SEC Basketball Preview/Prediction: LSU at Ole Miss

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LSU visits Ole Miss on Saturday in a key SEC basketball matchup. Look inside for a preview of the game along with a prediction of the game’s final score.

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Team Statistical Comparison

FG% 3PT% FT% ORB TRB AST STL BLK TO
LSU 0.484 0.314 0.752 195 636 220 108 75 220
LSU OPP 0.397 0.337 0.729 183 529 195 103 45 215
Ole Miss 0.433 0.317 0.723 151 555 227 116 44 223
Ole Miss OPP 0.433 0.293 0.716 130 524 201 110 59 223

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Statistical Leaders

LSU Scoring Leaders

PLAYER TEAM PPG FGM FTM 3PTM
Skylar Mays LSU 16.0 88.0 55 25
Emmitt Williams LSU 13.2 80.0 47 4
Trendon Watford LSU 13.1 76.0 47 10
Darius Days LSU 12.5 75.0 30 20
Javonte Smart LSU 11.2 66.0 25 22
Charles Manning Jr. LSU 8.0 53.0 13 9
Aundre Hyatt LSU 1.8 10.0 2 6

LSU Rebounding Leaders

PLAYER TEAM OR DR TR RPG
Darius Days LSU 50 84 134 8.4
Emmitt Williams LSU 43 65 108 6.8
Trendon Watford LSU 35 72 107 6.7
Skylar Mays LSU 10 66 76 4.8
Javonte Smart LSU 12 43 55 3.4
Charles Manning Jr. LSU 9 40 49 3.1
Aundre Hyatt LSU 6 28 34 2.1

Ole Miss Scoring Leaders

PLAYER TEAM PPG FGM FTM 3PTM
Breein Tyree Ole Miss 17.8 89.0 56 33
Blake Hinson Ole Miss 11.4 46.0 24 21
Devontae Shuler Ole Miss 10.5 62.0 24 20
KJ Buffen Ole Miss 10.4 60.0 42 4
Austin Crowley Ole Miss 3.9 21.0 11 9
Bryce Williams Ole Miss 3.8 14.0 16 5
Sammy Hunter Ole Miss 3.3 19.0 14 1
Antavion Collum Ole Miss 1.3 4.0 6 2
Franco Miller Jr. Ole Miss 0.5 2.0 1 1

Ole Miss Rebounding Leaders

PLAYER TEAM OR DR TR RPG
KJ Buffen Ole Miss 32 72 104 6.5
Blake Hinson Ole Miss 16 46 62 5.2
Devontae Shuler Ole Miss 13 61 74 4.6
Breein Tyree Ole Miss 6 51 57 3.8
Austin Crowley Ole Miss 7 18 25 1.6
Sammy Hunter Ole Miss 9 16 25 1.6
Antavion Collum Ole Miss 2 14 16 1.3
Franco Miller Jr. Ole Miss 3 13 16 1.3
Bryce Williams Ole Miss 1 5 6 0.5

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The Pavilion at Ole Miss
The Pavilion at Ole Miss

NCAA RPI

LSU: 27

Ole Miss: 111

LSU Roster

No. Name Pos. HT WT Class City-State
0 Darius Days F 6′-6″ 240 SO Raleigh, FL
1 Javonte Smart G 6′-4″ 205 SO Baton Rouge, LA
2 Trendon Watford F 6′-9″ 235 FR Birmingham, AL
3 Parker Edwards G 6′-3″ 190 SO Mandeville, LA
4 Skylar Mays G 6′-4″ 205 SR Baton Rouge, LA
5 Emmitt Williams F 6′-6″ 230 SO Fort Myers, FL
10 James Bishop G 6′-2″ 190 FR Baltimore, MD
11 Charles Manning Jr. G 6′-5″ 200 JR Riverhead, NY
12 Marshall Graves G 6′-4″ 195 SR Ponchatoula, LA
14 Marlon Taylor G 6′-5″ 210 SR Mount Vernon, NY
15 Aundre Hyatt F 6′-4″ 225 FR Bronx, NY
20 Caleb Starks G 6′-3″ 205 JR Lafayette, LA
21 Courtese Cooper F 6′-9″ 220 SO Elgin, IL
24 Deshawn Thomas C 6′-9″ 250 JR Dentsville, SC

