Ole Miss is still going dancing, but it’ll limp its way onto the floor. The Rebels blew a 16-point second-half lead against Alabama on Thursday night, bowing out of the SEC Tourney with a 62-57 defeat. They’ll head to the NCAA Tournament losers of four of their last five games.
Freshman Blake Hinson gave the Rebels a 40-24 lead when he buried a jumper 18 seconds into the second half, but the scoring all but dried up from there. Ole Miss managed just three points over the next seven minutes of game time as the Tide, which looked buried at halftime, roared into the lead with a 20-3 run.