BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -For more than 30 minutes, Chris Warren didn't manage a point.

Not even a free throw.

Mississippi's leading scorer finally came alive down the stretch, scoring 14 the rest of the way to lift the No. 22 Rebels to a 73-63 victory on Saturday.

``Chris has had a deep thigh bruise,' Ole Miss coach Andy Kennedy said. ``The swelling settled just above his knee. He was really sluggish early. He had trouble getting separation.'

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Warren, who missed his first five shots, put the Rebels in front at 56-54 on a 3-pointer with 8:45 left in the game. After a field goal tied the score for LSU, Warren knocked down a second straight 3-pointer to give Ole Miss some breathing room.

Warren made another basket to give the Rebels a 68-60 advantage, and he made five more free throws down the stretch to put the game away.

``It's a regular thigh bruise,' Warren said of his injury. ``It was a little more painful today. If I keep it loose, I'm all right. I didn't feel slow in the first half, but some of my teammates told me I looked stiff. I felt the same in the second half.

``It was probably a mental thing.'

Terrance Henry and Eniel Polynice also had 14 points for Ole Miss (15-4, 3-2), whose reserves contributed 28 points and 16 rebounds. Buckner, Trevor Gaskins and Zach Graham each had eight points, while Buckner grabbed a team-high nine rebounds.

``We stayed in the game in the first half with a lot of guys off of our bench,' Kennedy said. ``I knew the second half was going to be a grind.'

Bo Spencer led LSU (9-10, 0-5) with 22 points. Tasmin Mitchell had added 16 points and 11 rebounds, and Storm Warren finished with 11 points.

``This is frustration,' LSU coach Trent Johnson said. ``We have to find a way to win a game. I don't care who, where or when we play. We have to find a way to win the game.'

The first half consisted mainly of runs by both teams. Ole Miss scored the last eight points to take a 38-32 lead. A basket by Polynice tied the score before the Rebels took their six-point advantage on 3-pointers by Gaskins and Henry.

The first half consisted of runs by both teams. Ole Miss scored the last eight points to take a 38-32 lead, and a basket by Polynice tied the score before the Rebels took a six-point advantage on 3-pointers by Trevor Gaskins and Henry.

Trailing by two 8 minutes into the game, LSU outscored Ole Miss 9-1. Storm Warren sank three foul shots, and Mitchell's field goal capped the run to put LSU on top 19-13.

The Rebels answered with nine consecutive points. Henry started the outburst with a 3-pointer, and a field goal by Polynice at the 7:24 mark gave Ole Miss a 22-19 lead.

Spencer and Mitchell then combined to score 10 consecutive points. Spencer scored the first seven on a 3-pointer, a field goal and two free throws, and Mitchell's three-point play left the Tigers ahead 29-22 with 4:51 remaining in the half.

The Rebels went on the last outburst of the half, but it took LSU less than 5 minutes after halftime to tie the score. Two foul shots by Mitchell with 15:15 remaining made it 42-42, and a couple minutes later the Tigers went ahead 45-44 on a three-point play by Eddie Ludwig.

LSU took a 50-46 lead on a 3-pointer by walk-on Chris Beattie. The Rebels came back to tie the score on field goals by Buckner and Zach Graham, and a three-point play by Gaskins sent Ole Miss on top 53-50 with 9:43 remaining.