Ole Miss Roster

No. Name Pos. HT WT Class City-State
1 Austin Crowley G 6′-5″ 188 FR West Point, MS
2 Devontae Shuler G 6′-2″ 192 JR Irmo, SC
3 Khadim Sy F 6′-10″ 244 JR Dakar, Senegal
4 Breein Tyree G 6′-2″ 195 SR Somerset, NJ
5 KJ Buffen F 6′-7″ 220 SO Gainesville, GA
10 Carlos Curry F 6′-11″ 235 FR Albany, GA
11 Franco Miller Jr. G 6′-3″ 202 FR Freeport, GB
12 Shon Robinson F 6′-11″ 210 FR Chicago, IL
13 Bryce Williams G 6′-2″ 178 JR Tampa, FL
14 Antavion Collum F 6′-7″ 228 FR Memphis, TN
15 Luis Rodriguez G 6′-6″ 202 SO Los Angeles, CA
23 Sammy Hunter F 6′-9″ 230 FR Bahamas
24 Jarkel Joiner G 6′-1″ 177 JR Oxford, MS
33 John McBride G 6′-7″ 216 FR Memphis, TN
34 Conner McKay G 5′-11″ 181 JR Baldwyn, MS

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Scouting Report

LSU (12-4, 4-0 SEC) defeated Texas A&M 89-85 on Tuesday night in College Station. In that game the Tigers seemingly had the game under control early leading 20-7 at the 13:19 mark in the first half. With 4:33 left in the half, A&M was still in the game though, trailing 33-25. LSU headed to the locker room at halftime up 42-32. In the second half Wendell Mitchell’s three narrowed the LSU lead to 44-43 with 16:35 remaining in the game. Savion Flagg’s 3-pointer with 10:41 to play put the Aggies on top for the first time 52-51. The lead would change hand several times in the remainder of the second half. With 1:51 to play the LSU trailed 79-73. However, three pointers by Marshall Graves and Javonte Smart of LSU tied the game at 79. The two teams would head to overtime tied at 79. In overtime, LSU took an early 82-72 lead on another Smart three. The Tigers would go on to lead the entire overtime period and led by as much as five.

Skylar Mays leads the Tigers in scoring (16.0 ppg). Emmit Williams (13.2 ppg) and Trendon Watford (13.1 ppg) are the next two leading scorers. Mays is hitting 34% of his 3-point shots and 84% of his free throws. LSU is third in the SEC in scoring offense (79.9 ppg) and 11th in the conference in scoring defense (68.6 ppg). The Tigers are shooting over 75% at the line as a team. LSU is No. 1 in the SEC in field goal percentage (48.4%). The Tigers are also third in the conference in rebounding margin ( +6.7).

Ole Miss (9-7, 0-3 SEC) fell to Florida 71-55 on Tuesday night in Gainesville. Florida appeared to be in control early taking a 17-6 lead on Keyontae Johnson 3-point play with 14:23 to go in the first half. However, a Blake Hinson jump shot put the Rebels up 20-19 with 9:18 to go in the first half. Noah Locke’s 3-pointer put the Gators back on top 27-24 with 6:27 to play in the half. Florida would outscore Mizzou 11-2 for the remainder of the half and head to the locker room up 40-28. In the second half Florida continued to control the game and the lead reached 20 at 60-40 with 5:47 remaining in the game. The Gators would cruise on to their 11th win. Johnson led the Gators in scoring with 15 points. KJ Buffen of Ole Miss led all scorers with 20. The Gators out-shot the Rebels 54%-40% from the field. Both teams were limited to just three made 3-point shots. Ole Miss’ 18 turnovers proved costly for the Rebels.

So far this season the Rebels Tyree (17.8 ppg) is the team’s leading scorer. Blake Hinson (11.4 ppg) and guard Devontae Shuler (10.9, ppg) are the Rebel other top scorers. Forward KJ Buffen is the Rebels top rebounder averaging 6.5 boards a game.

Ole Miss is No. 11 in scoring offense (68.8 ppg) in the SEC. They rank 8th in the conference in scoring defense (68.6 ppg). The Rebels are sixth in the SEC in 3-point shooting accuracy (31.7%) and fourth in the conference in 3-point shooting defense (29.3%)). Mississippi is fourth in the conference in assists with 224 so far this season. Assist to turnover ratio (5th, 1.0) is another stat in which the Rebels excel. The Rebels are 14th in the league in blocked shots (2.8 bpg).

LSU should win this game, unless the team is still hung over from the football Tigers national championship party.

LSU-Ole Miss Prediction

LSU 76, Ole Miss 70


Saturday‘s game tips off at 8:00 p.m. ET (7 p.m. CT). TV: ESPN2.

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