Millinghaus Scores Final Eight Points For Rebels<\/p>\n
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP)\u00a0<\/strong>– Freshman Derrick Millinghaus<\/a> scored Ole Miss’ final eight points but missed a jumper at the buzzer as Ole Miss fell 69-67 at Texas A&M on Wednesday.<\/p>\n Elston Turner had 37 points, including a career-high seven 3-pointers, to help Texas A&M to the win.<\/p>\n Millinghaus made a free throw before the Rebels got the ball back after a shot-clock violation. Millinghaus hit a layup with 44 seconds left to cut A&M’s lead to 67-65.<\/p>\n Turner then hit a jump shot from the corner with 16 seconds left to extend the lead.<\/p>\n Millinghaus made two more free throws with 10 seconds remaining, and the Rebels had to foul three consecutive times to get into the bonus. Star Marshall Henderson<\/a> fouled out on the last foul in that span.<\/p>\n Turner missed his free throw with 5 seconds left, but Millinghaus, a freshman, missed a shot at the buzzer to give A&M (15-9, 5-6 SEC) the win.<\/p>\n Ole Miss (18-6, 7-4) has dropped four of its last five games after opening SEC play 6-0.<\/p>\n Texas A&M held Henderson, who entered the game leading the SEC in scoring with 19.9 points a game, to 10 points. Millinghaus and Reginald Buckner<\/a> scored 13 points each for Mississippi. Eight of the points by Millinghaus came in the last 4 minutes, and Buckner had 15 rebounds.<\/p>\n It was the most points for Turner since he scored a career-best 40 in a win at Kentucky last month. He set a record for most points at Reed Arena, outdoing the 36 Baylor’s Curtis Jerrells scored in a five-overtime win against A&M in 2008.<\/p>\n This was only the second meeting between these new conference foes, and the first since an A&M win on Dec. 30, 1972. The Rebels were playing in Texas for the first time since a trip to the NCAA round of 16 in San Antonio in 2001.<\/p>\n Turner bounced back from a terrible shooting performance in Saturday’s loss at Georgia, when he was just 2 of 14 from the floor.<\/p>\n Fabyon Harris added 13 points and had three steals for Texas A&M.<\/p>\n A 3-point play by Millinghaus got the Rebels within three points with just under 4 minutes left, but a layup by Kourtney Roberson pushed the lead to 67-62 a few seconds later. Ole Miss had cut the lead to four points with a layup by Nick Williams<\/a> before Harris scored four quick points to make it 65-57 with less than 6 minutes remaining.<\/p>\n Texas A&M trailed by one point before using a 6-2 run, with two 3-pointers by Turner in less than a minute, to take a 59-54 lead midway through the second half.<\/p>\n Ole Miss led 38-35 at halftime, but Turner opened the second-half with a 3-pointer to tie it. The Aggies were down by two points a few minutes later after a dunk by Buckner before scoring five straight points to take a 49-46 lead, and they didn’t trail again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"