Post Game Notes

March 14, 2014

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Tournament Notes

Southern Miss will face top-seeded Middle Tennessee in the Conference USA Championship game tomorrow at 6 p.m. MT on CBS Sports Network.
Charter member Southern Miss will be making its second appearance in the C-USA Championship game. The Eagles lost to UCF, 65-54 in overtime, in 2009.
Southern Miss extends its win streak to a league-best 13 games.
With her seven assists today, Southern Miss' Jamierra Faulkner becomes Conference USA's all-time leader in assists with 854, passing Louisville's Sara Nord (852).
Faulkner scored 22 of her team-high 26 points in the second half.
This marks the fourth time in 19 years that the top two seeds will square off for the title.
Southern Miss topped Middle Tennessee, 68-56, in the regular-season meeting between the schools on Feb. 5 in Hattiesburg.

Team Notes

Southern Miss improves to 26-5 overall
The Lady Eagles advances to finals of the championship game since 2009, the second time in Conference USA
This is only the third time that a Southern Miss defeated the host school in the tournament
Southern Miss won its 13th consecutive game (the most since 1989-90 13 games)
Jamierra Faulkner had seven assists and now the all-time leader in that category with 854
Faulkner recorded her 11th game with 20 or more points in a game this season
With the 26 points, Faulkner becomes only the third player in Southern Miss history to top the 2,000-point plateau (2,002)
Southern Miss shots over 50 percent in the second half for the seventh time in the last eight games
The 26 wins is one win shy of tying the most wins in a Southern Miss history
This was the sixth game this season that Southern Miss scored 50 or more points in the second half, the most coming against FIU with 65
Jerontay Clemons posted her 17th game with double figure scoring