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.
On this week’s episode of The PineBeltSPORTS Podcast, we focus solely on this weekend’s first round of the high school baseball playoffs.
We discuss Petal-D’Iberville (8:40), Pass High-Sumrall (15:15), Purvis-St. Stanislaus (19:05), Mt. Olive-Lumberton (22:55) and Sacred Heart-Sebastopol (25:10) throughout the episode.
HATTIESBURG – Jay Ladner gave his father Larry Ladner the best birthday present Thursday. On Larry’s 82nd birthday, Jay was introduced as to the Southern Miss faithful as the next head basketball coach.
Both sides of the ball at Southern Miss’ Black and Gold spring game seemed very parallel compared to this past season. The defense, again, looks to be dominant, but the eyebrow raiser for the day went to Gold Team members sophomore quarterback Tate Whatley and senior wide receiver Neil McLaurin.
Southern Miss is now without a head basketball coach.
After fives years leading the Golden Eagles program, Doc Sadler stepped down Thursday amidst reports of his return to the University of Nebraska as an assistant coach under new head coach Fred Hoiberg.
On this week’s episode of The PineBeltSPORTS Podcast, Camal and Andrew open with quirky traditions at The Masters (2:40) before jumping into more local discussions.
Southern Miss President Rodney Bennett had his eyes on the prize. He knew what he wanted, and he wasn’t going to be stopped. That’s how he described it Monday, at least, and sitting to Bennett’s left was his prize – Jeremy McClain.
HATTIESBURG – Southern Miss’ Bryant Bowen could do no wrong Saturday in a doubleheader against Marshall.
HATTIESBURG – Things were looking bleak for Southern Miss right-hander Walker Powell in the first inning. Marshall was getting to the Southern Miss starter early, but it was going to take a lot more for Southern Miss to pull him.
Southern Miss has found its new Director of Athletics. Jeremy McClain, who was serving as Troy’s Director of Athletics since September 2015, was announced by Southern Miss President Rodney Bennett Thursday. McClain and his family will be introduced Monday, April 8, at 5:30 p.m. at the Trent Lott Center on campus.
