Ole Miss rides Abram past S. Carolina in SEC opener

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Freshman backup Amaree Abram scored 20 factors on 7-for-11 taking pictures, Jaemyn Brakefield scored 16 factors and Mississippi beat South Carolina 67-61 on Wednesday night time in a gap spherical sport of the SEC Event.

James White added 10 factors and gathered 10 rebounds for Ole Miss which had a 41-31 rebounding benefit. The Rebels made 25 of 59-shot makes an attempt (42.4%) together with 9 of twenty-two (40.9%) from 3-point vary.

Greg Jackson II scored 24 factors for the Gamecocks, Meechie Johnson scored 13 and Hayden Brown 11.

Because the thirteenth seed, Ole Miss (12-20) advances to face No. 5-seed and Seventeenth-ranked Tennessee on Thursday. South Carolina (11-21) ended its season having misplaced seven of its final 10.

Jackson’s layup with 10:27 left gave South Carolina its lone lead of the second half at 46-44 earlier than Amaree made a 3-pointer 27 seconds later and Ole Miss stayed forward for the rest.

Abram made consecutive 3s and adopted with a bounce shot and the Rebels prolonged their result in 61-52 with 4:17 left earlier than a 9-3 outburst by South Carolina decreased its deficit to 64-61 with 1:03 to go.

Following a South Carolina timeout, the Rebels’ Matthew Murrell missed a 3 try however White grabbed the offensive rebound and Ole Miss referred to as a timeout with 18 seconds left. White then hit a bounce shot for a 66-61 benefit with 11 seconds remaining to seal it.

Ole Miss moved its total report to 25-22 towards South Carolina.

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