OXFORD, Miss. (AP) 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.
Obaseki’s contested shot from the corner gave Texas A&M (15-4, 3-2 Southeastern Conference) its only lead of the game. Jaemyn Brakefield missed a shot for Ole Miss (15-4, 4-2) with two seconds remaining.
Zhuric Phelps led Texas A&M with 14 points. Obaseki added 12 in 18 minutes in a reserve role, and Pharrel Payne had 10 points.
Sean Pedulla led Mississippi with 16 points. Malik Dia and Jaylen Murray each had 12, and Jaemyn Brakefield added 10.
Texas A&M: The Aggies improved to 2-1 in SEC road games, beating a ranked conference fie for the first time this season. … Two-time All-SEC guard Wade Taylor IV, in his second appearance after missing three games with an injury, had only four points and committed five turnovers.
Mississippi: The Rebels lost for the first time this season at home to fall into a a third-place logjam of six teams with two losses in the SEC standings behind No. 1 Auburn and No. 4 Alabama. Pedulla and Murray had four 3-point shots apiece.
Obaseki’s winner capped a decisive 11-2 closing run, highlighted by a 7-0 surge in the final 29 seconds. Ole Miss did not have a basket in the final 3:49.
Texas A&M had a 48-31 rebounding edge.
Both team are back in action Saturday. Texas A&M vis at Texas, and Mississippi is at No. 22 Missouri.
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Z. Phelps G | 14PTS | 6REB | 2AST | |
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S. Pedulla G | 16PTS | 3REB | 1AST |
STARTERS | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
Z. Phelps | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
H. Hefner | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
W. Taylor IV | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
S. Washington | 2 | 7 | 1 | 3 |
H. Coleman III | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
BENCH | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
M. Obaseki | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
P. Payne | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
C. Wilcher | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
J. Carter | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
A. Garcia | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
J. Lee | – | – | – | – |
A. Mills | – | – | – | – |
C. McDermott | – | – | – | – |
G. Turkson Jr. | – | – | – | – |
J. Ratowski | – | – | – | – |
Total | 63 | 40 | 11 | 11 |
STARTERS | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
S. Pedulla | 16 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
J. Murray | 12 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
M. Dia | 12 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
M. Murrell | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
D. Davis | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
BENCH | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
J. Brakefield | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
D. Barnes | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
M. Brown-Jones | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
E. Klafke | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
R. Cowherd | – | – | – | – |
C. Brent | – | – | – | – |
J. Bol | – | – | – | – |
M. Smith | – | – | – | – |
Z. Day | – | – | – | – |
J. Benson | – | – | – | – |
Total | 62 | 28 | 19 | 11 |