| Memphis Falls to Southern Miss |
From GoGoTraffic
Memphis Drops to Southern Miss
Updated: Wednesday, 01 Feb 2012, 10:44 PM CST Revealed:Wednesday, 01 Feb 2012, 10:44 PM CST
HATTIESBURG, Miss - Chris Crawford won a career-high 23 factors, but was not able to connect on a Southern Miss beat Memphis, 75-72 and three-point shot at the buzzer. Crawford linked on 9-of-15 (60.0 percent) field-goal attempts, including 5-of-7 (71.4 percent) from three-point selection.
Southern Miss were trailed by Memphis 15-7 6-2 C-USA (20-3, 7-1 C-USA), 69-65, with under a second to play, when Will Barton selected a wayward free-throw try and drove the length of the floor. Barton sank both free throws and drew a foul.
Barton then fouled Neil Watson, who pulled down a set of images from the charity stripe, and Joe Jackson instantly forced the ball up the court for the layin, keeping the Tigers\\\' debt at two points.
On the ensuing Southern Miss control, Antonio Barton flicked the ball from Watson and right into Jackson\\\'s fingers. Garcia related on the first free place, but missed the second. Both Jackson and Wesley Witherspoon missed on put-back attempts and the Tigers still trailed by a stage with 22 seconds remaining. After two were sunk by Darnell Dodson free throws for USM, D.J. Stephens put down a dunk to pull the U of M back within one time, 73-72 and took a move from Jackson.
Full-court force safety by the Tigers pushed a long pass by the Golden Eagles which was nearly picked off, but Dodson was there to gather the loose ball near mid-court. Dodson was struck and fouled both free throws, securing the ultimate margin as Jackson\\\'s effort at the buzzer was off the mark.
Memphis\\\' leading scorer, Will Barton, scored 15 factors and Joe Jackson included 14. Antonio Barton was the fourth Tiger in double-digits, posting 10 items on the morning.
Despite capturing 56.3 % (27-for-48) from the ground and limiting Southern Miss to 41.1 percent (23-of-56, Memphis couldn\\\'t overcome its bad rebounding energy and a strong free-throw shooting performance by the Golden Eagles.
Memphis was outrebounded, 36-23, ultimately causing 15 2nd opportunity items for Southern Miss. The Golden Eagles also connected on 24-of-27 (88.9 percent) of their cost-free throws, compared to 13-of-17 (76.5 %) for the Tigers.
Southern Miss clicked Memphis\\\' 18-game win streak from the Golden Eagles. This was the first time because the 2nd game of the 2003-04 period.
A three-pointer was nailed by Crawford at the buzzer to draw Memphis inside a stage, 34-33, at the break. First-half points were tallyed 18 by The sophomore guard, on 7-for-10 (70.0 percent) shooting, making him one position shy of his career-high with 20 minutes left to perform.
While 11-of-27 were taken by the Golden Eagles (40.7 percent) from the subject and 2-of-7 (28.6 percent) from three-point property the Tigers attached on 14-of-26 (53.8 %) from the ground, including 4-for-11 (36.4 %) from lengthy array. Southern Miss was a great 10-for-10 from the charity stripe and Memphis made its only effort from the point.
The Golden Eagles were paced by Dodson with 23 points on the power of 9-for-9 from the charity stripe. Watson was also ideal from the free-throw line, 8-for-8, on his solution to scoring 17 points. LaShay Page published a double-double of 12 points and 10 boards. Memphis returns to the pleasant confines of FedExForum for the ultimate non-conference matchup of the season against Xavier University. Game time is appointed for 12:00 p.m. (CT). The women\\\'s baseball team is scheduled to perform UCF following the men\\\'s game, with tip-off at 4:00 p.m.
