Ole Miss outlasts LSU in triple OT
BATON ROUGE, La. - It took three overtimes and some tremendous plays for Ole Miss to finally end a 16-year drought at LSU.
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Kayla Holloway's layup with 11 seconds left in the third overtime lifted Ole Miss to a wild 102-101 win over No. 19 LSU on Sunday.
The Rebels (15-8, 6-4 Southeastern Conference) won in Baton Rouge for the first time since 1994. In addition, Ole Miss won two games in a single season against the Lady Tigers for the first time since 1985.
"Any time you go on the road and can find a way to dig one out, it is big," Ole Miss coach Renee Ladner said. "This was a game that wouldn't end. It was a slugfest to say the least. If anyone had to lose that game, it was going to be extremely hard. It would be heart-breaking for either team. On this particular day, we came up with the win."
After the layup, Ole Miss fouled Katherine Graham with 5 seconds left. She made the first free throw, but missed the second causing a wild scramble for the ball. It ended up in Graham's hands, but she missed a potential game-winning shot at the buzzer.
Bianca Thomas led Ole Miss with 29 points. Elizabeth Robertson, who made a career-high seven 3-pointers, added a career-high 25 points. Kayla Melson added 20 points and 10 assists.
Allison Hightower, who left the game with cramps early in the second overtime, led LSU (15-7, 4-6) with 31 points. LaSondra Barrett added 23. Graham finished with a triple-double with 20 points, 10 reb
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