A three-point play by Flowers, followed by a jumper
gave Southern Miss a five point lead. Brock Young hit one of
two free throw shots, followed by t wo from Ayarza to extend
the Golden Eagle lead to 33-27. Young hit a three-pointer
with 46 seconds to play, but Horton responded, nailing a
trey of his own to send Southern Miss into the break ahead
36-30.
Southern Miss shot 45.0% (27-of- 60) from the field,
including 50.0% in the second half. East Carolina was held
to just 38.5% (20-of- 52) from the floor. The Golden Eagles
were 7-of- 21 ( 33.3%) from three-point range, while holding
the Pirates to just 26.1% (6-of- 23). The Black and Gold also
won the rebounding battle, 41-to- 29.
E. Carolina ( 13-13, 5-7)FG 3FG FT R F TP A TO B S Min
01 Morrow* 3-8 0-0 1-1 9 3 7 2 4 0 2 36
11 Gaines* 1-4 0-2 0-2 4 3 2 2 2 0 2 30
21 Abrams* 3-5 1-3 0-0 6 3 7 1 2 0 0 27
23 Straughn* 2-4 0-1 0-0 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 20
24 Sherrod* 4-12 1-5 3-3 2 412 0 2 0 0 29
03 Torlak 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+
10 Young 5-12 3-7 5-6 0 218 4 0 0 1 33
12 Sampson 2-4 1-3 0-0 0 1 5 0 1 0 0 11
30 Ellison 0-3 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
34 Salzano 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
35 Morales 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 5
Team 6 1 1
Totals 20-52 6-23 9-12 291855 9 13 0 5 200
S. Miss ( 20-6, 9-4)
04 Flowers*
01 Bolden*
15 Horton*
23 Johnson*
33 Newbill*
00 Page
03 Ayarza
14 Stone
31 Partee
Team
Totals
FG 3FG FT R F TP A TO B S Min
13-20
4-8
2-4
11 032 0 2 1 1 36
4-9 1-3 2-2 6 211 0 1 0 0 19
2-9 1-4 2-2 5 2 7 3 1 0 2 33
2-5 1-4 0-1 0 4 5 7 2 0 0 28
3-4 0-0 2-3 9 2 8 2 3 0 1 35
1-4 0-2 0-1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 10
2-7 0-0 3-3 5 1 7 1 2 1 0 22
0-2 0-0 0-0 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 17
0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+
East Carolina
Southern Miss
Half Final
30
55
36 72
FG%
38. 5
45.0
3PT% FT%
26. 1 75.0
33. 3 68. 8
Officials: Hal Lusk, Bret Smith, Terry Moore
Technicals: East Carolina- Team
seconds left sent Southern Miss into the break with a 43-35
advantage.
Loyola (N.O.) (Exh) FG 3FG FT R F TP A TO B S Min
21 Brock* 12-16 2-4 2-4 1 128 4 4 0 1 34
25 Kohnke* 4-5 4-4 0-0 5 012 1 1 1 4 30
42 Moncrieffe* 1-1 0-0 0-0 3 5 2 0 1 2 0 17
04 Stangl* 0-6 0-3 2-2 3 1 2 5 0 0 1 35
05 Gray* 5-13 0-3 4-4 1 314 1 1 0 0 31
01 Silas 2-5 0-2 0-0 1 2 4 0 2 0 1 13
20 Joseph 1-1 1-1 0-0 1 0 3 0 2 0 1 10
22 Apetrie 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
23 Cates 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 10
34 Miles 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4
45 Luettecke 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 9
55 Gandara 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Team 3
Totals 26-50 7-17 8-10 21 1467 12 14 3 8 200
S. Miss ( 21-6)
04 Flowers*
01 Bolden*
15 Horton*
23 Johnson*
33 Newbill*
00 Page
03 Ayarza
14 Stone
Team
Totals
FG 3FG FT R F TP A TO B S Min
6-15 0-1 0-2 14 212 3 1 1 2 32
9-16 0-0 4-5 13 022 1 1 2 0 28
6-8 3-3 0-0 2 115 3 2 0 1 35
3-3 1-1 2-2 3 4 9 4 1 0 0 24
0-2 0-0 1-2 2 3 1 1 2 1 1 23
2-8 1-5 3-4 0 1 8 1 0 0 2 28
3-9 0-0 3-4 4 0 9 1 2 1 0 20
0-0 0-0 2-2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 10
2
29-61 5-10 15-21 40 11 78 14 10 5 6 200
63-60 lead with 2: 21 to play. After a turnover, the Eagles
ran off the next 1: 21. Flowers was sent to the line with 31
seconds left, but missed the front end of a one-and-one.
Marcus Jordan got the rebound, was fouled and hit both free
throws to make it a 63-62 game with 11 seconds to play.
Angelo Johnson then made the first of two free throws.
Jordan got the rebound, and after pushing the ball up the
floor, got the ball to Rompza for the game-winning shot.
Jordan led UCF with 20 points and six rebounds. Tyler
added 14 points on 4-of- 6 threes.
Southern Miss shot 41.5% (22-of- 53) from the floor, and
was 7-of- 12 ( 58.3%) from behind the arc. UCF connected on
48.9% (22-of- 45) from the field, including 14-of- 21 ( 66.7%)
in the second half.
