The University of Mississippi Athletics
Ole Miss
UT-Martin
Ole Miss Cruises Past Tennessee-Martin, 92-64
12/21/2004 | Men's Basketball
Dec. 21, 2004
Box Score
TUPELO, Miss. (AP) - Tommie Eddie scored 20 points and Mississippi never trailed in a 92-64 victory over Tennessee-Martin on Tuesday night.
Kendrick Fox and Brandon Patterson each scored 13 points for the Rebels (7-4), who won their fifth straight in an 11-day span.
Bam Doyne added 10 points for Ole Miss.
Eddie scored 10 points during the Rebels' decisive 21-1 run which bridged the halftime.
The Rebels scored the final 5 points of the first half, began the second half with a 16-1 spurt and led 58-32 with 15:40 remaining on Eddie's jumper.
Cleve Woodfork scored 13 points to lead Tennessee-Martin (3-6), which has lost two straight and four of five.
Justin Flatt and Jared Newson each had 12 points for the Skyhawks, and Jason Thompson added 10.
The game was coach Rod Barnes' 200th at Ole Miss, where his career record is 120-80.
It also was the Rebels' first game in Tupelo since 1964, when they lost 94-67 to Texas. Tupelo is about 50 miles east of the school's main campus in Oxford.
