Ole Miss Rebels vs. Memphis Tigers | Full Game Highlights | ESPN College Basketball

It is Memphis coming out wearing the home white, Ole Miss wearing the road blue, and it's Cisse winning the tip for the Tigers. Dates back to 114 years ago. Memphis leads it 29 to 16. Oh, the tip! Cisse going up top! He didn't leave on the best terms versus Ole Miss, and so this was a statement by Memphis, by Musa Cisse, by Coach Hardaway to say, we got your back. Davis, he's a guy who has done a lot for this team. They asked a lot of him, and that shot blocked by Jordane. Here's P.J. Haggerty, all the way to the rim and lays it in. Quick. That's the guy we talked about. He's lethal in transition. He can change pace. You see Memphis back into that 2-2-1. They want to make the Ole Miss Rebels turn it over. On the other end, it's Matthew Murrell in his fifth year. He wants to have a big game as well because this is a homecoming. He is a Memphis native. Four three-ball hauls for Kobe Rodgers. The Ole Miss Rebels a little bit here early. Memphis starting perfect three-three from the floor. Has that one swatted by Brown Jones. Cisse. Papadula. Murray sneaks out, out ahead of the pack. Nice. An air ball from Murrell. When he's getting downhill, Double Team gets his own miss. We said he's a scorer, and he just has a knack for putting it in. Let's see if Papadula can get this Ole Miss offense on track. Inside the back. David Barnes off the bench. Active hands tipped away and a steal for Ole Miss as Barnes coming up the floor with it. Break field. Spin move. Let's see if they use the ball screen for Haggerty here. Pull up. Rodgers. He has that high release. It is tough to block that shot. Onto big man Danger far away from the basket. Harris. Nice slip. Hunter with the blow-by. Wrap around. Downs it. Throws it down with two hands. You see the penetration by Tyrese Hunter. He's able to draw three Rebels. You know, Fish, that two-game losing streak here at home, that wasn't happening. Everyone was looking for their own, and now Penny Hardaway has his guys now playing as a team together. He can do that. You need him to make a shot off of the bounce or off of the catch. He can do that as well. Nice job of Dre Davis hitting on the offensive glass that time as the Ole Miss Rebels try to turn up the notch in their aggressiveness. Lane bounce pass finding Danger for the lay-in. Lovely attack by the Memphis Tigers. Ole Miss comes with the one-two-two pressure, and the Memphis Tigers run right through it. Penetration up front. Clapton off the bench. He is the spark plug for this Ole Miss Rebels team. Eduardo Clapton got the switch. Inside, David up. Cisse lost it. Gets his own miss. On the floor, finds Haggerty. Fifteen on the shot clock. A deep three. But Cisse on the glass. Gets the and one. But you do get this from the transfer reporter. This is a little bit more energetic. This has a little bit more competitiveness, some more feistiness. There was a reason why. Padula with a hand in his face, and a rebound to Rodgers. In transition, takes the wide open three, and he makes it. Five-eleven. In transition, elbow jumper rims out. Memphis Tigers limiting the Rebels to one shot. Lasky. He's played some big minutes. The block there, but a dangerous pass stolen. Haggerty finds a way to go with two defenders around him. That's what he'll be remembered by. Not only by what he did, but the people that he touched like himself did. Thanks for paving the way. And part of that is because Ole Miss hasn't played the schedule, frankly, that the Memphis Tigers have played. They're in the 300s versus Memphis is in the top four. Padula with a tough runner. And the reason why I'm saying that is because Chris Beard has a way to win ugly games. If it's close, they play even better. And it seems like they're getting more comfortable as the time goes. There's the steal from Padula. Ole Miss with numbers. Had it stripped. Hunter, and he's in with the follow slam. Big fella. Off the make, Ole Miss trying to come back at him, and a three falls for Juju Murray. Uh-oh, watch out, John. We may have a little pace in this basketball game, but it's like I've been waiting for some flow this entire time. Both teams loosening up a little bit. Rodgers backing down his man. I like that. Disadvantage