Despite a career-high scoring outing for Jarkel Joiner, the Ole Miss Men’s Basketball team couldn’t slow down a red-hot Alabama offense and fell to the Crimson Tide at home 97-83.
Ole Miss started the game hot with an early offensive explosion that lifted them to a nine-point lead in the game’s opening minutes. Joiner knocked down his first three shots, including a pair of threes, and the Ole Miss defensive pressure forced the Tide into some early turnovers which gave the Rebels a lot of early momentum.
Despite the hot start, the Alabama offense soon began to take advantage of the holes in the backside of the Ole Miss defense and was able to find an open man on the perimeter on several possessions which often led to easy scores.