Victory Escapes Sooners Late at Ole Miss

Saturday, March 1

The Pavilion • Oxford, Miss.

1 PM

University of Oklahoma

17-12,4-12SEC

Ole Miss

20-9,9-7SEC

Oklahoma

Ole Miss

Victory Escapes Sooners Late at Ole Miss

March 01, 2025 | Men's Basketball

Box Score Final Stats

OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Sean Pedulla scored 26 points, including a go-ahead 3-pointer with 18.3 seconds left, and Mississippi beat Oklahoma 87-84 on Saturday.

Sooners freshman Dayton Forsythe scored 23 of his career-high 25 points in the second half but in driving the baseline after Pedulla's 3 he threw the ball over the backside of the glass for a turnover with 6.1 seconds remaining.

Jeremiah Fears was called for a flagrant-one foul on the inbound to Matthew Murrell who made both free throws for an 87-84 lead with 3.9 to go. Oklahoma's Mohamed Wague stole the inbound pass and fed it to Duke Miles who got a piece of the backboard from 70 feet away.

Pedulla, who finished with five 3-pointers, scored 16 second-half points. Jaemyn Brakefield scored 16 points, Dre Davis 13 and Murrell and Malik Dia 10 each for Ole Miss (20-9, 9-7 SEC), which snapped a three-game losing streak.

Forsythe made four 3-pointers and all seven of his free throw attempts for the Sooners (17-12, 4-12), who have lost seven of their last eight games. Five of the losses have come against ranked teams and three of the last four have come by three or fewer points. Miles added 15 points, Fears 13 and Sam Godwin 12. OU's leading scorer on the year, Jalon Moore, had just two.

Neither team led by double figures in the second half. The Sooners scored nine straight for a one-point lead with just under three minutes remaining.

Ole Miss led by as many as 11 in the first half and was up 39-38 at halftime.

Up Next

Oklahoma plays its home finale against No. 14 Missouri at Lloyd Noble Center on Wednesday at 7 p.m. Tickets are available here.

Postgame Notes

• Oklahoma lost despite shooting 52.9% from the field, 45.5% from 3-point range and 90.9 from the free throw line. Ole Miss attempted nine more free throws than OU (31-22).

• OU's guards accounted for 70 of the team's 84 points.

• Freshman guard Dayton Forsythe scored 25 points to almost double his previous career high of 14. Forsythe, who was 7 for 9 from the field on the day and 4 for 5 from deep, scored 23 of his 25 in the second half, going 6 for 7 from the field (4 for 4 on 3-pointers) and 7 for 7 from the free throw line.

• Forsythe's 29 minutes, seven field goals and four 3-pointers (tied) all marked career highs. He added two rebounds and three assists.

• Forsythe has made 28 of his last 29 free throw attempts. On the year, he is shooting .463 (19 for 41) from 3-point distance and .900 (36 for 40) from the foul line.

• Fellow freshman guard Jeremiah Fears logged 13 points, five rebounds, a game-high seven assists and a steal. He entered the game as the only SEC player and one of just two freshmen nationally (Duke's Cooper Flagg is the other) to average at least 15.0 points, 4.0 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 1.5 steals per contest on the season.

• Super senior forward Sam Godwin scored in double figures for just the third time in SEC play, finishing with 12 points on 5-for-5 shooting.

• Super senior guard Kobe Elvis came off the bench to score nine points on the day, tied for his most in seven games. He was 2 for 4 from 3-point distance and has made at least two treys in each of the last three games (combined 7 for 12) after going 0 for 9 over the previous four contests.

• Redshirt senior guard Duke Miles turned in one of his better performances in league play, finishing with 15 points, four rebounds and five assists. He was 5 for 8 from the floor and gave OU the lead three times with baskets in the closing minutes.

• Senior forward Jalon Moore's double-digit scoring streak came to an end after 23 games. Moore was held to two points and only two field goal attempts. Both of his points came at the free throw line.

• Oklahoma entered the week 12-0 this season when scoring at least 80 points but lost today when scoring 84 and on Wednesday when scoring 82 vs. Kentucky.