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Malik Dia, Ole Miss Deal Texas Damaging Loss in Sec Tourney
Fifteenth-seeded Ole Miss overcame Texas with key scoring runs and forced 13 turnovers, disrupting Texas' NCAA Tournament chances, officials said.
- A 15th-seeded Mississippi upset unfolded when Malik Dia led Ole Miss with 23 points in a 76-66 win over Texas in Nashville on Wednesday.
- Texas entered the game needing at least one win to shore up its NCAA case after losing five of their last six games, putting their at-large hopes in doubt ahead of Selection Sunday.
- Defensively, Ole Miss pressured Texas by forcing 13 turnovers, recording 12 steals, and Ilias Kamardine scored six points in a 7-0 run that restored a double-digit lead, while AJ Storr scored 18 off the bench and added eight in the final 2 1/2 minutes.
- Ole Miss advances to play seventh-seeded Georgia on Thursday, while the upset damages Texas' NCAA at-large case ahead of Selection Sunday.
- Mississippi, coached by former Texas coach Chris Beard, produced an upset that reshapes the SEC Tournament bracket and sets up a potential meeting with No. 2-seed Alabama in the quarterfinals.
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Malik Dia scores 23 points, Ole Miss hands Texas damaging loss at SEC Tournament
Malik Dia scored 23 points, AJ Storr added 18 off the bench, and 15th-seeded Mississippi knocked off No. 10-seed Texas 76-66 in the second round of the SEC Tournament.
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