Joseph Young tallied 19 points and Elgin Cook added 14 points
for Oregon (8-0), which shot 58.5 percent from the field.
Damyean Dotson contributed 13 points and Jason Calliste also
collected 13 for the Ducks, who controlled the overtime.
Marshall Henderson scored a career-high 39 points for
Mississippi (6-2) and made a school-record 10 3-pointers.
Henderson struck twice from behind the arc in the final
half-minute of regulation prior to Jarvis Summers' tying
3-pointer with 0.8 seconds left.
Cook's tiebreaking putback dunk with 2:56 left in overtime
started a 9-0 run as the Ducks took a 102-93 lead. The Rebels
pulled within six on Summers' 3-pointer with 15 seconds left but
got no closer.
Henderson scored 13 first-half points as the Rebels led 38-37 at
the break. Young hit two 3-pointers in a 36-second span and Cook
banked in a driving shot to give Oregon an 84-78 lead with 48
seconds remaining prior to the Rebels' late flurry to end
regulation.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Oregon's 8-0 start is the program's best since
winning the first 13 games in 2006-07. … Derrick Millinghaus had
15 points for the Rebels and Ladarius White tallied a
season-high 15 points. … Loyd's previous career high was 13
assists against Pacific earlier this season.
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