you have with the Rebels playing two smaller point guards. Juju Murray, 5'11", Sean Padula, 6'1". If I'm the Tigers, I want to take advantage of that the entire game. The freshman at 7'2", on the floor, Pat Ganey with a hand in his face, knocks down the triple. I really love his size, his skill set, his basketball IQ. He has an outstanding season. What a pass from Hunter. Padula, that's a deep two, and he cans it all of a sudden. Ole Miss starting to heat up. Padula, that's just ripped away by Hunter. Memphis with numbers. Rodgers got it. It feels like a completely different ball game. Both teams picking up the play out of that last time out. Barnes, nothing but nylon. Easy release for this basket. Blocked out of bounds again. Now it's just one second left on the shot clock. Avoiding a turnover, hurry, and a shot falls off the rim. Didn't like Malik D on that play. I thought he was passive, he had to move some C-sets. How about Colby Rodgers just running through the defense to finish? One of those dudes. Listen, that backcourt averages 50-plus points collectively. So, as we talk about P.J. Haggerty and Tyrese Hunter, do not forget about the Wichita State transfer and Colby Rodgers. Led his team in scoring last year. There's a block there by Jordan. When the Big 12 was winning championships year in and year out. Good pass. Between his legs. What a dime as Padula finishes it off. Jordan cutting, and his jumper rattles in. Ole Miss. As Jordan's highlighting him one-on-one, and he shows you that sweet-looking stroke. Seven-point lead for Memphis. Haggerty with a step-back three. Okay. Bucket getter. Here comes the crowd at the FedEx Forum. And the silencer by Sean Padula. When you draw a crowd, you've got to keep your eye open for Misha Cisse when you're playing the Memphis Titans. One second on the shot clock. Rodgers has to get it up, and he beats the buzzer. Yeah, well, I liked his game when he played at Colby Rodgers. He's always been elite from the mid. Dia puts an end to the run. Should be a liability when they can pull him away from the basket. Heat check. Oh, he's hot. Oh, he's hot. Colby Rodgers. Got a single-season record with 99 three-pointers last year at Wichita State. I think you said it best, partner. Penny Hardaway said we got to get him to get a little easier on himself. He's starting to feel it. Rodgers just draw up a play for Colby Rodgers. He'll do the rest. Well, this is something that's really nice about having a former player as a coach. Penny Hardaway can relate to when you get in that groove. As long as he was, you just continue to go to Colby Rodgers until he misses. Cisse blocked that with his backhand, but a good follow by Dia. He's got a season-high 23 points. We still have 11 minutes to play in the second half. Throws up top for Cisse. Defense by Dia. I think they're still an incredible league and a good team. Dia's starting to heat up, looking for his offense. The spin move to the jumper, the Belmont transfer getting it going. Gains a run on the floor and telegraphed that pass. Here's Boll rejected from behind by Jorgain. Memphis numbers Rodgers. This place went away nuts. Murray on the other end. Boll the shot fake and puts it in. Going off the screen, Morrell knocks down the three. They have to have him, Shriff, as the season goes on. Nice screen set that time by John Boll. Multiple guys who can handle the basketball. They don't get rattled rather easily. Deflection and a throw down. From behind the three-point line, much better three-point shooting team, 33, 34%. It's Colby Rodgers' time to shot put. Wide throw down. He is instant offense. He's got 28 to lead all scores. Some speed off the mark. Tipped around and brings it up. Yeah, Shriff, any time you're playing the Memphis Tigers, they can be comfortable up, but like P.J. Haggerty, he's explosive. Even though he doesn't make the shot, he exemplifies the mindset. Dangerous. Just get out the way. Love it. Tyrese Hunter, he's going to try to go to work. Tears dropping. When we went through these back-to-backs, too much about individual themselves about that. And it is now a final. Memphis with an 87-70 win over Ole Miss, moving to 10-3 on the season. Penny Hardaway putting the nation on notice that the Tigers are for real this season.