After a first-half defensive performance that made Dave Wommack’s Egg Bowl showing look respectable, Ole Miss hoops couldn’t quite rally back in what may end up being a season-wrecking loss to Texas A&M. The Aggies, which hung 47 points in the first 20 minutes and held off a Rebels rally that tied the game with under two minutes, eventually won, 80-74, Wednesday night in the Pavilion.
In terms of postseason picture, this was a devastating loss, not because Texas A&M is a peak #SECFeverBasketball team (63rd KenPom; 98th RPI), but because it ends, or at least drains most of the life out of, any momentum Ole Miss had accrued during a two-game win streak.