ST. THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands -- Sebastian Saiz scored a career-high 26 points and added 12 rebounds, and Mississippi advanced to the Paradise Jam championship game with an 81-68 victory over Saint Josephs on Sunday.Deandre Burnett added 20 points, and Cullen Neal and Rasheed Brooks had 11 each for

ST. THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands -- Sebastian Saiz scored a career-high 26 points and added 12 rebounds, and Mississippi advanced to the Paradise Jam championship game with an 81-68 victory over Saint Josephs on Sunday.Deandre Burnett added 20 points, and Cullen Neal and Rasheed Brooks had 11 each for the Rebels (4-0), who pushed a 41-37 halftime lead to as many as 16 points in the second half.We were giving up a lot of free opportunities in the last game (a 95-88 overtime win over Oral Roberts on Friday), Saiz said. We used the mentality of `nothing free tonight. I knew they were going to try to double-team me, but I was ready for it. I knew they werent going to be able to stop me.Shavar Newkirk scored 21 points, Charlie Brown had 13 and Lamarr Kimble 10 for the Hawks (3-1), who led twice in the first half, the last at 28-24 on Chris Clovers 3-pointer with 8:56 left.But Mississippi responded with a 15-5 run over the next five minutes, with Browns 3-pointer with 3:54 remaining giving the Rebels a 39-33 lead, their biggest of the half.Mississippis biggest lead came in the final six minutes, with Justa Furmanavicius tipping in a missed Burnett layup for a 73-57 margin with 5:26 left.We had too many missed plays, said Saint Josephs coach Phil Martelli, whose team was 10 of 22 from the free throw line Sunday. We had to keep them off the glass, and didnt do that. But it was our foul shooting -- we started off 0-for-6 to start the half, and we cant be in those situations.BIG PICTURESaint Josephs: Even with the loss, the Hawks are off to their best start since the 2005-2006 season, when they also opened 3-1. 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SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. -- Offer one mulligan to Kevin Chappell for the last year and the rules are bound to be broken.He mentioned the tee shot on the 18th hole at Bay Hill that was buried in deep rough and forced him to lay up, and he finished one shot behind Jason Day. He mentioned the tee shot on the 17th hole at East Lake that missed the fairway by two steps and sunk to the bottom of the Bermuda rough, leading to an untimely bogey at the Tour Championship that cost him the lead.Halfway through talking about the tee shot on the 18th in regulation at East Lake, he was reminded he could take only one shot back.I know, I know, Chappell replied.How about 18 at Bay Hill? he said after a long pause. If I handled that situation differently, maybe the other two dont happen.Its easy to think about everything that didnt go Chappells way over the last year because he is still searching for his first PGA Tour victory going into the RSM Classic at Sea Island, the final official PGA Tour event of the year.The 30-year-old Californian doesnt see it that way.He was runner-up three times against some of the strongest fields, losing to the top two players in the world without doing much wrong. Jason Day beat him at the Arnold Palmer Invitational and The Players Championship, and Rory McIlroy beat Chappell and Ryan Moore at the Tour Championship.Chappell rose to No. 28 in the world and went places he had never been. He played in the World Golf Championships for the first time, at the Bridgestone Invitational (tie for third behind Dustin Johnson) and the HSBC Champions. He made his inaugural trip to the British Open. Hell make his debut in the Masters next year.Missing from that itinerary is Kapalua for the winners-only Tournament of Champions.The competitor in me never wants to get that close that many times and not close, Chappell said. In the long run, that might be a great thing.He mentioned the patience of Steve Stricker and the relatively slow start by Day, the No. 1 player in the world who won just one time in his first six years on tour. Chappell finished last season at No. 8 on the money list with just over $4.5 million.Its hard to get hung up on the negatives.It can never be a bad thing to play that much good golf, Chappell said.ddddddddddddIf he were to win this week -- he was runner-up a year ago to Kevin Kisner -- he wont go to Kapalua because his wife, Elizabeth, is due to give birth to their second child in January. Chappells final event of the year is the Franklin Templeton Shootout, another perk to having a big year.His partner is Kisner, which is only fitting. Few players can appreciate the kind of year Chappell had.When he showed up at Sea Island last year, Kisner had been runner-up four times over the previous seven months without doing much wrong. Rickie Fowler beat him in a playoff at The Players Championship. So did Jim Furyk at Hilton Head. He lost another playoff at Greenbrier, and Russell Knox beat him in Shanghai.Kisner saw only good golf, and he blew away everyone at Sea Island to win by six shots.If you keep doing what youre doing and you keep putting yourself in that position, youre going to win one, Kisner said. Its just a matter of time. Youve got to stay patient. Hes a hell of a player and hes going to win plenty of times on tour in the next few years.Chappell had a one-shot lead when his tee shot on the 18th at Bay Hill found the rough, and by the time he faced his 25-foot par putt, Day made a birdie on the 17th to catch him and then won with a par on the 18th. Chappell birdied the 16th at the Tour Championship for a two-shot lead. But his tee shot in the rough forced him to lay up (bogey), McIlroy made birdie in front of him to tie for the lead and Chappells tee shot on the par-5 18th kept him from a reasonable birdie chance for the win.His final-round score in his runner-up finishes over the last year: 67, 69, 69, 66.So when he looks back -- at moments, not trophies -- he has no qualms declaring this a good year.Id be doing myself a disservice to look at it negatively, he said. And theres stuff to look forward to as I sit here today.A baby in January. His first Masters in April.And right ahead of him is one last chance to leave no doubt what kind of year it has been. ' ' '