Memphis Falls to Southern Miss
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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 points, but was unable to link on a Southern Miss beat Memphis, 75-72 and three-point shot at the buzzer. Crawford connected on 9-of-15 (60.0 percent) field-goal attempts, including 5-of-7 (71.4 %) from three-point selection.
Memphis (15-7, 6-2 C-USA) trailed Southern Miss (20-3, 7-1 C-USA), 69-65, with under a minute to perform, drove the period of the floor and when Will Barton selected an errant free-throw attempt. Barton drew a foul and sank both free throws.
Barton then fouled Neil Watson, who pulled down a pair of photos from the charity stripe, and the ball was immediately pressed by Joe Jackson up the court for the layin, keeping the Tigers\\\' deficit at two points.
On the ensuing Southern Miss control, the ball was flicked by Antonio Barton from right and Watson into Jackson\\\'s fingers. Garcia related on the first free throw, but missed the second. Both Wesley and Jackson Witherspoon missed on put-back attempts and the Tigers still trailed by a point with 22 seconds remaining. After two were sunk by Darnell Dodson free throws for USM, D.J. Stephens put down a dunk to draw the U of M back within one time, 73-72 and needed a pass from Jackson.
A long cross were forced by Full-court pressure safety the Tigers by the Golden Eagles that has been virtually picked off, but Dodson was there to gather the loose ball near mid-court. As Jackson\\\'s attempt at the buzzer was off the mark dodson was fouled and struck both free throws, securing the ultimate profit.
Memphis\\\' top scorer, Will Barton, scored Joe Jackson and 15 factors included 14. Antonio Barton was the fourth Tiger in double-digits, posting 10 items on the evening.
Despite shooting 56.3 % (27-for-48) from the floor and restraining Southern Miss to 41.1 percent (23-of-56, Memphis couldn\\\'t defeat its a strong free-throw shooting efficiency by the Golden Eagles and poor rebounding energy.
Memphis was outrebounded, 36-23, leading to 15 2nd possibility points for Southern Miss. The Golden Eagles also linked on 24-of-27 (88.9 percent) of their free throws, compared to 13-of-17 (76.5 percent) for the Tigers.
Southern Miss clicked Memphis\\\' 18-game win streak from the Golden Eagles. It was the first-time since the 2nd activity of the 2003-04 season.
Crawford nailed a three-pointer at the buzzer to take Memphis inside a place, 34-33, at the break. The sophomore guard counted 18 first-half points, on 7-for-10 (70.0 percent) firing, making him one position shy of his career-high with 20 minutes left to enjoy.
While the Golden Eagles shot 11-of-27 (40.7 percent) from the subject and 2-of-7 (28.6 %) from three-point territory the Tigers attached on 14-of-26 (53.8 percent) from the floor, including 4-for-11 (36.4 percent) from prolonged selection. Southern Miss was a great 10-for-10 from the charity stripe and Memphis made its solitary effort from the line.
Dodson paced the Golden Eagles with 23 items on the power of 9-for-9 from the charity stripe. Watson was also great from the free-throw line, 8-for-8, on his solution to scoring 17 points. LaShay Page posted a double-double of 12 items and 10 boards. Memphis returns to the friendly confines of FedExForum for its ultimate non-conference game of the year against Xavier University. Game time is planned for 12:00 p.m. (CT). The women\\\'s baseball team is scheduled to perform UCF following the men\\\'s activity, with tip-off at 4:00 p.m.
