Marshall University Athletics
Saturday, January 26
Huntington, W.Va.
1:00 PM
Marshall University
-119, 52 CUSA
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University of Southern Mississippi
-1110, 35 CUSA
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Southern Miss
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MARSHALL
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Kia Sivils
Photo by: Adam Gue
Southern Miss Stifles Marshall, 64-52
1/26/2019 3:58:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Golden Eagles red-hot from the field
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Southern Miss shot 58.7 percent from the floor and used 36 points in the paint to hand host Marshall a 64-52 defeat Saturday afternoon in the Cam Henderson Center in Conference USA women's basketball action.
The Golden Eagles improved to 11-10 overall and 3-5 in C-USA, while the Thundering Herd dropped to 11-9 and 5-2 in the league.
Megan Brown led the way for the visitors with 17 points (6-for-10 FGs), seven rebounds and five assists. She was joined in double figures by Respect Leaphart (13), Shonte Hailes (12) and Alarie Mayze (10). Hailes also had five assists against just one turnover and Brown and Jones both tallied a game-high five rebounds.
Marshall's Shayna Gore had 11 points and Taylor Pearson added 10 to pace the Thundering Herd.
The lead changed hands eight times in the first quarter and Southern Miss took a six-point lead (33-27) into the halftime locker room. The lead ballooned to 13 (47-34) on a Brown layup with 1:15 left in the third, but Marshall battled back to within four (49-45) on a Kia Sivils jumper with 8:07 left in the game. However, USM used a 13-4 run to push the margin back into double figures to cement the victory.
The Golden Eagles held a 36-20 edge on points in the paint and 23-13 in bench scoring. Marshall had the advantage on points off turnovers (15-8) despite both teams committing 14 errors.
"You have to give Southern Miss a lot of credit," said Marshall head coach Tony Kemper. "They just handled us. You have to credit their scheme to play us. We didn't have the emotion we usually have, but I think that was probably them taking it from us. I don't think it was legs from (Marshall's triple overtime win over Louisiana Tech on Thursday). I don't think that played a factor. They are a tough matchup for us right now."
The Thundering Herd will head to Texas next week for a 9 p.m. ET/8 p.m. CT tip at UTEP and a 3 p.m. ET/2 p.m. CT Saturday start at UTSA.
The Golden Eagles improved to 11-10 overall and 3-5 in C-USA, while the Thundering Herd dropped to 11-9 and 5-2 in the league.
Megan Brown led the way for the visitors with 17 points (6-for-10 FGs), seven rebounds and five assists. She was joined in double figures by Respect Leaphart (13), Shonte Hailes (12) and Alarie Mayze (10). Hailes also had five assists against just one turnover and Brown and Jones both tallied a game-high five rebounds.
Marshall's Shayna Gore had 11 points and Taylor Pearson added 10 to pace the Thundering Herd.
The lead changed hands eight times in the first quarter and Southern Miss took a six-point lead (33-27) into the halftime locker room. The lead ballooned to 13 (47-34) on a Brown layup with 1:15 left in the third, but Marshall battled back to within four (49-45) on a Kia Sivils jumper with 8:07 left in the game. However, USM used a 13-4 run to push the margin back into double figures to cement the victory.
The Golden Eagles held a 36-20 edge on points in the paint and 23-13 in bench scoring. Marshall had the advantage on points off turnovers (15-8) despite both teams committing 14 errors.
"You have to give Southern Miss a lot of credit," said Marshall head coach Tony Kemper. "They just handled us. You have to credit their scheme to play us. We didn't have the emotion we usually have, but I think that was probably them taking it from us. I don't think it was legs from (Marshall's triple overtime win over Louisiana Tech on Thursday). I don't think that played a factor. They are a tough matchup for us right now."
The Thundering Herd will head to Texas next week for a 9 p.m. ET/8 p.m. CT tip at UTEP and a 3 p.m. ET/2 p.m. CT Saturday start at UTSA.
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Team Stats
USM
MARW
FG%
.587
.353
3FG%
.500
.241
FT%
.545
.818
RB
31
26
TO
14
14
STL
7
2
Game Leaders
Pts
11
FGM
4
3FGM
1
FTM
2
Pts
10
FGM
4
3FGM
2
FTM
0
Pts
8
FGM
3
3FGM
2
FTM
0
Pts
8
FGM
2
3FGM
2
FTM
2
Players Mentioned
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