The West Coast has not been kind to Ole Miss this week, as the Rebels have now dropped back-to-back matchups in a span of two days. Chris Beard’s team followed up Tuesday night’s loss to Iowa with a one-point shortcoming against Utah in the late hours of Wednesday night, going into Thanksgiving morning.

Utah’s Don McHenry scored a game-high 27 points and hit 5 of 6 shots from behind the 3-point arc to lead the Utes (6-2) to victory in the Acrisure Classic’s consolation matchup. Ole Miss forward Malik Dia, who had a rough first half, was one board away from recording a double-double with 17 points and 9 rebounds.

Ole Miss (5-2) jumped off to a 14-10 lead within the first 8 minutes of action, as French guard Ilias Kamardine and Kansas transfer AJ Storr had two buckets apiece. Then the mome

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