Texas A&M
15-6, 6-3SEC
Ole Miss
15-7, 6-3SEC
Ole Miss Snaps Men's Basketball's Six-Game Win Streak
Feb 04, 2015 | Men's Basketball
OXFORD, Miss. (AP)-- Stefan Moody scored 19 points, M.J. Rhett added 11 and Mississippi beat Texas A&M 69-59 on Wednesday night.
Ole Miss (15-7, 6-3 Southeastern Conference) has won four straight. The Rebels led for the entire second half, stretching their lead to 12 points at one point before the Aggies briefly made a run.
The Rebels won despite a mediocre shooting night. They made just 24 of 62 (38.7 percent) attempts from the field and only 6 of 24 (25 percent) from 3-point range.
Texas A&M (15-6, 6-3) had its six-game winning streak snapped. It was the Aggies' longest run of victories in conference play since they were part of the Big 12 in 2009.
Alex Caruso and Tavario Miller led the Aggies with 13 points. Kourtney Roberson added 12.
The Aggies were hurt by 16 turnovers. Ole Miss had just eight.
It was an important game for both teams, which are working to gain quality wins as the NCAA tournament bubble slowly develops. Texas A&M came into the game at No. 31 in the country in RPI while Ole Miss was No. 48, according to the NCAA's rankings.
Ole Miss managed to take a 33-32 halftime lead despite missing its first 12 3-point attempts. Terence Smith made back-to-back 3s late in the first half to break the streak and push the Rebels ahead.
After surviving the early shooting problems, Ole Miss jumped ahead in the second half. Rhett had three early buckets and Moody's short jumper extended the Rebels' lead to 50-38 with 13:38 remaining.
Texas A&M was far from finished, cutting the Ole Miss advantage to 53-50 with eight minutes remaining. But the Aggies didn't have a good night shooting, finishing just 22 of 57 (38.6 percent) from the field as they struggled to keep any offensive momentum.
TEAM RECORDS & SERIES NOTES
● Texas A&M saw its six-game winning streak snapped on Wednesday night with a 69-59 loss to Ole Miss inside Tad Smith Coliseum … the Aggies are now 15-6 on the season and 6-3 in SEC play.
TEAM NOTES
● The Aggies were guilty of 16 turnovers on the night, their most since committing 17 at Baylor on Dec. 9.
● Ole Miss owned a 33-32 lead at the intermission.
● The Aggies used the starting lineup combination of Alex Caruso, Jordan Green, Danuel House, Jalen Jones and Kourtney Roberson for the 12th time this season (9-3).
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
● Sophomore forward Tavario Miller scored 13 points on the night, going 5-of-6 from the floor to produce his biggest offensive game since a 15-point effort vs. Northwestern State on the season's opening night … the Long Island, Bahamas, native also pulled down six rebounds.
● Junior forward Jalen Jones tied a season-high with 11 boards in the contest to go along with eight points.
● Senior forward Kourtney Roberson contributed 12 points on 6-of-12 shooting.
● A&M head coach Billy Kennedy is now 65-55 in his fourth season at Texas A&M and 276-234 in 17 years as a head coach.
UP NEXT
● The Aggies will play their fourth road game in two weeks on Saturday when they head to Columbia, Mo., to face Missouri in a 5 p.m. contest inside Mizzou Arena ... The contest will be nationally televised by ESPNU.
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