National Basketball Association
Mississippi 52, Tennessee 50
When: 7:00 PM ET, Tuesday, February 2, 2021
Where: The Pavilion at Ole Miss, Oxford, Mississippi
Officials:
# Don Dailey, # Steven Anderson, # Bart Lenox
Attendance:
895
By Field Level Media
Devontae Shuler scored 15 points and Ole Miss upset cold-shooting No. 11 Tennessee 52-50 in a Southeastern Conference game Tuesday night in Oxford, Miss.
Romello White added 14 points for the Rebels (9-8, 4-6 SEC), who held the Volunteers (12-4, 5-4) without a field goal for more than 12 minutes down the stretch. Tennessee shot just 35.6 percent from the floor.
Yves Pons scored 13, Keon Johnson added 11 and Josiah-Jordan James had 10 to lead Tennessee.
Jarkel Joiner scored the first four points of the second half to get Ole Miss within 28-27.
The Volunteers responded with a 10-0 run, but White made back-to-back layups as the Rebels got within 40-35 midway through the half.
Tennessee ended a nearly five-minute scoring drought when Johnson made two free throws.
Ole Miss had a four-minute scoring drought that ended with two free throws by White, who followed with two more.
Shuler made back-to-back layups and added a 3-pointer as Ole Miss took a 46-42 lead with 4:37 left.
The Volunteers made four consecutive free throws to pull even with 2:54 left.
Robert Allen made a free throw and Shuler added a layup to give Ole Miss a 49-46 lead with two minutes remaining.
Allen's tip-in increased the lead to five before Johnson's 3-pointer pulled Tennessee within 51-49 with 40 seconds left.
That ended the Volunteers' longest field-goal drought.
Johnson split two free throws with 3.0 seconds left and James missed a 3-pointer as time expired. The Vols shot just 10-for-16 from the free throw line.
All five starters scored during the first five minutes as Tennessee took an 11-5 lead.
The Rebels scored the next three points before James made two 3-pointers and Pons made one to give the Volunteers a 20-12 lead.
Tennessee pushed the lead to 26-15 as Ole Miss went nearly six minutes without scoring.
The Rebels ended the drought when Shuler and White made jumpers on consecutive possessions.
White made a layup and Joiner hit a jumper with two seconds left that pulled Ole Miss within 28-23 at halftime.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
| Tennessee |
|
Mississippi |
|
Yves Pons 13 |
Scoring |
Devontae Shuler 15 |
|
Keon Johnson 4 |
Assists |
Luis Rodriguez 4 |
|
Josiah-Jordan James 6 |
Rebounds |
Devontae Shuler 7 |
|
Keon Johnson 6 |
Free Throws Made |
Romello White 4 |
|
Jaden Springer 2 |
Steals |
Robert Allen 2 |
|
John Fulkerson 1 |
Blocks |
Jarkel Joiner 1 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Tennessee
|
50 |
35.6 |
8-19 |
10-16 |
14 |
26 |
4 |
6 |
16 |
| Mississippi
|
52 |
39.2 |
3-12 |
9-14 |
7 |
28 |
2 |
8 |
17 |
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