University of Southern Mississippi Athletics
Tuesday, November 29
Reed Green Coliseum
7 PM
Southern Miss
vs
Montana
Photo by: Joe Harper/bgnphoto.com
Men's Basketball Set for Montana Tuesday Night
11/28/2022 5:52:00 PM | Men's Basketball
HATTIESBURG, Miss. – The Southern Miss men's basketball will put its perfect start on the line Tuesday night as it hosts Montana (3-4, 0-0 Big Sky) at Reed Green Coliseum. The Golden Eagles (7-0, 0-0 SBC) are off to their best start in over 15 years.
How to Follow
- Stream the game on ESPN+ at 7 p.m. Lee Roberts and Larry Boyd are on the call
- John Cox will carry the game on the Southern Miss Learfield Sports Network (Rock 104.5 in Hattiesburg/Laurel) and the Gameday App
-Follow @SouthernMissMBB on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook for updates.
The Need to Know
- Sunday's 103-52 win over Mobile at The Greenhouse gave Southern Miss its 4th 7-0 start in program history and first since the 2006-07 season
- Felipe Haase recorded his first double-double (17 points, 11 rebounds) as a Golden Eagle and it was the 12th of his career
- Austin Crowley finished with 24 points, one shy of his career-high 25-point performance at Liberty Nov. 18
- Southern Miss was crowned Mayan Division Champions at the Cancun Challenge after wins over Winthrop and Purdue Fort Wayne
- Haase and Crowley were named to the All-Tournament Team with Haase picking up MVP honors
- The Golden Eagle defense is holding opponents to 55.1 points per game, which ranks 12th in the country
- As of Monday, Southern Miss ranks 17th in scoring margin, 10th in steals per game, 2nd in turnover margin and 11th in turnovers forced per game
- Southern Miss has dominated in the paint en route to winning the paint battle in each of the first seven games
- The Golden Eagles' defensive pressure has only allowed 10-plus fast break points one time this season
- Crowley (17.6), Haase (15.6 and Denijay Harris (10.3) are all averaging at least 10 points per game
- Crowley's 23 steals in 2nd in the nation and only one off Missouri's D'Moi Hodge
Scouting the Grizzlies
-Montana is coming off a loss at Air Force Sunday afternoon that dropped its record to 3-4
- Preseason All-Big Sky selection Josh Bannan has been off to a tremendous start this season, averaging a double-double for the year
- He currently averages 14.8 points and 10.7 rebounds per game, one of just 22 players in the country to be in double-figures for both categories. Bannan is the only Big Sky player averaging a double-double
- The Grizzlies were picked to finish third in the Preseason Big Sky standings
- Their game at Air Force started a road trip that sees them play five of the next six games away from Missoula
Series History
- This is the second meeting between the two schools and the first in Hattiesburg
- Montana beat Southern Miss in the Zootown Classic championship game last season, 74-62
Up Next
-Southern Miss play at Northwestern State on Sunday, Dec. 4 at 3 p.m.
How to Follow
- Stream the game on ESPN+ at 7 p.m. Lee Roberts and Larry Boyd are on the call
- John Cox will carry the game on the Southern Miss Learfield Sports Network (Rock 104.5 in Hattiesburg/Laurel) and the Gameday App
-Follow @SouthernMissMBB on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook for updates.
The Need to Know
- Sunday's 103-52 win over Mobile at The Greenhouse gave Southern Miss its 4th 7-0 start in program history and first since the 2006-07 season
- Felipe Haase recorded his first double-double (17 points, 11 rebounds) as a Golden Eagle and it was the 12th of his career
- Austin Crowley finished with 24 points, one shy of his career-high 25-point performance at Liberty Nov. 18
- Southern Miss was crowned Mayan Division Champions at the Cancun Challenge after wins over Winthrop and Purdue Fort Wayne
- Haase and Crowley were named to the All-Tournament Team with Haase picking up MVP honors
- The Golden Eagle defense is holding opponents to 55.1 points per game, which ranks 12th in the country
- As of Monday, Southern Miss ranks 17th in scoring margin, 10th in steals per game, 2nd in turnover margin and 11th in turnovers forced per game
- Southern Miss has dominated in the paint en route to winning the paint battle in each of the first seven games
- The Golden Eagles' defensive pressure has only allowed 10-plus fast break points one time this season
- Crowley (17.6), Haase (15.6 and Denijay Harris (10.3) are all averaging at least 10 points per game
- Crowley's 23 steals in 2nd in the nation and only one off Missouri's D'Moi Hodge
Scouting the Grizzlies
-Montana is coming off a loss at Air Force Sunday afternoon that dropped its record to 3-4
- Preseason All-Big Sky selection Josh Bannan has been off to a tremendous start this season, averaging a double-double for the year
- He currently averages 14.8 points and 10.7 rebounds per game, one of just 22 players in the country to be in double-figures for both categories. Bannan is the only Big Sky player averaging a double-double
- The Grizzlies were picked to finish third in the Preseason Big Sky standings
- Their game at Air Force started a road trip that sees them play five of the next six games away from Missoula
Series History
- This is the second meeting between the two schools and the first in Hattiesburg
- Montana beat Southern Miss in the Zootown Classic championship game last season, 74-62
Up Next
-Southern Miss play at Northwestern State on Sunday, Dec. 4 at 3 p.m.
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