National Basketball Association
Mississippi 92, South Alabama 58
When: 9:00 PM ET, Thursday, December 22, 2016
Where: The Pavilion at Ole Miss, Oxford, Mississippi
Officials:
# Mike Nance, # Wil Howard, # John Hampton
Attendance:
7260
By The Sports Xchange
Senior forward Sebastian Saiz recorded a double-double while pacing a balanced Ole Miss attack, and the Rebels hammered South Alabama 92-58 Thursday at The Pavilion at Ole Miss in Oxford, Miss.
Saiz finished with 23 points and 16 rebounds for the Rebels (8-3), who won their third in a row ahead of a home date against No. 6 Kentucky on Dec. 29 to open Southeastern Conference play.
Junior guard Deandre Burnett, the Rebels' leading scorer, came off the bench and scored 21 points, and junior forward Justas Furmanavicius finished with 13 points. Junior guard Cullen Neal added 11 point for the Rebels.
Senior forward Nick Stover scored 17 points, and senior forward Georgia Boyanov added 10 points to lead South Alabama (7-6).
Ole Miss used a 14-0 run, capped by a 3-pointer from Furmanavicius, to take command in the first half. The Rebels led 46-26 at halftime.
South Alabama was coming off a win over Spring Hill, a result that snapped a four-game losing streak, but the Jaguars were unable to keep up with the high-scoring Rebels. The Jaguars were outrebounded 50-35, shot just 28.8 percent from the floor and were outscored 26-15 at the foul line.
South Alabama made a push early in the second half and cut the Ole Miss lead to 12 on a jumper by Josh Ajayi with 13:31 to play. However, the Jaguars would get no closer. The Rebels put the game away with a 20-3 run, capped by a Saiz dunk. Burnett, who came off the bench for the second straight game, had a 3-pointer during the decisive run.
South Alabama, which lost for the fifth time in six games, opens Sun Belt Conference play against Troy on Jan. 2.
Top Game Performances
| South Alabama |
|
Mississippi |
|
Nick Stover 17 |
Scoring |
Sebastian Saiz 23 |
|
Dederick Lee 3 |
Assists |
Cullen Neal 9 |
|
Don MuepoKelly 10 |
Rebounds |
Sebastian Saiz 16 |
|
Don MuepoKelly 3 |
Free Throws Made |
Deandre Burnett 9 |
|
Georgi Boyanov 2 |
Steals |
Rasheed Brooks 3 |
|
Don MuepoKelly 1 |
Blocks |
Justas Furmanavicius 3 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| South Alabama
|
58 |
28.8 |
5-23 |
15-22 |
11 |
33 |
1 |
7 |
12 |
| Mississippi
|
92 |
49.2 |
8-22 |
26-31 |
23 |
45 |
8 |
8 |
13 |
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