Alabama failed to get the victory Tuesday night at home against Ole Miss as the Rebels secured their first victory over an AP top 5 team on the road in school history with the final score being 74-64.

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Ole Miss got on the board first in Tuesday night's matchup against the Tide, which they answered back with a free throw from Tide's freshman guard Labaron Philon and a three-pointer by Senior guard Mark Sears off of an Ole Miss turnover which put the Tide up 4-2 with 17:59 to go in the first half.

 

Both teams struggled to find the basket for nearly three minutes, which saw both teams go scoreless, finally the drought ended after a made layup by Rebels' Foward Malik Dia. Following Dia's basket Ole Miss forced a turnover from the tied which resulted in a three-pointer from Rebels' guard Jaylen Murray to put Ole Miss up 7-4 with 15:13 left in the first half.

 

 

The Crimson Tide answered back quickly with an 8-0 run which started with two corner threes from Crimson Tide guard Chris Youngblood, and a monster dunk from Tide Foward Grant Nelson which put Alabama up 14-10 with 12:14  left in the first half.

 

 

Nelson exited the game at 11:48 in the first half after landing on his elbow after a hard foul on Nelson's attempted layup. Alabama's forward Clifford Omoruyi subbed in to shoot Nelson's free throw attempts which Omoruyi went 1-2 from the free throw line to put the Tide up 15-10.

 

After a quick trip to the locker room, Nelson was back on the court with 6:49 left in the game where he stayed in for the rest of the half as the Crimson Tide and the Rebels went back and forth with the Tide holding a 4-point lead going into the second half after a made three-pointer by Alabama's Sophmore guard Aden Holloway with six seconds left in the first half which made the score 36-32 going into the last half of this matchup.

 

First Half Leaders

 

Alabama- Aden Holloway (9 points)

Ole Miss- Malik Dia (12 Points)

 

 

Ole Miss got on the board first in the second half from a tough layup from Rebels' guard Sean Pedulla after two minutes of both teams being scoreless this was followed by another basket by the Rebels causing the score to be tied a 36 with 17:51 left in the final half of regulation.

 

 

The Rebels gained the lead after a three-pointer by Rebels guard Jaylen Murray this put Ole Miss up 41-40 going into the media timeout with 15:39 left in the contest.

 

 

 

Ole Miss expanded their lead to four after a made free throw by Rebels' guard Matthew Murrell. Alabama has struggled to score here in the second half with the Tide having multiple scoring droughts. Ole Miss leads 46-42 going into the media timeout with 12:10 left in the second half.

 

Going into the media timeout with 9 minutes left in the contest the Rebels took their largest lead of the matchup with Ole Miss going up by 10 after a three-pointer from Rebels' guard Matthew Murrell to make the score 56-46.

 

 

Nate Oats and his Crimson Tide kept fighting with them Tide bringing the deficit within six with 7:54 left in the matchup after a big-time dunk by Alabama's forward Jarin Stevenson that almost made the roof come off of Coleman Coliseum with the Tide down 56-50 in the final stretch of the second half.

 

Alabama found themselves back down by 10 points after a strong finish by Rebels' big man Malik Dia which made the score 51-61 with 4:31 left in the ball game. Dia recorded his first-ever double-double of his collegiate career with the Rebels' big man scoring 23 points to go along with his 19 rebounds.

 

 

Alabama made a final push at a comeback with the Tide bringing the deficit down to six points after a tip-in layup by Chris Youngblood with 58 seconds left in the ball game, but despite the effort the Rebels stayed efficient at the free throw line with Ole Miss shooting 14-16 from the charity stripe with the Rebels last eight points coming from the stripe with the final score being 74-64.

 

Stat Leaders

Points- Holloway (15)

Assists- Sears (5)

Rebounds- Nelson (8)

Steals- Sears & Nelson (1)

Blocks- Sears, Nelson, and Youngblood (1)

 

 

Alabama will fall to 14-3 on the season and 3-1 in conference play after Tuesday night's loss to Ole Miss as the Rebels pick up their first win against a top-five team on the road in school history.

 

 

 

The Crimson Tide will travel to Lexington Kentucky to play the Eighth-ranked Kentucky Wildcats at Rupp Arena this upcoming Saturday, January 18th, 2025.

 

 

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Gallery Credit: Jacob Harrison

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