BIRMINGHAM – Led by career-highs from Shonte Hailes and Megan Brown, the Southern Miss women’s basketball team (10-7, 2-2) snapped UAB’s (14-3, 3-1) seven-game win streak Thursday night with a 80-63 win over the Blazers in Bartow Arena.
Preseason predictions had North Texas, Southern Miss and Louisiana Tech to be the top three football teams in Conference USA’s West Division.
Last week, Southern Miss (4-2 overall, 2-0 C-USA) handled North Texas 45-27 to sweep aside one of its primary rivals.
Southern Miss quarterback Jack Abraham earned the Conference USA Player of the Week honors for his role in a 31-13 victory over UTEP last Saturday.
The redshirt junior threw for a season-high 351 yards passing and three touchdowns passes on 19-of-28 attempts, including a 74-yard scoring strike to De’Michael Harris.
Southern Miss coaches knew right where to start when preparing for Saturday’s 5 p.m. football game at Troy.
Their own archives.
That’s because first-year Troy head coach Chip Lindsey was the offensive coordinator under former Golden Eagle head coach Todd Monken in 2014-15.
After a good start to open the season, the Southern Miss Golden Eagles step up in competition big time this week when they play at Mississippi State on Saturday.
Game time is 2:30 p.m. and the game will be televised by ESPNU.
When Travis Creel finished up his playing days in Hattiesburg, Southern Miss coach Scott Berry knew he could have a career in coaching. Berry didn’t, however, necessarily think Creel would end up back in Hattiesburg.
DALLAS – Southern Miss has been chosen to finish second in Conference USA’s West Division in a preseason vote conducted by a panel of media members that cover C-USA schools and released today by the league office.
Southern Miss basketball coach Jay Ladner admits his path to his new office inside Reed Green Coliseum isn’t common for other coaches.
“How did you do it? How can I do it?”
HATTIESBURG – After enjoying four seasons of playing collegiate baseball for his hometown team, Southern Miss relief pitcher J.C. Keys takes the next step of his baseball journey tonight after signing with the Cincinnati Reds late last week.
Matt Wallner, a three-year All-American for the Southern Miss program, signed today with the Minnesota Twins to start his professional baseball career.
