Feb. 16, 2011
Oxford, Miss. - Zach Graham scored a career-high 30 points on seven three-pointers to lead Ole Miss to a 90-59 victory over Auburn in Tad Smith Coliseum on Wednesday. Chris Denson had a career-high 16 points to lead the Tigers.
Ole Miss (17-9, 5-6) led 10-2 early and ended the first half on a 19-5 run in the last 6:35 to lead 39-22 at the half. The Rebels made seven first half 3-pointers to break the game open. Auburn (9-16, 2-9) had closed the margin to 20-17 on a pair of Josh Wallace foul shots.
"It just makes it hard when you can't score," said Auburn head coach Tony Barbee. "It goes back to what we did in the first half. We played good defense and had them stuck on 15 for five minutes. We just couldn't score."
Auburn scored the first four points of the second half on a pair of steals and baskets by Kenny Gabriel and Allen Payne but that is as close as the Tigers would get the rest of the way at 39-26.
The Tigers shot only 41.2 percent from the floor and 20 percent (3-of-15) from 3-point range while the Rebels were 56.8 percent from the field and a torrid 52 percent (13-of-25) from behind the arc.
Auburn plays host to No. 18 Vanderbilt on Saturday at 3 pm Central in Auburn Arena. The game will be televised by the SEC Network.