didn’t come until the final two minutes of the period. Offensively, the Rebels scored 27 points thanks to the efforts of McMahon, Peterson and Lattimore, who scored seven, six and five points in the quarter, respectively. Thompson and Peterson closed the quarter with back-to-back fastbreak layups off steals to cap Ole Miss’ best quarter of the day with a 66-26 lead with just 10 minutes to play.
No one's safe from T ??@7ianna_ x #HottyToddy x #Give pic.twitter.com/hhaIe7QeVQ
— Ole Miss Women's BB (@OleMissWBB) December 17, 2025
The Rebels kept their foot on the pedal in the fourth, scoring a season-high 36 points in the quarter alone. Murray headlined this groups efforts, which brought Ole Miss to its program record setting lead of 68. She scored 11 points alone, while McMahon and Lauren Jacobs added seven and six, respectively. The final moments of the game saw MVSU commit numerous turnovers which Ole Miss converted into fastbreak points. Peterson used that method to get the Rebels to 100 points, and Jacobs was the last Rebel to do that of the game to set the final at 102-34.
#3 gets us in triple digits ??@kaitlinpeters_1 x #HottyToddy x #Give pic.twitter.com/gNUehO0W6r
— Ole Miss Women's BB (@OleMissWBB) December 18, 2025
Up Next, Ole Miss travels to Cherokee, North Carolina, to compete in the Cherokee Invitational. It’s Ole Miss’ debut in the tournament, which will begin with a bout against Old Dominion on Dec. 21. Should Ole Miss emerge victorious, it will then face the winner between Michigan State and Indiana State the following day. Tipoff against Old Dominion is set for 6 p.m. CT and will be streamed on WSN.
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Gallery: WBB vs. MVSU
