Mississippi Rebels vs Alabama Crimson Tide Box Score on Dec 29, 2020

Sophomore Jahvon Quinerly scored a career-high 24 points to lead Alabama to a 82-64 victory over Ole Miss in a Southeastern Conference opener Tuesday night in Tuscaloosa, Ala.

Veteran John Petty Jr. added 13 points for the Crimson Tide (6-3, 1-0) after sitting out the previous game for undisclosed reasons. Alex Reese scored 10 points.

Romello White, a graduate transfer from Arizona State, led the Rebels (5-2, 0-1) with a season-high 20 points while KJ Buffen added 15 points before fouling out with 6:33 remaining in the game.

Herbert Jones, the Tide's No. 2 scorer entering the game with a 13.3 average, fouled out just 29 seconds later, finishing with three points in nine minutes.

The Rebels cut a 12-point deficit early in the second half down to 49-43 at the 15:05 mark before the Tide got rolling. Over the next six minutes while the Rebels were going nearly that stretch between baskets, the Tide built a 63-48 cushion with 9:05 remaining.

The Rebels went on a 7-0 run but the Tide got five quick points to get back up by double digits. Their biggest lead was the final score.

Alabama's 43-34 lead at the break on the strength of 15-of-32 shooting represented the most points and field goals the Rebels had given up in the first half all season. The Tide's total for the game also was a season high against the Rebels, who had held their first six foes to 52.7 points a game.

The Tide shot out to a 5-0 lead and held their first double-digit advantage at 23-11 as the Rebels struggled with turnovers, committing eight through the first eight minutes.

A 9-0 Ole Miss run cut that to 23-20, but the Tide went back up 37-26 approaching the three-minute mark of the first half. Buffen got the Rebels within 41-34 with six consecutive points, but Petty's dunk with four seconds left off Reese's alley-oop pass restored Bama's nine-point halftime cushion.

--Field Level Media