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The University of Mississippi Athletics
Ole Miss
12-4 (2-2)
LSU
10-6 (3-1)
Rebels Drop Tight SEC Road Game At LSU
1/13/2016 | Men's Basketball
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -Stefan Moody scored a career-high 33 points as LSU defeated Ole Miss 90-81 on Wednesday night.
The Rebels (12-4, 2-2), led for much of the second half before being outscored 34-19 during the final 9:19.
Rasheed Brooks added 18 points and Sebastain Saiz 13 for the Rebels.
Craig Victor scored 18 points, Ben Simmons added 11 of his 15 points in the second half for the Tigers. Tim Quarterman had 14 points for LSU, 12 in the second half as he combined with Blakeney to score 25 of the Tigers' last 34 points.
Blakeney's 3 gave LSU an 83-78 lead with 2:31 left.
Anthony Perez, who had 10 points for Ole Miss, was called for an intentional foul on Victor away from the ball with 1:07 to go, and Victor hit a free throw to make it 88-81, with the Tigers keeping the ball. Moody then fouled Quarterman, whose free throws concluded the scoring for the night.
Ole Miss led for the first 12 minutes of the second half, but never by more than six. The Rebels were up 62-56 on Martavious Newby's layup with 10:41 to go, then LSU responded with methodical 10-2 run that included a 3 and layup by Quarterman. Blakeney closed that surge with three free throws after he was fouled on a missed 3, giving the Tigers their first lead of the half at 66-64.
The Rebels led much of the game thanks to Moody, whose first 12 points came on four 3s within the first nine minutes, the fourth giving Ole Miss a 22-16 lead.
The Rebels held a 32-26 lead on Perez's layup before LSU surged into the lead with a 9-0 run capped by Josh Gray's free throws and his 3-pointer, putting the Tigers up 35-32.
Ole Miss regrouped after a timeout and went on a 9-0 run of its own, highlighted by Tomasz Gielo's 3 and Perez's dunk.
LSU managed to trim the Rebels' lead to 43-40 by halftime on Jalyn Patterson's 3-pointer.
