2025–26 Ole Miss Rebels women's basketball team

2025–26 Ole Miss Rebels women's basketball
2025–26 Ole Miss Rebels women's basketball
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 17
AP	No. 17
Record	21–7 (8–5 SEC)
Head coach	Yolett McPhee-McCuin (8th season);
Assistant coaches	Empress Davenport (2nd season); Kayla Gordon (2nd season); Quentin Hillsman (2nd season); Joy Smith (2nd season); Jacob Whitehead (2nd season);
Home arena	SJB Pavilion

2025–26 SEC women's basketball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 3 South Carolina	12	–	1	.923	26	–	2	.929
No. 4 Texas	10	–	3	.769	25	–	3	.893
No. 5 Vanderbilt	10	–	3	.769	24	–	3	.889
No. 7 LSU	9	–	4	.692	23	–	4	.852
No. 17 Ole Miss	8	–	5	.615	21	–	7	.750
No. 11 Oklahoma	8	–	5	.615	20	–	6	.769
No. 21 Tennessee	8	–	5	.615	16	–	9	.640
No. 16 Kentucky	7	–	6	.538	20	–	7	.741
No. 25 Alabama	6	–	7	.462	20	–	7	.741
No. 24 Georgia	6	–	7	.462	20	–	7	.741
Mississippi State	5	–	8	.385	18	–	9	.667
Florida	4	–	9	.308	16	–	12	.571
Missouri	4	–	9	.308	16	–	12	.571
Texas A&M	4	–	9	.308	11	–	11	.500
Auburn	3	–	10	.231	14	–	13	.519
Arkansas	0	–	13	.000	11	–	17	.393

† 2026 SEC tournament winner As of February 19, 2026 Rankings from AP poll

The 2025–26 Ole Miss Rebels women's basketball team will represent the University of Mississippi during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Rebels, led by eighth-year head coach Yolett McPhee-McCuin, will play their home games at The Sandy and John Black Pavilion at Ole Miss and compete as members of the Southeastern Conference (SEC).

Previous season

The Rebels finished the season 22–11 (10–6 SEC) to finish tied for sixth place in the conference. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament, where they defeated Ball State and Baylor before falling to UCLA in the Sweet Sixteen.^[1]

Offseason

Departures

Ole Miss departures
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Notes	Ref
KK Deans	1	G	5'8"	Graduate	Greensboro, North Carolina	Graduated
Tameiya Sadler	2	G	5'8"	Graduate	Vallejo, California	Graduated
Kennedy Todd-Williams	3	G	6'0"	Senior	Jacksonville, North Carolina	Graduated
Starr Jacobs	7	F	6'1"	Graduate	Dallas, Texas	Graduated
Jite Gbemuotor	9	F	6'2"	Freshman	Delta State, Nigeria	Transferred to Cal State Northridge	^[2]
Fatumata Djaló	11	G	5'10"	Freshman	Aveiro, Portugal	Transferred to Monmouth	^[3]
Mariyah Noel	13	G	5'11"	Sophomore	Kansas City, Kansas	Transferred to Xavier	^[4]
Heloisa Carrera	14	F	6'2"	Freshman	São Paulo, Brazil	Transferred to Arizona State	^[5]
Ayanna Thompson	20	G	6'1"	Junior	DeSoto, Texas	Transferred to SMU	^[6]
Madison Scott	24	F	6'2"	Graduate	Indian Head, Maryland	Drafted fourteenth overall by the Dallas Wings
Kharyssa Richardson	33	F	6'2"	Junior	Douglasville, Georgia	Transferred to Mississippi State	^[7]
Rhema Collins	35	F	6'2"	Sophomore	Nassau, Bahamas	Transferred to FIU	^[8]

2025 recruiting class

College recruiting information
Name	Hometown	School	Height	Weight
Lauren Jacobs G	Columbia, South Carolina	Heathwood Hall Episcopal School	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	N/A
Lauren Jacobs G	Recruit ratings: ESPN: (91)
Overall recruit ranking:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, On3, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources:

