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No. 7 Texas visits Ole Miss after Scott’s 30-point performance – ABC News

No. 7 Texas visits Ole Miss after Scott’s 30-point performance – ABC News

Texas Longhorns (19-2, 5-1 sec) at Ole Miss Rebels (13-5, 4-2 sec)

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

Bottom row: Ole Miss hosts No. 7 Texas after Madison Scott scores 30 points in Ole Miss’ 71-63 win over the Mississippi State Bulldogs.

The Rebels are 9-1 on their home court. Ole Miss ranks fourth in the SEC with 13.9 offensive rebounds per game, led by Starr Jacobs, who averages 3.7.

The Longhorns are 5-1 against SEC opponents. Texas is sixth in college basketball scoring 87.1 points per game while shooting 48.4 percent.

Ole Miss is shooting 46.1 percent from the field this season, which is 7.3 percentage points higher than Texas has allowed its opponents (38.8 percent). Texas is averaging 3.4 made 3-pointers per game this season, 0.6 fewer made per game than Ole Miss is giving up.

Sunday’s game marks the first meeting this season between the two teams in conference play.

Top performers: Jacobs averaged 11.7 points, 6.7 rebounds and 1.8 steals for the Rebels. Sira Tienu is averaging 15.1 points over the last 10 games.

Madison Booker is averaging 16.4 points, 5.9 rebounds and 1.5 steals for the Longhorns. Taylor Jones is averaging 11.3 points, 7.6 rebounds and 1.8 blocks over the last 10 games.

Last 10 games: Rebels: 8-2, averaging 82.3 points, 32.3 rebounds, 20.1 assists, 12.3 steals and 3.9 blocks per game while shooting 49.4 percent from the field. Their opponents are averaging 55.5 points per game.

Longhorns: 9-1, averaging 85.5 points, 37.1 rebounds, 16.6 assists, 12.7 steals and 4.8 blocks per game while shooting 47.6 percent from the field. Their opponents are averaging 56.1 points.

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

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