Tonight was the 255th installment of the Egg Bowl: hardwood edition. Coming into the game, the Rebels had won five of six, including four straight in Oxford versus the Bulldogs. From tipoff, the game had the look and feel of a rivalry game, except only one team really showed up to play. Ole Miss (12-9, 3-5) throttled Mississippi State (13-7, 4-4) 88-61, the largest victory over the Bulldogs since 1951.
Ole Miss took an 18-point advantage into halftime, leading the Bulldogs 51-33. The 51 first-half points scored by the Rebels amounted to their best offensive half of the season, due largely in part to the balanced attack of Sebastian Saiz, Rasheed Brooks, Terence Davis and Deandre Burnett, who combined for 43 of the Rebels’ first-half points.