Mississippi vs. LSU: Full Game Preview

Mississippi

(22-8, 6-7 away)

LSU

(18-10, 14-2 home)

Venue: Pete Maravich Center

1:30PM ET / 10:30AM PT, March 09, 2013

Team Leaders

	Points	Rebounds	Assists
Mississippi	M Henderson 19.6	M Holloway 9.6	J Summers 3.8
LSU	J O`Bryant III 13.7	J O`Bryant III 8.7	A Hickey 3.9

Ole Miss travels to Pete Maravich Center on Saturday to take on LSU. The game gets underway at 1:30 p.m. EST and you can see it on SEC Network. The Rebels are 5-3 against the Tigers over the last four years. The last time they played they won 72-48 on Feb. 25, 2012.

LSU is in seventh place in the conference and Ole Miss is in second place.

In an 87-83 triumph over Alabama on Mar. 5, Marshall Henderson put up 24 points for the Rebels. His 19.6 points per game is the highest mark on the team. In a 68-57 victory over Texas A&M on Mar. 6, Charles Carmouche put up 20 points and five rebounds for the Tigers. He contributes 4.1 rebounds per game in addition to his 10.9 points per game.

Ole Miss has a statistical advantage over LSU in one significant category, scoring, where the Rebels have an edge over the Tigers, 79.1 points per game to 71.5 points per game.

LSU StatSmack

Ole Miss is ranked higher than LSU in the SEC (No. 3 vs. No. 7).
Ole Miss has a better overall winning percentage over the last five years (62.2 percent to 53.5 percent).
Reginald Buckner is ranked 5th in the SEC in rebounds and 13th nationally in blocks.
The Ole Miss basketball team finishes what they start, with a better graduation rate than LSU (64 percent vs. 50 percent).
The Ole Miss rebounding leader (Murphy Holloway, 289 rebounds) has more rebounds than the LSU rebounding leader (Johnny O`Bryant III, 226 rebounds).
Ole Miss has a better conference record than LSU this season (11-6 vs. 9-8).
That must sting. Ole Miss has blown out LSU by 20 points or more on eight occasions since 1997.
Ole Miss embarrassed LSU by 24 points the last time they played (Feb 25, 2012).
Even computers respect Ole Miss more. Ole Miss has a better RPI this season than LSU (RPI: No. 57 vs. No. 82).
Marshall Henderson is ranked 15th nationally in points and 3rd nationally in three-pointers.
Ole Miss has a potent offense, scoring more points (79.1 per game vs. 71.5 per game) than LSU this season.

MISS Players		Mins	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
B	Murphy Holloway	31	15	10	1	2	1	2
B	M. Henderson	31	20	3	2	1	0	2
B	R. Buckner	28	9	8	1	1	3	1
C+	Jarvis Summers	27	9	2	4	1	0	2
C	Nick Williams	25	8	2	2	1	0	1
C	Aaron Jones	17	3	4	1	1	2	1
C	LaDarius White	20	7	3	1	1	0	1
C	D. Millinghaus	14	6	1	2	1	0	1
D+	M. Newby	7	2	1	1	1	0	1
D+	Terry Brutus	9	1	2	0	0	0	0
D+	Anthony Perez	7	2	2	0	0	0	1
D	Demarco Cox	6	2	1	0	0	0	0
D	Will Norman	2	1	1	0	0	0	0

LSU Players		Mins	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
B	Anthony Hickey	33	12	4	4	3	0	2
B	J. O`Bryant III	29	14	9	2	0	1	3
B-	C. Carmouche	26	11	4	4	2	0	2
B-	Shavon Coleman	28	11	6	1	1	1	2
C	Andre Stringer	30	10	2	2	1	0	2
C	Malik Morgan	19	6	3	1	1	0	1
C-	A. Del Piero	14	4	3	0	0	1	1
D+	Eddie Ludwig	12	3	3	1	0	0	2
D+	Shane Hammink	11	2	2	1	0	0	1
D	Corban Collins	10	3	1	1	0	0	1
D	Jalen Courtney	9	2	2	0	0	0	0