Ole Miss celebrates after beating UGA (Ole Miss)

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HOOVER, Ala. — It’s better late than never for Ole Miss.

The Rebels faced a tall task Saturday afternoon against Georgia. They knew coming into the day they’d have to face Georgia’s two-headed rotation monster of Emerson Hancock and Tony Locey. But it didn’t matter. As they’ve done all week, the Rebels got hits in big situations, banged out 11 hits total and got yet another crop of clutch pitching performances to beat the Bulldogs, 5-3, to advance to Sunday’s SEC tournament title game against Vanderbilt.

Ole Miss is no stranger to playing in the title game.[…]