ATLANTA — Freshman Jase Richardson scored a team-high 20 points to lead No. 2 Michigan State to a 73-70 win over No. 6 Ole Miss in the NCAA Tournament South Region semifinals on Friday.Coen Carr added 15 points and Jaden Akins scored 13 for the Spartans (30-6), who are headed to the program’s 15th Elite Eight. Tre Holloman added 10 points off the bench for Michigan State, which rallied from a 10-point first-half deficit.Ole Miss (24-12) was led by Sean Pedulla’s 24 points and Matthew Murrell’s 13. Malik Dia chipped in 11 points for the Rebels, who were playing in just their second Sweet 16.Akins’ hard-earned layup gave Michigan State a 65-63 edge with 1:29 remaining, before the Spartans doubled their lead on Carson Cooper’s basket with 40 seconds left. Pedulla’s floater was then answered by a pair of Akins free throws.Pedulla’s putback layup cut the Rebels’ deficit to 69-67 with 13.9 seconds left, but Holloman knocked down four straight foul shots to seal the victory.After trailing 29-19 in the first half, Michigan State clawed back to knot the score at 33 on Carr’s layup to open the second. Following Holloman’s basket that trimmed the Rebels’ lead to 42-39, Pedulla made a layup that prompted a 6-0 Ole Miss spurt.From there, Carr’s layup jump started a 14-2 Michigan State run, including Cooper’s free throws with 7:50 left that gave the Spartans their first lead.