Henderson’s Season High Leads Hurricanes Past Ole Miss, 75-66
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Miami men’s basketball team earned a gritty win over Ole Miss, 75-66, Tuesday night as part of the ACC/SEC Challenge.
The Hurricanes (7-2) stormed out to a 42-26 lead at the half behind a barrage of 3-pointers and a pair of 7-0 runs. Miami buried eight of its 15 attempts from beyond the arc while limiting Ole Miss (5-3) to their lowest first half point total of the season.
The defense held the Rebels to 8-for-31 (25.8%) from the floor and forced seven turnovers.
Ole Miss led 11-10 before the Hurricanes went on their first 7-0 run spurred by a Shelton Henderson jumper and a pair of buckets by Tre Donaldson to take a 17-11 advantage.
The Rebels trimmed the lead to three, 24-21, with 5:49 left in the half before Miami extended its lead to double digits as Malik Reneau hit a layup and Tru Washington hit a 3-pointer and a pair of free throws.
Coming out of the break, Ole Miss cut the lead to 10, 49-39, behind a 12-2 run. Miami’s lead in the second half never dipped below nine as the Hurricanes answered on each Ole Miss run. Timo Malovec provided the dagger for Miami with a corner three with 1:44 remaining to give the Hurricanes a 14-point lead.
The Hurricanes battled through adversity all night as they were without Dante Allen and Marcus Allen and had three starters in Donaldson, Reneau and Ernest Udeh Jr., miss extended minutes to do in-game injuries.
Henderson led the way with a season-high 18 points on 7-of-12 shooting and added nine rebounds and five assists. Washington registered 17 points and seven rebounds as Reneau and Donaldson registered 15 and 11, respectively.
The Hurricanes outrebounded the Rebels, 45-29, and dominated the paint with 28 points to Ole Miss’ 18.
Miami returns to the Watsco Center for a five-game homestand beginning Saturday against Southern Miss at 12 p.m. The game can be seen on ACC Network.
Tickets are available for the 2025-26 men’s basketball season and can be purchased online at www.miamihurricanes.com/tickets.
