Ole Miss tops No. 4 Tennessee in trio of top-20 men's hoops upsets

Ole Miss tops No. 4 Tennessee in trio of top-20 men’s hoops upsets


Ole Miss tops No. 4 Tennessee in trio of top-20 men’s hoops upsets

Ole Miss took no. 4 Tennessee, Uconn survived No. 20 Marquette and Oklahoma knocked No. 15 Missouri on Wednesday night in men’s hoops. Here is the recapitulation of the event:

Ole Miss Stuns No. 4 Tennessee 78-76 with the dominant second half of Brakefield

Ole Miss UPSets Tennessee

Only 24 hours after Tuesday’s chaos of senior night chaos, Ole Miss Arere no. 4 Tennessee 78-76 in Oxford to stamp the first season of the program with two victories over AP Top-5 in the same year.

Senior Jaemyn Brakefield ended the first half without score. But as the last seconds uncheck, Brakefield found himself in the middle of the sea red and dark blue-fans who attacked the court to celebrate his heroic team 19 points in 20 minutes.

With less than five minutes to play, both groups were blocked at 68-68. The insurgents took a four -point lead with a layout from Matthew Murrell and Dre Davis, but Felix Okpar quickly replied to Tennessee in color.

After an inverted call outside the Brakefield restriction, he attached his defender under the basket to distribute the second chance and captured help from Sean Pedully behind the baseline. The insurgents kept their four-point edge, 76-72 with less than a minute.

Igor Miličić Jr. Immediately put the rebels back in the corner and hit the 3-proof after Miss Zakai Zeigler and drew a foul in this process, which happened 76-76.

Ole Miss was based on the time limit and turned to the pedulle, which released and missed the arch from behind. With just a second, Brakefield undressed four orange jerseys to ensure the reflection and send, calling the game to 78-76 for the rebels.

Both groups fired 46% of the floor, and although the volunteers overtaken the rebels from Hluboký – they could not keep the brake and Ole Miss from the glass. The insurgents grabbed 15 offensive rebounds to eight Tennessee and accumulated 13 second chances.

With the help of Brakefield’s help Ole Miss, Tennessee also overtaken 46-20.

Four different rebels reached twice the characters, while Malik Dia and Dre Davis went for 13 points per piece. Jordan Gainey a total of 17 points, three rebounds and theft for volunteers.

The loss will be surprised for Tennessee doubles victory, which will generally bring volunteers to 24-6 and 11-6 in the conference game. Ole Miss improves in the season to 21-9 and 10-7 V Sec with defining victory to limit the senior Night.

Uconn knocks No. 20 Marquette

Alex Karaban celebrates after scoring in the game on March 5, 2025 against Marquette

UConn (21-9, 13-6 big east) took no.

This game was tight, none of the team led by more than seven points. The teams traded the leadership in the first half without any team unable to pull away, but Marquette was able to take the lead 36-33 in the dressing room in the middle.

Huskies, however, maintained the pace in the second and took over the lead with 10:04 to go in the middle. Uconn kept the lead and bounced off Marquette’s shooters to take home a win for the construction of momentum late in the regular season.

Alex Karaban led the way for Huskies with 21 points. Each of the appetizers of Uconn achieved two -digit points and Senior Samson Samson scored his first career, ended with 10 points and 11 rebounds.

Where Jones and David Joplin excelled for Marquette and earned 21 and 23 points. Bad three-point shooting held the golden eagles back when they went 3-for-22 from the arch.

Oklahoma stuns No. 15 Missouri

Okvs.mizzou

If you didn’t know Jeremiah Fears’ name before, you’ll do it right away. Freshman Oklahoma exploded for 31 points with a high career, and Sooons powered the disturbance of 96-84 over No. 15 Missouri. The victory not only avenged the 24-point loss of Oklahoma last month Mizza, but also provided by SOONERS (18-12, 5-12 s) their fifth victory over the evaluated team this season-maybe just in time to increase its NCAA tournament.

Missouri (21-9, 10-7 seconds) began slowly and never fully recovered after Oklahoma shot the blister 69% in the first half and built a lead of 50-37 during the break.

The defense of the tigers fought again and allowed the fourth 9th points in five games. Mark Mitchell led Mizza with 18 points, while Caleb Grill stinged at 16 points and eight rebounds. Meanwhile, Oklahoma was almost flawless on the free throw line and sank 25 out of 26 attempts, including 19 out of 20 in the second half.

Key statistics: Jeremiah Fears (ou): 31 points, 9-13 fg, 12-12 ft // Mark Mitchell (Miz): 18 points7-8 fg, 4-5 ft // Caleb Grill (Miz): 16 points, 8 Reb // Ou Team FT Shooting: 25-26 (96.2%) // OU The first half of FG%: 69%

What will be next?
Missouri will try to regroup at home against No. 19 Kentucky, while Oklahoma heads to Austin to clear the Red River with Texas.



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