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The University of Mississippi Athletics
Ole Miss
4-1
No. 23 Creighton
4-1
Ole Miss Knocks Off No. 23 Creighton
11/28/2014 | Men's Basketball
NICEVILLE, Fla. (AP) - Jarvis Summers led the Rebels with 23 points, while LaDarius White added 18, including 16 in the second half, as Ole Miss defeated No. 23 Creighton 75-68 at the Emerald Coast Classic Friday.
Martavious Newby and M.J. Rhett added nine points apiece for Ole Miss (4-1) which will take on 5-0 Cincinnati - a 69-51 winner over Middle Tennessee in the first semifinal - in Saturday night's championship game.
Summers was 9-of-10 at free-throw line and Newby was 4-of-4 - all in the final 20 seconds - as the Rebels finished 19-of-21 overall from the line.
Isaiah Zierden scored 18 points and Austin Chatman added 15 for Creighton (5-1), which will face the Blue Raiders (3-2) in the third-place contest Saturday. Devin Brooks also scored in double figures with 14 for the Bluejays who hit a season-high 13 3-pointers - five by Zierden - in 31 attempts.
After trailing by six at halftime and 65-63 after Toby Hegner hit one of two free throws with 2:13 remaining, Ole Miss took the lead for good on Newby's 3-pointer from the wing with just under 1:45 to play. Rhett followed Brooks' missed 1-and-1 free throw with a baseline jumper, and Summers and Newby combined to sink 7-of-8 free throws down the stretch to close out the comeback.
Ole Miss got the early jump, scoring the game's first four points and led 16-10 with just under 13 minutes to play in the half before Zierden caught fire and scored nine points in a 17-2 Creighton run over the ensuing 4:30. In all, the Bluejays hit seven of their 17 first-half 3-point attempts and took a 37-31 advantage into the break.
