Davon Barnes made two free throws with eight seconds remaining and No. 23 Mississippi got two defensive stops in the final 10 seconds to hold off Texas 72-69 on Wednesday night.
Former Chicago Bulls star and Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer Scottie Pippen was courtside for Ole Miss' basketball game against Texas.
Texas faces the No. 23 Ole Miss Rebels after Tre Johnson scored 30 points in the Longhorns' 70-69 victory over the Texas A&M Aggies.
Texas ended the game on an 8-0 run and Booker's jumper from the left elbow broke a 58-58 tie with 0:24 left. Rori Harmon added a foul shot with a second left after the Longhorns made a big defensive stop,
Sean Pedulla scored a game-high 19 points and Davon Barnes had a crucial rebound before making a pair of late free throws as No. 23 Ole Miss outlasted Texas 72-69 on Wednesday in a key Southeastern Conference clash in Oxford,
Madison Booker hit a jump shot with 13 seconds remaining as No. 7 Texas wiped out an eight-point deficit in the final five minutes to defeat Mississippi 61-58 Sunday.
Manny Obaseki hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with 13 seconds left to cap an 11-2 closing run in No. 13 Texas A&M’s 63-62 victory over No. 16 Mississippi on Wednesday night.
Ole Miss hosts Texas (14-6, 3-4) on Wednesday and then welcomes No. 1 Auburn to SJB Pavilion on Saturday. Wednesday’s game against the Longhorns tips at 8 p.m. and will be broadcast on ESPN2. Texas is coming off a win over Texas A&M in which it rallied from a 22-point second-half deficit.
Here's where Ole Miss women's basketball stands in the latest NCAA tournament bracket predictions after a loss at Missouri
Ole Miss basketball absorbed a heartbreaking loss Wednesday night by giving up a late lead to Texas A&M. How it happened:
A jumper from Madison Booker with 25.5 seconds remaining helped No. 7 Texas women's basketball (20-2, 6-1) extend its winning streak to four games.