![]() ![]() “We wanted to use our speed against them,” said head coach Diane Richardson. Senior forward Tyia Singleton and senior guard Marquesha Davis both had eight points, helping the Rebels jump out to a 26-9 lead in the first quarter. On the opposite end, the Rebels came out shooting an impressive 78 percent from the field, while hitting all of their threes. 16, had trouble putting the ball in the basket, shooting a poor 18 percent from the field in the first quarter. The Owls, who were looking for a second consecutive win after their 66-60 victory against Duquesne University on Dec. The Rebels outperformed the Owls’ offense and defense in almost every way for the majority of the game. Two more SEC wins came with Tennessee beating Clemson, 31-14 in the Capital One Orange Bowl and Mississippi State topping Illinois, 19-10, in the ReliaQuest Bowl.Temple Women’s Basketball (5-7, 0-0 American Athletic Conference) lost 75-55 to the University of Mississippi (11-2, 0-0 Southeastern Conference) on Wednesday afternoon at The Liacouras Center. Having played in the Big Ten Championship Game, the Boilermakers were presumed to be one of the B1G’s top teams. ![]() The Alabama Crimson Tide dominated the Big 12 Champion, Kansas State Wildcats, 45-20 in the Allstate Sugar Bowl.Īnother impressive SEC bowl win was LSU 63 – Purdue 7 in the Citrus Bowl. Alabama football fans may argue the Georgia win was not the most impressive SEC bowl win. The Georgia Bulldogs held on to beat the Ohio State Buckeyes, 42-31 in a Peach Bowl, CFB Playoff semi-final. ![]() The other loss in the closing seven bowl games was a respectable one when the Notre Dame Fighting Irish beat the South Carolina Gamecocks, 45-38, in the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl. The game had just seven points from offensive production. Kentucky had multiple players out because of injuries, and seven players, who competed in the Cats game versus Louisville, were transfer portal exits. Opt-outs were a big factor in the Music City Bowl, with Mark Stoops’ Wildcats playing without the team’s top two offensive players, QB, Will Levis, and RB, Chris Rodriquez Jr. Only one of the two other SEC losses was embarrassing, when Kentucky was shut out by a mediocre Iowa Hawkeyes team, 21-0 in the TransPerfect Music City Bowl. Arkansas kept the SEC from opening the bowl season 0-4, with a dramatic, 55-53 overtime win over Kansas in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl.Įven with the Hogs pulling out the win, many in the national media were frothing while pontificating about the days of SEC football dominance being not just over, but dead and gone forever.Īfter which, SEC football teams won five of the league’s next seven bowl games. Texas Tech took advantage of five Ole Miss turnovers to beat the Rebels, 42-25, in the TaxAct Texas Bowl. The SEC’s bowl reputation came close to being seriously dire in the next two games. The SEC’s fortunes did not improve a week later when Wake Forest beat Missouri, 27-17 in the Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl. The Florida team that upset Utah in the season-opener limped to a finish, losing five of its last seven games, including a defeat from Vanderbilt. The bowl season for SEC Football began bleakly with Oregon State completely outclassing the Florida Gators in the SRS Distribution Las Vegas Bowl. ![]()
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