USM stays unbeaten at dwelling with win over James Madison

Southern Miss Sports activities Data

HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) – Behind DeAndre Pinckney’s career-high 28 factors, the Southern Miss (17-4, 6-2 SBC) males’s basketball crew picked up its tenth dwelling win of the season after downing James Madison (13-8, 4-4 SBC) 83-70 on Saturday afternoon.

Southern Miss benefited from a season-best 60.4 taking pictures share that included a 64 % clip within the second half. The Golden Eagles bought off to a quick begin after scoring six of the sport’s first eight factors.

Felipe Haase bought the scoring began after backing down his defender within the paint for a simple basket on the primary possession. Denijay Harris adopted with a contested rating, then Pinckney lit up for back-to-back jumpers.

James Madison fought off a number of Southern Miss runs to remain inside putting distance for a lot of the primary half. The Golden Eagles twice led by 9 within the first half, however the Dukes had been in a position to erase each leads.

Victor Hart knocked down a pair of free throws to present the Black and Gold one other nine-point lead – this time it didn’t go wherever for the subsequent 4 minutes.

However because it did beforehand, James Madison ripped off an 8-0 run to make it a 43-36 sport on the break. Terrence Edwards knocked down a three-pointer on the buzzer to make it a seven-point sport. Pinckney had 12 of his 18 factors within the first 20 minutes of the sport.

Nearly as large of a narrative was the dominant return of Neftali Alvarez on the defensive aspect of the ball. The Puerto Rican guard returned from damage on Thursday evening, however immediately he had two steals within the 12 minutes of motion within the first half. Each of these first half steals led to dunks by Pinckney and Harris.

The Dukes reduce the Golden Eagle result in 5 within the first two minutes of the second half, however a three-pointer and dunk from Pinckney put Southern Miss up 12 once more. James Madison once more reduce it to single digits – this time 9 – earlier than Austin Crowley and Harris scored back-to-back baskets to place the lead into double digits for good.

With Pinckney nearing his career-high in factors, Donovan Ivory got here off the bench late within the half to present Southern Miss one other spark already up 17 with eight minutes to play. Ivory created a 6-0 run of his personal to make it a 19-point Southern Miss benefit with 4 minutes left on the clock.

Ivory and Pinckney would go on to attain the ultimate 15 factors of the sport for Southern Miss when the buzzer went off with them securing the 13-point victory. Ivory completed with eight factors in just below 10 minutes of motion.

Pinckney had one other environment friendly evening because the Florida native went 11-of-15 from the ground and drilled two three-pointers. Crowley gave the 4,318 in attendance a 14-point evening and Harris added 10. Haase completed his evening with 9 factors and 4 assists.

Jay Ladner bought productive minutes from Victor Hart, Tyler Morman and Ivory tonight. The three mixed to log almost 25 minutes of motion.

Southern Miss’ 23 assists had been essentially the most its recorded in a single sport this season and had been paced by Mo Arnold’s 5 dimes. It additionally compelled at the very least 10 steals for the primary time since swiping 11 from Troy on Dec. 29. It was the ninth sport this season with at the very least 10 steals.

The Golden Eagles will proceed their four-game homestand on Thursday, Jan. 26 when Arkansas State involves Reed Inexperienced Coliseum. Tipoff is about for 7 p.m. on ESPN+.

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