Mississippi 64, Vanderbilt 52: Marshall Henderson scored 23 points and the Rebels advanced to the SEC tournament title game for the first time since 2001, pulling away from the pesky Commodores in the second half at Nashville, Tenn.
Mississippi (25-8), the No. 3 seed, will face top-seeded Florida in Sunday's championship game. The Rebels won despite missing 16 free throws and hitting 4-of-19 from 3-point range.
Reginald Buckner had 15 points and nine rebounds for Mississippi. Murphy Holloway added 12 points and eight boards for the Rebels.
Vanderbilt (16-17) took a 26-18 lead with 4:06 to play in the first half on a Sheldon Jeter 3-pointer, but Ole Miss recorded the last eight points of the half. Vanderbilt went the first 2:22 of the second half without a point as well before scoring eight straight for a 34-30 lead.
From there it was all Rebels, though, with Mississippi going on a 28-6 run to forge an 18-point advantage with 3:26 to play. Henderson had 10 of the Rebels' points during the run.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Kedren Johnson was the only Vanderbilt player to score in double figures with 12. … A day after scoring the final five points in Ole Miss' two-point win over Missouri, Derrick Millinghaus was scoreless, shooting 0-of-5 from the field, including 0-of-4 from 3-point range. … The Commodores hit 6-of-30 from 3-point range.
Mississippi | Vanderbilt | |
Marshall Henderson 23 | Scoring | Kedren Johnson 12 |
Marshall Henderson 2 | Assists | Kedren Johnson 3 |
Reginald Buckner 9 | Rebounds | Kevin Bright 8 |
Marshall Henderson 6 | Free Throws Made | Josh Henderson 3 |
Reginald Buckner 2 | Steals | Kevin Bright 1 |
Reginald Buckner 1 | Blocks | Kevin Bright 1 |
Team | Points | FG% | 3PM-3PA | FTM-FTA | Assists | Rebounds | Blocks | Steals | Turnovers |
Mississippi | 64 | 44.0 | 4-19 | 16-32 | 8 | 37 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
Vanderbilt | 52 | 33.9 | 6-30 | 8-12 | 11 | 35 | 3 | 3 | 10 |