National Basketball Association
Mississippi 88, Auburn 55
When: 5:00 PM ET, Saturday, February 23, 2013
Where: Tad Smith Coliseum, Oxford, Mississippi
Officials:
# Lee Cassell, # John Heatly, # Karl Hess
Attendance:
7275
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Mississippi 88, Auburn 55: Marshall Henderson tied the Rebels record for 3-pointers in a game, hitting eight en route to 28 points as the Rebels routed the visiting Tigers.
Coming off the bench for the first time this season didn't disrupt Henderson, who shot 67 percent from 3-point range for Mississippi (20-7, 9-5 SEC), which got 14 points from Derrick Millinghaus and 13 from LaDarius White. The Rebels reached the 20-win mark for the sixth time in seven seasons under Andy Kennedy, and Kennedy became the Rebels' winningest coach by logging his 145th victory.
Shaquille Johnson scored a career-high 18 points for Auburn (9-18, 3-11), which has lost 11 of 12 games and five in a row. The 33-point margin made this Auburn's worst loss to Mississippi in 127 meetings, and marked the most lopsided defeat in the tenure of coach Tony Barbee, who's wrapping up his third season with the Tigers.
After falling behind 15-6, Auburn got as close as 18-15 before Ole Miss broke open the game for good. The Rebels embarked on a 15-3 run to lead 33-18 with five minutes remaining in the first half, and maintained a double-digit advantage the rest of the way.
The Rebels nearly doubled Auburn in rebounds 38-22. Murphy Holloway had 10 points and 10 rebounds, leaving him two shy of becoming the first Ole Miss player ever to compile 1,000 boards.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Mississippi beat Auburn for the fourth straight time, and has won seven of the past nine meetings. ... The combined margin of victory in the previous four regular-season games between these two teams was 13 points. ... Auburn's Asauhn Dixon-Tatum made his first start of the season. He got the call ahead of Rob Chubb, who had started 57 consecutive games.
Top Game Performances
| Auburn |
|
Mississippi |
|
Shaquille Johnson 18 |
Scoring |
Marshall Henderson 28 |
|
Frankie Sullivan 3 |
Assists |
Jarvis Summers 6 |
|
Allen Payne 7 |
Rebounds |
Murphy Holloway 10 |
|
Shaquille Johnson 4 |
Free Throws Made |
Derrick Millinghaus 6 |
|
Allen Payne 2 |
Steals |
LaDarius White 3 |
|
N/A |
Blocks |
Reginald Buckner 2 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Auburn
|
55 |
39.3 |
3-18 |
8-12 |
11 |
20 |
0 |
8 |
11 |
| Mississippi
|
88 |
54.0 |
13-25 |
21-26 |
18 |
38 |
4 |
9 |
14 |
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