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BOX SCORE
AUBURN, Ala. (AP) -- Reggie Sharp made his only two baskets of the day in the final 1:27 Saturday, lifting Auburn (No. 11 ESPN/USA Today, No. 12 AP) to a 75-72 win over Mississippi, the Tigers' 30th straight homecourt win.
Auburn was clinging to a 68-66 lead when Sharp, who had missed
his first five shots, sank a 3-pointer with 1:27 to play to put
Auburn up 71-66.
Mississippi's Jason Flanigan answered with a 3-pointer at the
other end to make it 71-69 with 1:03 to play, but Sharp hit running
jumper with 37 seconds left that made it 73-69.
Mississippi tried to answer with an other 3, but Jason Harrison
missed. Ole Miss fouled Daymeon Fishback on the inbound pass and
Fishback made both free throws to stretch Auburn's lead to 75-69.
Flanigan then hit a 3 with 3.8 seconds to play that made it
75-72. The Rebels then fouled Scott Pohlman on the inbound, and he
missed the front end of a one-and-one. Ole Miss' desperation shot
then fell short as time expired.
Auburn (21-4, 9-3 Southeastern Conference) avenged last month's
79-77 overtime loss to the Rebels and held on to its one-game lead
over LSU in the SEC Western Division standings.
Ole Miss (15-10, 3-9) dropped its third straight.
Pohlman led Auburn with 19 points. Doc Robinson and Chris Porter
scored 14 each and Mamadou N'diaye had 10.
Flanigan and Rahim Lockhart led Mississippi with 14 points each.
Harrison and Marcus Hicks both scored 13 and Lataryl Williams added
10.
Auburn had a 68-61 lead with 2:38 to play, but the quicker
Rebels closed the gap on a 3-pointer from Harrison, then Lockhart
drew Porter's fifth foul and sank both his free throws to cut the
score to 68-66 with 1:44 to play.
That's when Sharp, a junior who walked on at Auburn a year ago,
stepped up.
Ole Miss, which had a sizable height disadvantage against
Auburn, outrebound the Tigers 40-35.
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ALSO SEE
Mens College Basketball Scoreboard
Mississippi Clubhouse
Auburn Clubhouse
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