Memphis Drops to Southern Miss
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Memphis Drops to Southern Miss
Updated: Wednesday, 01 Feb 2012, 10:44 PM CST Published:Wednesday, 01 Feb 2012, 10:44 PM CST
HATTIESBURG, Miss - Chris Crawford scored a career-high 23 points, but was struggling to join on a three-point shot at the buzzer and Southern Miss defeated Memphis, 75-72. Crawford linked on 9-of-15 (60.0 percent) field-goal attempts, including 5-of-7 (71.4 percent) from three-point range.
Memphis (15-7, 6-2 C-USA) trailed Southern Miss (20-3, 7-1 C-USA), 69-65, with under a minute to perform, drove the amount of the ground and when Will Barton selected a wayward free-throw attempt. Barton drew a foul and sank both free throws.
Barton then fouled Neil Watson, who knocked down a couple of shots from the charity stripe, and the ball was immediately forced by Joe Jackson up the court for the layin, keeping the Tigers\\\' deficit at two points.
On the ensuing Southern Miss person, the ball was flicked by Antonio Barton from Watson and right into Jackson\\\'s arms. Garcia attached on the first free throw, but missed the second. Both Wesley and Jackson 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 cost-free throws for USM, D.J. Stephens put down a dunk to take the U of M back within one time, 73-72 and needed a move from Jackson.
A long cross were forced by Full-court pressure safety the Tigers by the Golden Eagles which was virtually picked off, but Dodson was there to collect the free ball near mid-court. As Jackson\\\'s effort at the buzzer was off the mark dodson was fouled and hit both free throws, getting the ultimate edge.
Memphis\\\' leading scorer, Will Barton, scored Joe Jackson and 15 points included 14. Antonio Barton was the next Tiger in double-digits, publishing 10 points on the evening.
Despite restraining Southern Miss to 41.1 percent (23-of-56 and firing 56.3 percent (27-for-48) from the floor, Memphis couldn\\\'t defeat its a powerful free-throw shooting efficiency by the Golden Eagles and bad rebounding work.
Memphis was outrebounded, 36-23, ultimately causing 15 second opportunity things for Southern Miss. The Golden Eagles also linked on 24-of-27 (88.9 percent) of their free throws, compared to 13-of-17 (76.5 percent) for the Tigers.
Southern Miss broke Memphis\\\' 18-game win streak contrary to the Golden Eagles. It was the first-time considering that the second activity of the 2003-04 period.
A three-pointer was nailed by Crawford at the buzzer to move Memphis inside a point, 34-33, at the crack. First-half things were tallyed 18 by The sophomore guard, on 7-for-10 (70.0 percent) shooting, making him one point shy of his career-high with 20 minutes left to enjoy.
The Tigers connected on 14-of-26 (53.8 percent) from the floor, including 4-for-11 (36.4 %) from extended selection, while the Golden Eagles shot 11-of-27 (40.7 percent) from the field and 2-of-7 (28.6 percent) from three-point property. Southern Miss was a great 10-for-10 from the charity stripe and its lone effort was made by Memphis from the point.
The Golden Eagles were spaced by Dodson with 23 items on the power of 9-for-9 from the charity stripe. Watson was also excellent from the free-throw line, 8-for-8, on his solution to scoring 17 points. LaShay Page placed a double-double of 12 items and 10 boards. Memphis returns to the pleasant confines of FedExForum for the ultimate non-conference matchup of the year against Xavier University. Game time is appointed for 12:00 p.m. (CT). The women\\\'s basketball team is scheduled to play UCF following the men\\\'s activity, with tip-off at 4:00 p.m.
