SEC Basketball Preview/Prediction: Ole Miss at LSU

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Ole Miss visits LSU 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
Ole Miss	0.431	0.318	0.708	185	685	274	148	54	271
Ole Miss OPP	0.426	0.299	0.737	180	687	248	136	74	282
LSU	0.480	0.307	0.775	251	806	270	133	86	276
LSU OPP	0.410	0.334	0.706	219	642	250	127	58	260

Statistical Leaders

Ole Miss Scoring Leaders

PLAYER	TEAM	PPG	FGM	FTM	3PTM
PLAYER	TEAM	PPG	FGM	FTM	3PTM
Breein Tyree	Ole Miss	18.4	118	72	41
Blake Hinson	Ole Miss	11.2	62	27	28
Devontae Shuler	Ole Miss	10.7	76	38	24
KJ Buffen	Ole Miss	10.1	74	50	4
Bryce Williams	Ole Miss	4.1	20	20	9
Austin Crowley	Ole Miss	3.5	24	11	10
Sammy Hunter	Ole Miss	2.9	20	14	1

Ole Miss Rebounding Leaders

PLAYER	TEAM	OR	DR	TR	RPG
PLAYER	TEAM	OR	DR	TR	RPG
KJ Buffen	Ole Miss	38	83.0	121	6.1
Devontae Shuler	Ole Miss	14	80.0	94	4.7
Blake Hinson	Ole Miss	22	61.0	83	5.2
Breein Tyree	Ole Miss	6	64.0	70	3.7
Austin Crowley	Ole Miss	8	23.0	31	1.6
Sammy Hunter	Ole Miss	10	18.0	28	1.5
Luis Rodriguez	Ole Miss	11	15.0	26	5.2
Franco Miller Jr.	Ole Miss	3	14.0	17	1.3
Antavion Collum	Ole Miss	2	14.0	16	1.1
Bryce Williams	Ole Miss	4	9.0	13	0.8
Carlos Curry	Ole Miss	3	6.0	9	0.8
John McBride	Ole Miss	2	1.0	3	0.4

LSU Scoring Leaders

PLAYER	TEAM	PPG	FGM	FTM	3PTM
PLAYER	TEAM	PPG	FGM	FTM	3PTM
Skylar Mays	LSU	15.9	107	76	27
Emmitt Williams	LSU	14.0	102	71	4
Trendon Watford	LSU	13.4	100	57	11
Darius Days	LSU	11.7	87	34	25
Javonte Smart	LSU	11.7	86	36	26
Charles Manning Jr.	LSU	8.0	53	13	9
Aundre Hyatt	LSU	2.2	16	2	10

LSU Rebounding Leaders

PLAYER	TEAM	OR	DR	TR	RPG
PLAYER	TEAM	OR	DR	TR	RPG
Darius Days	LSU	57	96.0	153	7.7
Trendon Watford	LSU	43	101.0	144	7.2
Emmitt Williams	LSU	54	83.0	137	6.9
Skylar Mays	LSU	12	83.0	95	4.8
Javonte Smart	LSU	14	59.0	73	3.7
Charles Manning Jr.	LSU	9	40.0	49	3.1
Aundre Hyatt	LSU	9	35.0	44	2.2
Marlon Taylor	LSU	15	22.0	37	3.7
Courtese Cooper	LSU	4	9.0	13	1.6
James Bishop	LSU	1	3.0	4	0.3
Marshall Graves	LSU	0	4.0	4	0.4

NCAA RPI

Ole Miss: 109

LSU: 22

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

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

Scouting Report

Ole Miss (10-10, 1-6 SEC) fell to Auburn 83-82 in double overtime on Saturday in Oxford. Ole Miss dominated this game in the first half leading by as much as 18 points. The Rebels held a 37-20 lead at the half. In the second half the Rebels briefly led by 19 early in the half. After this point Auburn began to cut into the Rebel lead. With 10:05 remaining the Ole Miss lead had slipped to 50-43. Auburn narrowed the Rebel lead to 63-59 with 3:45 to play and then took a 66-64 edge on a Samir Doughty jump shot with just under a minute to play in regulation. Two Devontae Shuler free throws tied the game at 66 and the game would head to overtime. Auburn built a 75-70 lead with one minute to play in the first overtime but that period would end with score tied at 77. In the second overtime period Ole Miss forged an 82-78 edge with 3:04 remaining. However, Auburn scored the final five points of the period to gain an 83-82 victory. Shuler led the Rebels and all scorers in scoring with 26 points. Anfernee McLemore paced the Tigers with 19 points. The stats were fairly even except for rebounding and 3-point shooting. Auburn held a 45-33 rebounding edge and made 9/30 shots from 3-point range compared to Ole Miss’ 6 of 20 shots. Both teams hit 30% from 3-point range but the three more treys by the Tigers were significant in a game this close.

So far this season the Rebel’s Breein Tyree (18.9 ppg) is the team’s leading scorer. Blake Hinson (11.2 ppg), Devontae Shuler (10.7 ppg) and KJ Buffen (10.1, ppg) are the Rebel other top scorers. Buffen is also the Rebels top rebounder averaging 6.1 boards a game.

Ole Miss is No. 11 in scoring offense (68.8 ppg) in the SEC. They rank ninth in the conference in scoring defense (67.8 ppg). The Rebels are sixth in the SEC in 3-point shooting accuracy (31.9%) and fifth in the conference in 3-point shooting defense (31.8%). Mississippi is sixth in the conference in assists with 274 so far this season. Assist to turnover ratio (6th, 1.0) is another stat in which the Rebels excel. The Rebels are 14th in the league in blocked shots (2.7 bpg).

LSU (16-4, 7-0 SEC) defeated Alabama 90-76 on Wednesday night in Baton Rouge. Alabama led briefly in the opening minute of the game but LSU quickly took the lead and would never trail again. The Tiger led by as much as 20 in the opening stanza before heading to halftime up 51-33. In second half the closest Bama would get to LSU was 9 points with 13:15 to go in the game. That was the only time the Tide would be within double-digits in the second half. Jaden Shackelford led the Crimson Tide with 21 points. He made 5 of 14 from 3-point range. Emmitt Williams paced the Tigers with 23 points. Alabama made 10 of 38 3-point shots in this game. However, LSU was better from field goal range making 50.7% of shots to Alabama’s 41.1%. The Tigers also dominated at the foul line hitting an impressive 95% (19/20).

LSU averages 80.1 points per game, second in the SEC. The Tigers are allowing opponents 69.9 points per contest, 11th in the league. LSU as a team shoots 48% from the field, 30.7% from 3-point range, and 77.5% from the line. Skylar Mays leads the Tigers in scoring averaging 15.9 points per game. Darius Days paces the Tigers in rebounding averaging almost 7.7 boards a game.

Ole Miss had a big fish but let him (Auburn) get away. The Rebels are much better than their record indicates but they won’t win at LSU.

Ole Miss-LSU Prediction

LSU 77, Ole Miss 68

Saturday‘s game tips off at 12:00 p.m. ET (11 a.m. CT). TV: ESPN2.