Alabama Crimson Tide @ Ole Miss Rebels
Nye hits 7 3s and scores career-best 32 points as No. 18 Alabama tops Ole Miss 84-78
OXFORD, Miss. -- — Aaliyah Nye hit seven 3-pointers and scored a career-high 32 points as the No. 18 Alabama women bounced back from a humbling loss to beat Mississippi 84-78 on Sunday.
The Crimson Tide was crushed 84-40 at No. 5 Texas Thursday.
Ole Miss took a 7-0 lead in the opening minutes and the Rebels held a 17-14 lead to start the second quarter. Nye hit a jumper to start a 6-0 Alabama run to take the lead and Nye and Zaay Green hit back-to-back from deep to give the Tide the lead for good with under two minutes left in the half.
Green hit from behind the arc and added a layup and JeAnna Cunningham hit the second of two free throws to push the Alabama lead to 12 points late in the third quarter, 51-39. Nye hit three 3-pointers in the fourth to help keep Ole Miss at bay, but the Rebels got 3-pointers from Tameiya Sadler and KK Deans in the final minute to get within five before Nye added a late free throw for the final margin.
Nye, who was just 1 of 8 from beyond the arc against Texas, was 7 of 11 from 3-point range. Green was 4 of 5 from distance to add 27 points and Diana Collins contributed 11 points. The Tide (16-2, 3-1 SEC) was 12 of 19 as a team from deep and 28 of 50 from the floor.
Starr Jacobs had 21 points and 12 rebounds to lead Mississippi (11-5, 2-2). Deans scored 13 points off the bench and Kennedy Todd-Williams and Christeen Iwuala each added 11 points.
Alabama returns home to play host to No. 2 South Carolina and Ole Miss plays host to Florida Thursday.
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Game Information
Oxford, MS
Referee:Joseph Vaszily
Referee:Bill Larance
Referee:Ify Seales
2025-26 Standings
| Southeastern ConferenceSoutheastern Conference | CONF | GB | OVR |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 2-0 | - | 17-0 |
| Vanderbilt | 2-0 | - | 15-0 |
| Kentucky | 2-0 | - | 15-1 |
| South Carolina | 2-0 | - | 15-1 |
| Oklahoma | 2-0 | - | 14-1 |
| Tennessee | 2-0 | - | 10-3 |
| Alabama | 1-1 | 1 | 15-1 |
| Georgia | 1-1 | 1 | 15-1 |
| Mississippi State | 1-1 | 1 | 14-2 |
| Ole Miss | 1-1 | 1 | 14-3 |
| LSU | 0-2 | 2 | 14-2 |
| Florida | 0-2 | 2 | 12-5 |
| Missouri | 0-2 | 2 | 12-5 |
| Auburn | 0-2 | 2 | 11-5 |
| Arkansas | 0-2 | 2 | 11-6 |
| Texas A&M | 0-2 | 2 | 7-4 |
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