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National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Mississippi 52, Tennessee 50
When: 7:00 PM ET, Tuesday, February 2, 2021
Where: The Pavilion at Ole Miss, Oxford, Mississippi
Officials: # Don Dailey, # Steven Anderson, # Bart Lenox
Attendance: 895

Devontae Shuler scored 15 points and Ole Miss upset cold-shooting No. 11 Tennessee 52-50 in a Southeastern Conference game Tuesday night in Oxford, Miss.

Romello White added 14 points for the Rebels (9-8, 4-6 SEC), who held the Volunteers (12-4, 5-4) without a field goal for more than 12 minutes down the stretch. Tennessee shot just 35.6 percent from the floor.

Yves Pons scored 13, Keon Johnson added 11 and Josiah-Jordan James had 10 to lead Tennessee.

Jarkel Joiner scored the first four points of the second half to get Ole Miss within 28-27.

The Volunteers responded with a 10-0 run, but White made back-to-back layups as the Rebels got within 40-35 midway through the half.

Tennessee ended a nearly five-minute scoring drought when Johnson made two free throws.

Ole Miss had a four-minute scoring drought that ended with two free throws by White, who followed with two more.

Shuler made back-to-back layups and added a 3-pointer as Ole Miss took a 46-42 lead with 4:37 left.

The Volunteers made four consecutive free throws to pull even with 2:54 left.

Robert Allen made a free throw and Shuler added a layup to give Ole Miss a 49-46 lead with two minutes remaining.

Allen's tip-in increased the lead to five before Johnson's 3-pointer pulled Tennessee within 51-49 with 40 seconds left.

That ended the Volunteers' longest field-goal drought.

Johnson split two free throws with 3.0 seconds left and James missed a 3-pointer as time expired. The Vols shot just 10-for-16 from the free throw line.

All five starters scored during the first five minutes as Tennessee took an 11-5 lead.

The Rebels scored the next three points before James made two 3-pointers and Pons made one to give the Volunteers a 20-12 lead.

Tennessee pushed the lead to 26-15 as Ole Miss went nearly six minutes without scoring.

The Rebels ended the drought when Shuler and White made jumpers on consecutive possessions.

White made a layup and Joiner hit a jumper with two seconds left that pulled Ole Miss within 28-23 at halftime.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
 
Tennessee   Mississippi
Yves Pons 13 Scoring Devontae Shuler 15
Keon Johnson 4 Assists Luis Rodriguez 4
Josiah-Jordan James 6 Rebounds Devontae Shuler 7
Keon Johnson 6 Free Throws Made Romello White 4
Jaden Springer 2 Steals Robert Allen 2
John Fulkerson 1 Blocks Jarkel Joiner 1
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Tennessee 50 35.6 8-19 10-16 14 26 4 6 16
Mississippi 52 39.2 3-12 9-14 7 28 2 8 17