Ole Miss Rebels guard Ilias Carmardin (6) shoots a floater as the Auburn Tigers face the Ole Miss Rebels at Neville Arena in Auburn, Alabama, on Saturday, February 28, 2026. Ole Miss snapped Auburn’s seemingly slim March Madness dreams with an 85-79 Southeastern Conference road win Saturday night, snapping its longest losing streak since 2002-03.
The Rebels (12-17, 4-12 SEC) dropped their last 10 games but came back to life, posting their second-best shooting day of the season, making 31 of 58 shots (53.4%) from the field.
AJ Storr and Patton Pinkins led all scorers with 26 points each. Storr came off the bench to help the Rebels go 9-for-15 from the field to go with four assists. Pinkins made 8 of 10 shots, including 4 of 5 3-pointers, while Malik Dia made 10 of his shots.
Keyshawn Hall helped lead Auburn (15-14, 6-10) with 21 points, including making 9 of 10 free throw attempts. Tahad Pettiford had 24 points, Elijah Freeman had 15 and Kevin Overton had 10.
Auburn built an early lead in the second half, but Ole Miss responded with a 22-4 run to open the game and take a 67-55 lead with 7:32 left.
The Tigers got close, but the Rebels never relinquished the lead after that.
Ole Miss iced the game on a huge alley-oop on a second-chance dunk from James Scott, who had a season-high four blocks, extending the lead to 78-71 with 1:11 left.
With Storr’s help, Ole Miss’ bench dominated Auburn’s bench, outscoring the Tigers 28-4.
Both teams came out hot, with the Rebels making seven of their first eight shots and the Tigers making six of their first eight shots. Auburn fell behind by six early but used a 14-2 run capped by Filip Jovic’s acrobatic layup to take a 31-25 lead with 4:46 left in the first half.
The Rebels scored the final eight points of the first half, including a layup and jumper by Storr, to take a 38-37 lead at halftime.
Ole Miss made 16 of 27 shots (59.3%) and 5 of 11 3-pointers in the first half. Dia, Storr and Pinkins each scored in double figures in the first half, with the latter two scoring 10 points and the former 11.
Auburn made 14 of 26 shots (53.8%) in the first half, and Hall led the way with 10 points.
This was Ole Miss’ first win over Auburn, breaking a 10-game skid since the Rebels earned an 86-84 overtime win on Feb. 6, 2021.
–Field level media
