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Thursday, February 6
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Fourth-Quarter Run Leads OU Past Ole Miss in Oxford

February 06, 2025 | Women's Basketball

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By: OU Athletics Communications

OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Payton Verhulst scored 10 of her 19 points in the fourth quarter, Sahara Williams added 14 points and No. 15 Oklahoma used a 12-2 closing run to beat Mississippi 66-56 on Thursday night.

Oklahoma (17-6, 5-5 SEC) snapped a two-game skid.

Kennedy Todd-Williams made a layup that tied it 54-all with 3:50 to play but Nevaeh Tot made 1 of 2 free throws 11 seconds later. Verhulst added a layup and a 3-pointer before Williams hit two foul shots, stole the ball, was fouled as she made a layup and the and-1 free throw to make it 65-56 with 56 seconds remaining.

Madison Scott hit a jumper almost three minutes into the fourth quarter that gave the Rebels their biggest lead at 51-44. Verhulst answered with a jumper, Lexy Key followed with a 3-pointer and Verhulst added a three-point play to put Oklahoma back in front about two minutes later.

Starr Jacobs led Ole Miss (15-7, 6-4) with 15 points and Christeen Iwuala added 11 points and nine rebounds.

Williams hit a 3-pointer and converted a three-point play to spark a 15-4 run to close the first quarter that gave the Sooners a 24-9 lead. Ole Miss scored 10 of the last 12 to trim its deficit to 31-29 at halftime.

Scott matched Peggie Gillom (1976-80) — the program's career leader in points (2,486) and rebounds (1,271) — for most games played at Ole Miss with 144.

Oklahoma takes on Auburn at Lloyd Nobe Center in Norman on Monday at 7 p.m. CT. Tickets are on sale now.

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Team Stats

OK
UM
FG%
.423
.349
3FG%
.500
.000
FT%
.714
.600
RB
42
36
TO
26
22
STL
10
15

Game Leaders

12

Payton Verhulst

Pts
19
FGM
7
3FGM
2
FTM
3
06

Sahara Williams

Pts
14
FGM
4
3FGM
2
FTM
4
34

Liz Scott

Pts
10
FGM
3
3FGM
0
FTM
4
01

Nevaeh Tot

Pts
7
FGM
2
3FGM
1
FTM
2

Players Mentioned

1

Nevaeh Tot

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Payton Verhulst

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Sahara Williams

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