ATLANTA — Six-seed Ole Miss was a -3.5 underdog heading into Friday’s Sweet 16 matchup against the Michigan State Spartans, but they sure didn’t play like it for most of the game. That made the Rebels’ 70-73 loss to Michigan State even more painful.
The first half was mostly the Rebels’ show. They held a lead over MSU for 18:31, they never trailed, and they scored nine points off turnovers, 18 in the paint, but were just four of 14 from behind the three-point line. During the regular season that was the Rebels’ strength — incidentally, defending the three is a strength for the Spartans, which made this
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