Ole Miss men's basketball suffered its first loss of the season on Friday, falling 80-78 to the No. 13 Purdue Boilermakers. The game, which was a part of the Rady Children's Invitational, was the second contest for the Rebels of the invitational, having defeated BYU in overtime on Thursday.

SAN DIEGO — Myles Colvin rebounded Braden Smith's missed fadeaway jumper and scored with 0.5 seconds left to give No. 13 Purdue an 80-78 win over No. 23 Ole Miss in the championship game of the Rady Children's Invitational on Friday.

The Ole Miss Rebels have made their case to the College Football Playoff committee. The Rebels took home a 26-14 victory over Mississippi State to take

Ulysses Bentley rushed for 136 yards and a touchdown and No. 15 Mississippi defeated in-state rival Mississippi State.

Ole Miss tailback Ulysses Bentley IV raced through the Bulldogs’ defense for an 89-yard touchdown and JJ Pegues capped a sterling career with a short touchdown run as the Rebels kept their faint playoff hopes alive with a 26-14 victory in the 2024 playing of the Egg Bowl at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium in Oxford.