Ole Miss knocks off No. 19 Arkansas
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Fayetteville, AR (SportsNetwork.com) - Stefan Moody had 18 points, Jarvis Summers scored 17 and Ole Miss knocked off No. 19 Arkansas 96-82 on Saturday night.
The Rebels never trailed over the final 34 1/2 minutes and led by as many as 18 points on the way to ending Arkansas' 16-game home winning streak.
Sebastian Saiz and Dwight Coleby added 12 points each for Ole Miss (11-6, 2-2 SEC) and Coleby had 10 rebounds.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}SEC scoring leader Bobby Portis led Arkansas (13-4, 2-2) with 23 points and 10 rebounds while Rashad Madden and Michael Qualls each scored 22 in the loss -- the second in a row for the Razorbacks, who fell at Tennessee on Tuesday after trimming a 16-point deficit to one in the final minute.
There was no such push in this one.
Arkansas took its final lead on Qualls' 3-pointer to make it 9-8 five minutes into the game.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Six Ole Miss players scored during a 16-1 run after that, with Ladarius White's 3-pointer making it 24-10 with 11 1/2 minutes remaining in the first half.
Arkansas never got closer than seven the rest of the way and trailed 52-40 at halftime.
The Rebels shot better than 74 percent from the field in the first half and extended their lead to 17 less than two minutes into the second.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}They were coming off a loss to LSU on Wednesday and haven't dropped back-to- back games yet this season.
Game Notes
It was the first time this season Arkansas lost while scoring at least 80 points (9-1) ... In the last meeting between the teams, Arkansas made 17 3- pointers and led by as many as 43 in a 110-80 win over Ole Miss on March 5 last year, snapping a six-game losing streak in the series. The Razorbacks were 8-of-22 from 3-point range in this one and the Rebels went 8-for-15 ... Ole Miss plays at Georgia on Tuesday ... Arkansas faces Alabama next Thursday.