Norfolk State has finalized a home-and-home collection with nationally ranked Ole Miss for the following two seasons.
It marks a big alternative for NSU ladies’s basketball to compete on the highest degree and proceed to raise this system’s nationwide profile.
The scheduling settlement, coordinated via the management of Norfolk State College’s athletics administration and training workers, displays this system’s ongoing dedication to constructing a aggressive and nationally acknowledged schedule.
The Spartans will journey to Oxford, Miss., to face the Rebels on Nov. 3, 2025. Ole Miss will go to Echols Corridor for the primary time the next season. Tip-off occasions for each video games can be introduced at a later date.
“That is an thrilling second for our ladies’s basketball program and the complete Norfolk State neighborhood,” Vice President and Director of Athletics Dr. Melody Webb mentioned. “Internet hosting a nationally ranked SEC opponent at Echols Corridor speaks volumes concerning the course we’re headed and the status we’re constructing. With two nationally ranked packages set to go to over the following two seasons, our followers can stay up for elite-level basketball proper right here in Norfolk.”
The upcoming matchup will mark the primary assembly between the 2 packages. Norfolk State went 2-1 in opposition to SEC opponents final season, incomes wins over Missouri and Auburn.
The Rebels’ upcoming go to to Echols Corridor represents a historic second, as they are going to develop into the primary SEC group to compete on the Spartans’ dwelling courtroom. Ole Miss completed the 2024–25 season ranked No. 17 nationally with a 22–11 file, reaching the Candy 16.
“Coach McPhee-McCuin has been a champion for the progress and motion of HBCUs,” Ladies’s Basketball Head Coach Jermaine Woods mentioned. “She and I’ve an amazing relationship, and I recognize her for using her platform to uplift everybody and promote our recreation. I recognize her bringing her program to Norfolk, and we stay up for competing.”
