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03/11 20:42 CDT Malik Dia scores 23 points, Ole Miss hands Texas damaging loss
at SEC Tournament
Malik Dia scores 23 points, Ole Miss hands Texas damaging loss at SEC Tournament
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) --- Malik Dia scored 23 points, AJ Storr added 18 off the
bench, and 15th-seeded Mississippi knocked off No. 10-seed Texas 76-66 in the
second round of the SEC Tournament on Wednesday night.
Mississippi, led by former Texas coach Chris Beard, put a dent in the
Longhorns' NCAA Tournament aspirations. The Longhorns (18-14) were thought to
be among the last handful of teams in consideration for an at-large bid. After
losing five of their last six games, their hopes are fading.
Texas, which trailed by 11 points at halftime got eight points from Jordan Pope
in the early minutes of the second half and it was his 3-pointer that had the
Longhorns within 53-48 about seven minutes into the half.
Like they did for much of the second half, the Rebels (13-19) answered the
Texas push with a rally of their own. Ilias Kamardine scored six points in a
7-0 run that had Ole Miss up by double digits again at 60-48. Texas chipped
away over the next six minutes --- mostly at the free throw line ---and it was
66-63 with four minutes remaining.
Storr then scored eight points over the final 2 1/2 minutes while Texas only
managed a free throw from Dailyn Swain and a dunk by Nic Codie.
Texas made 12 of 15 free throws in the second half, 21 of 25 for the game.
Kamardine scored 16 points and James Scott had 10 for Ole Miss.
Swain had 22 points and 12 rebounds for Texas. Pope scored 16 and Matas
Vokietaitis added 10.
Up next
Ole Miss moves on to play seventh-seeded Georgia on Thursday. No. 2-seed
Alabama awaits in the quarterfinals.
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