Incoming transfers

Ole Miss incoming transfers
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous school
Denim DeShields	1	G	5'5"	Senior	Atlanta, Georgia	Mississippi State
Kaitlin Peterson	3	G	5'9"	Graduate	Eufaula, Alabama	UCF
Jayla Murray	4	F	6'1"	Graduate	St. Louis, Missouri	Wichita State
Desrae Kyles	7	C	6'5"	Sophomore	Benton Harbor, Michigan	Central Michigan
Latasha Lattimore	8	F	6'4"	Graduate	Toronto, Ontario	Virginia
Debreasha Powe	21	G/F	6'1"	Senior	Meridian, Mississippi	Mississippi State
Cotie McMahon	32	F	6'0"	Senior	Dayton, Ohio	Ohio State
Tianna Thompson	35	G	5'10"	Sophomore	Atlanta, Georgia	Georgia Tech
Source:^[9]

Roster

2025–26 Ole Miss Rebels women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	0	Sira Thienou	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	So	Shining Stars Sports Academy	Bamako, Mali
G	1	Denim DeShields	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	Sr	Mississippi State	Atlanta, GA
G	2	Lauren Jacobs	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	Heathwood Hall Episcopal	Columbia, SC
G	3	Kaitlin Peterson	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	GS	UCF	Eufaula, AL
F	4	Jayla Murray	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	GS	Wichita State	St. Louis, MO
C	7	Desrae Kyles	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	So	Central Michigan	Benton Harbor, MI
F	8	Latasha Lattimore	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	GS	Virginia	Toronto, ON
C	10	J'Adore Young	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	So	Greenville HS	Mauldin, SC
F	12	Christeen Iwuala	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Sr	UCLA	San Antonio, TX
G/F	21	Debreasha Powe	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Sr	Mississippi State	Meridian, MS
F	32	Cotie McMahon	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Sr	Ohio State	Dayton, OH
G	35	Tianna Thompson	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	So	Georgia Tech	Atlanta, GA

Head coach

Yolett McPhee-McCuin (Rhode Island)

Assistant coach(es)

Empress Davenport (Texas)
Kayla Gordon (Jacksonville)
Quentin Hillsman (St. Mary's (MD))
Joy Smith (Duke)
Jacob Whitehead (SIU Edwardsville)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: June 12, 2025

