Ole Miss beats Florida to snap its losing streak
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Madinah Muhammad scored 14 points Wednesday as 14thseeded Ole Miss snapped a 13-game losing streak by defeating 11th-seeded Florida 48-43 in the Southeastern Conference tournament.
Ole Miss (12-18) hadn’t won since a 78-75 double-overtime triumph over Florida on Jan. 7. The Rebels next play Thursday against No. 14 Missouri, this tournament’s sixth seed.
The Rebels trailed 16-11 early in the second quarter before pulling ahead for good with a 21-3 spurt that lasted into the second half. Florida (11-19) had no baskets and just three points for a stretch of 8 minutes, 24 seconds.
Ole Miss won despite shooting just 27.8 percent (15 of 54). Florida had 20 turnovers and shot 28 percent (14 of 50).
Haley Lorenzen scored 14 points for Florida. Paulina Hersler had 11 points and 10 rebounds. Funda Nakkasoglu also had 11 points.
Ole Miss’ Shelby Gibson had 10 points in just 16 minutes before fouling out.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Kiara Williams scored a career-high 25 points and had 10 rebounds Wednesday as 13th-seeded Arkansas ended a six-game skid by beating 12th-seeded Vanderbilt 88-76 in the Southeastern Conference Tournament.
Arkansas (13-17) next plays Thursday against No. 15 Texas A&M, the tournament’s fifth seed. Texas A&M trounced Arkansas 104-60 last week.
Williams shot 11 of 13 and led five Razorbacks in double figures. Malicah Monk scored 20 points, Jailyn Mason had 14, Devin Cosper had 13 and Raven Northcross-Baker added 12.
Arkansas erased an early nine-point deficit by making 12 3-pointers The Razorbacks were 9 of 20 from 3-point range in the second half.
Kayla Overbeck had 16 points and 14 rebounds for Vanderbilt (7-24).