Villanova downs Ole Miss
Villanova got 21 from Scottie Reynolds as the Wildcats (5-0) beat Mississippi 79-67 to claim the Championship of the Puerto Rico Tipoff.
Junior Antonio Pena recorded his fourth Double-Double on the young season with his 17-point, 16-rebound effort. Corey Stokes was good for 18 additional points.
‘Nova was only up 4 points at the intermission, but expanded their lead with a 7-0 Scottie Reynolds run with 15 minutes to go in the second half.
In the sloppy game, ‘Nova recorded 22 turnovers; and Old Miss did them one better with 23. The Wildcats shot 27-65 from the field (41.5%) but out-rebounded the Rebels 45-33.
Villanova vs. Ole Miss Live Blog
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Predict the Score
Update: Nova Wins 79-67. Unfortunately, no one won a t-shirt. Congratulations to IMKL & Matt, who got the Nova half of the score right (79-72), and to Andy ‘06 (81-67), NJSup (74-67) and Jim (72-67) for hitting the Ole Miss side. Closest to the pin goes to Andy ‘06, with an aggregate score difference of only 2 points. Read more
Villanova vs. Ole Miss Live Blog
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A Look at Ole Miss
College basketball in the SEC that isn’t Kentucky is easy to overlook these days. Ole Miss is best known as the Alma Mater of Eli Manning and as one of the most proudly-southern schools in the deep south. These Ole Miss Rebels can play some hoops as well, however, and after knocking off Indiana and Kansas State, they move on to the Puerto Rico Tip-Off final to face our Villanova Wildcats at 8pm on Sunday night.
Ole Miss, like Villanova, is 4-0 on the season so far, beating Arkansas-Little Rock and Alabama State at home before heading to Puerto Rico. In their biggest challenge so-far, they defeated Kansas State on Friday night, 86 to 74. Four starters scored in double digits in that game, but they didn’t receive much offensive production off of their bench.
The Rebels are coached by former Cincinnati (Interim) Head Coach, Andy Kennedy. Last year this team went 16-15 and tied for fourth in the SEC. They return two starters from last year’s team. That was a team that was hit hard by the injury-bug, however, while this year’s Ole Miss squad is healthy and ready to go. Read more
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