The Ole Miss women’s basketball team fell behind as many as 22 points in the first quarter to Missouri Sunday, digging itself too deep a hole en route to a 71-57 loss in Oxford.
Ole Miss (7-11, 0-5 SEC) was led by junior Deja Cage, after she contributed 19 points in the loss.
“I thought today we started off slow for whatever reason,” Ole Miss head coach Yolett McPhee-McCuin said in a news release. “I’m glad that we were able to pick it up and we made a strong push, but we just ran out of gas. What we take from this is that we can’t have starts like this. We have to give ourselves a chance from the beginning. We are just going to continue to fight and continue to push.”
Missouri (5-14, 2-4 SEC) was bolstered by Aijha Blackwell, who scored 20 points and grabbed eight rebounds.
Ole Miss is back in action Thursday in a road matchup against Auburn.
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