Golden Eagles Host Troy on Super Saturday in Hattiesburg

Saturday, February 14

Hattiesburg, Miss.

7:30 PM

Southern Miss

Troy

Golden Eagles Host Troy on Super Saturday in Hattiesburg

2/13/2026 11:34:00 AM | Men's Basketball

Southern Miss Notes Specialty Cup

HATTIESBURG, Miss. -- The Southern Miss (13-14, 6-8 Sun Belt) men's basketball team will host Troy (17-9, 9-4 Sun Belt) on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. as part of Super Saturday in Hattiesburg. Fans can visit this LINK to purchase a ticket and specialty cup to be picked up at the basketball doubleheader.

Game 28: Southern Miss (13-14, 6-8 Sun Belt) vs. Troy (17-9, 9-4 Sun Belt)
Saturday, February 14 at 7:30 p.m. CT
TV: ESPN+ | Radio: Southern Miss Radio Network
Reed Green Coliseum (8,095)

Fans can listen on the Southern Miss Radio Network, Southern Miss Game Day App, or their local Southern Miss Network affiliate to hear John Cox on the call. The game will air on ESPN+ with Lee Roberts (pxp) and Larry Boyd (color).

NEWS AND NOTES
- Tylik Weeks has moved into seventh all-time in single-season free throws with 155. He passes former Golden Eagle Denijay Harris after making 11 against South Alabama
-Djahi Binet was named the Sun Belt Player of the Week on Feb. 10 after averaging 24.0 points and 11.0 rebounds in games against Marshall and Kent State
- Southern Miss helped the Sun Belt to a 14-12 win in the MAC-SBC Challenge after beating Kent State, 66-65, on Feb. 7 at Reed Green Coliseum
- Binet became the first player in the Sun Belt this season to have a 30-point, 15-rebound game as he went for 31 points and 15 boards at Marshall on Feb. 4
- Southern Miss limited its turnover number to a season-low seven at Coastal Carolina on Jan. 24
- Southern Miss picked up two wins in its first Sun Belt road trip, which is its best start in league play on the road in over 10 seasons
- Southern Miss won its Sun Belt opener against Louisiana, 62-54, in a low-scoring affair. Israel Hart dropped a season-best 17 points in the win
- Weeks posted his first career double-double with 18 points and 10 rebounds against Ole Miss — the rebound total was a career best
- Weeks was named the Sun Belt Player of the Week 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
- 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
- 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
- Troy is 17-9 start overall and 9-4 mark in Sun Belt play. The Trojans are coming off a 74-62 loss at Texas State on Wednesday night. Troy is 2-3 in its last five with wins over Georgia State and Akron. The Trojans have dropped games to James Madison, App State, and Texas State
- Victor Valdes leads Troy in scoring at 15.7 points per game. Thomas Dowd (14.5), Cooper Campbell (12.6), and Theo Seng (13.0) all average 10+ points. On the glass, Dowd is averaging 10.3 boards per game and has 79 offensive rebounds
- Troy ranks top-three in the Sun Belt in assist/ turnover ratio (1.38), assists per game (16.3), effective FG percentage (.528), fastbreak points (11.8), offensive rebounds (12.7), scoring margin (7.4), scoring offense (82.3), steals per game (8.7), three-point percentage (34.8), three-pointers per game (9.9), turnover margin (1.9), turnovers forced (13.7) and winning percentage (65.4)

SERIES HISTORY
- Southern Miss and Troy are slated to meet for the 24th time in the series history
- Southern Miss is 18-5 against the Trojans in Hattiesburg, but only 2-0 at RGC in Sun Belt play against them
- Troy has won the last three meetings dating back to last season. Troy took the first meeting this season, 91-65, in Troy

Charity Stripe Livin'
- Southern Miss has made a living at the free-throw line this season, making at least 20 free throws in 10 games. The last time Southern Miss made at least 20 free throws in that many games was during the 2013-14 season, when it happened in 24 games
- A season-high 27 free throws were made in the win at Radford, while the Golden Eagles had 32 attempts in that game
- The 27 freebies were the most by a Jay Ladner-coached Southern Miss team. The top four of the Ladner era are all from this season

HOME SWEET REED GREEN
- Southern Miss is 43-12 at The Greenhouse since the start of the 2022-23 season
- 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 Golden Eagles are 7-0 in home openers under Jay Ladner, while six of those have been double-digit wins

ON THIS DAY
Date: February 14
- It is the 23rd Valentine's Day game for Southern Miss, who is 12-10 all-time when playing on February 14. In 1972, Danny Thornsberry scored 34 points at Pepperdine, which is the 22nd-most points scored by a Golden Eagle in a game. The last time Southern Miss played on this day was in 2022 against Western Kentucky, which the Hilltoppers won. The last Southern Miss win was over UTSA in 2019. The Golden Eagles won that game 78-71 at Reed Green Coliseum

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 had a loaded non-conference slate that includes only five home games
- Notable stops on the road included South Carolina, Miami (Fla.), Radford, and LSU. The Golden Eagles also played Ole Miss at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum
- Other non-conference games were Buffalo, Tougaloo, Grambling (two times), William Carey, North Florida, UT Martin/Prairie View A&M, and Kent State

Single-game and season tickets are available via southernmiss.com/tickets, calling 1-800-844-TICK, or by visiting the Pat Ferlise Ticket Office during normal business hours.

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