Daeshun Ruffin will miss the rest of the season after suffering a torn ACL in his right knee during the second half of Ole Miss’s 76-72 victory against LSU last Tuesday.
Ruffin, a freshman, was playing at an extremely high level prior to the injury. Ruffin was averaging 12.6 points, 3.4 assists and 2.3 steals per game. The week before his injury, he had been named the SEC Player of the Week.
Junior guard Jarkel Joiner was Ole Miss’s leading scorer (13.6 points per game) before he suffered a back injury against Texas A&M on Jan. 11.