Men's Basketball Returns Home Saturday to Host Lamar

HATTIESBURG, Miss. -- The Southern Miss (8-1, 0-0 SBC) men's basketball team will continue its stellar start to the season on Saturday, Dec. 10 when it hosts Lamar at Reed Green Coliseum. The first of a home-and-home with the Cardinals (4-5, 0-0 Southland) will tip at 2 p.m.

How to Follow
- Stream the game on ESPN+ at 2 p.m., with Lee Roberts and Larry Boyd 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
- The Golden Eagles are ranked No. 23 in the latest version of the NCAA NET Rankings. The ranking takes into account results, strength of schedule, game location, scoring margin, net offensive and defensive efficiency, and the quality of wins and losses
- As of Thursday, Southern Miss ranks 17th in scoring margin, 27th in steals per game, 5th in turnover margin and 27th in turnovers forced per game. It ranks 17th in scoring defense.
- Felipe Haase leads all Golden Eagles in scoring at 16.7 points per game and Austin Crowley is averaging 15.7 points
- Haase is coming off a 23-point game at Northwestern State last Sunday
- The Demons handed Southern Miss its first loss of the season on a buzzer-beating basket to win 84-82
- DeAndre Pinckney finished with his second double-double of the season after going for 19 points and a career-high 12 points
- Austin Crowley ranks seventh in the country in steals (24) and is second in the Sun Belt
- Mo Arnold's 2.82 assists to turnover ratio ranks 49^th in Division I basketball
- The Golden Eagles are off to the 11^th 8-1 start in program history
- Southern Miss has flexed its muscle in the paint and has outscored eight of its nine opponents in that category. It tied Montana with 18

Scouting the Cardinals
- Lamar has four wins to its five losses through the early portion of the season
- Only one of its wins (Lindenwood) has come against a Division I opponent
- The Cardinals handed Our Lady of the Lake a 35-point loss on Monday night
- The win ended a four-game skid that included losses to Texas State, SMU, McNeese and Western Carolina
- Freshman Nate Calmese is averaging 17.2 points per game and had 31 against Our Lady of the Lake
- Calmese has four games with at least 20 points
- Lamar averages 5.7 three-pointers per game and allowed 9.2 on average

Series History
- Southern Miss has nine wins in the 15 meetings all-time
- The Golden Eagles are winners of the last the last three
- They won the 2021 meeting via an 82-75 score at Reed Green Coliseum

Up Next
- Southern Miss will make the return trip to Lamar on Tuesday, Dec. 13
- The two programs will meet at 7 p.m. inside the Montagne Center

Men's Basketball Returns Home Saturday to Host Lamar

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Players Mentioned

Mo Arnold

Austin Crowley

Felipe Haase

DeAndre Pinckney