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 26, 2025* 2:00 p.m.	No. 12	Southern Arkansas	W 96–36		–	–	–	SJB Pavilion Oxford, MS
Non-conference regular season
November 3, 2025* 11:00 a.m., SECN	No. 12	Norfolk State	W 87–46	1–0	15 – Iwuala	9 – Thienou	6 – Peterson	SJB Pavilion (8,030) Oxford, MS
November 7, 2025* 7:00 p.m., SWACTV	No. 12	at Alabama A&M	W 84–45	2–0	20 – McMahon	7 – Iwuala	5 – Peterson	Alabama A&M Events Center (327) Huntsville, AL
November 12, 2025* 6:00 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+	No. 13	Southern	W 94–44	3–0	22 – Iwuala	11 – Iwuala	6 – DeShields	SJB Pavilion (2,299) Oxford, MS
November 18, 2025* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 13	at Memphis	W 73–64 ^OT	4–0	19 – Tied	14 – Iwuala	4 – DeShields	Elma Roane Fieldhouse (1,217) Memphis, TN
November 24, 2025* 6:00 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+	No. 13	Longwood	W 102–50	5–0	29 – McMahon	9 – McMahon	6 – Thienou	SJB Pavilion (2,574) Oxford, MS
November 28, 2025* 3:00 p.m., Baller TV	No. 13	vs. Wisconsin Daytona Beach Classic	W 65–56	6–0	20 – Iwuala	8 – Iwuala	4 – McMahon	Ocean Center (225) Daytona Beach, FL
November 29, 2025* 3:00 p.m., Baller TV	No. 13	vs. George Mason Daytona Beach Classic	W 81–67	7–0	21 – Iwuala	10 – Iwuala	5 – Thienou	Ocean Center (217) Daytona Beach, FL
December 4, 2025* 8:00 p.m., ESPN2	No. 13	No. 18 Notre Dame ACC–SEC Challenge	W 69–62	8–0	22 – McMahon	13 – Iwuala	8 – Thienou	SJB Pavilion (3,468) Oxford, MS
December 7, 2025* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 13	vs. Kansas State Bill Snyder Classic	L 60–61	8–1	22 – McMahon	8 – Tied	4 – Thienou	St. Joseph Civic Arena (1,681) St. Joseph, MO
December 13, 2025* 12:00 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+	No. 17	Wofford	W 86–52	9–1	24 – McMahon	12 – Thienou	5 – McMahon	SJB Pavilion (2,725) Oxford, MS
December 14, 2025* 2:00 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+	No. 17	South Carolina State	W 91–32	10–1	18 – Lattimore	9 – Iwuala	4 – Tied	SJB Pavilion (2,655) Oxford, MS
December 17, 2025* 6:00 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+	No. 14	Mississippi Valley State	W 102–34	11–1	24 – McMahon	11 – Iwuala	3 – Tied	SJB Pavilion (2,442) Oxford, MS
December 21, 2025* 6:00 p.m.	No. 14	vs. Old Dominion Cherokee Invitational Semifinal	W 86–57	12–1	23 – Iwuala	10 – Iwuala	5 – Thienou	Harrah's Cherokee (1,267) Cherokee, NC
December 22, 2025* 6:30 p.m.	No. 15	vs. No. 24 Michigan State Cherokee Invitational championship game	L 49–66	12–2	13 – McMahon	10 – Thienou	2 – DeShields	Harrah's Cherokee (350) Cherokee, NC
December 28, 2025* 2:00 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+	No. 15	Alcorn State	W 64–44	13–2	21 – McMahon	12 – Lattimore	3 – Tied	SJB Pavilion (2,409) Oxford, MS
SEC regular season
January 1, 2026 2:00 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+	No. 15	Georgia	W 79–62	14–2 (1–0)	24 – McMahon	8 – McMahon	5 – McMahon	SJB Pavilion (2,595) Oxford, MS
January 4, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN2	No. 15	at No. 2 Texas	L 64–67	14–3 (1–1)	19 – McMahon	6 – Tied	4 – McMahon	Moody Center (10,113) Austin, TX
January 8, 2026 6:00 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+	No. 18	at No. 5 Oklahoma	W 74–69	15–3 (2–1)	22 – McMahon	9 – Lattimore	4 – McMahon	Lloyd Noble Center (4,327) Norman, OK
January 11, 2026 5:00 p.m., SECN	No. 18	Mississippi State We Back Pat	W 93–68	16–3 (3–1)	21 – McMahon	6 – Iwuala	5 – Tied	SJB Pavilion (4,634) Oxford, MS
January 18, 2026 11:00 a.m., SECN	No. 16	at Georgia	L 59–82	16–4 (3–2)	13 – Iwuala	11 – McMahon	5 – McMahon	Stegeman Coliseum (3,359) Athens, GA
January 22, 2026 6:30 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+	No. 18	at Missouri	W 82–61	17–4 (4–2)	33 – McMahon	12 – McMahon	5 – McMahon	Mizzou Arena (2,862) Columbia, MO
January 30, 2026 2:00 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+	No. 17	vs. No. 5 Vanderbilt	W 83–75	18–4 (5–2)	27 – McMahon	14 – Iwuala	3 – McMahon	Legacy Arena^[a] (2,158) Birmingham, AL
February 2, 2026 6:00 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+	No. 13	vs. Auburn	W 71–45	19–4 (6–2)	20 – McMahon	11 – Iwuala	3 – Peterson	Legacy Arena^[a] (3,787) Birmingham, AL
February 5, 2026 8:00 p.m., SECN	No. 13	at No. 21 Alabama Play4Kay	L 63–64	19–5 (6–3)	24 – McMahon	15 – Iwuala	5 – McMahon	Coleman Coliseum (2,625) Tuscaloosa, AL
February 12, 2026 8:00 p.m., SECN	No. 14	Arkansas	W 80–57	20–5 (7–3)	21 – McMahon	11 – Lattimore	5 – McMahon	SJB Pavilion (2,484) Oxford, MS
February 15, 2026 1:00 p.m., SECN	No. 14	at No. 18 Kentucky	L 57–74	20–6 (7–4)	18 – McMahon	11 – Lattimore	2 – Tied	Memorial Coliseum (5,285) Lexington, KY
February 17, 2026 6:00 p.m., ESPNU	No. 17	No. 21 Tennessee	W 94–81	21–6 (8–4)	39 – McMahon	12 – Lattimore	5 – McMahon	SJB Pavilion (3,335) Oxford, MS
February 19, 2026 8:00 p.m., ESPN	No. 17	No. 7 LSU	L 70–78	21–7 (8–5)	25 – McMahon	8 – Tied	4 – Lattimore	SJB Pavilion (7,424) Oxford, MS
February 22, 2026 11:00 a.m., ESPN/ESPN2	No. 17	at No. 3 South Carolina						Colonial Life Arena Columbia, SC
February 26, 2026 5:00 p.m., SECN		at Florida						O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL
March 1, 2026 2:00 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+		Texas A&M						SJB Pavilion Oxford, MS
SEC tournament
March 4–8, 2026								Bon Secours Wellness Arena Greenville, SC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central.

