HATTIESBURG, Miss. – Down 16 points early, the University of South Alabama men's basketball team came back to take the lead but went cold late in a 71-67 defeat to Southern Miss Wednesday night at Reed Green Coliseum.
USM jumped out to a big lead by converting five USA turnovers into 12 points thanks to a 7-for-9 start from the floor, but the Jaguars slowly worked the lead down and took their biggest lead of the contest on a four-point play from Rodrick Sikes with 7:59 left in the contest.
South Alabama went 1 for 7 from the field with four turnovers over the next 7:36 and allowed Southern Miss to go up six with 33 seconds left.