The University of Mississippi Athletics
Men's Basketball Handles LSU, 82-66
6/21/1999 | Men's Basketball
February 3, 1999
By MARY FOSTER
AP Sports Writer
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Keith Carter scored 21 points, including four of 10 3-point attempts and seven of eight free throws, to lead Mississippi to an easy 82-66 victory over LSU on Wednesday night.
The Rebels (16-7, 6-4 Southeastern Conference) handled LSU readily, capitalizing on the Tigers' mistakes and shrugging off their defense, even when LSU went to a man-to-man late in the game.
LSU (10-9, 2-8) managed to cut Mississippi's lead to six, 45-39 with 12:25 left in the second half, but was swamped down the stretch.
Ole Miss shot 48 percent in the second half and was not just hot from the field. The Rebels made 18 of 22 free throws.
Marcus Hicks had 13 points for Mississippi, Darrian Brown had 11 and Michael White added 10.
LSU was unable to offset Mississippi's pressure man-to-man defense. The Tigers had 23 turnovers to Ole Miss's 6, including a 17-4 edge in the first half. Ole Miss scored 28 points off turnovers, the Tigers scored 2.
The Rebels also had 13 steals to LSU's 2.
The Tigers last lead was an 11-9 margin at 13:17 in the first half when Omar-Seli Mance sank a pair of free throws.
Maurice Carter led LSU with 21 points. Jabari Smith had 18, 11 in the second half. Smith and Carter each had 8 rebounds. Jermaine Williams and Mance each scored 11 points for the Tigers.
