Ole Miss Basketball survives late in a decisive road victory over South Carolina – Sports Illustrated

Ole Miss Rebels took Road’s frugal victory over South Carolina 72-68 on Wednesday night in a dog battle, winning his first victory over Gamecocks from 2023 at the 50th team of teams of all time.

Both teams came out early, but Ole Miss pulled away and stayed in the first half, leading a little less than 18 minutes behind the highest firing of the rebels in the season 65 percent of the floor, and went 6 -of-9 Behind the arc, giving the Ole Miss 42-32 lead to get into the break.

Some other accents in the first half included Jaemyn Brakefiled, surpassing Jason Smith in the scoring of all time, placing it 25 of all time in Ole Miss’s goalscorers. Matthew Murel also surpassed current athletic director Keith Carter and Justin Reed, going to seventh place of all time among the rebel goals.

Another positive for Ole Miss was his ability to shoot from the charity strip, with 6-on-7 opposed 8-15 of South Carolina.

The second half started with the same intensity, but the point was not there in the first minutes, as Ole Miss kept a nine -point lead in the first four minutes.

Gamecocks remained aggressive paired with some poor shooting of Ole Miss, regaining the first lead after opening two minutes by just under seven to play. Malik Dia quickly returned him to Ole Miss, converting a heavy arrangement for one and one.

The rebels hung behind Malik Dia in the closing minutes, which included 12 straight points from the big man, loading the late game of the rebels on the way to the team leading 18 points.

As a team Ole Miss, he fired 45.5 percent of the pitch on Wednesday night, 61.5 percent of three and 82.4 percent of the free throw line. For comparison, South Carolina fired 44 percent of the terrain, 28.6 percent of three and 62.5 percent of the strip.

Behind Dia in the rebel rating stood Brakefield with 14 points, DRE Davis with 12 and Murrel with 10.

Ole Miss has already conquered wins in the back and kept a hassle -free in South Carolina in a conference game. The rebels will return to Saturday as they return home hoping to split the season into the season with Mississippi State. The advice between rebels and bulldogs has been set for ESPN2 5:00 CT.

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