As Ole Miss worked to trim Missouri’s lead down in the second half, they were able to narrow things to a single possession just once when Sean Pedulla converted a layup to make the score 54-51. 15 seconds later Caleb Grill buried a three pointer to push the lead back to 6, within a few more minutes it was back to 9. By the time 5 minutes of game clock had passed the lead was 12.
Once Missouri answered Ole Miss’s 8-0 to start the game with a 12-0 run of their own, this never felt like a game the Rebels were going to win.