South Alabama versus Southern Miss has become a bigger rivalry this year with addition of USM into the Sun Belt Conference. On Thursday February 16th the rivalry continues. The Jaguars will welcome the Golden Eagles to the Mitchell Center at 7pm
This season, USM has been on fire. The Golden Eagles started off the season going 8-0, which included a win over the SEC’s Vanderbilt. Southern Miss has a current record of 23-4 overall and 12-2 in the conference, and have won 9 straight games.
All 4 of the losses by USM this season have come on the road. This will be the 48th meeting between the two teams. South Alabama trails in the series 27-20. That includes the Jaguars going 11-12 in those games in Mobile. The Jags were beat earlier this season in Hattiesburg 76-72. The Jags and Golden Eagles are tied 8 wins each in recent history.
The Jags are playing pretty good basketball right now. USA has not trailed in 5 of its last 6 games. The Jags are 13-14 overall and 6-8 in the Sun Belt Conference. The Jaguars have won 5 out of the last 6, and are 8-4 at home this season. Kevin Samuel is now the active career leader in rebounds with 1,291.
Southern Miss comes in led by…
Austin Crowley- 16.9 ppg
Felipe Haase- 15.2 ppg
DeAndre Pinckney- 13.9 ppg
USM is averaging 75.7 points per game. The Golden Eagles are shooting 46.5% overall and 32.5% from behind the 3 point line.
South Alabama is led by…
Isaiah Moore- 18.7 ppg
Kevin Samuel- 10.4 ppg
Tyrell “Turbo” Jones -10.0 ppg
The Jags are averaging 70.0 points per game. South is shooting 46.1% overall and 32.5% behind the 3 point line.
Thursday night’s game is announced to be a white out. Fans and students are encouraged to were white. Plenty of tickets are still available for the game.
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