The No. 2 seed Ole Miss Rebels (22-10) host the 3-seed Nebraska Cornhuskers (20-12) in a second round game of the Master Card, Big Apple NIT Monday with tip-off set for 9 p.m. ET at Tad Smith Coliseum (Tad-Pad) in Oxford, Miss.
Oddsmakers at online sportsbook WagerWeb.com have installed the Rebels the favorite by a 6 –point chalk ATS and SU with a -260 money line price. The game total is holding at 138 ½.
The Rebels are making their second straight and eighth overall National Invitation Tournament appearance. Ole Miss won its first-round game 83-68 over UCSB on Wednesday. The Rebels went 1-1 last year, with a 73-59 win over Appalachian State in the first round before dropping an 89-68 decision at Clemson. All-SEC senior Dwayne Curtis led the way with 17 points and tied a career high with 16 rebounds for his 16th double-double of the season. Chris Warren added 16 points, David Huertas scored 15 (on 5 3-pointers) and Kenny Williams had 13 points and 9 rebounds.
Nebraska enters Monday’s game with a 20-12 overall record after finishing seventh in the Big 12 Conference with a 7-9 league record. The No. 3 seed Huskers won their first-round matchup in Lincoln with a 67-48 decision over sixth-seeded Charlotte. Nebraska advanced to the second round of the Big 12 Tournament before losing 64-54 to eventual champion Kansas. The team’s leading scorer and rebounder is senior All-Big 12 second team pick Aleks Maric, a 6-foot-11 Australian center. Maric ranks seventh in the league in scoring (15.7) and third in rebounding (10.2). The Huskers start four guards with Maric and bring three more guards off the bench as the primary back-ups. While the team puts up just 66.8 points per game on offense, the Husker defense ranks in the top 15 nationally in scoring defense, allowing just 59.9 points per contest.
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