GREENVILLE, S.C. — — Preseason All-American Madison Booker had 31 factors, 11 rebounds and 5 assists and No. 4 Texas pulled away within the fourth quarter and beat Twenty fourth-ranked Mississippi 85-68 Saturday to achieve the Southeastern Conference Tournament championship sport for the second straight season.
Kyla Oldacre was sturdy within the paint with 19 factors and eight rebounds for the Longhorns (30-3), who’ll face No. 3 South Carolina (31-2) in a rematch of final 12 months’s title sport which the Gamecocks won 64-45.
Cotie McMahon and Denim DeShields every 20 factors for Mississippi (23-11), which was outscored 28-13 within the fourth quarter.
The Rebels reached the semifinal spherical after a surprising win over No. 5 Vanderbilt by which they jumped out to a 23-2 lead and led by 32 within the third quarter earlier than holding off a late rally by the Commodores.
They did not begin almost as quick on Saturday.
The taller Longhorns used a 12-0 run to construct a 16-point lead within the first half, outscoring the Rebels 30-14 within the paint.
But Ole Miss got here storming again and lower the deficit to 2 factors two getting into the fourth quarter after Denim DeShields hit a 3-pointer from the nook, simply beating the buzzer.
The fourth quarter belonged to Texas and Booker.
Booker was 5 of 6 from the sector and scored 13 factors within the remaining body, together with an enormous 3 with two minutes left to place the Longhorns up by 12. Ole Miss was 5 of 14 from the sector within the fourth quarter and missed all 5 3-point makes an attempt.
Mississippi: Awaits NCAA Tournament seeding.
Texas: Has break up the 2 matchups with South Carolina this season, beating the Gamecocks 66-64 in a impartial website sport in November and shedding 68-65 at Columbia, South Carolina, in January.
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