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Southern Miss Defeat Louisiana 39-24 in Thursday Night Clash

The Southern Miss Golden Eagles picked up their fifth win of the season with an impressive performance in a 39-24 home win against the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns. USM were pegged by 2.5-point underdogs headed into this one by many major sports books, per actionnetwork.com.

Southern Miss scored three touchdowns in the first quarter of the game while Louisiana netted only a field goal in the closing seconds of the opening period.

The second quarter proved to be more entertaining. Louisiana got two points back on a safety. USM would promptly answer with a touchdown pass from Zach Wilcke to Jason Brownlee.