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Mikeal Brown-Jones injury update: Ole Miss forward to miss second straight game

11by: Jake Thompson01/11/25JakeThompsonOn3
NCAA Basketball: Oral Roberts at Mississippi
Nov 21, 2024; Oxford, Mississippi, USA; Mississippi Rebels forward Mikeal Brown-Jones (1) reacts after a basket during the second half against the Oral Roberts Golden Eagles at The Sandy and John Black Pavilion at Ole Miss. Mandatory Credit: Petre Thomas-Imagn Images

The Ole Miss men’s basketball team went to Fayetteville not a full strength and left with a road win over Arkansas. Back home on Saturday it will continue to be down a player inside the SJB Pavilion.

When the No. 23-ranked Rebels (13-2, 2-0 SEC) host LSU (11-4, 0-2) at 5 p.m. CT they will be without forward Mikeal Brown-Jones. On Friday’s availability report Ole Miss listed Brown-Jones as ‘Out.’

This is the second-straight game Brown-Jones will miss after suffering an injury against Georgia in last Saturday’s conference opener. What the injury or issue with Jones is has not been disclosed.

In his first season at Ole Miss Brown-Jones is averaging 6.1 points and 2.2 rebounds per game. He also has five assists and nine blocks on the year. He transferred in from UNC Greensboro this past offseason to help create a Rebels roster with older experience built for a NCAA Tournament run.

Beard will once again miss the Brown-Jones’ presence in the post though the Rebels won the rebound battle by one against Arkansas on Tuesday.

Ole Miss will not be the only team down a player. LSU listed junior forward Jalen Reed as ‘Out’ on the availability report after tearing his ACL agaisnt Florida State on December 3

Reed played in the first eight games of the season, starting in each of them. He was averaging 11.1 points and 6.5 rebounds per game along with 10 assists, eight blocks and a pair of steals before suffering the season-ending injury.

He is the son of the late Justin Reed who was an All-American at Ole Miss as well as SEC Freshman of the year in 2001.

The Tigers are coming off losses to Vanderbilt and Missouri to open up its SEC schedule.

ESPN has a Ole Miss with a 77.4 percent chance to win Saturday’s game.

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