National Basketball Association
Mississippi 77, Georgia Tech 67
When: 4:30 PM ET, Friday, November 29, 2013
Where: Barclays Center, Brooklyn, New York
Officials:
# Gerry Pollard, # Wally Rutecki, # Ted Valentine
Attendance:
N/A
By SportsDirect Inc.
Mississippi 77, Georgia Tech 67: Marshall Henderson hit four 3-pointers and the Rebels used an early 10-0 spurt to down the Yellow Jackets in the Barclays Center Classic in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Henderson finished with 15 points for Mississippi (5-0), which will play Penn State in the tournament title game Saturday. Derrick Millinghaus led the Rebels with 16 pointsand Demarco Cox added 15 points and 13 rebounds.
Solomon Poole scored a career-high 24 points on 5-for-9 from 3-point range to lead Georgia Tech (5-2), which meets St. John’s in the consolation game Saturday. Robert Carter Jr. finished with 11 points and 13 rebounds.
Henderson sparked 10 consecutive points by the Rebels in the first half, hitting back-to-back 3-pointers as Mississippi turned a tie at 9 into a 19-9 lead with 11 minutes left. The Rebels scored eight of the final 10 points before intermission, and Henderson’s 3-pointer with 17 seconds to go sent Mississippi into the locker room with a 35-21 advantage.
The Yellow Jackets drew within 13 points early in the second half, but the Rebels quickly extended their cushion to 20 on a pair of Millinghaus free throws with 14:15 to play. Poole scored 11 points in the final four minutes for Georgia Tech.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Henderson extended his streak of consecutive games with a made 3-pointer to 40. … Carter posted his third consecutive game with double-digit rebounds. … Mississippi and Georgia Tech had not played since 1964; the Yellow Jackets lead the all-time series 11-9.
Top Game Performances
Georgia Tech |
|
Mississippi |
Solomon Poole 24 |
Scoring |
Derrick Millinghaus 16 |
Trae Golden 5 |
Assists |
Marshall Henderson 3 |
Robert Carter 13 |
Rebounds |
Demarco Cox 13 |
Robert Carter 4 |
Free Throws Made |
Derrick Millinghaus 5 |
Marcus Georges-Hunt 2 |
Steals |
Marshall Henderson 3 |
Marcus Georges-Hunt 1 |
Blocks |
Aaron Jones 4 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Georgia Tech
|
67 |
36.5 |
7-20 |
14-22 |
14 |
36 |
2 |
7 |
12 |
Mississippi
|
77 |
43.5 |
8-21 |
15-21 |
12 |
37 |
10 |
6 |
10 |