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Mississippi State, Ole Miss women’s basketball to play once in 2025-26 season: See SEC opponents
Mississippi State and Ole Miss women’s basketball will play each other only once again in the 2025-26 season.
The SEC schedules were announced on June 17, revealing each team’s opponents for the 16 conference games. Each team has one home-and-home series, Mississippi State has Tennessee and Ole Miss gets Georgia. The Rebels will host the Bulldogs at SJB Pavilion.
The game dates will be announced at a later time, with the SEC schedule beginning Jan. 1.
MSU’s SEC home games will be against Kentucky, Tennessee, LSU, Vanderbilt, Auburn, Florida, Georgia and Missouri with road games at Alabama, Ole Miss, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Oklahoma and Texas A&M.
Ole Miss’ SEC home games are against Arkansas, Auburn, LSU, Mississippi State, Tennessee, Texas A&M and Vanderbilt and road games against Alabama, Florida, Kentucky, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Texas.
The Rebels and Bulldogs only played once in the 2024-25 regular season, with Ole Miss winning 71-63 at Humphrey Coliseum on Jan. 19. They beat MSU again in the second round of the SEC tournament 85-73 on March 6.
The ACC/SEC Challenge matchups were set on June 12. Ole Miss will host Notre Dame on Dec. 4, while the Bulldogs will host Pittsburgh that same day.
The Rebels and Bulldogs both made the NCAA tournament last season. Ole Miss reached the Sweet 16, while the Bulldogs lost to Southern Cal in the second round.
Three players transferred between Ole Miss and Mississippi State after the season. Two MSU starters, Debreasha Powe and Denim DeShields, transferred to the Rebels, while Ole Miss reserve Kharyssa Richardson transferred to MSU.
Ole Miss has won three straight games in the series and five of the last six games in the last three seasons.
Sam Sklar is the Mississippi State beat reporter for the Clarion Ledger. Email him at ssklar@gannett.com and follow him on X @sklarsam_.