BREAKING: Ole Miss star Madison Scott announces her return to Ole Miss for final season
OXFORD, Miss. — “I am Madi Scott and I am declaring for….Team 50.”
With those words, Ole Miss women’s basketball player Madison Scott announced her intent to return to the Rebels next year for her final season — outstanding news for head coach Yolett McPhee-McCuin and Ole Miss fans.
NEXT. pic.twitter.com/cwn3hWfbvi
— Madison Scott (@IAMMADISCOTT) March 6, 2024
Madison, who was just named First Team All-SEC and All-Defensive Team for her performance on this year’s team, Team 49, could have declared for the WNBA. Fortunately for the Rebels and Ole Miss fans, she will return to Oxford.
“Coach Yo, let’s finish what we started. Let’s continue to make them believe. Hotty Toddy! No Ceilings!”
Madison Scott
After earning Second Team All-SEC honors last season, Scott’s game continues to flourish in her fourth season in Oxford, with her first, First Team All-SEC nod of her career.
Coach Yo envisioned all these things and more when she recruited Madi to Ole Miss. At the time, Scott was the first McDonald’s All-American recruit to come to Oxford in Ole Miss women’s basketball history.
This 📸: When I knew Madi was coming to Ole Miss. my first All American. My first “big get”. Before Madi committed she asked me how far do I think we could go here at Ole Miss. knowing the uphill battle I said “by your sr year… sweet 16! But GOD! I’m elated to do this with 24! pic.twitter.com/jA9V4KEzD3
— Coach Yo (@YolettMcCuin) March 6, 2024
The Indian Head, Maryland, product has now earned back-to-back All Defensive team honors after pacing the Rebels with 6.1 rebounds per game and seven double-doubles on the year. Scott went on a tear toward the latter half of SEC play, scoring in double-digits the last eight games of the conference slate.
Following an electrifying three games at the Battle4Atlantis and leading Ole Miss to the tournament title, Scott was named the tournament’s most valuable player after averaging 13.7 points and 10.6 rebounds per game on Paradise Island. Lifting Ole Miss in the comeback win at Florida, Scott notched a new career-high scoring with an explosive 27 points and grabbing 12 rebounds. With 27 career double-doubles, Scott sits tied for No. 7 All-time at Ole Miss.
After her standout weeks in The Bahamas and against Florida and Mississippi State, Scott became the first Rebel to earn multiple SEC Player of the Week honors in the same season since Armintie Price in 2006-07.
In 28 games of action, Scott paces the Rebels in field goal percentage with 150 more attempts at 49.4%. If the trend continues for Scott, she will become the second Rebel in Ole Miss women’s basketball history to lead the team in field goal percentage for four seasons in a row.
Scott currently ranks No. 19 in points scored at Ole Miss with 1,266 in her career after averaging 10.7 ppg on the season and 13.5 ppg in conference play. Dishing out a team-high 97 assists, Scott has already surpassed her career-best in a single-season.
What’s Next?
Scott and the Rebels just concluded the team’s highest finish in the league in over three decades. Ole Miss (22-7, 12-4 SEC) enters this week’s SEC Women’s Basketball Tournament at Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, S.C. as the No. 3 seed.
For the third year in a row, Ole Miss earns the double-bye into the SEC Tournament Quarterfinals where they will await the winner of game six on Friday (March 8) at approximately 7:00 p.m. CT on SEC Network.
Evelyn Van Pelt
Evelyn has covered sports for over two decades, beginning her journalism career as a sports writer for a newspaper in Austin, Texas. She attended Texas A&M and majored in English. Evelyn's love for Ole Miss began when her daughter Katie attended the university on a volleyball scholarship. Evelyn created the Rebel Walk in 2013 and has served as publisher and managing editor since its inception.
