It wasn’t the prettiest display of basketball, but Ole Miss got a sloppy victory Monday night as they beat the Montevallo Falcons 77-62.
Ten different players saw action for Ole Miss, all of whom scored and tallied a rebound.
Four newcomers logged double-digit minutes, led by junior guard Marshall Henderson, who scored a team-high 19 points, to go along with five assists.
Head coach Andy Kennedy was pleased to play a lot of people and attributed the sloppy play to tempo.
“You can tell the guys that haven’t done it very much because they are going super fast,” Kennedy said. “And not always making the best decision with the ball.”
Ole Miss committed 15 turnovers and only two Rebels didn’t commit a turnover. A much smaller Montevallo managed to equal Ole Miss in rebounds with 41, while the Falcons had 19 offense rebounds to the Rebels’ seven.
“I thought they were more physical than us at times,” Kennedy said. “Especially when we had our young guys out there.”
After going 1-for-7 from behind the arc in the first half, Henderson finished the game 5-for-12 from 3-point range and 6-for-15 from the floor. Senior forward Murphy Holloway added 12 points and six rebounds, but also received a technical foul in the first half. Sophomore forward Aaron Jones received a technical foul as well and fouled out in 13 minutes of action.
On the defensive end, Ole Miss held the Falcons to 26.5 percent from the field. The Rebels also had nine blocks by seven different players. Sophomore guard Troran Brown had 21 points to lead the Falcons.
Ole Miss was just 9-for-16 from the free throw line in the game, as six different Rebels missed a free throw.
Three Rebels did not play against Montevallo. Junior center Demarco Cox had an ankle injury and is expected to return to practice in about a week, junior forward Jason Carter has been suspended for a “violation of team rules” and freshman guard Derek Millinghaus has “an academic issue,” according to Kennedy.
Ole Miss will open the regular season on Friday at 8 p.m. against Mississippi Valley State in the Tad Smith Coliseum.
“I don’t feel like we played as good as I wanted us to play,” Holloway said. “I think we’re ready. I think we needed this game.”
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