OXFORD, Miss. — Much like the story of their season, a ragged start buried the Missouri Tigers early at Mississippi on Wednesday only to restore hope with a late surge.
In the penultimate game of the regular season — and another one bogged down by the officials’ endlessly bleating whistles — Mizzou fell behind by 15 points at The Pavilion at Ole Miss only to storm back and even the score early in the second half. In a matchup of teams trying to avoid playing on the first day of next week’s Southeastern Conference tournament, the Rebels turned to their headliner to squash the Tigers’ rally.