MILWAUKEE — Sean Pedulla scored 20 factors, Jaemyn Brakefield had 19 and Mississippi beat Iowa State 91-78 on Sunday night time to achieve the Candy 16 of the NCAA Event for simply the second time at school historical past.
Mississippi (24-11) is certainly one of seven Southeastern Convention colleges nonetheless standing, probably the most groups any convention has despatched to the third spherical in a single season. Ole Miss followers began chanting “SEC!” with over 5½ minutes left and the sport effectively out of attain.
Subsequent up for the sixth-seeded Rebels is the winner of New Mexico-Michigan State in a South Area semifinal on Friday in Atlanta.
In its tenth NCAA Event look, Ole Miss has superior to its first regional semifinal since 2001. Second-year coach Chris Beard is engaged on one other March run after he directed Texas Tech to the 2019 NCAA Event ultimate.
Beard went from Texas Tech to Texas and was halfway by means of his second season with the Longhorns when he acquired fired in January 2023 after a home violence arrest. The costs have been finally dropped, and Ole Miss employed Beard simply two months after Texas let him go.
Now he’s trying to make a Ultimate 4 run at a second college.
Malik Dia scored 18 factors for Ole Miss, and Matthew Murrell had 15. Jaylen Murray completed with 11.
Curtis Jones had 26 factors for the third-seeded Cyclones (25-10). Joshua Jefferson scored 13 factors, and Nate Heise added 11.
