Men's Basketball Concludes Road Swing at Arkansas State Saturday Afternoon

JONESBORO, Ark. – After an early start to its Friday morning, the Southern Miss men's basketball team arrived in Jonesboro, Ark. for a Saturday matinee against Arkansas State (9-9, 1-4 SBC). The Golden Eagles (14-4, 3-2 SBC) will tipoff at First National Bank Arena at 2 p.m.

How to Follow
- Follow the game on ESPN+ at 2 p.m. CST, with Graham Doty and Brian Boyer 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

Golden Eagle Nuggets
- DeAndre Pinckney was named the Sun Belt Player of the Week after averaging 22.5 points per game and 12.0 rebounds per game
- Crowley went for 20 points in Thursday's 89-67 loss at Marshall. Felipe Haase added 14 and Mo Arnold added 12
- Pinckney went for a career-high 24 points and added 11 rebounds in a 65-60 win at ULM Saturday afternoon
- Last Tuesday, Crowley was named the Sun Belt Player of the Week after his career-high 30-point performance against App State
- Pinckney and Crowley became the first Golden Eagles to win back-to-back conference player of the week honors since Michael Craig (Jan. 20, 2014) and Neil Watson (Jan. 27, 2014)
- Crowley added 21 points in the ULM win and went for 14 in Thursday's loss at Louisiana
- Southern Miss is off to its best conference start since the 2011-12 season
- Its13 wins are the most before New Year's Day and tie the 13 wins the 2011-12 team recorded before the holiday
- The Golden Eagles picked up their first Sun Belt win in program history in a 64-60 win against Troy on Dec. 29, 2022
- Crowley and Pinckney have scored 10-plus points in each of their last eight and seven games, respectively
- Crowley (17.3), Haase (14.8) and Pinckney (13.2) are the only Golden Eagles averaging double-digit points per game
- As of Thursday morning, Southern Miss ranked 32nd in scoring defense (62.0), 16th in scoring margin (14.1), 25th in steals per game (9.3), 14th in turnover margin (4.8) and 30th in turnovers forced per game (16.7)
- Southern Miss had a record-breaking day in the steals department against Lamar on Dec. 10 as its 21 steals was the fourth most in a single game in program history
- Three days later it set a program record for three-point attempts when it tried 42 at Lamar on Dec. 13
- Pinckney (7.4) and Haase (6.9) pace the Golden Eagles on the glass, while Pinckney leads the with 134 total rebounds
- Jay Ladner went back to his usual starting five with Denijay Harris, Austin Crowley, Mo Arnold, DeAndre Pinckney and Felipe Haase

Scouting the Red Wolves
- Caleb Fields (11.9) and Omar El-Sheikh (11.2) are the only Red Wolves scoring 10-plus points per game
- Arkansas State fell to 9-9 after losing by three points to Texas State on Thursday
- The loss dropped the Red Wolves to 1-3 in Sun Belt play with their lone win against Old Dominion
- El-Sheikh ranks third in the Sun Belt in rebounding at 9.6 boards per game and his 173 rank second in the country
- Arkansas State's scoring defense is sixth in the conference at 64.8

Series History
- Thursday's game marks the 28^th all-time meeting between the two schools
- Southern Miss leads the series 14-13 and is 3-9 in Jonesboro
- Southern Miss' last win in the series came in 1980 by way of a 78-76 win
- Arkansas State has won the last three meetings dating back to 2001

Up Next
- Southern Miss returns to Hattiesburg to host South Alabama on Thursday, Jan. 19. Tipoff at Reed Green Coliseum at 7 p.m.

Men's Basketball Concludes Road Swing at Arkansas State Saturday Afternoon

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Players Mentioned

Mo Arnold

Austin Crowley

Felipe Haase

Denijay Harris

DeAndre Pinckney

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