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Ole Miss Women’s Basketball Drops Road Contest at Georgia
Valencia McFarland
recorded her 1500th career point, but the Ole Miss women’s basketball
team dropped a 84-63 road contest to Georgia on Sunday (Feb. 9) at
Georgia’s Stegeman Arena.
McFarland reached the milestone
at the 1:01 mark of the first half draining a triple to become Ole
Miss’ seventh player to record 1500 points in a career. The
senior point guard led the Rebels offense with 14 points and 10 assists
for her second consecutive double-double.
Amber Singletary
and Danielle McCray were also in double figures with 15 points and 11
points, respectively. McCray also led the rebounding efforts with 10
rebounds.
Ole Miss scored the first points of the second
half, but couldn’t stop Georgia as the home team took a 58-34 lead with
just four minutes off the game clock. Amber Singletary provided a spark
off the bench coming in to nail a career-best five three-pointers in
the contest.
The Rebels got as close as 19 points in the
second half, but couldn’t find a way to stop the Lady Bulldogs who
picked up their fifth straight win over Ole Miss.
Georgia
opened the game on a 7-0 run before Ole Miss used a bucket from
Valencia McFarland to end the Lady Bulldogs run and give the Rebels
their first points. The Rebels really ramped up the defense forcing the
Lady Bulldogs into quick shots and two triples from Gracie Frizzell,
cut the one nine-point Georgia lead to four points at the 11:54 mark.
Ole
Miss cut the lead to four points, but the home team used a 4-0 spurt to
stop the Rebels momentum and extend their lead at the midway point of
the first half. Although neither team scored a field goal for four
minutes, it was the Lady Bulldogs who got going first and with the help
of an 11-1 run pulled ahead 32-19 at the 6:15 mark.
The Lady Bulldogs held Ole Miss to just two FG in the final three minutes to take a 48-29 lead at the break.
The
highlight of the first half was McFarland recording her 1500th career
point on a triple with 1:01 left in the first half. McFarland becomes
one of just seven players to score 1500 career points, joining the
likes of Peggie Gillom, Jennifer Gillom and Armintie Price.
Ole
Miss won the battle of the boards 25-19 in the first half, but allowed
the home team to shoot a blistering 55.9 percent (19-of-34) in the
first half. The Rebels shot just 30.3 percent (10-of-33) and were just
5-of-10 from the charity stripe.
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