Minnesota buzzer beater sends Ole Miss home

MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA - MARCH 22: Yolett McPhee-McCuin head coach of Ole Miss Rebels calls to her team against the Minnesota Golden Gophers in the first quarter during a second round game of the 2026 NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament held at Williams Arena on March 22, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by Carlos Gonzalez/NCAA Photos via Getty Images) | NCAA Photos via Getty Images Call it sour grapes if you want, but Ole Miss women’s basketball got hosed on Sunday in the round of 32. Minnesota toppled the Rebels 65-63 with a furious comeback in the final few minutes of the game.

Ole Miss star Cotie McMahon was called for a fifth foul with around four minutes left in the game on an egregiously suspect offensive foul. Her defender was inside the restricted area under the basket when the charge was called, and it did not look like McMahon dropped her shoulder to drive to the basket. At that point in the game, ESPN analytics had the Rebels with a 77 percent chance to win the game.

Now that one foul call didn’t cost Ole Miss the game. The officiating was notably sub-optimal, however, and led to head coach Yolett McPhee-McCuin to sound off in the postgame presser. “I was in the locker room just thinking about other star players on teams.

I’ve just never seen them fouled out in a March Madness game,” she told the press. “And from my point of view, the last call was incorrect. … I don’t think that’s why we lost the game.