Tuesday, November 12
Hattiesburg, Miss.
7 PM
Southern Miss
2-1,0-0Sun Belt
104
vs
65
Loyola New Orleans
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Loyola (LA)
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Southern Miss.
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104
MBB: Golden Eagles Top 100 Points in Dominant Win Over Loyola New Orleans Tuesday Night
11/12/2024 10:19:00 PM | Men's Basketball
HATTIESBURG, Miss. – It was raining three-pointers at Reed Green Coliseum on Tuesday night as the Golden Eagles cruised to a 104-65 win over Loyola New Orleans. The men's basketball program has now won 28 of its last 31 home games dating back to the start of the 2022-23 season.
Jay Ladner's squad set several personal bests for the sixth-year head coach, which started with the most points scored in a game under the head man. The Golden Eagles also set top-five marks in points in a half, field goals made, field goals attempted, three-pointers made, rebounds, assists, and blocks. Southern Miss moved to 91-9 when scoring at least 100 points and 3-0 under Ladner in such instances.
Loyola New Orleans didn't make it easy on the Golden Eagles in the early parts of the game as the Wolf Pack jumped to a three-point lead five minutes into the game. Following the first media timeout of the game, though, it was all Southern Miss from there.
The duo of Alfred Worrell Jr. and Cobie Montgomery were deadly from deep as the two combined for nine three-pointers. Montgomery capped a 10-0 run in the first half that put Southern Miss ahead by 10 after hitting his second triple in 60 seconds. Minutes later Jett Montgomery started a 12-0 run – the longest run of the season for Southern Miss – with a trey of his own. Denijay Harris ended that run with an emphatic dunk to put the Golden Eagles ahead by 24. Southern Miss went from a tied game to a 24-point lead in under eight minutes.
Southern Miss shot 66.7 percent from the floor in the opening half and 60 percent from deep. The hot shooting kept up the remainder of the game as the Golden Eagles shot 50 percent in the second half and 56.9 percent for the game. From deep, Southern Miss shot 44.8 percent.
The second half started with the Christian Watson show as he scored the first four points, including a huge dunk after he was on the receiving end of an alley-oop pass from Harris. Watson then started an 11-0 run that put Southern Miss ahead by 35 with 12:46 to play.
Ladner started relying on his reserves with about 10 minutes to play and got solid minutes out of every Golden Eagle that dressed out. Brewer Carruth and Christian Reid scored their first collegiate points tonight, while Carruth's first field goal game on a breakaway dunk on a pass from Trey Alfonso.
Alfonso tacked on a final basket of his own that gave Southern Miss a 40-point lead with 1:26 to play, which would tie its largest lead of the night and season. Andre Curbelo finished with 15 points, six assists and five rebounds for Southern Miss. Worrell Jr. matched Curbelo with 15 points and went 5-for-10 from deep.
Harris went 5-for-5 from the field and finished with 14 points and blocked three shots. The Columbus native has now blocked at least three shots in every game, while Southern Miss has blocked five as a team in every game – it finished with seven tonight.
Christian Watson scored 11 points and DeAntoni Gordon added eight. The Southern Miss bench erupted for 51 points. The Golden Eagles also grabbed 52 rebounds, which was their most since finished with 50 against Arkansas State last season.
Southern Miss will match up with South Dakota State on Wednesday, Nov. 20. The road game in Billings, S.D. is the first of a three-game trip that includes two games at the Basketball Travelers Invitational in Bozeman, Mont.
