Southern Miss junior guard Cortez Edwards is the team's leading scorer at 16.2 points per game. Jason Munz/Hattiesburg American
Southern Miss overcame a dreadful start as well as a rough patch late in the game to bounce Rice 86-75 Thursday at Reed Green Coliseum.
The victory evens the Golden Eagles’ overall record at 10-10, and gets them to 3-4 in Conference USA play. It is the most wins for Southern Miss since it finished with 25 in 2011-12. The team won 56 games in the 2012-13 and 2013-14 seasons, but all but two were vacated following an NCAA investigation.