Southern Miss Gets the Win Over UAB, 59-55

Filed under Game Recap on January 14th, 2012

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Everything fell into place in Hattiesburg as the Golden Eagles beat the Blazers, 59-55, in conference play.

This game was actually a little close, and Golden Eagles probably should have landed a bigger win. Southern Miss had a big advantage in RPI ranking (#12 to #192). The Golden Eagles home court advantage is distinct, and the Blazers were not playing well and had lost 3 out of 5. A year ago, Southern Miss went 1-1 against UAB. Going back four years, the Golden Eagles are 4-7 against the Blazers including 2-3 at Reed Green Coliseum. Since 1980, the Southern Miss record against UAB is 14-21.

The game came down to a big separation in turnover margin and a somewhat smaller advantage in free throw shooting.

The Golden Eagles had a better game at the charity stripe, with 71% shooting compared to 33% by the Blazers. The Golden Eagles hung onto the ball, with seven turnovers to 19 by the Blazers.

Darnell Dodson led all scoring for the Golden Eagles with 15 points on 41% shooting in 21 minutes.

UAB Players Mins Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO A Cameron Moore 36 13 9 1 0 1 2 B+ Herb Harrison 9 4 4 1 0 0 0 B Robert Williams 24 3 5 3 1 0 1 B Jordan Swing 35 17 1 1 0 0 3 B Preston Purifoy 18 7 2 1 0 0 1 B- Quincy Taylor 37 7 3 5 1 0 5 D+ Ovie Soko 30 4 3 1 0 1 6 - K.C. Whitaker 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 - Jekore Tyler 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 - A. Scotland-Williamson 3 0 0 0 0 0 0

USM Players Mins Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO A Angelo Johnson 36 9 4 3 3 1 1 A Maurice Bolden 21 9 7 2 1 0 1 B+ Neil Watson 31 11 2 4 1 0 1 B Darnell Dodson 21 15 3 0 2 0 2 C LaShay Page 34 5 1 0 1 0 0 C Torye Pelham 15 4 3 0 0 0 1 C Johnathan Mills 22 6 2 0 0 0 1 - Rashard McGill 8 0 1 1 0 0 0 D- Cedric Jenkins 12 0 0 0 0 0 0

The Golden Eagles are now 16-3. With their record improving to 3-1 in the C-USA, they stay in 4th place.

Coming up next is Marshall at home on January 21st.

• This is the 9th game at home this season--USM has a 16.3 average scoring margin against opponents at home.
• Southern Miss has turned the ball over less than their opponents for the past 7 games.
• The bench recorded more points (32) than the starters (27).
• USM has won 100% of the time this season (5-0) when opponents record 2 or fewer blocks.
• The top two scorers (Darnell Dodson and Neil Watson) accounted for 44.0% of the points.

• This loss extended the Blazers losing streak to 4 games.
• The top two rebounders (Cameron Moore and Robert Williams) accounted for 45.1% of the rebounds.
• Jordan Swing has 3 straight double-digit point games.
• Cameron Moore has 7 straight double-digit point games.
• Cameron Moore has led the team in rebounding 10 times in 16 games this season.

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