Southern Miss fought to dig itself out of an early hole in Saturday’s home contest against Louisiana Tech, but fell to Louisiana Tech 70-59.
After falling behind to the visitors 6-0 out of the gate and trailing 38-25 at halftime, the Golden Eagles cut the advantage to 5 points twice in the second half, but got no closer.
Southern Miss struggled in a number of areas in the first half, making it difficult to complete the comeback.The home-standing squad shot 34.8 percent from the field in the first half, including a paltry 22.2 percent from 3-point land.