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The University of Mississippi Athletics
Ole Miss
10-7, 1-4SEC
South Carolina
14-3, 4-0SEC
Rebels Fall to South Carolina on the Road
1/14/2017 | Men's Basketball
Jan. 14, 2017
Box Score
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Ole Miss dropped its SEC road battle to South Carolina, 67-56. Cullen Neal led the Rebels with 12 points while Sebastian Saiz posted another double-double with 11 points and 15 rebounds.
The Gamecocks (14-3, 4-0 Southeastern) are off to their best league start since the 1997 team, which won South Carolina's only SEC regular season title.
PJ Dozier added 16 points for the Gamecocks, who never trailed despite missing 10 straight shots at one point in the first half.
But the Rebels (10-7, 1-4) were shooting just as poorly and turning the ball over more. And when Ole Miss went the final 4:06 of the first half without a point, the Gamecocks lead grew from 25-20 to 34-20 at the break.
Ole Miss was missing its leading scorer, Deandre Burnett, who sat on the bench with a boot on his leg. The junior averages 18 points a game. Cullen Neal led Ole Miss with 12 points.
Foul trouble hurt the Rebels too. Marcanvis Hymon got four fouls in the first half, and Ole Miss had four more players pick up four on a team that played just eight men. The Rebels shot 30.9 percent (17-of-55) after shooting just 27.5 percent last game against Georgia. Ole Miss' four SEC losses have come by seven points to Florida; 22 to Georgia; 23 to Kentucky.
The Rebels host Tennessee on Tuesday.