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Game Notes
- Southern Miss used the same starting five as the season opener against Bowling Green: DeAntoni Gordon, Christian Watson, Andre Curbelo, Neftali Alvarez, Denijay Harris
- Southern Miss has made at least one three-pointer in 143 consecutive games
- Southern Miss is 28-3 at home since the start of the 2022-23 season and 2-0 this season
- The Golden Eagles are 0-3 this season at the opening tip
- Southern Miss shot 67 percent (20-for-30) from the floor in the first half and 60 percent (9-for-15) from deep
- The Golden Eagles hit a season-high 13 three-pointers. Their previous high was 10 at UAB last Thursday
- Southern Miss 52 first and second-half points were the most in any half this season and the third-most in a half under Jay Ladner
- Southern Miss has now finished with at least five blocks in each of the first three games after recording seven tonight
- The Golden Eagles hit 10+ three-pointers for the second consecutive game
- The 13 made three-pointers are tied for the fourth-most in the Ladner era
- The Golden Eagles had five players finish in double figures for the second time this season
- All 15 Golden Eagles on the roster checked into the game for the first time this season
- Southern Miss is 91-9 when scoring 100+ points and 3-0 under Ladner
- Tonight's game put Southern Miss in the top five in the Ladner era in the following categories (rank): points (1), points in a half (T5), field goals made (T1), field goals attempted (T1), three-pointers made (T4), rebounds (2), assists (T4) and blocks (T5)
- Thirteen Golden Eagles scored tonight and all played at least four minutes
Player Notes
- Alvarez made his 76th career start, which is the most by any current Golden Eagle. It's his ninth career start at Southern Miss and third of the season
- Gordon opened the scoring at the 19:16 mark on a layup assisted by Curbelo
- Harris has hit a three-pointer in each of the first three games after having zero career triples heading into the season. He is now 3-for-10 in his five-year career
- Alfred Worrell scored a career-high 12 points on a career-best five made three-pointers
- Cobie Montgomery tied his career high in points with 17 and career high in three-pointers with five
- Montgomery is the first player since Austin Crowley against ODU (2/7/24) last season to make at least five three-pointers in a game
- Harris tied his career-high in blocks with three tonight and now has three in each of Southern Miss' first three games
- Harris has scored in double figures in each of the first three games after his 14-point performance tonight
- Christian Reid checked for the first time in his collegiate career with 8:41 left in the game
- Lieb Yat checked in with 4:01 left in the game for the Division I action after missing last season due to injury
- Reid scored his first career points on a layup at the 6:13 mark in the second half
- Jose Benitez saw his first action of the season
- Trey Alfonso saw his first action of the season
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Jay Ladner's squad set several personal bests for the sixth-year head coach, which started with the most points scored in a game under the head man. The Golden Eagles also set top-five marks in points in a half, field goals made, field goals attempted, three-pointers made, rebounds, assists, and blocks. Southern Miss moved to 91-9 when scoring at least 100 points and 3-0 under Ladner in such instances.
Loyola New Orleans didn't make it easy on the Golden Eagles in the early parts of the game as the Wolf Pack jumped to a three-point lead five minutes into the game. Following the first media timeout of the game, though, it was all Southern Miss from there.
The duo of Alfred Worrell Jr. and Cobie Montgomery were deadly from deep as the two combined for nine three-pointers. Montgomery capped a 10-0 run in the first half that put Southern Miss ahead by 10 after hitting his second triple in 60 seconds. Minutes later Jett Montgomery started a 12-0 run – the longest run of the season for Southern Miss – with a trey of his own. Denijay Harris ended that run with an emphatic dunk to put the Golden Eagles ahead by 24. Southern Miss went from a tied game to a 24-point lead in under eight minutes.
Southern Miss shot 66.7 percent from the floor in the opening half and 60 percent from deep. The hot shooting kept up the remainder of the game as the Golden Eagles shot 50 percent in the second half and 56.9 percent for the game. From deep, Southern Miss shot 44.8 percent.
The second half started with the Christian Watson show as he scored the first four points, including a huge dunk after he was on the receiving end of an alley-oop pass from Harris. Watson then started an 11-0 run that put Southern Miss ahead by 35 with 12:46 to play.
Ladner started relying on his reserves with about 10 minutes to play and got solid minutes out of every Golden Eagle that dressed out. Brewer Carruth and Christian Reid scored their first collegiate points tonight, while Carruth's first field goal game on a breakaway dunk on a pass from Trey Alfonso.
