{"id":80235,"date":"2025-01-08T21:58:37","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T03:58:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/look-a-transfer-takeover-and-good-juju-had-ole-miss-cooking-in-fayetteville\/"},"modified":"2025-01-08T21:58:37","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T03:58:37","slug":"look-a-transfer-takeover-and-good-juju-had-ole-miss-cooking-in-fayetteville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/look-a-transfer-takeover-and-good-juju-had-ole-miss-cooking-in-fayetteville\/","title":{"rendered":"LOOK: A transfer takeover and good Juju had Ole Miss cooking in Fayetteville"},"content":{"rendered":"

Three one-and-done Ole Miss basketball transfers led the Rebels to their first win over Arkansas in nearly a decade on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Malik Dia, formerly of Belmont, earned some trust<\/a><\/strong> from second-year Ole Miss head coach Chris Beard with a team-high 21 points. Sean Pedulla (Virginia Tech) and Dre Davis (Seton Hall) had 16 and 10, respectively.<\/p>\n

All signed in an off-season transfer class ranked No. 16 nationally by On3. Ole Miss overcame a slow start for the 73-66 win.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe just had a lot of poise tonight,\u201d Beard said afterwards<\/a><\/strong>. \u201cWe knew the crowd was going to be a factor (and) kept Arkansas from having too many runs. They\u2019re an explosive team that can kind of knock you out in four-minute segments. We had some good possessions on offense and defense when the crowd was kind of getting ready to erupt. And I thought just team performance.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you want to win in this league, you\u2019ve got to have some \u2018A\u2019 performances. I already mentioned Matt (Murrell) and Dre stepping in the second half. Dia obviously had a big game. Juju (Murray) had six assists and only one turnover. Pedulla controlled it.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cJust had contributions from everybody. Every player that played tonight for Ole Miss brought a positive contribution to the game.\u201d<\/p>\n

RELATED: Everything Chris Beard said after Ole Miss\u2019 first win at Arkansas in a decade<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The No. 22-ranked Rebels are now 13-2 (2-0 SEC) on the season.<\/h2>\n

They held Arkansas (11-4, 0-2) to just 37.3 percent shooting (22-59) from the floor. The Razorbacks entered play ninth in the NCAA in field-goal percentage (50.7). Ole Miss is 8-0 this season when holding opponents under 40 percent.<\/p>\n

The Rebels only committed five turnovers. Ole Miss is eighth nationally in turnovers per game (9.3). Juju Murray came off the bench and had a season-high six rebounds to go with his six assists to only two turnovers. <\/p>\n

Murray was one of four Rebels with six or more rebounds. Davis tied his season-high with seven.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The included game highlights and photos were provided by Ole Miss Athletics.<\/em><\/h2>\n
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Ja\u2019Von Benson<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Matthew Murrell<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

John Bol<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Malik Dia<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Dre Davis<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Matthew Murrell<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Robert Cowherd, Cam Brent, Malik Dia and Sean Pedulla<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Ole Miss head coach Chris Beard<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Sean Pedulla and Juju Murray<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Malik Dia<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Sean Pedulla<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Eduardo Klafke<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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