Chris Warren scored a career-high 32 points, including 11 in
overtime, and No. 20 Mississippi erased a double-digit deficit for
the third straight game, beating Texas-El Paso 91-81 on Wednesday
night.
Terrico White hit two rally-starting 3-pointers and had three
key rebounds in the final minutes, finishing with 19 points for the
Rebels (9-1), who won their fifth straight.
Warren scored 17 points in the first 15 minutes of the game,
but the Miners (5-2) held him scoreless for the next 24 minutes and
built a 12-point lead with 5:31 to play.
Warren's two free throws with 48 seconds left gave Ole Miss a
72-70 lead, but Arnett Moultrie hit a short jumper with 10 seconds
left in regulation.
Warren was 9 of 10 from the free throw line in overtime.
Randy Culpepper scored 19 points for the Miners and Derrick
Caracter finished with 15.
