Ole Miss knocks off No. 21 Georgia in Athens with tip-in at the buzzer
By Andrew Olson
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Ole Miss won an overtime thriller on a tip-in at the buzzer. The Rebels took down No. 21 Georgia 97-95 in their first ranked win of the 2025-26 season.
It was a tight game all night at Stegman Coliseum. Georgia never led by double-digits and Ole Miss’s biggest lead was 10, and gone by the end of the 1st half. The back-and-forth battle produced overtime, and things were on the verge of another extra period until Patton Pinkins made the game-deciding play as time expired.
It was a 95-95 game with 10 seconds to go after Marcus Millender made 1-of-2 free throws. Ole Miss crossed the half-court line with about 6 seconds remaining. AJ Storr attempted a jumper with just over 3 seconds. Storr missed, but Pinkins got the rebound and, after an initial miss, got a second-chance tip-in layup just before the buzzer for the 97-95 win.
OLE MISS HITS THE TIP-IN GAME-WINNER AT THE BUZZER OVER NO. 21 GEORGIA IN OT @OleMissMBB pic.twitter.com/SapcwxhzbD
— SEC Network (@SECNetwork) January 15, 2026
Storr was Ole Miss’s leading scorer with 27 points. Georgia’s Jeremiah Wilkinson led all scorers with 32 points, going 9-of-19 from the field and 8-of-10 at the line.
Ole Miss got off to a rough start in SEC play, dropping its first 2 conference contests to Oklahoma and Arkansas, but the Rebels may be turning things around. They now have back-to-back wins over Mizzou and Georgia.
Andrew writes about sports to fund his love of live music and collection of concert posters. He strongly endorses the Hall of Fame campaigns of Fred Taylor and Andruw Jones.
