Arkansas State Tops Men's Basketball in High-Scoring Ballgame

Saturday, December 20

Hattiesburg, Miss.

3:30 PM

Southern Miss

7-6,1-1Sun Belt

Arkansas State

9-4,2-0Sun Belt

Arkansas St.

Southern Miss.

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Arkansas State Tops Men's Basketball in High-Scoring Ballgame

12/20/2025 6:35:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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HATTIESBURG, Miss. – A high-powered second half by the Golden Eagles wasn't enough for Southern Miss (7-6, 1-1 Sun Belt) as Arkansas State (9-4, 2-0 Sun Belt) hung on for a 93-86 win on Saturday evening inside Reed Green Coliseum.

Notables
- Southern Miss used its fifth different starting lineup of the season with #0 Izzy Hart, #1 Curt Lewis, #4 Tylik Weeks, #13 Dylan Brumfield, #15 Djahi Binet
- The first Golden Eagle points were scored by Tylik Weeks for the third time this season
- Southern Miss' first sub off the bench was Brewer Carruth at the 15:41 mark of the first half
- The 86 points were the most since scoring 92 against North Florida on Nov. 22
- Southern Miss and Arkansas State are now tied 17-17 in the all-time series, while Southern Miss leads 12-5 in games played in Hattiesburg
- The Golden Eagles are now 39-10 at Reed Green Coliseum since the start of the 2022-23 season. It's the first home loss of the season as Southern Miss is now 4-1
- Arkansas State's 93 points were the most given up by Southern Miss this season
- Izzy Hart made his first Southern Miss start and the 29th of his career after starting 28 games at Central Oklahoma
- Curt Lewis went 4-for-6 from deep – his four three-pointers tied for the most he's hit in his career. He last hit four against Liberty on Feb. 5, 2022
- Tylik Weeks scored 25 points to finish in double figures for the 11th time this season and for the 10th game in a row
- Weeks finished with 20+ points for the third time this season and first since scoring 37 against North Florida on Nov. 22
- Weeks made a career-high 11 free throws on 12 attempts. His 11 made free throws were the most since Denijay Harris made 11 against Coastal Carolina last season
- Brewer Carruth topped his career high in scoring with 14 points. His previous high was eight against William Carey on Nov. 18
- Carruth grabbed a career-high six rebounds, including four offensive boards
- Djahi Binet tied his career high in assists with three against Louisiana

How it Happened
Tylik Weeks got the scoring started for Southern Miss for the third time this season as he made a nice left-handed layup. The Golden Eagles got a nice offensive boost from Brewer Carruth, who had nine points in the first half.

Southern Miss pushed ahead by four on a pair of free throws from Weeks halfway through the half. Arkansas State got a three-pointer from Christian Harmon that tied the game, and then Carruth hit a jumper to swing the score back in Southern Miss' favor.

The Golden Eagles then went on a nearly six-minute drought without a made field goal, which allowed Arkansas State to grab the momentum. The Red Wolves used a 10-0 run to pull ahead by 10 with 3:38 to play in the half. Trailing by as many as 13, Southern Miss got its spark back at the end of the half as it closed out on a 6-0 run to make it a seven-point game at the break.

Djahi Binet went on a 7-0 run to start the second half and tie the game at 39-all -- Binet's last layup in the run forced an Arkansas State timeout. Freddy Salam-Sylla gave the Red Wolves a basket out of the timeout, and then the two teams went back and forth. Over four minutes, the game had five ties and three lead changes.

Arkansas State used a 10-0 run to take an eight-point lead before a Weeks jumper ended it to make 56-50. The Red Wolves follow with a 6-2 run to pull ahead by 10 with 9:23 left to play. Weeks cut it back to eight twice, but Arkansas State had an answer each time. Tegra Izay scored to start a 6-0 run that included a Carruth steal off an inbounds pass that led to a basket.

Southern Miss cut the game to three with 4:08 to play on a Curt Lewis three-pointer. Despite the Greenhouse getting loud, Arkansas State worked its way to a 10-point lead in just over two minutes. That lead held steady as the Golden Eagles fell by seven.

Up Next
Southern Miss will return from the holiday break on Dec. 29 when it travels to LSU for a non-conference contest. Tip-off from Baton Rouge is scheduled for 7 p.m. on SECN+.

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