Lady Rebels Fall to No. 12 Georgia, 73-54

OXFORD, Miss. (WCBI/Ole Miss Athletics)  — The Ole Miss women’s basketball team fell to No. 12 Georgia 73-54 Sunday afternoon.

(Nathan Latil/Ole Miss Photo)
Ole Miss guard Valencia McFarland dominated the stat column on Sunday but couldn’t get the Rebels over the top against Georgia.

With the loss Ole Miss fell to 9-18 overall (2-12 SEC) while No. 12 Georgia improved to 23-4 overall (11-3 SEC).

Valencia McFarland led Ole Miss with nine points, nine assists, seven rebounds and three steals. Diara Moore and Gracie Frizzell each finished with nine points. As a team, Ole Miss ended the game with seven threes, including three from Frizzell.

“I feel like we dug ourselves in an early hole with a 13-point deficit to start the game,” head coach Brett Frank said. “From that point on we played a 20-20 tie throughout the rest of the first half. In the second, we spotted them nine in a row and we dug ourselves a bigger hole and had to continue to battle throughout the rest of the game.”

Georgia got out to a quick 13-0 start but the Rebels used an 8-2 run from that point to cut the Lady Bulldogs’ lead to 15-8 with 12:01 to play in first half.

Georgia pushed its lead to 16, 29-13, with 3:08 left in the first half. At the half, the Lady Bulldogs led, 30-20. Frizzell led Ole Miss with six points while McFarland recorded four points, four rebounds, four assists and two steals.

The Rebels shot 26.5 percent (9-34) from the floor in the first half while the Lady Bulldogs shot 41.2 percent (14-34).

In the second half, the Lady Bulldogs shot 60.7 percent (17-28).

Ole Miss will host No. 7 Kentucky Thursday night at 7 p.m. on Senior Night. Prior to the game, Ole Miss’ two seniors, Courtney Marbra and Maggie McFerrin, will be honored.