Southern Miss Set to Battle North Texas in Chilly Denton

HATTIESBURG, Miss. -- The Southern Miss (6-21, 1-13 C-USA) men's basketball is slated to take on [RV]North Texas (20-4, 13-1 C-USA) at The Super Pit on Thursday evening. Tipoff from Denton is at 7 p.m. CST and will air on ESPN+.

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Follow Along
- Thursday (7 p.m.) - ESPN+, with Kyle Youmans and Hank Dickenson
- 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
- The Golden Eagles are coming off a stretch of four games in seven days and embark on their first road trip since falling at UAB on Feb. 10.
- Southern Miss ended its four-game homestand on Monday night with a 74-60 loss to Marshall.
- Against WKU nine days ago, Isaih Moore became only the third C-USA player this season to record at least 25 points and 12 rebounds in a game this season. Moore joins LA Tech's Kenneth Lofton and Rice's Max Fiedler as the only players to do so.
- Moore added another 25-point performance against UTEP, then poured in 19 points against Marshall his last time out.
- Tyler Stevenson is 28th all-time on the Southern Miss scoring list with 1,171 points. He trails James Williams (1981-85) by 18 points.
- Walyn Napper went for a career-high 21 points against UTSA and dished out six assists.
- Napper's 2.12 assist to turnover ratio ranks second in C-USA and 78^th nationally.
- Stevenson's nine double-doubles are third-most in C-USA and ranks 39^th nationally.
- Stevenson has eclipsed 200 total rebounds for the second time in his career and five from breaking his previous season high of 204 in 2019-20.
- Moore's 12.1 points per game and 6.5 rebounds per game are the highest marks of his three-year collegiate career.
- Moore's six blocks against UTSA were the most by a Golden Eagle since Gary Flowers swatted seven against New Orleans in 2009.

Scouting North Texas
- North Texas, riding a 12-game winning streak, found itself receiving votes in the most recent AP Poll.
- The Mean Green's streak is the fourth longest active winning streak in the nation.
- Tyler Perry hit a go-ahead three-pointer with 2.4 seconds left last Saturday to push North Texas past UAB and extend its lead in the C-USA standings.
- Tyler Perry leads North Texas in scoring at 14.0 ppg. Two other guys are averaging at least 10 ppg -- Thomas Bell (12.4) and Mardrez McBride (10.3).
- North Texas ranks first national in scoring defense at 55.4 points per game -- it's nearly two points better than San Diego State.
- Opponents are only making 4.2 three-pointers per game versus North Texas, who have given up just 100 three-pointers this season.
- Grant McCasland is 99-55 in his fifth year leading the Mean Green.

The Series History
- Southern Miss leads the all-time series, 22-11, but have lost the last five meetings.
- Southern Miss is 9-6 against the Mean Green in games played at the Super Pit.
- North Texas won the first meeting this season, 63-54, at Reed Green Coliseum on Jan. 27

The Road Ahead
- Southern Miss will continue the Texas swing on Saturday when it takes on Rice (6 p.m.).

Southern Miss Set to Battle North Texas in Chilly Denton

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Isaih Moore

Walyn Napper

Tyler Stevenson