No. 24 Ole Miss opened its season Monday with a relatively easy win over Long Island.

The Rebels (1-0) built a 17-point halftime lead and cruised from there, crushing the Sharks, 90-60.

JuJu Murray led Ole Miss with 24 points, going 5-for-8 from the 3-point line. Jaemyn Brakefield had 12 points and seven rebounds. Dre Davis had 11 points and five rebounds in his Ole Miss debut. Matthew Murrell added 11 points, three rebounds and three assists.

Brent Davis and Malachi Davis led Long Island (0-1) with 19 points each.

Ole Miss had a solid shooting game, hitting 49 percent of its shots from the floor and 41 percent of its shots from the 3-point line.

Ole Miss won the rebounding battle, 42-33, and outscored the Sharks in the paint, 34-24.

Ole Miss led more than 33 minutes on Monday, Long Island led for just one minute and 11 seconds.

Twelve Rebels scored on Monday. Davon Barnes and Malik Dia had seven points each. Sean Pedulla and Mikeal Brown-Jones had five points each. Four Rebels had two points each.

Ole Miss led by as many as 32 points.

Ole Miss plays host to Grambling Friday at 6 p.m.