Forget Cinderella - the Ole Miss women’s basketball team proved on Sunday it can play with and beat any team in the nation.
One seed Stanford never led in a game on its home court as the Rebels made five extremely clutch free throws in the final minute to ice a 54-49 win. This is the first trip to the Sweet Sixteen for Ole Miss since 2007 and meanwhile broke a 15 year streak by Stanford of making the round of 16.
The defensive effort and rebounding for Ole Miss were clearly the difference in the game as the Rebels outrebounded the Cardinal 44-39 despite being undersized in the post.