KNOXVILLE -- Ole Miss won in Knoxville for the first time since 1991 as the Rebels handed Tennessee a 92-74 defeat on Wednesday night in the conference opener for both teams.
The Vols had won 11 consecutive games at home in the series since falling 93-88 on Feb. 27, 1991.
The loss dropped the Vols to 8-5 overall as UT finished its six-game homestand 4-2.
Ole Miss, the leading scoring team in the SEC, moved to 12-2 to equal its best start since 2009-10.
The SEC's leading scorer Marshall Henderson tallied a career-high 32 points for Ole Miss. Two Rebels had double-doubles as Murphy Holloway had 15 points and 12 rebounds and Reginald Buckner had 13 points and a game-high 15 rebounds. Jarvis Summers added 16.
Jordan McRae led the Vols in scoring for the second game in a row with a career-high for the second game in a row with 26 as he returned to the starting lineup.
Jarnell Stokes had his fifth career double-double with 15 points and 11 rebounds.
The Rebels outrebounded the Vols, 47-32.
Ole Miss had an advantage at the free-throw line as the Rebels went 38-of-44 from the stripe for 86.4 percent. The free throws made and attempted set records for the most by an opponent in Thompson-Boling Arena history.
Tennessee lost a conference opener for just the third time in its last 14 lid-lifters.
Down by 12 early in the second half, the Vols chipped away early in the second half. McRae's 3-pointer with 13 minutes left, cut the deficit to five at 53-48.
But, Ole Miss used a 6-0 run to regain a double-figure lead at 61-50 on floater by Henderson with 10:55 left.
The Rebels took a 16-point lead on back-to-back 3-pointers by Henderson with 9:19 left, putting Ole Miss ahead 69-53.
Tennessee responded with consecutive treys by Derek Reese and McRae to make it 69-59 Ole Miss.
Ole Miss continued to keep the Vols at bay. Henderson added the final blow on a 3-pointer with five minutes left as he surpassed his previous career-high of 27. That gave the Rebels a 79-64 lead.
The Rebels continued to hold the secure lead the rest of the way.
The Rebels scored the first four points after halftime to take the first double-figure lead of the game, going up 42-30.
Ole Miss led the Vols, 38-30 at halftime. Holloway (13) and Henderson (10) led the scoring. Stokes had 10 for the Vols.
The Rebels took a nine-point lead midway through the half at 24-15 on a pair of foul shots by Henderson.
At halftime, the athletic department recognized the Stokely Family as the building, bearing their name -- that was the former home of the Vols -- the Stokely Athletic Center, closed its doors at the end of 2012.
Tennessee will play its first road game in more than a month as the Vols head to Alabama for a Saturday showdown in Tuscaloosa. The game tips at 1 p.m., and will air on ESPN2 and can be heard on the Vol Network.
Official Basketball Box Score
Ole Miss vs Tennessee
01/09/13 8:00 p.m. at Knoxville, Tenn. (Thompson-Boling Arena)
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VISITORS: Ole Miss 12-2, 1-0 SEC
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
23 Buckner,Reginald.... f 3-4 0-0 7-9 4 11 15 5 13 0 2 1 0 29
34 Jones,Aaron......... f 0-1 0-0 1-2 1 2 3 4 1 0 1 3 0 17
10 White,LaDarius...... g 2-5 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 0 4 2 0 0 1 20
22 Henderson,Marshall.. g 8-19 3-12 13-14 0 4 4 1 32 1 2 0 2 36
32 Summers,Jarvis...... g 4-7 0-0 8-9 0 1 1 3 16 3 2 0 1 29
01 Newby,Martavious.... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+
03 Millinghaus,Derrick. 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 12
13 Perez,Anthony....... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+
20 Williams,Nick....... 2-7 1-2 2-2 1 1 2 3 7 0 0 0 0 23
25 Brutus,Terry........ 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 2 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 3
31 Holloway,Murphy..... 4-12 0-0 7-8 4 8 12 3 15 2 4 1 2 31
TEAM................ 3 3 6
Totals.............. 25-58 4-15 38-44 14 33 47 19 92 9 11 5 6 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 13-31 41.9% 2nd Half: 12-27 44.4% Game: 43.1% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 0-6 0.0% 2nd Half: 4-9 44.4% Game: 26.7% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 12-14 85.7% 2nd Half: 26-30 86.7% Game: 86.4% 2
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HOME TEAM: Tennessee 8-5, 0-1 SEC
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
05 Stokes,Jarnell...... f 5-13 0-0 5-9 3 8 11 3 15 1 1 0 0 32
20 Hall,Kenny.......... f 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 12
01 Richardson,Josh..... g 3-10 1-4 2-4 1 1 2 4 9 1 1 1 2 36
11 Golden,Trae......... g 3-10 1-4 0-0 0 2 2 5 7 5 1 0 0 23
52 McRae,Jordan........ g 8-14 3-8 7-9 1 3 4 3 26 2 1 1 1 35
00 Makanjuola,Yemi..... 2-2 0-0 3-4 2 5 7 1 7 0 0 0 0 15
03 Reese,Derek......... 3-8 1-5 0-0 1 3 4 1 7 1 0 0 1 20
13 McBee,Skylar........ 1-5 1-4 0-0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 20
24 Lopez,Brandon....... 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 0 1 5
32 Edwards,D'Montre.... 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
TEAM................ 1 1
Totals.............. 25-65 7-26 17-26 9 23 32 27 74 11 8 2 6 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 13-37 35.1% 2nd Half: 12-28 42.9% Game: 38.5% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 2-12 16.7% 2nd Half: 5-14 35.7% Game: 26.9% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 2-3 66.7% 2nd Half: 15-23 65.2% Game: 65.4% 7
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Officials: Anthony Jordan, Pat Adams, John Hampton
Technical fouls: Ole Miss-None. Tennessee-None.
Attendance: 17059
Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total
Ole Miss...................... 38 54 - 92
Tennessee..................... 30 44 - 74
Points in the paint-UM 34,UT 32. Points off turnovers-UM 11,UT 13.
2nd chance points-UM 25,UT 11. Fast break points-UM 4,UT 7.
Bench points-UM 26,UT 17. Score tied-0 times. Lead changed-1 time.
Last FG-UM 2nd-00:20, UT 2nd-00:16.
Largest lead-UM by 21 2nd-00:20, UT by 4 1st-18:34.
(E-mail Stan Crawley at wscrawley@earthlink.net)