OXFORD, Miss. (AP) Matthew Murrell and Jaemyn Brakefield scored 15 points apiece and ignited a decisive second half rally as No. 24 Mississippi defeated Georgia 63-51 on Saturday.
Ole Miss (12-2, 1-0 Southeastern Conference) trailed 28-26 at halftime, but opened the second half with an 11-2 burst in less than four minutes, started by consecutive jumpers by Murrell and capped by consecutive baskets by Brakefield to build a 37-30 lead.
Georgia (12-2, 0-1) never led again but pulled within 45-43 on a Blue Cain jumper with six minutes remaining. Ole Miss responded with a 3-pointer by Brakefield and a Davon Barnes jumper and were never seriously threatened again.
Asa Newell led the Bulldogs with 13 points and 13 rebounds. Georgia’s loss snapped a seven-game winning streak.
Georgia: The January schedule is top heavy with four consecutive AP Top 25 opponents.
Ole Miss: Chris Beard’s Rebels played with a sense of urgency in the second half after a repeated series of slow starts in previous games.
Ole Miss outscored Georgia 18-4 in the opening nine minutes of the second half to build a 44-32 lead. Four Rebels had two baskets apiece in the balanced surge, shooting 7 of 12 from the field, while limiting Georgia to 2 of 14 from the field.
Georgia was 17 of 58 from the field and 2 of 18 from the 3-point line. The Bulldogs had one field goal in the final six minutes.
Georgia opens a two-game home stand with No. 10 Kentucky on Tuesday, followed by No. 12 Oklahoma on Jan. 11. Ole Miss visits No. 23 Arkansas on Wednesday.
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| TOP SCORERS | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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14
 |
A. Newell F | 13PTS | 13REB | 1AST | |
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11
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M. Murrell G | 15PTS | 6REB | 3AST | |
| STARTERS | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| A. Newell | 13 | 13 | 1 | 3 |
| T. Lawrence | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| B. Cain | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| S. Demary Jr. | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| R. Godfrey | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| BENCH | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| D. Montgomery | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| D. Leffew | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| J. Abson | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| S. Cyril | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| D. James | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Klatsky | – | – | – | – |
| J. Newell | – | – | – | – |
| M. Jennings | – | – | – | – |
| S. Drezgic | – | – | – | – |
| J. Kee | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 51 | 32 | 5 | 14 |
| STARTERS | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| M. Murrell | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| D. Davis | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| S. Pedulla | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| D. Barnes | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| M. Dia | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| BENCH | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| J. Brakefield | 15 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| J. Murray | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| M. Brown-Jones | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Bol | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| E. Klafke | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| R. Cowherd | – | – | – | – |
| C. Brent | – | – | – | – |
| M. Smith | – | – | – | – |
| Z. Day | – | – | – | – |
| J. Benson | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 63 | 29 | 11 | 16 |