Alcorn State faces No. 15 Ole Miss, aims to stop road slide

Alcorn State Braves (3-7) at Ole Miss Rebels (12-2)

Oxford, Mississippi; Sunday, 3 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Alcorn State will try to break its five-game road losing streak when the Braves play No. 15 Ole Miss.

The Rebels are 7-0 on their home court. Ole Miss averages 12.9 turnovers per game and is 11-2 when it has fewer turnovers than its opponents.

The Braves are 0-4 in road games. Alcorn State is 2-1 when it has fewer turnovers than its opponents and averages 19.2 turnovers per game.

Ole Miss’ average of 5.6 made 3-pointers per game is 1.5 fewer made shots on average than the 7.1 per game Alcorn State gives up. Alcorn State has shot at a 37.1% clip from the field this season, 0.4 percentage points fewer than the 37.5% shooting opponents of Ole Miss have averaged.

TOP PERFORMERS: Cotie McMahon is averaging 18.4 points and 5.5 rebounds for the Rebels. Debreasha Powe is averaging 1.4 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.

Nakia Cheatham is averaging 12.8 points, 5.4 rebounds and 2.4 steals for the Braves. Maya Claytor is averaging 8.2 points.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.