Auburn Tigers at Ole Miss Rebels
· NCAA Men's Basketball
62 - 65
Mississippi tops Auburn 65-62
Aaron Jones added 12 points, seven rebounds, five blocks and five steals for the Rebels (10-4), who were playing without suspended leading scorer Marshall Henderson.
Ole Miss has won five straight in the series against the Tigers. The Rebels won despite being outrebounded 40-30 and giving up 19 offensive rebounds.
Auburn (8-4) was led by Chris Denson's 28 points while KT Harrell added 11. Harrell missed a 3-pointer that could have tied the game on the final possession.
The loss snapped the Tigers' four-game winning streak.
Auburn's backcourt of KT Harrell and Denson ranked one-two in the SEC in scoring coming into Thursday's game, but foul trouble kept Harrell off the floor for a big chunk of the second half, so the offensive load fell to Denson.
The 6-foot-2 guard responded brilliantly, pouring in points from all over the court, though he missed his final five shots in a 10-of-25 performance. The problem was he didn't have much help.
Jones also had a huge block with 25 seconds left, swatting away Malcolm Canada's layup attempt that would have made it a one-possession game.
It's a deflating loss for the Tigers, who had played their best basketball of the season coming into the Ole Miss game. Their four-game winning streak included victories over Boston College and Clemson.
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Statistics
 AUB |
 MISS |
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|---|---|---|
| 22-56 | FG | 23-53 |
| 39 | Field Goal % | 43 |
| 8-22 | 3PT | 7-14 |
| 36 | Three Point % | 50 |
| 10-15 | FT | 12-21 |
| 67 | Free Throw % | 57 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 30 |
| 19 | Offensive Rebounds | 13 |
| 21 | Defensive Rebounds | 17 |
| 13 | Assists | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 10 |
| 5 | Blocks | 7 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 0 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 18 | Total Turnovers | 9 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Points Off Turnovers | 0 |
| 0 | Fast Break Points | 0 |
| 0 | Points in Paint | 0 |
| 20 | Fouls | 13 |
Game Information
Location: Oxford, MS
Attendance: 6,355 | Capacity:
2025-26 Southeastern Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | 16-2 | - | 27-8 |
| Arkansas | 13-5 | 3 | 28-9 |
| Alabama | 13-5 | 3 | 25-10 |
| Vanderbilt | 11-7 | 5 | 27-9 |
| Tennessee | 11-7 | 5 | 25-12 |
| Texas A&M | 11-7 | 5 | 22-12 |
| Georgia | 10-8 | 6 | 22-11 |
| Kentucky | 10-8 | 6 | 22-14 |
| Missouri | 10-8 | 6 | 20-13 |
| Texas | 9-9 | 7 | 21-15 |
| Auburn | 7-11 | 9 | 22-16 |
| Oklahoma | 7-11 | 9 | 21-16 |
| Mississippi State | 5-13 | 11 | 13-19 |
| Ole Miss | 4-14 | 12 | 15-20 |
| South Carolina | 4-14 | 12 | 13-19 |
| LSU | 3-15 | 13 | 15-17 |