{"id":54775,"date":"2025-11-15T18:55:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T18:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/54775\/"},"modified":"2025-11-15T18:55:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T18:55:12","slug":"mens-basketball-wins-big-in-final-game-in-the-tad-pad-ole-miss-athletics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/54775\/","title":{"rendered":"Men’s Basketball Wins Big in Final Game in the Tad Pad – Ole Miss Athletics"},"content":{"rendered":"

OXFORD, Miss. \u00a0\u2013 \u00a0In the 703rd and final game in the C.M. “Tad” Smith Coliseum, the Ole Miss men’s basketball team took down CSU Bakersfield 82-60 on Friday night in front of a capacity sellout crowd.
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\nOle Miss (4-0) struck first with an opening tip-in bucket from James Scott<\/a> off the first of 20 offensive rebounds for the Rebels. Despite a strong start from the home team, CSU Bakersfield (2-2) managed to keep pace with Ole Miss. At the 8:42 mark, the visitor’s Jessamy Ronald hit a mid-range jumper to cut the Rebels’ lead to just three, 18-15.
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\nOle Miss responded with its first three-pointer of the game from Patton Pinkins<\/a> to push the lead to six, 21-15.
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\nThe three sparked the tempo for the Rebels’ offense for the rest of the first half as Ole Miss would head into the break with a 10-point lead, 38-28.
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\nThe Rebels never looked back in the second period. At the 17:22 minute mark, AJ Storr<\/a> converted an and-one fastbreak layup, setting the score at 44-33 in favor of Ole Miss. The home team pushed their lead as high as 25 with 2:34 remaining, eventually winning by 22.
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\nThree Rebels scored in double digits as Storr lead the way with 14 points, followed by Malik Dia<\/a> and Ilias Kamardine<\/a> each with 10.
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\nOle Miss dominated the glass, outrebounding the Roadrunners 43-34, while grabbing 20 on the offensive end, the most by a Chris Beard team during his tenure in Oxford.
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\nOle Miss returns to action in the SJB Pavilion on Tuesday, November 18 in a matchup against Austin Peay. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. on SEC Network+.
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\nNOTABLES<\/p>\n


\n\tThis was the 703rd game played in C.M. “Tad” Smith Coliseum and\u00a0the team’s 493rd win.
\n\tOle Miss’s 20 offensive rebounds were the most in the Chris Beard era and the most since the 2022 season opener.
\n\tThe team’s 10 steals and eight blocks were each season bests. <\/p>\n

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