The Ole Miss Rebels and Georgia Bulldogs will take the court Tuesday at Stegeman Coliseum. Tip-off from Athens, GA, is at 7:00 p.m. ET. Ole Miss will be without its second-leading scorer, Daeshun Ruffin, and Georgia will play minus its leading scorer, Terry Roberts. UGA is a 1.5-point spread favorite and the game total is 136.5 points.
Mississippi, 9-14 SU and 7-14-2 ATS, lost to Vanderbilt on Saturday. The Rebels are 0-5 in their last five and 1-9 in Southeastern Conference competition.
Georgia, 14-9 SU and 10-13 ATS, lost to Texas A&M on Saturday. The Bulldogs are 1-4 in their past five and 4-6 in SEC play.
The Bulldogs defeated the Rebels 62-58 on Jan. 14. Georgia leads the series 68-45 since 1949-50.
Ole Miss is on a freefall, losing 11 of its last 12 overall. The Rebels have eight games left to turn their season around before the SEC Tournament.
Vanderbilt defeated Mississippi by three points over the weekend, holding the Rebels under 37 percent from the field. It was a close affair, as Vandy led by just three at halftime, and each team scored 40 points after the break. Ole Miss held its own on the glass, collecting 17 offensive rebounds, and took care of the basketball, turning it over only five times.
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Mississippi scores 67.3 points per game (291st) and shoots 42.5 percent from the field (289th), including 30.3 percent from three-point range (333rd). It converts 68.8 percent of its free throws (267th) and averages 33.2 rebounds (121st) with a +3.2 rebounding margin. Ole Miss is 143rd in Ken Pom's schedule-adjusted offensive efficiency and 298th in effective field goal percentage (47.6%).
Junior guard Matthew Murrell paces the Rebels, averaging 14.7 points and 3.5 rebounds per game. Other players to watch are sophomore guard Daeshun Ruffin (9.5 PPG and 3.2 APG), junior forward Jaemyn Brakefield (9.5 PPG and 5.3 RPG), and freshman guard Amaree Abram (8.4 PPG).
Ole Miss surrenders 68.0 points per game (136th), and its opponents shoot 42.6 percent from the floor (128th), including 35.3 percent from three (284th). The Rebels are 95th in adjusted defensive efficiency, 260th in adjusted tempo, and 178th in assist-per-tur nover ratio.
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