If you woke up Tuesday morning with a craving for an entertaining basketball game taking place in a blizzard on the New Jersey coast, Ole Miss and Monmouth delivered the goods. The two teams traded made basket after made basket for the better part of 37 minutes before Ole Miss gained the slightest of upper hands late in the second half to pull away for a 91-83 win.
Led by Sebastian Saiz’s 23 points and 11 rebounds (YAWN - yet another double-double) and Deandre Burnett’s 15 second-half points (17 total), the Rebels scored 52 points in the final 20 minutes, while Monmouth was unable to keep pace thanks to a few spurts of defense here and there from Ole Miss.