The No. 16 Ole Miss Rebels' second defeat of the season came by the hands of the Memphis Tigers on Saturday in an 87-70 final score, marking the most points Ole Miss has allowed this season. The loss was only the second for Ole Miss (11-2) this season,

Memphis needs as many such wins as it can get, considering AAC play will afford it very few opportunities to enhance its NCAA Tournament seeding prospects. Currently, only four of the Tigers' 18 conference games would count as Quad 2 opportunities and none would count as Quad 1.

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The Ole Miss Rebels have enjoyed a solid start to non-conference play this season, currently holding an 11-1 record with one game left before opening the SEC portion of the schedule. That one game comes on Saturday when the Rebels travel to take on the Memphis Tigers.

The Rebels (11-1) are ranked No. 16 in the nation in the latest AP poll while the Tigers (9-3) have climbed into the top 25 only to fall out and then climb back in and fall out ag