Men's Basketball Opens Two-Game Road Swing at Radford

Wednesday, December 3

Radford, VA

6 PM

Southern Miss

Radford

Men's Basketball Opens Two-Game Road Swing at Radford

12/1/2025 3:09:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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HATTIESBURG, Miss. -- The Southern Miss (4-3, 0-0 Sun Belt) men's basketball team opens a two-game road trip at Radford (3-6, 0-0 Big South) on Wednesday night. The Golden Eagles and Highlanders are slated to meet at 6 p.m. CT for the first time in program history.

Game 8: Southern Miss (4-3, 0-0 Sun Belt) at Radford (3-6, 0-0 Big South)
Wednesday, December 3 at 6 p.m. CT
TV: ESPN+| Radio: Southern Miss Radio Network
Dedmon Center (3,800)

Fans can listen on the Southern Miss Radio Network, Southern Miss Game Day App, or their local Southern Miss Network affiliate to hear Chris Harris on the call. The game will air on ESPN+ with Rick Watson (pxp), Cole Wilder (color) and Crystal Hubbard (sideline)

NEWS AND NOTES
- Junior guard Tylik Weeks was named the Sun Belt Player of the Week last Monday as he took home MVP honors at the Pensacola Invitational
- Outside of an 11-point deficit at the half against North Florida, Southern Miss dominated the Pensacola Invitational and took home its second MTE title under Jay Ladner
- As of last Friday, Isaac Taveras and Weeks are one of nine pairs averaging 17.9 PPG in collegiate basketball
- Weeks scored 37 points in the win over North Florida, which was the 11th-most in program history and the second-most by any Sun Belt player since the 2022-23 season
- Southern Miss fell on the road at South Carolina on Nov. 9 as the Gamecocks used a three-point barrage to finish the comeback in overtime. Weeks dropped a career-high 20 points, while Taveras scored 25 and Israel Hart had 17
- Felipe Patino went off for 18 points on six three-pointers in the win over Tougaloo on Nov. 6. Taveras produced a 16-point, 10-rebound double-double and Israel Hart had 11 points
- The Golden Eagles return only four players from last season: Dalyn Brandon, Brewer Carruth, Tegra Izay, Jett Montgomery
- Ladner and Co. brought in 14 newcomers during the offseason: DJahi Binet, Dylan Brumfield, Robert Cowherd, Fallou Diagne, IJ Ezuma, Israel Hart, Blake Lander, Curt Lewis, Felipe Patino, EJ Paymon, Isaac Taveras, Chiante' Tramble, Chandler Watts, Tylik Weeks
- The 2025-26 season marks the 106th season of Southern Miss basketball and the 61st season inside Reed Green Coliseum
- Southern Miss was voted 12th in the preseason poll after finishing in 12th last season in the league standings

ABOUT THE OPPONENT
- Radford plays the second game of a four-game homestand on Wednesday when it hosts Southern Miss. The Highlanders are 3-6 and won their last outing against Notre Dame of Maryland
- Dennis Parker Jr. leads the team in scoring at 17.3 points per game, while Del Jones is scoring 15.7 points per game. Parker is coming off a 19-point game against Notre Dame of Maryland and had 27 points against UNC Wilmington
- Similar to the Golden Eagles, Radford traveled to South Carolina to play the Gamecocks in Columbia. The Highlanders fell 87-58 to South Carolina, while Jones led them in scoring with 16 points
- Radford played its first road game of the season at then-No. 18 North Carolina, falling 89-74 in Chapel Hill. That loss was the front end of a six-game losing skid with losses to the Tar Heels, Wright State, Cleveland State, South Carolina, UNC Wilmington, and SMU
- Senior guard Jaylon Johnson was tabbed a preseason All-Big South player and is averaging 8.7 points per game
- Georgia Southern transfer Tyson Brown is no stranger to Southern Miss, as he scored 23 points across to games against the Golden Eagles last season. He had a 14-point, 12-rebound double-double in the Eagles' win over Southern Miss at the Sun Belt Tournament last season

SERIES HISTORY
- This is the first meeting

A GOOD START AT HOME
- Southern Miss moved to 69-12 in home openers dating back to the 1956-56 season when the Golden Eagles fell to Louisiana Tech
- The first home-opening win for Southern Miss was against Tyndall Field (Fla.) to open the 1947-48 season
- The Golden Eagles are now 7-0 in home openers under Jay Ladner, while six of those have been double-digit wins

Home Openers Under Jay Ladner
Date	Result	Score	Opponent
11/5/19	W	90-71	Delta State
12/2/20	W	80-53	William Carey
11/9/21	W	81-67	William Carey
11/11/22	W	86-62	Loyola (La.)
11/6/23	W	64-42	William Carey
11/4/24	W	77-68	Bowling Green
11/6/25	W	93-57	Tougaloo

ON THIS DAY
Date: Decemer 3
- Southern Miss is 14-10 on Dec. 3, which includes a 109-point game against Rust that ranks 12th all-time in single game scoring. The Golden Eagles also scored 105 against Hawaii-Loa on Dec. 3, 1990. Most notably, Southern Miss picked up a 4 overtime win over New Orleans on Dec. 3, 2005 in a 83-78 affair. The first-ever Dec. 3 game was against Pensacola NAS to open the 1949-50 season

THE VETERAN OF THE COUNTRY
- Curt Lewis enters the season as one of the oldest players in Division I basketball. The Louisville, Ky., product was born on May 19, 1999
- Below is a list of the oldest players in the country

Ramel Bethea, Green Bay - July 27, 1996
Nginyu Ngala, Kansas - April 3, 1999
Curt Lewis, Southern Miss - May 19, 1999
Ibrahim Olajuwon, FIU - May 26, 1999
Hunter Erickson, Hawaii - September 14, 1999
Bouna Kebe, Delaware - December 24, 1999

LOADED NON-CON SLATE
- Southern Miss has a loaded non-conference slate that includes only five home games
- Notable stops on the road include South Carolina, Miami (Fla.), Radford, and LSU
- Southern Miss will also play Ole Miss at the Coast Coliseum on Dec. 13
- Other non-conference games are Buffalo, Tougaloo, Grambling (two times), William Carey, North Florida, UT Martin/Prairie View A&M and the second MAC-SBC Challenge opponent in February

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