Southern Miss Opens Season with Win Against MC on Education Day

Monday, November 2

Hattiesburg, Miss.

11 a.m.

Southern Miss

1-0,0-0Sun Belt

Mississippi Christian

0-0,0-0Gulf South

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Mississippi Col.	13	19	13	14	59
Southern Miss.	22	29	17	17	85

11/2/2026 2:35:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

HATTIESBURG, Miss. – Southern Miss opened the 2026-27 season with an 85-59 win over Mississippi Christian on Education Day in Reed Green Coliseum.

Southern Miss won the opening tip and controlled the first three and a half minutes of the period thanks to the hot hand of Whitney Hart, who had six of the first eight points to lead 8-0. The Black and Gold soon took their largest lead of the quarter on a 7-0 run featuring five points by Kylie Marshall, including a three-pointer, to push the gap to 16-5. Chrysta Narcisse and Marshall combined for the final six points of the period to give Lady Eagles a 22-13 advantage.

The Black and Gold saw an offensive surge to begin the second quarter, rattling off 15 straight points capped off by a Ramiah Augurson three-pointer to extend their advantage to 37-15. Southern Miss began to find its range from deep, starting with Hayleigh Breland knocking down the next two triples to keep it at a 20-point gap, 46-26. Narcisse soon joined in on the three-point party, closing out the half with the team's fourth triple of the quarter, as the Lady Eagles led 51-32 at the break.

Southern Miss had two scorers in double-figure points after the first 20 minutes of play, led by Breland with 12 on 4-for-5 shooting from the field. Narcisse had ten and recorded seven of the team's 31 first-half rebounds.

After two fast starts in the first and second periods, Southern Miss was held to one basket in the opening two minutes, but quickly got going again, pushing its lead to 25 on a three-pointer by Mariah Clayton, 63-38. The Black and Gold's next points came from a Jada Gay layup before Augurson closed out the period with a layup off a steal to lead 68-45.

The Lady Eagles scored in bunches to get the final stanza going, starting with a 4-0 burst before the Black and Gold reeled off seven straight points. During this stretch, Southern Miss had three different scores find the basket, including four points by Nakiyah Allen. Not long after, Southern Miss grabbed its largest lead of the game after a three-pointer by Meg Barbour, which would also be the final points for the Lady Eagles in their 85-59 win.

Southern Miss had four scorers reach double-digit points, led by Breland with 14 points. Narcisse picked up her first double-double of the season with ten points and 11 rebounds, and was joined in double-figure rebounds with Jada Gay and Whitney Hart, who each had ten rebounds. Marshall and Augurson rounded out the scoring for the Black and Gold with 12 and ten points, respectively.

Up Next
Southern Miss heads to Auburn, Ala., for one of its two SEC showdowns this season, as they take on Auburn on Thursday, Nov. 5 at 6 p.m. in Neville Arena.

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