In Ole Miss’ first game back as a top-25 ranked team, they suffered possibly their worst loss of the season to the tigers of LSU, as LSU (13-3, 3-0) dispatched the Rebels 83-69 behind 20 points and 9 assists from junior guard Tremont Waters.
The first four minutes of the game were ugly. At the first television timeout, the score was knotted at 4-4, each team shooting 25% from the field and logging three turnovers. Both teams flung punches back and forth, most barely hitting, and the score was tied at 31 at intermission.
31 points are the fewest Ole Miss has scored in a first half all season long—a byproduct of shooting 19% from three and missing five of nine attempts from the line.