BILOXI— Stepping into the bottom of the ninth with two outs and bases loaded trailing 4-2, Storme Cooper stepped into a familiar position that he found himself in a few times early on in his career.
Cooper hit a two-run RBI double against Rice in the first round of the C-USA tournament that helped the Golden Eagles pull a comeback 6-4 win over Rice on Wednesday.
“It’s hard. You have to be in the game when you are not in the game, “Cooper said. “You got to get in that box when you just hop off that bench.