🏀 College and NBA 2-for-1 Special

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What to know: There was just so much good basketball last night we figured that we’d treat you to a little buy-one, get-one free special here! Here’s the action you may have missed last night:

(25) Ole Miss upsets (14) Kentucky: The Wildcats came into this one looking to bounce back after their loss in John Calipari’s homecoming, but they’d have to do it against a very feisty and motivated Ole Miss team. Unfortunately for Mark Pope and his Kentucky squad, it was not their night. Ole Miss got out to a 2-0 lead and never gave it up the whole night, it was pretty much a 10-point lead from start to finish for the Rebels. Matthew Murrell, Ole Miss’s senior guard, led the way with 24 points.

(11) Marquette loses on the road to (12) St. Johns: There’s a new leader in the Big East, and that’s the St. John’s Red Storm. Rick Pitino’s guys are 15-1 in their last 16, and have won nine straight games. Their star offseason addition, Kadary Richmond, showed up big last night with 18 points for the Johnnies. The Red Storm moved to 20-3 on the season and took firm control of the top spot in the Big East. As for Marquette, they have lost two in a row to ranked opponents. They go to play Creighton in Omaha on Saturday. The Johnnies go to Gampel Pavilion to take on the UConn Huskies this Friday on Fox.

Celtics @ Cavs: The NBA featured a potential Eastern Conference Finals preview last night as the teams with the top two records in the East faced off in Cleveland. Both teams got off to a slow start, but it was the Celtics who caught fire late in the first quarter. The Celtics extended their lead to 20 with a three-point onslaught that had the Cavs asking more questions than answers. The Cavs were gritty, despite not playing their best basketball early. The Celtics warded off multiple Cavs runs to cut into the lead, but it wasn’t until late in the fourth quarter that the Cavs finally got the game to 4 points. The Celtics responded after an ugly Cleveland turnover pretty much put the final nail in the coffin. The Celtics have won 4-straight.

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