The University of Mississippi Athletics
Ole Miss
6-2
Nicholls State
1-6
Ole Miss Dominates Nicholls State 69-43
12/15/2005 | Men's Basketball
Dec. 15, 2005
Final Stats
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) - Todd Abernethy and Rondrick Nolen each scored 11 points to lead Mississippi to 69-43 win over Nicholls State on Thursday.
Dwayne Curtis had 10 points for Ole Miss (6-2). The Rebels hit 45.6 percent from the floor and held Nicholls leading scorer, Stefan Blaszczynski, to just two points. Blaszczynski scored 26 points in a game against Indiana earlier in the season, and has averaged 15 points per game.
The Colonels, who are 1-25 against SEC opponents, shot 17-of-52 from the field and hit just 32.7 percent from the floor.
Ole Miss shot 26-of-57 from the field, as Nolen and Abernethy combined for 9-of-14. Abernethy was 3-of-4 from three-point range while Nolen added five rebounds, two assists and two steals.
Ole Miss led 37-22 at halftime despite hitting only 13-of-31 from the field. Abernethy had eight points for the Rebels, who raced to a 10-2 lead in the opening two minutes.
The Rebels led by as many as 28 points in the second half, the final time at 69-41.
