The Ole Miss Rebels beat the Murray State Racers 78-73 Thursday evening in the Pavilion, but the game was not as close as the score entailed.
The Rebels ended the first half up 43-31 thanks to the early contributions from Deandre Burnett and Terence Davis. Burnett finished with 24 points and Davis finished with 16 points. The Rebels continued the impressive showing into the second half and found themselves up over the Racers 72-56 with 4:40 remaining in the game. Then the team found themselves struggling to close another game as Murray State went on an incredible run and were only trailing by 4 points with 18 seconds left to play in the game.