SEATTLE – A exceptional run got here to an finish Friday evening, with No. 8 Ole Miss falling to No. 5 Louisville within the NCAA Match Candy 16, 72-62 from Local weather Pledge Enviornment.

Ole Miss concludes its 2022-23 marketing campaign with 25 wins after reaching the third spherical for the primary time since 2007. Ole Miss (25-9, 11-5 SEC) couldn’t shake off the new taking pictures from Louisville (26-11, 12-6 ACC), and was unable to finish the comeback regardless of a number of scoring bursts.

Marquesha Davis and Myah Taylor carried Ole Miss with 19-points every, with Taylor recording a season-high. Davis additionally carried Ole Miss on the boards, with a team-high of eight.

Including double figures as effectively was Angel Baker with 11 factors off of 5 discipline targets.

Tyia Singleton got here out sizzling, hitting a 3 the primary possession of the sport for Ole Miss to start a 5-0 run. However Louisville acquired right into a groove by hitting 5 discipline targets in row to take a slim lead at 16-13 late into the primary quarter. Davis polished a clean jumper to offer the Rebels a lift, however they trailed by the primary 10, 20-15.

Again-to-back jumpers from Ole Miss saved it inside distance of Louisville, whereas additionally holding it scoreless for over three minutes within the early second. Propelled by an 8-0 run, the Rebels reduce the deficit to at least one at 24-23. Taylor’s second trey of the sport allowed Ole Miss to retake the lead for the primary time because the begin of the evening.

Whereas the Rebels confronted a scoring droop of its personal, Louisville took off with seven straight factors to take a five-point edge at 34-29 heading into halftime.

With floor to make up, the Rebels started working with two buckets in a row from Baker to return inside three, 36-33. Then the Insurgent fingers turned chilly, getting into a discipline aim drought for a lot of the third quarter.

Whereas Ole Miss could not hit pictures, it felt as if Louisville could not miss because the Cardinals prolonged its result in double-digits up 52-42 with 10 minutes remaining. Ole Miss labored to carry off the Cardinal from extending its maintain, whereas the Rebels tried to struggle off foul bother.

Going to work within the paint, Davis helped the Rebels pull inside six beneath 4 minutes to go. Baker and Taylor strung collectively a 5-0 run to drive a two-possession recreation with 2:53 remaining.

Nonetheless, the Cardinals fired again to shortly lengthen their lead by 9

There was not sufficient gasoline left within the tank for the Rebels to make a comeback, finally falling to the Cardinals, 72-62.

The Rebels thus wrapped up a record-breaking season, totaling a program finest 11 wins in SEC play, shattering the single-season program block document with 174 rejections and concluding the season with a document of 25-9.