Tuesday, November 22
Cancun, Mexico
2 PM
Southern Miss
vs
Winthrop
Photo by: Joe Harper/bgnphoto.com
Golden Eagles Land in Mexico for Cancun Challenge
11/21/2022 3:52:00 PM | Men's Basketball
CANCUN, Mexico – The Southern Miss men's basketball team landed in paradise on Saturday for the Cancun Challenge in Cancun, Mexico. The Golden Eagles (4-0, 0-0 SBC) are joined in the Mayan Division with Winthrop (2-3, 0-0 Big South), Eastern Michigan (1-3, 0-0 MAC) and Purdue Fort Wayne (2-2, 0-0 Horizon).
Southern Miss will take on Winthrop in the opening round on Tuesday afternoon at 2 p.m. CST. Wednesday's contest will be determined by the results of day one.
Follow Along
- The game will be streamed on FloHoops ($), with Kit McConnico on the call.
- Chris Harris will carry the game on the Southern Miss Learfield Sports Network (Rock 104.5 in Hattiesburg/Laurel) and the Gameday App
- Follow @SouthernMiss MBB on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter for updates
The Need to Know
- Southern Miss is coming off a 76-72 win at Liberty on Friday night in the initial Cancun Challenge game
- Liberty's loss was just its fifth home loss since the start of the 2018-19 season and the first non-conference home loss in 28 games
- Austin Crowley dropped a career-high 25 points, including 18 in the first half
- Crowley went 4-of-8 from beyond the arc to account for four of Southern Miss' eight triples
- Felipe Haase dropped 23 points after he added 17 against Loyola New Orleans earlier in the week
- Crowley is averaging a team-high 17.0 points per game and Haase is at 15.5 points a game
- DeAndre Pinckney is averaging 9.0 points per game and 6.3 rebounds per game
Southern Miss will take on Winthrop in the opening round on Tuesday afternoon at 2 p.m. CST. Wednesday's contest will be determined by the results of day one.
Follow Along
- The game will be streamed on FloHoops ($), with Kit McConnico on the call.
- Chris Harris will carry the game on the Southern Miss Learfield Sports Network (Rock 104.5 in Hattiesburg/Laurel) and the Gameday App
- Follow @SouthernMiss MBB on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter for updates
The Need to Know
- Southern Miss is coming off a 76-72 win at Liberty on Friday night in the initial Cancun Challenge game
- Liberty's loss was just its fifth home loss since the start of the 2018-19 season and the first non-conference home loss in 28 games
- Austin Crowley dropped a career-high 25 points, including 18 in the first half
- Crowley went 4-of-8 from beyond the arc to account for four of Southern Miss' eight triples
- Felipe Haase dropped 23 points after he added 17 against Loyola New Orleans earlier in the week
- Crowley is averaging a team-high 17.0 points per game and Haase is at 15.5 points a game
- DeAndre Pinckney is averaging 9.0 points per game and 6.3 rebounds per game
- As of Sunday, Southern Miss ranks 30th in scoring defense, 12th in steals per game, 6th in turnover margin and 24th in turnovers forced per game
- The Golden Eagles will play four of its first six games on the road this season
Scouting the Eagles
- Winthrop landed in Cancun sporting a 2-3 record
- The Eagles have lost their last two games, including a 68-77 loss to Mercer on Saturday afternoon
- They have wins over Piedmont and Middle Tennessee
- Kelton Talford leads the team in scoring at 17.0 points per game and is averaging 9.2 rebounds per game
- Winthrop has four players averaging 10-plus points per game
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