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BOXSCORE | RECAP
Mississippi 78, Alabama 66
When: 8:30 PM ET, Tuesday, January 23, 2018
Where: The Pavilion at Ole Miss, Oxford, Mississippi
Officials: # Lee Cassell, # Ron Groover, # Leslie Jones
Attendance: 8099
Senior guard Deandre Burnett scored 16 of his season-best 24 points in the first half to help Mississippi register a 78-66 victory over Alabama on Thursday at the Pavilion at Oxford, Miss.

Junior guard Terence Davis had 15 points and nine rebounds for the Rebels (11-9, 4-4 Southeastern Conference). Ole Miss senior guard Markel Crawford also scored 15 points.

Junior forward Donta Hall scored 14 points on 6-of-7 shooting for the Crimson Tide (13-7, 5-3). Sophomore guard Dazon Ingram contributed 10 points, eight rebounds and five assists for Alabama, which had its four-game winning streak halted.

Standout Alabama freshman guard Collin Sexton had just seven points on 2-of-13 shooting.

The Crimson Tide trailed by 10 at halftime but ran off nine straight early in the second to pull within 43-42 with 16:19 to play. Ole Miss gradually rebuilt its lead and took a 58-48 advantage on a basket by junior forward Bruce Stevens with 9:49 left.

Alabama freshman guard Herbert Jones responded with a dunk 15 seconds later before the Rebels scored the next six to open up a 64-50 lead. Crawford fueled the charge, stealing the ball to set up a fast-break dunk, knocking down a jumper, and then recording another steal and feeding Davis for a layup with 6:42 to play.

The Crimson Tide trimmed their deficit to 67-59 on Sexton's basket with 3:23 to play, but sophomore guard Breein Tyree hit two free throws and Crawford converted a layup to push the Ole Miss lead back to 12 with 2:06 to play.

Burnett was 6 of 8 from the field in the first half as Ole Miss took a 41-31 lead into the break.

The Rebels led 18-9 after Tyree's jumper before Alabama rolled off the next 18 points. Freshman guard John Petty capped the spurt to give the Crimson Tide a 27-18 edge.

Ole Miss reassumed control by rattling off the next 14 points, with Tyree and Crawford draining back-to-back 3-pointers for a 32-27 advantage.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
 
Alabama   Mississippi
Donta Hall 14 Scoring Deandre Burnett 24
Dazon Ingram 5 Assists Markel Crawford 4
Dazon Ingram 8 Rebounds Terence Davis 9
Dazon Ingram 4 Free Throws Made Deandre Burnett 6
Braxton Key 2 Steals Deandre Burnett 2
Galin Smith 2 Blocks Terence Davis 1
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Alabama 66 40.3 6-21 10-14 17 33 2 6 11
Mississippi 78 50.0 8-21 18-24 13 31 4 5 10