Ole Miss to Host UAlbany After 2-0 Start

No. 21/24 Ole Miss is scheduled to host UAlbany on Wednesday at the SJB Pavilion in Oxford, Mississippi. Tipoff is listed for 6 p.m. on SEC Network+.

The Rebels are 2-0 after beating North Alabama 72-51. Jada Richard led Ole Miss with 17 points, five assists and four steals, while adding two rebounds.

UAlbany is 3-0 under first-year coach Kelly Morrone. The Great Danes are coming off a 77-57 road win over Mount St. Mary’s, in which freshman Alexa Bujold recorded 17 points and 11 assists. Bujold has scored 49 points through three games, an average of 16.3 per game, and is averaging six rebounds.

Wednesday’s game would be the first meeting between the programs. Ole Miss is 6-0 against America East opponents, with its most recent win in that series coming against Maine, 72-52, on Dec. 28, 2005.

Ole Miss coach Yolett McPhee-McCuin is in her ninth season with the Rebels. Morrone joined UAlbany after six seasons at Merrimack. The coaches both have ties to Rhode Island: McPhee-McCuin played there, while Morrone previously coached there.

Ole Miss was picked seventh in the preseason SEC coaches and media polls. Talaysia Cooper was named to the coaches’ preseason All-SEC first team and the media’s second team; Richard earned a spot on the coaches’ second team.

Cooper also was named to the watch lists for the 2027 Ann Meyers Drysdale Award and the 2026-27 Naismith Trophy. The Rebels’ roster includes 10 newcomers, including nine transfers, according to the team.

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