Final
for this game
Southern Mississippi holds off SMU 56-53
Feb 3, 2010 - 3:24 AM HATTIESBURG, Miss.(AP) -- Gary Flowers scored 17 points and Southern Mississippi avoided another late-game letdown by defeating SMU 56-53 on Tuesday night.Trailing by 10 points with just over a minute left, SMU (10-11, 3-4 Conference USA) mounted a rally to cut the lead to 54-53 with 10 seconds left.
But a pair of free throws by Angelo Johnson gave Southern Miss (13-8, 3-4) its final lead, as SMU's Derek Williams missed an off-balance 3-point shot as time expired.
Williams scored 24 points, but had a team-high five turnovers. The Mustangs committed 14 turnovers and had just seven assists.
The loss snapped a four-game winning streak for SMU, and gave Southern Miss its third straight win against a Conference USA opponent.
- NCAA BB
FINAL 1ST 2ND TOTAL
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SOUTHERN METHODIST 27 26 53
SOUTHERN MISS 24 32 56 FINAL
HIGH SCORERS: SOUTHERN METHODIST - DEREK WILLIAMS 24, PAPA DIA 11, ROBERT
NYAKUNDI 6
SOUTHERN MISS - GARY FLOWERS 17, ANGELO JOHNSON 14, TWO
PLAYERS WITH 8
Feb 2 10:00 PM - 57
rootsRUWTbot Added 50 roots (Close Finish)
Southern Methodist 53, Southern Mississippi 55 2nd - 0:04Feb 2 9:57 PM - 7
roots - 19
rootsRUWTbot Added 19 roots (Close Finish)
Southern Methodist 50, Southern Mississippi 54 2nd - 0:29Feb 2 9:54 PM - NCAA BB
HALFTIME 1ST 2ND TOTAL
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SOUTHERN METHODIST 27 27
SOUTHERN MISS 24 24 HALFTIME
HIGH SCORERS AT HALFTIME
SOUTHERN METHODIST - DEREK WILLIAMS 11, PAPA DIA 5, THREE
PLAYERS WITH 3
SOUTHERN MISS - GARY FLOWERS 12, R.L. HORTON 6,
BUCHI AWAJI 3
Feb 2 8:55 PM
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