OXFORD, Miss. (AP) – Zia Cooke scored 5 of her 24 factors in extra time to assist No. 1 South Carolina stay unbeaten with a 64-57 victory over Mississippi on Sunday. The defending nationwide champion Gamecocks (27-0, 14-0 Southeastern Convention) acquired one in all their greatest scares of the season earlier than successful their thirty third straight recreation. The Rebels (20-7, 9-5) by no means trailed by greater than six factors in regulation and flirted with their first win over a No. 1 workforce in 46 years.

Cooke had six rebounds and 4 assists to assist off-set a 7-of-18 capturing efficiency. Aliyah Boston added 13 factors and 11 rebounds on 4-of-14 capturing and did not rating within the first quarter.

The deep Gamecocks did not get their normal provide of scoring assist for the 2 stars, although Kamilla Cardoso had eight factors and 11 boards.

Angel Baker led Ole Miss with 17 factors. Snudda Collins added 11 whereas Marquesha Davis had 9 factors and 7 rebounds. Rita Igbokwe blocked six photographs.

It was solely the third single-digit margin and second extra time recreation for the defending nationwide champions, who had been successful by a median of 33.5 factors. The primary two got here towards No. 3 Stanford (76-71 in extra time) and No. 6 UConn (81-77). South Carolina dominated extra time, 9-2.

Cooke’s second basket of extra time matched South Carolina’s greatest result in that time, 63-57, with 1:33 left. The groups swapped turnovers however Ole Miss missed three photographs attempting to remain alive, together with two straight 3-point tries by Baker after offensive rebounds.

Cooke, who had scored South Carolina’s first eight factors of the sport, then made one in all two foul photographs.

Ole Miss had rallied from a six-point deficit over the ultimate 7 minutes to power extra time.

Baker had a steal and layup after which gave Ole Miss its first lead for the reason that opening minutes with a jumper to go up 55-54 with 1:20 left. Then Igbokwe blocked two photographs by Boston to protect the sting.

With 30 seconds left, Boston made 1 of two free throws to tie it up. Ole Miss turned it over with out getting a shot off, and Boston could not make one on the buzzer as South Carolina completed regulation on a 1-of-11 droop.

Notables

• South Carolina’s extra time win towards the Rebels was their second this season (Stanford, 11/20/22), with each wins coming by 5 factors or extra.
• With 24 factors, Zia Cooke posted back-to-back video games with 20 factors or extra, scoring the workforce’s first eight to start out the sport, and notching the ultimate three factors for the Gamecocks to safe the win in extra time.
• Aliyah Boston recorded her 77th profession double-double, scoring eight of her 13 factors within the second half together with the game-tying free throw. Boston tallied seven of her 12 rebounds within the fourth quarter, and went on so as to add one other in extra time along with two extra factors to provide the Gamecocks a four-point lead with simply over two minutes to go.
• Kamilla Cardoso tallied eight factors for the Gamecocks, together with a late second quarter layup to provide the Gamecocks their largest lead of the sport at six. Cardoso moreover put up 11 rebounds, her fourth recreation within the final 5 to tally 10 or extra rebounds.