Malik Dia, Ole Miss deal Texas damaging loss in SEC tourney

Malik Dia scored 23 points and Ole Miss never trailed in its 76-66 victory over Texas in Wednesday's first-round game of the Southeastern Conference tournament in Nashville.

AJ Storr added 18 points and Ilias Kamardine chipped in 16 for the 15th-seeded Rebels (13-19), who won despite making just 1 of 10 3-point attempts. James Scott finished with 10 points and nine rebounds for Ole Miss, which advances to face seventh-seeded Georgia on Thursday.

Dailyn Swain led 10th-seeded Texas (18-14) with 22 points and 12 rebounds.