BATON ROUGE (AP) — Mississippi had a 24-point lead in the first half and Daeshun Ruffin scored 19 points before leaving the game with a right leg injury with 12 minutes left.
Then Ole Miss went cold from the floor, scoring only on free throws for nearly 10 minutes and watching its lead get trimmed to two in the final minutes. But the Rebels still held off a reeling No. 25 LSU 76-62 on Tuesday night…