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REACTION: Ole Miss Hoops Falls 93-90 in OT vs Arkansas | Texas Evens Baseball Series

·25 min

1. Locked On Ole Miss recaps Ole Miss basketball's 93-90 overtime loss to Arkansas and Texas baseball evening the series with an 11-2 win in Austin. 2. Host Stephen Willis says he has been with Yahoo Sports, served on the Ole Miss football staff, and is covering the Rebels as part of the Lockdown Podcast Network. 3. The episode asks what the Arkansas loss means for Chris Beard's team and what Cade Townsend's shoulder soreness means for Mike Bianco's pitching plan. 4. Willis describes the SEC tournament run in Nashville as a "bright spot" after an overall down season and says Ole Miss won game after game before reaching Arkansas. 5. He notes Ole Miss beat Texas, Georgia, and Alabama before taking Arkansas to overtime and having a chance to win with about five seconds left. 6. Malik Dia finished with 16 points and five rebounds, while James Scott added seven points and Ilyas Kamardine scored 13 before fouling out. 7. Willis says Travis Perry defended Darius Acuff for much of the Arkansas game and held him to 7-for-21 shooting while Acuff still scored 24 points. 8. Malik Thomas led Arkansas with 29 points, and Willis says Arkansas shot 75% from the free-throw line and only 31% from three. 9. Ole Miss shot 35-for-70 overall, hit 78% of its free throws, and had only one 8-0 run during the game. 10. Willis says Ole Miss trailed for the first time in the tournament for 33 minutes, led for 5 minutes and 23 seconds, and never turned the ball over. 11. He also says Ole Miss was out-rebounded 44-31, calling that a long-running problem for the roster. 12. The Arkansas game ended after A.J. Storr missed a shot with about five seconds left in overtime, and Willis says that missed look does not erase the weekend effort. 13. On baseball, Willis says Texas won 11-2 after Cade Townsend was pulled in the second inning because of shoulder soreness. 14. Mike Bianco said in a television interview that Townsend would be evaluated during the week, and the staff used six pitchers after the early change. 15. Willis says Ole Miss was still tied 2-2 after three innings, then a bunt mistake on an attempted suicide squeeze shifted the game toward Texas. 16. He lists offensive lines for Dom Decker, Will Furniss, Dutton and Mark, Tristan Bissetta, Sermons, Jones, Foley, and Hayden Federico. 17. Willis emphasizes that Ole Miss walked seven batters and committed an error, which he ties to the team's small margin for error. 18. The show keeps a fast, reaction-driven format with ad reads, listener comments, and a promise to return for the Sunday rubber game. 19. Fans following Ole Miss basketball and baseball all season would get the most from this episode. 20. Listeners wanting polished analysis without ad breaks may want to skip it.

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