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DAYTON, Ohio – Senior Tyler Haws scored 33 points in a heartbreaking 94-90 loss to Ole Miss in the NCAA First Four Tuesday night at UD Arena to end the 2014-15 season. 

"Congratulations to Andy (Kennedy) and his team and wish him the best of luck as they move forward," BYU basketball coach Dave Rose said. "I think this game will sting for quite a while. Our guys showed a lot of fight and it's pretty similar to three years ago – it was a tale of two halves. Offensive rebounds were a problem for us, but our guys continued to battle and we got the lead again. I thought it would go right down to the wire, but we didn't get the stops we needed. I feel for our guys because we played well enough to win, but just couldn't finish it off." 

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Haws added five rebounds and five assists on the night with Chase Fischer finishing with 23 points and five rebounds. Skyler Halford finished with 11 points, three rebounds and three assists off the bench.

Kyle Collinsworth contributed eight points, seven rebounds and 10 assists despite battling foul trouble, while Corbin Kaufusi added six points, six rebounds and a block.

Fischer opened the game on a solo 8-0 run with a drive to the rim and consecutive triples to give BYU the lead at the 17:37 mark. Ole Miss responded with six-straight points of its own, but was answered by two 3-pointers by Fischer and Halford to help the Cougars maintain a 16-9 lead with 12:33 left in the half.

The Rebels cut their deficit to one at 19-18 with under nine minutes in the half, until Fischer and Haws connected on two more triples to go back up 25-18. An 8-0 BYU run over three minutes that included 3-pointers from Haws and Halford extended its lead to 38-23 at the 3:38 mark.

Haws scored on the next three BYU possessions with Winder’s bucket from deep putting the Cougars up 49-32 at halftime.

Haws led all players with 19 points, going 8 of 12 from the field, and Fischer followed with 17 points, making four 3-pointers. The Cougars made 10 triples in the first half and held Ole Miss to 30 percent from the field.

BYU held onto a 13-point lead after Halford’s layup at the 15:36 mark despite the Rebels’ 8-2 run to start the second half. Ole Miss chipped away to make it a five-point game, but was answered by Haws’ alley-oop to Collinsworth for the three-point play and the 60-52 lead.

With 7:14 remaining, the Rebels’ stormed back with a big 15-2 run over 2:05 to take their first lead of the game at 72-68. Following Kaufusi’s three-point play and Fischer’s shot from beyond the arc, BYU retook an 80-78 lead with 3:52 left in the game.

Fischer answered Ole Miss’ 4-0 run with a 3-pointer to cut the Cougars’ deficit to 87-85 with 1:21 left on the clock. After the Rebels extended their lead to six at 93-87 with nine seconds remaining, Haws connected from deep to make it a three-point game, but BYU fell 94-90.

The Cougars end their season with a 25-10 record, the program’s 10th-straight season with a postseason birth and at least 20 wins under coach Dave Rose. BYU played in the NCAA tournament for the eighth time in the last nine seasons.

Game Notes: BYU vs. Ole Miss

BYU basketball will take on Ole Miss in the first round of the 2015 NCAA Tournament in Dayton, Ohio, on Tuesday at 9:10 p.m. EDT at UD Arena. The Cougars and Rebels are both 11 seeds and the winner will advance to take on No. 6 seed Xavier in Jacksonville, Florida, on Thursday.

BYU vs. Ole Miss game will be televised live on truTV and broadcast live on the Cougar IMG Sports Network on KSL Newsradio 102.7 FM and 1160 AM.

Storylines

• BYU is second in the country in scoring at 83.6 points per game
• Guard Tyler Haws, named to the Wooden Award ballot (top 15), the Naismith Midseason Top 30, a finalist for the Senior CLASS Award and a Jerry West Award finalist, is third in the country in scoring at 21.9 points per game
• Haws is first on the BYU career scoring list and 23rd all-time in NCAA history with 2,687 points
• Guard Kyle Collinsworth has set the NCAA record for triple-doubles in a season and tied the NCAA career record with six, has 14 double-doubles on the year and has reached 1,100 career points.
• BYU has advanced to the final of the WCC Championships for the second-straight year

BYU Cougars (25-9, 13-5 WCC)

• Head Coach: Dave Rose
• Alma Mater: Houston, 1983
• Career Record: 257-87 (10th)
• Record at BYU: Same

Ole Miss Rebels (20-12, 11-7 SEC)

• Head Coach: Andy Kennedy
• Alma Mater: UAB, 1991
• Career Record: 212-126 (10th)
• Record at Ole Miss: 191-113 (9th)

Series Information

• Series Record: First meeting
• Last Meeting: First meeting
• H/A/N: 0-0/0-0/0-0

Game Information

• TV: truTV
• TV Talent: Brian Anderson (play-by-play), Steve Smith (analyst), Lewis Johnson (courtside)
• Live Video: ncaa.com/march-madness-live
• Radio: Cougar IMG Sports Network, KSL 102.7 FM / 1160 AM
• Radio Talent: Greg Wrubell (play-by-play), Craig Cusick (analyst)
• Live Stats: BYUcougars.com