Alfonso tacked on a final basket of his own that gave Southern Miss a 40-point lead with 1:26 to play, which would tie its largest lead of the night and season. Andre Curbelo finished with 15 points, six assists and five rebounds for Southern Miss. Worrell Jr. matched Curbelo with 15 points and went 5-for-10 from deep.
Harris went 5-for-5 from the field and finished with 14 points and blocked three shots. The Columbus native has now blocked at least three shots in every game, while Southern Miss has blocked five as a team in every game – it finished with seven tonight.
Christian Watson scored 11 points and DeAntoni Gordon added eight. The Southern Miss bench erupted for 51 points. The Golden Eagles also grabbed 52 rebounds, which was their most since finished with 50 against Arkansas State last season.
Southern Miss will match up with South Dakota State on Wednesday, Nov. 20. The road game in Billings, S.D. is the first of a three-game trip that includes two games at the Basketball Travelers Invitational in Bozeman, Mont.
Follow @SouthernMissMBB on X, Instagram and Facebook for updates throughout the season.
Game Notes
- Southern Miss used the same starting five as the season opener against Bowling Green: DeAntoni Gordon, Christian Watson, Andre Curbelo, Neftali Alvarez, Denijay Harris
- Southern Miss has made at least one three-pointer in 143 consecutive games
- Southern Miss is 28-3 at home since the start of the 2022-23 season and 2-0 this season
- The Golden Eagles are 0-3 this season at the opening tip
- Southern Miss shot 67 percent (20-for-30) from the floor in the first half and 60 percent (9-for-15) from deep
- The Golden Eagles hit a season-high 13 three-pointers. Their previous high was 10 at UAB last Thursday
- Southern Miss 52 first and second-half points were the most in any half this season and the third-most in a half under Jay Ladner
- Southern Miss has now finished with at least five blocks in each of the first three games after recording seven tonight
- The Golden Eagles hit 10+ three-pointers for the second consecutive game
- The 13 made three-pointers are tied for the fourth-most in the Ladner era
- The Golden Eagles had five players finish in double figures for the second time this season
- All 15 Golden Eagles on the roster checked into the game for the first time this season
- Southern Miss is 91-9 when scoring 100+ points and 3-0 under Ladner
- Tonight's game put Southern Miss in the top five in the Ladner era in the following categories (rank): points (1), points in a half (T5), field goals made (T1), field goals attempted (T1), three-pointers made (T4), rebounds (2), assists (T4) and blocks (T5)
- Thirteen Golden Eagles scored tonight and all played at least four minutes
Player Notes
- Alvarez made his 76th career start, which is the most by any current Golden Eagle. It's his ninth career start at Southern Miss and third of the season
- Gordon opened the scoring at the 19:16 mark on a layup assisted by Curbelo
- Harris has hit a three-pointer in each of the first three games after having zero career triples heading into the season. He is now 3-for-10 in his five-year career
- Alfred Worrell scored a career-high 12 points on a career-best five made three-pointers
- Cobie Montgomery tied his career high in points with 17 and career high in three-pointers with five
- Montgomery is the first player since Austin Crowley against ODU (2/7/24) last season to make at least five three-pointers in a game
- Harris tied his career-high in blocks with three tonight and now has three in each of Southern Miss' first three games
- Harris has scored in double figures in each of the first three games after his 14-point performance tonight
- Christian Reid checked for the first time in his collegiate career with 8:41 left in the game
- Lieb Yat checked in with 4:01 left in the game for the Division I action after missing last season due to injury
- Reid scored his first career points on a layup at the 6:13 mark in the second half
- Jose Benitez saw his first action of the season
- Trey Alfonso saw his first action of the season
Team Stats
Loyola
USM
FG%
.351
.569
3FG%
.308
.448
FT%
.556
.692
RB
30
52
TO
14
15
STL
9
11
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
15
FGM
5
3FGM
5
FTM
0
Pts
15
FGM
7
3FGM
1
FTM
0
Pts
14
FGM
5
3FGM
4
FTM
0
Pts
14
FGM
5
3FGM
1
FTM
3
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