Southern Miss to Finish Homestand on Monday with Marshall

Monday, February 21

Reed Green Coliseum

7:00 PM

Southern Miss

Marshall

Southern Miss to Finish Homestand on Monday with Marshall

2/20/2022 2:56:00 PM | Men's Basketball

HATTIESBURG, Miss. -- The Southern Miss men's basketball team will finish its four-game homestand on Monday night against Marshall. Tipoff from Reed Green Coliseum is slated for 7 p.m.

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Follow Along
- Monday (7 p.m.) - ESPN+, Lee Roberts and Larry Boyd
- 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 Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter for updates.

The Need to Know
- Southern Miss dropped the first three games in its current home stint -- Western Kentucky (77-87), UTSA in overtime (79-98), and UTEP (70-84).
- Junior Isaih Moore has gone for 25 points in two of his last three games. He went for 25 points and 12 rebounds against WKU, and 25 points with 10 rebounds against UTEP. Against UTSA, Moore went for 15 points, seven rebounds, and six blocks.
- Moore's 25-point, 12-rebound performance against WKU marked only the fourth time a Conference USA player has recorded those numbers in a single game this season. Louisiana Tech's Kenneth Lofton, Jr. has done so twice (36-17, 31-14), while Rice's Max Fiedler has done it once (30-12).
- Against UAB on Feb. 10, Tyler Stevenson knocked down his first-career three-pointer. It was the fifth-ever three-point attempt by the Columbus, Miss. native.
- Prior to turning the ball over 18 times against UTEP, Southern Miss had posted a season low in turnovers with seven against Rice, then nine against FIU, UAB, and WKU.
- The Golden Eagles have outrebounded each of their last three opponents, including a plus-seven margin against UTEP on Saturday.
- DeAndre Pinckney has scored at least 12 points in each of his last five games, including 12 against UTEP on Saturday.
- Mo Arnold's 14 points against UTEP on Saturday were his most as a Golden Eagle since he scored 12 at Middle Tennessee.
- Head coach Jay Ladner is one win shy of reaching 100 for his career.

Scouting the Thundering Herd
- Marshall won back-to-back games before losing to Charlotte in Huntington on Saturday night.
- The Thundering Herd's lost to Charlotte dropped them to 3-8 in C-USA play, and to 10-17 overall.
- Marshall averaging 74.9 points per game and is allowing 77.3 points per game. It averages a little over seven three-pointers per game.
- Taevion Kinsey leads Marshall in scoring at 19.2 ppg. Two other guys are averaging at least 10 ppg -- Andrew Taylor (13.9) and Obinna Anochili-Killen (12.1).
- The Herd it the road for the first time since winning at UTEP on Feb. 13, 88-79. It was only the second win on the road for them.
- Kinsey's 19.2 points per game ranks fourth-best in C-USA.
- Marshall's 74.9 points per game is the sixth-best in C-USA.

Scouting the Series
- Marshall leads the all-time series, 16-9. The two teams last met in 2020, where Marshall won at home.
- Southern Miss is 8-2 against the Thundering Herd in games played at Reed Green Coliseum.
- Southern Miss won 101-51 when the two schools last met in Hattiesburg. Eleven different Golden Eagles scored in that 2019 contest.
- Southern Miss and Marshall met in Huntington on Feb. 6, 2020 before COVID shutdown the season. The Golden Eagles fell, 72-58.

The Road Ahead
- Southern Miss will embark on its final road trip of the year on Thursday, Feb. 24. The Golden Eagles travel to North Texas for a 7 p.m. CST tip.