University of Southern Mississippi Athletics
Southern Miss Seeks to Snap Skid against Tulane
1/11/2008 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Jan. 11, 2008
HATTIESBURG, Miss. - Southern Miss looks to snap a four-game losing streak and pick up its first conference victory of the year when the Golden Eagles host Tulane, Saturday afternoon at 4:00 p.m. (CT) at Reed Green Coliseum.
This will be the 66th meeting between the two schools in a series that dates back to 1948. The Green Wave leads the series, 39-25, and has won four of the last five meetings. However, in games played in Hattiesburg, Southern Miss holds a slight advantage, 15-14. Last year, Tulane swept the season series, defeating the Golden Eagles, 79-64, in Hattiesburg, before taking a 77-72 victory in New Orleans.
Southern Miss is led by guard Jeremy Wise. The sophomore leads the team in scoring with 18.5 points per game. Right behind him is freshman R.L. Horton with 13.0, junior Courtney Beasley with 10.3 and sophomore Sai'Quon Stone at 8.1. Gjio Bain leads Southern Miss on the boards, pulling down 7.7 rebounds a game.
Southern Miss is coming off a 52-41 loss against UCF in its Conference USA opener. Southern Miss never got things going, while UCF jumped out to the early lead and never looked back. Jeremy Wise led the Golden Eagles (8-7, 0-1 C-USA) with 14 points, his 14th double-digit scoring output of the season. Andre Stephens added nine points and a team-high six rebounds.
Tulane enters today's game with a 10-5 record, 0-1 in the conference. The Green Wave is led by forward David Gomez. The senior currently leads the team with 13.5 points per game and 6.0 rebounds. Sophomore guard Kevin Sims is averaging 12.3 points and 4.2 assists. Robinson Louisme is contributing 10.7 points and 5.9 boards.
Tulane is coming off a 62-61 loss against UAB. The Green Wave led throughout the game. However, with Tulane up two, UAB's Ed Berrios attempted a last second three-pointer and was fouled by sophomore Kevin Sims. Berrios hit all three shots to win the game for UAB. TU got a game-high 18 points from Gomez, while Louisme chipped in with 10.
Southern Miss takes to the road for its first conference game away from Reed Green Coliseum. The Golden Eagles will travel to Birmingham, Ala. to face UAB on Wednesday, January 16, for a 7:00 p.m. at Bartow Arena. The game will be broadcast on CSS.