S. Miss ( 21-7, 10-4)
04 Flowers*
01 Bolden*
15 Horton*
23 Johnson*
33 Newbill*
00 Page
03 Ayarza
14 Stone
Team
Totals
FG 3FG FT R F TP A TO B S Min
1-9
1-4
3-5
6
4
6
3
2 0 3 31
5-11 1-1 4-4 6 215 0 1 0 2 24
7-13 2-2 4-4 4 220 1 1 0 1 37
0-1 0-0 1-2 1 1 1 3 2 0 0 31
2-5 0-0 1-2 3 3 5 3 2 0 0 28
3-5 3-5 0-0 3 3 9 0 1 0 1 19
3-7 0-0 0-0 4 2 6 0 1 1 0 20
1-2 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 10
3
22-53 7-12 13-17 31 18 64 10 10 1 7 200
UCF ( 18-9, 5-9)
21 Gaynor*
33 Clanton*
10 McCombs*
05 Jordan*
11 Sosa*
03 Rompza
15 Diakite
25 Tyler
32 Sykes
Team
Totals
FG 3FG FT R F TP A TO B S Min
1-2 0-0 1-1 3 2 3 1 1 0 0 25
4-8 0-2 1-3 3 4 9 4 3 2 1 28
2-3 0-0 1-4 5 2 5 0 1 0 1 17
7-12 2-5 4-4 6 120 3 5 0 0 38
1-5 1-4 3-3 2 0 6 0 1 1 0 24
1-4 1-3 1-2 1 4 4 5 1 0 0 29
1-1 0-0 1-2 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 3
5-9 4-6 0-0 2 314 0 1 1 1 28
0-1 0-0 1-2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 8
2
22-45 8-20 13-21 27 16 65 13 13 4 4 200
Southern Miss
UCF
Half Final
33
64
25 65
FG%
41. 5
48. 9
3PT% FT%
58. 3 76. 5
40.0 61. 9
Officials: Terry Davis, Tim Gattis, Steve Olson
Technicals: None
29
Reed Green Coliseum ( 4,395)
Mar. 2, 2011 • Hattiesburg, Miss.
Loyola (N.O.) 67
Southern Miss 78
27 Reed Green Coliseum ( 3,001) Feb. 22, 2010 • Hattiesburg, Miss.
Loyola (N. O.)
Southern Miss
Half Final
35
67
43 78
FG%
52.0
47. 5
3PT% FT%
41. 2 80.0
50.0 71. 4
UAB
Southern Miss
67
66
HATTIESBURG, Miss. – Southern Miss fought off a
hard-charging Loyola (N. O.) squad, defeating the Wolfpack,
78-67, Tuesday night at Reed Green Coliseum.
Maurice Bolden recorded his first double-double of the
year, and fifth of his career, scoring 22 points and grabbing
a season-high 13 rebounds. Gary Flowers posted his second
straight double-double with 12 points and 14 boards. Flowers also scored his 1,000th career point, becoming the 35th
Golden Eagle to achieve the feat.
R.L. Horton contributed 15 points. Josimar Ayarza and
Angelo Johnson had nine points apiece, and LaShay Page
added eight points.
The Golden Eagles ( 21-6) started off leading 11-4 over
the first 3: 29. However, Loyola (N.O.) went on an 11-2 run
to take a 15-13 lead 3: 12 later. But Southern Miss came
right back, matching it with an 11-2 run of its own to take
a 24-17 lead with 9:03 to play in the half.
Loyola pulled to within three points 38 seconds later,
but the Black and Gold increased its lead to 11, 41-30, with
2:02 to play.
A three-pointer by Richard Kohnke and a layup by Ryan
Brock made it a six-point game, by Horton’s jumper with six
Officials: Rick Randall, James Barker, Glenn Tuitt
Technicals: None
28
UCF Arena ( 7,402)
Feb. 26, 2011 • Orlando, Fla.
Southern Miss
UCF
64
65
HATTIESBURG, Miss. – Preston Purifoy nailed a
3-pointer with 3. 2 seconds remaining to lead UAB to a
67-66 victory over Southern Miss on Wednesday night.
With the Blazers trailing by two, Purifoy was open
and let loose a high-arching shot that rolled around the
rim before falling through the net. UAB’s Jamarr Sanders
scored all 18 of his points in the second half to lead the
Blazers.
Gary Flowers and R.L. Horton each scored 16 for the
Golden Eagles. Flowers made an 18-footer with 22 seconds
remaining that looked like it might be the game-winner
before Purifoy’s heroics.
Flowers was the one defending Purifoy on his shot,
jumping out to put a hand in his face. But it didn’t matter.
Purifoy, a freshman, adjusted his jumper so that it hung in
the air for what seemed like forever before going through.
Though he was averaging just four points per game
coming into Wednesday, Purifoy ranks first on the team
with a 46 percent 3-point shooting percentage.
UAB ( 21-7, 11-4) clinched at least a share of the Conference USA title.
Southern Miss ( 21-8, 9-6) led the entire game until UAB’s
Ovie Soko hit a short jumper to put the Blazers ahead 38-36
early in the second half.
ORLANDO, Fla. – A.J. Rompza’s three-pointer with three
seconds left capped off a ten-point comeback as Southern
Miss fell to UCF, 65-64, Saturday night at UCF Arena.
R.L. Horton led Southern Miss with 20 points and
four rebounds. Maurice Bolden added 15 points and six
rebounds. Gary Flowers, who came into the game second
in Conference USA with 19. 8 points, was held to just six
points on 1-of- 9 shooting, his lowest output of the year.
Two free throws by R.L. Horton gave Southern Miss a
59-50 lead with 7: 13 to play. However, the Golden Eagles
failed to score on their next five possessions, as UCF went
on a 10-0 run, capped off by A.J. Tyler’s three-pointer that
gave UCF its first lead since midway through the first half.
Lay-ups by Bolden and Horton gave Southern Miss a
