Memphis Falls to Southern Miss
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Memphis Declines to Southern Skip
Updated: Wednesday, 01 Feb 2012, 10:44 PM CST Revealed:Wednesday, 01 Feb 2012, 10:44 PM CST
HATTIESBURG, Miss - Chris Crawford scored a career-high 23 points, but was not able to link on a Southern Miss beat Memphis, 75-72 and three-point shot at the buzzer. Crawford attached on 9-of-15 (60.0 percent) field-goal attempts, including 5-of-7 (71.4 %) from three-point selection.
Memphis (15-7, 6-2 C-USA) trailed Southern Miss (20-3, 7-1 C-USA), 69-65, with under a second to perform, drove the period of the ground and when Will Barton selected a wayward free-throw endeavor. Barton drew a foul and sank both free throws.
Barton then fouled Neil Watson, who knocked down a pair of photographs from the charity stripe, and the ball was immediately pressed by Joe Jackson up the court for the layin, keeping the Tigers\\\' deficit at two points.
On the ensuing Southern Miss ownership, Antonio Barton flicked the ball from right and Watson into Jackson\\\'s arms. Garcia attached on the first free throw, but missed the second. Both Jackson and Wesley Witherspoon missed on put-back attempts and the Tigers still trailed by way of a place with 22 seconds remaining. After two were sunk by Darnell Dodson free throws for USM, D.J. Stephens took a pass from Jackson and put down a dunk to pull the U of M back within one point, 73-72.
A long pass were forced by Full-court pressure protection the Tigers by the Golden Eagles that was almost picked off, but Dodson was there to collect the loose ball near mid-court. As Jackson\\\'s effort at the buzzer was off the mark dodson was fouled and hit both free throws, obtaining the remaining border.
Memphis\\\' top scorer, Will Barton, scored 15 points and Joe Jackson included 14. Antonio Barton was the next Tiger in double-digits, publishing 10 points on the evening.
Despite shooting 56.3 % (27-for-48) from the ground and limiting Southern Miss to 41.1 percent (23-of-56, Memphis couldn\\\'t defeat its lackluster rebounding effort and a powerful free-throw shooting efficiency by the Golden Eagles.
Memphis was outrebounded, 36-23, resulting in 15 second chance points for Southern Miss. The Golden Eagles also related on 24-of-27 (88.9 %) of their cost-free throws, compared to 13-of-17 (76.5 %) for the Tigers.
Southern Miss snapped Memphis\\\' 18-game win streak contrary to the Golden Eagles. This is the very first time because the second activity of the 2003-04 season.
Crawford nailed a three-pointer at the buzzer to draw Memphis inside a stage, 34-33, at the break. The sophomore guard tallied 18 first-half points, on 7-for-10 (70.0 percent) firing, leaving him one position shy of his career-high with 20 minutes left to perform.
While 11-of-27 were taken by the Golden Eagles (40.7 %) from the 2-of-7 and subject (28.6 percent) from three-point territory the Tigers linked on 14-of-26 (53.8 percent) from the floor, including 4-for-11 (36.4 %) from long assortment. Southern Miss was a perfect 10-for-10 from the charity stripe and Memphis made its only effort from the line.
The Golden Eagles were paced by Dodson with 23 items on the power of 9-for-9 from the charity stripe. Watson was also great from the free-throw line, 8-for-8, on his way to scoring 17 points. LaShay Page submitted a double-double of 12 points and 10 boards. Memphis returns to the friendly confines of FedExForum for the ultimate non-conference matchup of the time against Xavier University. Game time is planned for 12:00 p.m. (CT). The women\\\'s basketball team is slated to perform UCF following the men\\\'s game, with tip-off at 4:00 p.m.
