Sooners Fall to No. 18 Ole Miss to Snap Win Streak

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Sooners Fall to No. 18 Ole Miss to Snap Win Streak

January 08, 2026 | Women's Basketball

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By: OU Athletics Communications

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Cotie McMahon scored 22 points, and No. 18 Mississippi defeated No. 5 Oklahoma 74-69 on Thursday night to snap the Sooners' 13-game winning streak.

As the Ole Miss football team tried to win its national semifinal, the women's basketball team claimed one of the biggest wins in school history. It was the program's 13th win ever against a Top 5 opponent. It comes on the heels of a 3-point loss at No. 2 Texas this past Sunday.

Ole Miss (15-3, 2-1 Southeastern Conference) plays at a much slower pace than Oklahoma, and the Rebels' pace won out. The Sooners ranked second nationally with 94.5 points per game before posting a season-low point total on Thursday.

Freshman Aaliyah Chavez scored 26 points for Oklahoma, making six 3-pointers. Raegan Beers added 15 points and 20 rebounds for the Sooners (14-2, 2-1).

It was the start of a rugged stretch for the Sooners, who visit No. 6 Kentucky, host No. 12 LSU and host No. 3 South Carolina in their next three games.

Ole Miss never trailed until the fourth quarter. The Rebels were up 35-32 at halftime and 57-52 after three quarters.

Chavez hit a 3-pointer to tie the score at 57, then Oklahoma finally took the lead on a layup by Payton Verhulst with just over six minutes remaining in the fourth quarter.

Ole Miss recovered, and a layup by Latasha Lattimore put the Rebels up 66-61.

A 3-pointer by Chavez tied it at 66 with 1:55 remaining.

Ole Miss made 6 of 7 free throws the rest of the way to claim the win.

The road doesn't get easier for the Sooners who travel to No. 6 Kentucky on Sunday for a game on SEC Network in Lexington.

POSTGAME NOTES

• No. 5 Oklahoma (14-2, 2-1 SEC) saw its 13-game winning streak snapped on Thursday, erasing a 12-point deficit but unable to come away with a victory in a 74-69 loss to No. 18 Ole Miss in Norman.

• Oklahoma trailed 25-13 after the first quarter but outscored the 18th-ranked Rebels by nine in the second quarter to trail 35-32 at the break. Ole Miss quelled multiple OU runs in the third quarter to extend its lead to five, 57-52, entering the fourth. An Aaliyah Chavez 3-pointer tied the game at 57 with 6:52 remaining, and a Payton Verhulst layup at the 6:19 mark gave OU its only lead of the game at 59-57. Ole Miss closed the top-20 tilt on a 15-10 run to upset the Sooners.

• The 13-game win streak was the second longest in program history, and the loss marked OU's first at Lloyd Noble Center since falling to then-No. 12 Kentucky on Feb. 2, 2025, snapping a 14-game home winning streak.

• True freshman Aaliyah Chavez led all scorers with 26 points, knocking down 6 of her 14 3-point attempts in the comeback effort. The guard scored 23 of her 26 points in the second half and added four steals, two rebounds and two assists. Chavez has hit at least one trey in all 16 games to open the season, surpassing Taylor Robertson for the longest streak to open a season in program history.

• Raegan Beers recorded her 13th double-double of the season (leads NCAA), totaling 15 points and 20 rebounds (tied career high). Beers is the first Sooner since Vionise Pierre-Louis had 20 rebounds against Oklahoma State on Jan. 20, 2018, and she now leads the nation with 58 career double-doubles. She has posted a double-double in six straight games, tied for the longest stretch of her career and the second-longest run in OU history, trailing only Courtney Paris' NCAA-record streak of 112. Beers had a double-double at halftime, becoming the first Sooner to do so since she did it against Virginia on Nov. 8, 2024.

• The Sooners shot 34.3%, their second-lowest FG% of the season, while Ole Miss shot 47.5%, the highest FG% by an OU opponent this year. Entering the night, Oklahoma led the nation in opponent field goal percentage (29.8%).

• The Sooners head to Lexington, Ky., to face No. 6 Kentucky on Sunday at 3 p.m. CT on SEC Network.