OXFORD, Miss. - The layoff didn’t hurt Marshall Henderson.

The Mississippi guard scored 25 points Wednesday night in his return from a two-game suspension and Jarvis Summers added 20 as the Rebels rallied past LSU 88-74 in overtime.

Henderson started slowly but scored 19 points after halftime. He made a crucial three-pointer midway through overtime that gave the Rebels (11-5, 2-1 SEC) a 76-69 lead.

Ole Miss went on an 11-0 run to start overtime for an insurmountable 80-69 lead. Sebastian Saiz added a career-high 20 points.

Andre Stringer scored 23 points for LSU (10-5, 1-2). He led a Tigers bench that combined for 40 points.

Summers hit a 15-foot jumper with 30 seconds remaining in regulation to tie the game at 69. LSU’s Anthony Hickey missed a jumper with 4 seconds left in regulation that would have won the game.

Ole Miss has won six of the past seven against LSU.

Henderson missed the Auburn and Mississippi State games because of a suspension announced in October for poor on- and off-the-court behavior stemming from last season. He was excellent in his return, making 6 of 12 shots from three-point range.

LSU jumped out to a 14-6 lead, and the Rebels’ lethargic play combined with some unfriendly calls from the officials drew the wrath of Ole Miss Coach Andy Kennedy.

He was hit with a technical foul after Demarco Cox was called for a foul, and the Rebels responded to Kennedy’s scathing sideline commentary with a 25-11 run over the next 10 minutes and led 35-32 at halftime.

The 6-9, 233-pound Saiz was dominant in the first half, playing his best basketball of the season. He was 6 of 7 for 12 points, finishing on an array of dunks and smooth moves by the rim.

LSU countered with Stringer, who scored 10 points in the first half. Then the 5-10 guard single-handedly helped the Tigers leap past the Rebels early in the second half by making 3 three-pointers in less than 2 minutes.

The only thing that stopped Stringer was foul trouble. He picked up his fourth with 13 minutes remaining in the game and had to go to the bench.

The game stayed tight throughout the entire second half. LSU had a slim lead most of the time, but Henderson hit a contested three-pointer while being fouled and finished the four-point play to push the Rebels ahead 62-61 with 4:45 remaining.

But LSU kept getting big offensive rebounds down the stretch and led 67-62 with 2:21 remaining. Ole Miss rallied, using Summers’ clutch jumper to force overtime.

It was all Ole Miss in overtime as LSU didn’t score for nearly 4 minutes.

ALABAMA 80, MISSISSIPPI STATE 61

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - Trevor Releford scored 28 points as Alabama (8-8, 2-1) coasted to a victory over Mississippi State (11-5, 1-2)

Releford was 10 of 13 from the field with 6 three-pointers for the Crimson Tide, which has won a league-high 14 consecutive SEC home games.

Gavin Ware’s 18 points on 7-of-8 shooting led Mississippi State.

TEXAS A&M 75, SOUTH CAROLINA 67

COLLEGE STATION, Texas - Texas A&M (12-4, 3-0) overcame an 11-point first-half deficit to defeat South Carolina (7-9, 0-3).

Jamal Jones (Searcy) scored 22 points for the Aggies, who trailed 14-3 six minutes into the game.

The Aggies are 3-0 in league play for the first time since 2010-11.

TENNESSEE 78, AUBURN 67

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Jordan McRae scored 21 points and Jarnell Stokes had 14 points and 14 rebounds as Tennessee (11-5, 2-1) beat Auburn (8-6, 0-3) to hand the Tigers their third consecutive loss.

Sports, Pages 22 on 01/16/2014