Basketball
Ruffin Enters Transfer Portal
By Adam Brown
Sports Editor
adam.brown@hottytoddy.com
Ole Miss basketball guard Daeshun Ruffin has entered the transfer portal according to 247 Sports.
Ruffin just finished his sophomore season after stepping away from the program to focus on his physical and mental health on Jan 31.
This season, Ruffin played in 11 games as he averaged 9.5 points with 3.2 assists coming off a season-ending knee injury last February.
As a freshman, the Jackson, Mississippi, native played in 14 games and averaged 12.6 points and 3.4 assists. He arrived in Oxford as the only McDonald’s All-American to sign with the Rebels.
Last season, Ruffin earned SEC Freshman of the Week for the week of Jan. 31, 2022, in which he averaged 16.0 points, 3.0 assists and 2.0 steals per game during a three-game stretch.
| Sat, Aug 31 |  | vs Furman | W, 76-0 |
| Sat, Sep 7 |  | vs Middle Tennessee | W, 52-3 |
| Sat, Sep 14 |  | @ Wake Forest | W, 40-6 |
| Sat, Sep 21 |  | vs Georgia Southern | W, 52-13 |
| Sat, Sep 28 |  | vs Kentucky | L, 20-17 |
| Sat, Oct 5 |  | @ South Carolina | W, 27-3 |
| Sat, Oct 12 |  | vs LSU | L, 29-26 (2 OT) |
| Sat, Oct 26 |  | vs Oklahoma | W, 26-14 |
| Sat, Nov 2 |  | @ Arkansas | W, 63-35 |
| Sat, Nov 16 |  | vs Georgia | W, 28-10 |
| Sat, Nov 23 |  | @ Florida | 11:00 AM ABC or ESPN |
| Sat, Nov 30 |  | vs Mississippi State | 2:30 PM ESPN or ABC |