Ole Miss played their third game in five days on Monday and at times it showed.
The Rebels grinded out their third straight win to open the season with their 68-54 victory over Central Arkansas at The Pavilion.
After cancelling the Justin Reed Classic during Thanksgiving week due to Ole Miss having to shutdown for two weeks amidst a COVID-19 throughout the program, the Rebels made up two of the games and Monday was one of those rescheduled dates.
With the loss of games early on, Ole Miss coach Kermit Davis opted to get as many games back on the schedule as possible and caused a hectic week of four games in a seven-day span.