Men's Basketball to Host UAB in Final Weekday Game

Wednesday, March 2

Reed Green Coliseum

7:00 PM

Southern Miss

UAB

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Men's Basketball to Host UAB in Final Weekday Game

3/1/2022 2:53:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Game Notes

HATTIESBURG, Miss. -- The Southern Miss men's basketball team will open its final homestand of the season on Wednesday night, as the Golden Eagles (6-23, 1-15 C-USA) are set to host UAB (22-7, 12-4 C-USA) at Reed Green Coliseum six days from the start of the Conference USA Championships. Tipoff on Fourth Street is set for 7 p.m. and will air on ESPN+.

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Follow Along
- Wednesday (7 p.m.) - ESPN+, with 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 is coming off a five-point loss in overtime to Rice on Saturday night at Tudor Fieldhouse.
- Against WKU two weeks 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 and 14 against North Texas. He added 17 at Rice.
- 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 dropped a career-high 29 points against Rice. He approached triple-double numbers with eight boards and seven assists.
- Napper's 2.14 assist to turnover ratio leads the conference and ranks 65^th nationally.
- Moore's six blocks against UTSA were the most by a Golden Eagle since Gary Flowers swatted seven against New Orleans in 2009.

Scouting the Blazers
- UAB heads to Hattiesburg for its final road game of the season before returning home to host LA Tech on Saturday afternoon.
- The Blazers are coming off a 69-66 win at UTEP last Saturday -- Jordan Walker went for a team-high 22 points.
- Walker leads all Blazers in scoring at 19.1 points per game -- Quan Jackson (11.6) and KJ Buffen (10.6) are also scoring in double figures.
- UAB ranks first in C-USA in field goal percentage defense (40.9), scoring marking (+15), scoring offense (79.7), steals per game (10.0), total steals (291), turnover margin (+5.6) and turnovers per game (11.).
- Jackson's 2.41 steals per game ranks first in C-USA and seventh nationally.
- Head coach Andy Kennedy is 44-14 over his two seasons at the reigns of the UAB program.

The Road Ahead
- Southern Miss will play its regular season finale at home on Saturday afternoon against Charlotte. Tipoff from Reed Green Coliseum is scheduled for 2 p.m. CST.