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The University of Mississippi Athletics
Ole Miss
17-11, 8-7
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Mississippi State
14-13, 5-10
Rebels Pull Out Overtime Win At MSU
2/21/2017 | Men's Basketball
STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) - Freshman Breein Tyree led the Rebels with a career-high 24 points and senior Sebastian Saiz added 23 and 10 rebounds as Ole Miss pulled away from Mississippi State in overtime 83-76 Tuesday.
Mississippi State's I.J. Ready scored with one second left in regulation to cap a furious Bulldogs' rally, tie it at 67-all and send it to OT. However, the Rebels scored the first ten points in overtime and held on from there. Tyree hit a 3-pointer, converted a 3-point play and then hit two free throws before two foul shots by Justas Furmanavicius made it 77-67 with 2:23 remaining. Mississippi State missed its first five shots after regulation and Ole Miss made 10 of 12 from the stripe in the final 1:01 to seal it.
Terence Davis has 12 points and 10 rebounds and Deandre Burnett scored 10 for Ole Miss (17-11, 8-7 Southeastern Conference), which has won five of its last seven games.
Ready led Mississippi State (14-13, 5-10) with a season-high 20 points and Mario Kegler had 15 points with eight rebounds. Quinndary Weatherspoon added 14 points and Xavian Stapleton scored 11.
