Ole Miss beat Southeastern Louisiana 91-51 on Tuesday night at The Sandy and John Black Pavilion, and the Rebels did it with their hands. Ole Miss had 16 steals, forced 23 turnovers and turned them into 39 points, while the Lions scored nine off the Rebels’ eight giveaways. Ole Miss is 3-0. Southeastern Louisiana fell to 1-2.
It did not start that way. The Lions scored the game’s first basket and led 11-8 at the 16:29 mark of the first half, the last lead they would hold. Ole Miss answered with nine straight points, two of them on a Santiago Trouet floater off a Budd Clark assist, and went ahead 17-11.
The game broke open over the final seven minutes of the half. After a Southeastern Louisiana free throw made it 26-14, the Rebels scored 12 in a row: a Trouet layup, two Ilias Kamardine free throws, a Christian Brown layup, then back-to-back threes from Corey Stephenson and Zach Day, both off Kamardine passes. Ole Miss went to the locker room up 49-20.
Clark scored the last basket of the first half and the first three points of the second, and the lead grew from there, reaching 45 before the reserves closed it out. Ole Miss won the second half 42-31.
The numbers underneath were lopsided across the board. Ole Miss shot 34 of 66 (52 percent) and 8 of 19 from three, assisted on 23 of its 34 baskets, and outscored the Lions 50-18 in the paint and 27-0 on the fast break. Southeastern Louisiana shot 18 of 51 (35 percent) and 3 of 17 from three, with five assists against those 23 turnovers. The Rebels won the glass 37-33.
Standouts
Budd Clark led everyone with 23 points on 10-of-13 shooting in 25 minutes, adding three rebounds, three assists and two steals.
Santiago Trouet came off the bench again and went 6 of 8 for 12 points with seven rebounds in 19 minutes.
Ilias Kamardine had 12 points, seven assists and no turnovers, and made all five of his free throws. Corey Stephenson added 12 points, four rebounds, three steals and two blocks.
Ben Henshall matched Kamardine with seven assists and had three steals. Christian Brown scored 11 on 4-of-5 shooting in 10 minutes.
Southeastern Louisiana’s leading scorer had 13 points off the bench. The Lions’ leader in minutes went 3 of 14 from the floor.
What’s next
Ole Miss hosts Nicholls next Tuesday, Nov. 17, at 7:30 p.m. CT at the Pavilion, then heads to the Maui Invitational to open against Clemson on Nov. 23.
Stats via ESPN; official box score at olemisssports.com.
Photo: Ole Miss head coach Chris Beard, March 11, 2026, at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville. Mandatory Credit: Steve Roberts-Imagn Images.
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