Talaysia Cooper Scores 29 With 7 Threes as No. 21 Ole Miss Routs UAlbany 95-41
Talaysia Cooper scored 29 points on 10-of-16 shooting, including 7-of-12 from three, as No. 21 Ole Miss beat UAlbany 95-41 on Wednesday at The Sandy and John Black Pavilion in Oxford, Miss.
Photo: Ole Miss Athletics. Talaysia Cooper, official roster headshot. Card design: The Dyme.
Talaysia Cooper scored 29 points on 10-of-16 shooting, including 7-of-12 from three, as No. 21 Ole Miss beat UAlbany 95-41 on Wednesday at The Sandy and John Black Pavilion in Oxford, Miss., per the ESPN box score. Cooper added three steals and a block in 23 minutes. Her seven threes were five more than UAlbany made as a team, by our count. The Great Danes went 2-of-15 from deep. Ole Miss moved to 3-0 (3-0 at home). UAlbany fell to 3-1 (2-1 on the road). The game streamed on SEC Network+.
Cooper had 15 points by halftime, two fewer than UAlbany's 17, by our count from the ESPN play-by-play. She scored in every quarter: six in the first, nine in the second, eight in the third and six in the fourth.
27 turnovers, 31 points
Ole Miss's pressure decided this before Cooper's shooting did: UAlbany turned it over 27 times and made only 15 field goals, by our count. UAlbany committed 27 turnovers, per ESPN. Ole Miss committed nine. The Rebels scored 31 points off turnovers to UAlbany's six and recorded 16 steals to UAlbany's two. Jade Tillman had four steals off the bench. Cooper, Jada Richard and Jaida Civil had three each. Alexia Bujold committed eight of UAlbany's turnovers.
Ole Miss led 20-8 near the end of the first quarter. From a basket at 0:01 of the first through 5:50 of the second, the Rebels scored 17 straight points to make it 37-8, by our count from the play-by-play. Ole Miss led 45-17 at halftime and won every quarter: 22-8, 23-9, 26-16 and 24-8, per the ESPN linescores.
Cooper's three at 9:28 of the third made it 48-17, the first 30-point margin, by our count. Maya Anderson's three at 0:13 of the third made it 71-30. Tillman's layup with 38 seconds left made it 95-39, matching ESPN's listed largest lead of 56. The final margin was 54, by our count.
Who else scored
Jaida Civil scored 13 off the bench with seven rebounds and three steals. Jada Richard scored 11 and handed out eight assists. Lauren Jacobs scored 10 off the bench on 3-of-5 from three. Anderson and Tillman scored nine each. Doneelah Washington had seven points and six rebounds. Four Rebels reached double figures, by our count.
Ole Miss assisted on 26 of its 33 field goals, by our count. UAlbany assisted on nine of 15. The Rebels outrebounded UAlbany 46-38, including 15-9 on the offensive glass. Fast-break points went 20-8.
Madison Roman led UAlbany with 12 points on 4-of-9 shooting before fouling out with five fouls in 19 minutes. Daria Shishkina scored 10 with five rebounds. UAlbany never led, per ESPN.
The box score, side by side
Full-game team numbers, per the ESPN box:
| Category | Ole Miss | UAlbany |
|---|---|---|
| Field goals | 33-73 (45%) | 15-53 (28%) |
| 3-pointers | 15-37 (41%) | 2-15 (13%) |
| Free throws | 14-23 (61%) | 9-15 (60%) |
| Rebounds | 46 | 38 |
| Offensive rebounds | 15 | 9 |
| Assists | 26 | 9 |
| Turnovers | 9 | 27 |
| Steals | 16 | 2 |
| Blocks | 6 | 1 |
| Points in the paint | 32 | 24 |
| Points off turnovers | 31 | 6 |
| Fast-break points | 20 | 8 |
| Largest lead | 56 | 0 |
Quarter scoring, per the ESPN linescores:
| Quarter | Ole Miss | UAlbany |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 22 | 8 |
| 2 | 23 | 9 |
| 3 | 26 | 16 |
| 4 | 24 | 8 |
| Final | 95 | 41 |
Ole Miss held the No. 21 spot in the Associated Press women's Top 25, per the NCAA.com AP poll and ESPN's game ranking. UAlbany was unranked.
Next on the schedule
Ole Miss hosts Louisiana Tech on Sunday, Nov. 15, at 3 p.m. ET, per the ESPN team schedule.
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