Coach Kermit Davis and Ole Miss basketball (19-11, 9-8) faced No.6 Kentucky (25-5,14-3)Tuesday night at The Pavilion in Oxford. The Rebels entered the midweek matchup hunting their twentieth win of the season and were coming off a 74-73 SEC road loss to Arkansas. Kentucky was coming off a 71-52 road loss to Tennessee. Both the Rebels and the Wildcats were looking to get back in the win column Tuesday night.
The Rebels started the game strong and despite several lead changes in the first half were able to take a 39-38 lead into the locker room at the break.