OXFORD, Miss. (AP) - Murphy Holloway scored 23 points and added eight rebounds as Mississippi placed four players in double figures Friday to defeat Lipscomb 91-45.
Nick Williams scored 14 points for the Rebels (5-0), while Reginald Buckner and Marshall Henderson added 10 apiece.
Stephen Hurt led Lipscomb (2-2) with 14 points and seven rebounds while John Ross Glover added 12 points. The Bisons struggled from the field, managing only 12 of 49 (24.5 percent).
Ole Miss raced to a 17-2 lead in the opening five minutes. The Rebels hit 6 of 7 shots in the early outburst, including 3-point shots from Henderson, Holloway and Williams.
"It was important to get off to that 17-2 start, especially against a team that wanted to set the tempo," Ole Miss coach Andy Kennedy said. "We did a pretty good job of maintaining that after halftime because they (Lipscomb) kept playing hard."
Ole Miss led 43-22 at halftime and by more than 30 points for most of the second half. The Rebels were 30 of 69 (43.5 percent) from the field and outrebounded the Bisons 43-38.
"Murphy is our swag and energy, so it was good to see him on those numbers," Kennedy said. "Marshall (Henderson) struggled a little bit with his shot, but I was excited to see him get seven rebounds and five assists. That was great."
Henderson, the leading scorer for the Rebels this season at 18.8 points per game, was a season-low 3 of 14 from the field, including 2 of 12 from 3-point range. When asked about Henderson's shooting performance, Kennedy smiled.
"Marshall will make them when they count," he said.
The Rebels will get a week's rest before hosting Rutgers in the Big East/SEC Challenge to conclude a six-game home stand.
"We've got two very difficult games coming up with Rutgers and a road game at Middle Tennessee State," Kennedy said. "I'm anxious to see where we are and those games will tell us a lot."
The Rebels improved to 56-2 against nonconference opponents at home during Kennedy's seven-year tenure.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Lipscomb (2-2) | 22 | 23 | 45 |
| Mississippi (5-0) « | 43 | 48 | 91 |
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| Lipscomb Bison | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Smith, F | 25 | 1-8 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| M. Smith, F | 20 | 0-6 | 4-6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| O. Garcia, C | 13 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| D. Alexander, G | 26 | 0-3 | 2-2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| K. Sankey, G | 26 | 1-4 | 3-8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| S. Hurt | 25 | 7-11 | 0-0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 14 |
| J. Glover | 21 | 2-6 | 7-9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| J. Hampton | 18 | 1-4 | 2-2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| T. Denny | 12 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| C. Johnson | 8 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| C. Sanderson | 6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Z. Ellis | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 12-49 | 19-29 | 38 | 8 | 26 | 45 | |
| 24.5% | 65.5% | ||||||
| Ole Miss Rebels | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Buckner, F | 25 | 3-4 | 4-7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| M. Holloway, F | 24 | 9-13 | 4-7 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 23 |
| J. Summers, G | 24 | 2-5 | 0-2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 |
| M. Henderson, G | 23 | 3-14 | 2-2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| N. Williams, G | 21 | 5-9 | 1-1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Newby | 20 | 0-5 | 7-8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| A. Perez | 18 | 2-8 | 5-6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| A. Jones | 17 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| L. White | 16 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| D. Cox | 9 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| T. Brutus | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Peeper | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 30-69 | 23-33 | 43 | 19 | 22 | 91 | |
| 43.5% | 69.7% | ||||||
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