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The University of Mississippi Athletics
Ole Miss
19-9(8-7)
LSU
15-13(5-10)
Rebels Clipped By LSU, 59-56
2/27/2002 | Men's Basketball
Feb 27, 2002
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Jermaine Williams scored 13 points on 6-of-7 shooting and Ronald Dupree had 17 second-half points as LSU rallied past Mississippi, 59-56, Wednesday night.
LSU (15-13, 5-10 Southeastern Conference), which began the second half trailing 27-20, went on an 8-0 run to take a 52-46 lead with 1:36 to play and made four-straight free throws in the final minute to hold off the Rebels (19-9, 8-7).
Dupree finished with 19 points on 8-of-13 shooting, while Torris Bright added 10. The Tigers finished 23-of-42 shooting for 54.8 percent, and overcame 12 first-half turnovers, committing just four more in the second half.
David Sanders scored 18 points on 6-of-10 shooting for Ole Miss, while Justin Reed added 17 and Jason Harrison 11. Ole Miss shot 38 percent from the field and turned the ball over 18 times.
After a 3-pointer by Aaron Harper gave Ole Miss a 40-32 lead with 11:21 to play, LSU went on a 11-4 run, pulling within 44-43 on a running jumper by Charlie Thompson with under eight minutes to play.
LSU took the lead, 48-46, when Bright found Williams for a breakaway dunk.
After scoring while getting fouled, Sanders completed a 3-point play in the final minute to pull Ole Miss within 54-51, but Dupree answered with a left-handed alley-oop dunk from Antonio Hudson.
Mississippi could not pull closer that three points in the final half-minute as LSU was solid from the foul line.
