Georgia Bulldogs vs Mississippi Rebels Box Score on Feb 23, 2019

Ole Miss guard Breein Tyree scored 14 of his 17 points in the second half as the Rebels held on for a 72-71 win over Georgia -- surviving a last-second 3-point attempt by the Bulldogs' Tyree Crump -- in an SEC game Saturday afternoon at Oxford, Miss.

Several team members of Ole Miss (19-8, 9-5 SEC) knelt during the national anthem before the game. According to media reports, the team's decision to take a knee occurred because of a pro-Confederate rally at Oxford Square, one mile from The Pavilion at Ole Miss.

Rayshaun Hammonds scored 16 points for Georgia (10-17, 1-13), which has lost eight straight and 12 of its past 13 games.

A 9-0 run, highlighted by seven points from Tyree, pushed the Rebels' lead to 64-56 with 5:38 remaining. Tyree answered with his third 3-pointer of the game after Georgia cut the lead to four, giving Ole Miss a 67-60 margin with 4:04 left.

Jordan Harris scored seven straight points for Georgia to tie the game at 69 with 1:36 remaining.

After a 3-pointer by Devontae Shuler of Ole Miss, Georgia's Nicolas Claxton made a jumper in the paint with 1:02 left to cut the Rebels' lead to 72-71.

Each team had a failed possession before Tyree was fouled with 11 seconds left. He missed the front end of the one-and-one situation and Georgia called timeout after Hammonds grabbed the rebound.

Crump's 3-point attempt at the buzzer, while triple-teamed, was off the mark.

Shuler finished with 16 points and Terence Davis had 15 for Ole Miss. Georgia's Harris had 15 points, making all five of his field-goal attempts and all five of his free-throw tries. Claxton had 13.

After Georgia took an 18-15 lead with 11:46 left in the first half, Ole Miss went on a pivotal 16-2 run to take a 31-20 lead with 7:31 remaining in the half. Four 3-pointers by Shuler, Bruce Stevens, Davis and Blake Hinson fueled the rally. The Bulldogs went 1 of 4 with three turnovers in that stretch.

After trailing 39-29 at halftime, Georgia immediately rallied at the start of the second half, scoring eight unanswered points. Claxton, who made two shots in the run, cut the lead to 39-37 with 17:32 left on a layup.

The Bulldogs retook the lead at 43-41 on a layup by Harris with 15:53 remaining. They built a lead of 54-49 with 10:57 left but in less than two minutes, Ole Miss rallied for six consecutive points to take a 55-54 lead.

--Field Level Media