Source:^[10]

Notes

^ ^a ^b Two Ole Miss home games against Vanderbilt and Auburn were moved to Birmingham, Alabama, because of ongoing winter storm impacts in Oxford, Mississippi.

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Final
AP	12	13	13	13	13	17	14	15	15*	18	16	18	17	13	14	17
Coaches	14	16	14	13	13	16	14	17	17	17	16	18	17	14	16	17

*AP did not release a week 8 poll.

References

^ "No. 25 Women's Basketball Falls to No. 1 UCLA in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament". Ole Miss athletics. March 29, 2025. Retrieved June 12, 2025.
^ "God doesn't make mistakes! Is going to be GREAT by God's grace". June 8, 2025. Retrieved June 12, 2025.
^ "Fatumata Djaló Signs with Monmouth Women's Basketball". Monmouth athletics. May 1, 2025. Retrieved June 12, 2025.
^ "Women's Basketball Adds Mariyah Noel to 2025-26 Roster". Xavier athletics. April 28, 2025. Retrieved June 12, 2025.
^ "Former Ole Miss Women's Basketball Forward Reveals Transfer Destination to Big 12". Sports Illustrated. April 30, 2025. Retrieved June 12, 2025.
^ "Former Ole Miss Women's Basketball Guard Reveals Transfer Destination to ACC School". Sports Illustrated. April 18, 2025. Retrieved June 12, 2025.
^ "Women's Basketball Adds Kharyssa Richardson To 2025-26 Roster". Mississippi State athletics. April 10, 2025. Retrieved June 12, 2025.
^ "Collins eyeing bright future with FIU; teaming up with Lightbourne". The Nassau Guardian. May 9, 2025. Retrieved June 12, 2025.
^ "Women's Basketball Signs Kaitlin Peterson from UCF". Ole Miss athletics. May 31, 2025. Retrieved June 12, 2025.
^ "2025–26 Women's Basketball Schedule". Ole Miss Athletics. Retrieved September 23, 2025.

[winterstorm-10] Two Ole Miss home games against Vanderbilt and Auburn were moved to Birmingham, Alabama, because of ongoing winter storm impacts in Oxford, Mississippi.

[1] "No. 25 Women's Basketball Falls to No. 1 UCLA in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament". Ole Miss athletics. March 29, 2025. Retrieved June 12, 2025.

[2] "God doesn't make mistakes! Is going to be GREAT by God's grace". June 8, 2025. Retrieved June 12, 2025.

[3] "Fatumata Djaló Signs with Monmouth Women's Basketball". Monmouth athletics. May 1, 2025. Retrieved June 12, 2025.

[4] "Women's Basketball Adds Mariyah Noel to 2025-26 Roster". Xavier athletics. April 28, 2025. Retrieved June 12, 2025.

[5] "Former Ole Miss Women's Basketball Forward Reveals Transfer Destination to Big 12". Sports Illustrated. April 30, 2025. Retrieved June 12, 2025.

[6] "Former Ole Miss Women's Basketball Guard Reveals Transfer Destination to ACC School". Sports Illustrated. April 18, 2025. Retrieved June 12, 2025.

[7] "Women's Basketball Adds Kharyssa Richardson To 2025-26 Roster". Mississippi State athletics. April 10, 2025. Retrieved June 12, 2025.

[8] "Collins eyeing bright future with FIU; teaming up with Lightbourne". The Nassau Guardian. May 9, 2025. Retrieved June 12, 2025.

[9] "Women's Basketball Signs Kaitlin Peterson from UCF". Ole Miss athletics. May 31, 2025. Retrieved June 12, 2025.

[11] "2025–26 Women's Basketball Schedule". Ole Miss Athletics. Retrieved September 23, 2025.

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