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Mykal Riley's ill-timed foul helped No. 16 Vanderbilt force overtime. The Alabama senior's three 3-pointers, driving basket and two free throws in the extra 5 minutes more than made up for it.

Riley scored the Crimson Tide's first 13 points of overtime in his final home game, a 78-73 win over the Commodores on Saturday.

"I guess you could say this is a perfect memory for me," Riley said.

The Tide (16-15, 5-11 SEC) closed a disappointing regular season with its biggest win while ending Vanderbilt's bid for a second-consecutive overtime win and a No. 2 seed and first-round bye in the SEC tournament.

The loss meant Vandy (25-6, 10-6) remained tied with the 1992-93 team for the school record for regular-season wins.

The Commodores needed a win and a Kentucky loss to Florida today to secure the SEC East's No. 2 seed.

Shan Foster opened the overtime with a steal and layup to give Vanderbilt a 64-62 lead, but it was all Riley from there.

The Tide's only senior who finished with 26 points, six 3-pointers and 10 rebounds.

He added two free throws with 44 seconds left.

"That was a brilliant 5-minute performance there," Vanderbilt coach Kevin Stallings said. "We had our chances, but mentally we were not of the mind-set to win today. It's a little bit disappointing. I thought we took a step back in terms of our team attitude.

"Generally the best thing that we have going for us is our team attitude, and that was not our strength today. We deserved to get beat. Hopefully it will be good for us."

Mississippi 76, Georgia 62: The Rebels took control with a 10-0 second-half run and moved closer to their first NCAA tournament bid since 2002 by getting their first road conference victory of the season.

Ole Miss (21-9, 7-9 SEC) was 0-7 in road conference games before beating the Bulldogs. Chris Warren and Dwayne Curtis each scored 15 points to lead five Rebels in double figures.

Georgia (13-16, 4-12) was led by Terrance Woodbury's 18.

Mississippi St. 84, LSU 75: Charles Rhodes had 27 points and 10 rebounds in his final home game to lead the Bulldogs.

Mississippi State (21-9, 12-4 SEC) used its defense to facilitate an 18-3 run early in the second half that separated the game.

Ranked second nationally in team defense, the Bulldogs held the Tigers to 38-percent shooting. Mississippi State also blocked 10 shots, setting a conference record with 243 blocks for the season.

LSU (13-17, 6-10) threatened late with an 11-3 run in the final six minutes, but two clutch free throws by Rhodes and a dunk by Jarvis Varnado preserved the victory.

Arkansas 77, Auburn 64: Patrick Beverley scored 27 points, upstaging his six senior teammates a bit on senior night in Fayetteville.

Beverley, a sophomore, came off the bench for only the second times this season and went 9-of-11 from the field, making all six of his 3-point attempts.

Arkansas (20-10, 9-7 SEC) led by 19 at halftime, and after the Tigers cut the margin to 10, Beverley made a big 3-pointer with under six minutes remaining in the game.

Auburn (14-15, 4-12) finished last in the SEC West.

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