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Southern Miss
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Golden Eagles Stumble at Texas State
1/17/2026 6:50:00 PM | Men's Basketball
SAN MARCOS, Texas – Texas State (11-9, 4-4 Sun Belt) rallied from a halftime deficit on Saturday afternoon to beat Southern Miss (11-9, 5-3 Sun Belt) 74-69 in San Marcos.
Tylik Weeks scored 24 points on 8-for-15 shooting from the floor. Dylan Brumfield added 16 points as he joined Weeks in double figures. As a team, Southern Miss had 14 steals on 18 Texas State turnovers.
Both teams made 20-plus free throws, with Southern Miss shooting 83.3 percent from the charity stripe. Texas State shot 47.6 percent from the floor in the game and went 6-for-13 from deep; meanwhile, Southern Miss went 3-for-15 from deep.
Notables
- Southern Miss started #1 Curt Lewis, #2 Brewer Carruth, #4 Tylik Weeks, #13 Dylan Brumfield and #15 Djahi Binet
- The first Southern Miss sub was Izzy Hart at 12:22 in the first half
- Southern Miss had 14 steals against Texas State, reaching 10+ for the sixth time this season. The Golden Eagles had 10 in the first half and now have 10+ steals in two of the last three games
- Texas State moved to 3-1 all-time against Southern Miss when the two play in San Marcos
- Southern Miss leads the all-time series 5-4 after splitting the series this season
- The Golden Eagles made at least 20 free throws for the seventh time this season after going 20-for-24 from the line
- Tylik Weeks scored 24 points to reach double figures for the 18th time this season
- Weeks has now scored 20 points in seven games this season, and in three of the last four games
- Djahi Binet finished with a career-high four blocks, topping his previous high of three
- Izzy Hart finished with a season-high four steals, topping his previous high of three at Louisiana on Jan. 3
- Brewer Carruth finished with seven points, making it his best outing since scoring 16 against Arkansas State on Dec. 20, 2025
- Dylan Brumfield scored 16 points to reach double figures for the 10th time this season and for the sixth consecutive game
- Brumfield finished with five steals, matching his season high against ULM on Jan. 10
How it Happened
Southern Miss and Texas State started a combined 2-for-9 from the floor, with the Bobcats having both makes. The Golden Eagles struggled to find a good look while also turning the ball over four times in the first four minutes.
Tylik Weeks hit a pair of free throws coming out of the first media timeout that got Southern Miss on the board. The Golden Eagles then hit a stretch of four-straight makes to take an 11-7 lead. Izzy Hart followed that with back-to-back steals that resulted in four points.
Texas State answered with an 8-0 run just after Djahi Binet gave Southern Miss some noise with a monster slam. The Bobcats led by as many as four after their run, but Binet and Carruth scored for Southern Miss to retake the lead. Texas State once again took the lead with a minute left in the half before Hart hit a step-back jumper to give Southern Miss a 28-27 lead at the half.
Weeks led all scorers in the first half with 10 points, while Binet went 3-for-4 from the floor for seven points. Southern Miss had 10 steals in the first half, marking the sixth time its reached at least 10 in a game this season.
Texas State opened the second half on a 9-0 run to take a 36-28 lead in the first two minutes, forcing the Golden Eagles to burn an early timeout. Southern Miss settled the Strahan Arena crowd as Weeks and Dylan Brumfield scored back-to-back points to make it a four-point game.
Southern Miss found its defensive groove as it kept Texas State scoreless for 3:50 midway through the half. In that stretch, Weeks and Brumfield combined for a 5-0 run to make it 40-37 in favor of the Bobcats with 12:25 left in the game. In that run, the Golden Eagles forced four Texas State turnovers, which put Southern Miss at 15 points off turnovers at that point.
The Golden Eagles went on a stretch of over four minutes with no field goals, but did manage to go 6-for-6 from the charity stripe during that span. It kept it at a four-point game at the under-eight media timeout. The drought stretched over five minutes after the timeout with the Bobcats pushing their lead to seven.
The drought continued into the final media timeout with Southern Miss not making a field goal for nearly eight minutes. That let Texas State take a nine-point lead with 3:53 to go. Brewer Carruth broke the streak at nine minutes after converting an and-one. That made it a nine-point game with just over two minutes to play.
Southern Miss scored a flurry of points down the stretch with Weeks cutting the Bobcat advantage to seven with 40 seconds on the clock. Texas State made five three throws to close out the game as Brumfield hit a three-pointer as the buzzer went off in Strahan Arena.
Up Next
Southern Miss continues its four-game road trip next Thursday at Georgia State. The Golden Eagles are slated to tip-off at 6 p.m. CT in Atlanta.
