Memphis Falls to Southern Skip
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Memphis Declines to Southern Miss
Updated: Wednesday, 01 Feb 2012, 10:44 PM CST Published:Wednesday, 01 Feb 2012, 10:44 PM CST
HATTIESBURG, Miss - Chris Crawford scored a career-high 23 points, but was not able to connect on a Southern Miss defeated Memphis, 75-72 and three-point shot at the buzzer. Crawford linked on 9-of-15 (60.0 %) field-goal attempts, including 5-of-7 (71.4 percent) from three-point range.
Memphis (15-7, 6-2 C-USA) trailed Southern Miss (20-3, 7-1 C-USA), 69-65, with under a second to play, drove the period of the ground and when Will Barton selected an errant free-throw try. Barton received a foul and sank both free throws.
Barton then fouled Neil Watson, who knocked down a couple of photographs from the charity stripe, and Joe Jackson immediately forced the ball up the court for the layin, keeping the Tigers\\\' deficit at two points.
On the following Southern Miss person, Antonio Barton flicked the ball from right and Watson into Jackson\\\'s hands. Jackson connected on the first free throw, but missed the second. Both Jackson and Wesley Witherspoon missed on put-back efforts and the Tigers still trailed by way of a level with 22 seconds remaining. After Darnell Dodson sank two free throws for USM, D.J. Stephens put down a dunk to take the U of M back within one point, 73-72 and took a pass from Jackson.
Full-court pressure safety by the Tigers pushed a long pass by the Golden Eagles that has been almost picked off, but Dodson was there to gather the free ball near mid-court. Dodson was obtaining the remaining edge as Jackson\\\'s effort at the buzzer was off the mark, fouled and struck both free throws.
Memphis\\\' top scorer, Will Barton, scored 15 factors and Joe Jackson included 14. Antonio Barton was the fourth Tiger in double-digits, submitting 10 items on the night.
Despite decreasing Southern Miss to 41.1 % (23-of-56 and shooting 56.3 % (27-for-48) from the floor, Memphis couldn\\\'t defeat its a powerful free-throw shooting performance by the Golden Eagles and poor rebounding work.
Memphis was outrebounded, 36-23, ultimately causing 15 second chance items for Southern Miss. The Golden Eagles also related on 24-of-27 (88.9 %) of their cost-free throws, compared to 13-of-17 (76.5 %) for the Tigers.
Southern Miss clicked Memphis\\\' 18-game win streak contrary to the Golden Eagles. This is the first-time considering that the 2nd game of the 2003-04 period.
A three-pointer was nailed by Crawford at the buzzer to move Memphis within a point, 34-33, at the crack. First-half points were tallyed 18 by The sophomore guard, on 7-for-10 (70.0 percent) firing, making him one level shy of his career-high with 20 minutes left to enjoy.
While the Golden Eagles shot 11-of-27 (40.7 percent) from the 2-of-7 and area (28.6 %) from three-point property the Tigers connected on 14-of-26 (53.8 percent) from the floor, including 4-for-11 (36.4 percent) from long variety. Southern Miss was an excellent 10-for-10 from the charity stripe and its lone attempt was made by Memphis from the line.
The Golden Eagles were paced by Dodson with 23 items on the strength of 9-for-9 from the charity stripe. Watson was also ideal from the free-throw line, 8-for-8, on his method to scoring 17 points. LaShay Page submitted a double-double of 10 boards and 12 items. Memphis returns to the pleasant confines of FedExForum for its ultimate non-conference matchup of the period against Xavier University. Game time is scheduled for 12:00 p.m. (CT). The women\\\'s basketball team is slated to play UCF following the men\\\'s game, with tip-off at 4:00 p.m.
