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Davis, Saiz lead Ole Miss over Mississippi St.

OXFORD, Miss. -- Terence Davis scored 18 points, Sebastian Saiz added 17 and Mississippi pulled away to easily beat Mississippi State 88-61 on Tuesday night.

Ole Miss (13-9, 4-5 Southeastern Conference) won for just the fourth time in the past 10 games. The 6-foot-9 Saiz also had 11 rebounds to finish with his 15th double-double of the season.

Mississippi State (13-8, 4-5) cut the Ole Miss lead to 64-54 with 10:39 remaining, but the Rebels scored the next 12 points to put the game out of reach.

The Bulldogs were led by Quinndary Weatherspoon and Lamar Peters, who both scored 16 points.