HATTIESBURG, Miss. -- Quinton Campbell scored 24 points and Cortez Edwards had 16 points and Southern Mississippi ran away from Marshall in the last eight minutes for 91-76 win Thursday night.
John Elmore made 1 of 2 free throws for Marshall with 8:16 to play to bring the Thundering Herd within 66-65. Southern Miss (7-15, 4-6 Conference USA) then outscored Marshall 25-11 to close the game.
Marshall led 44-37 at half and was up 58-49 with 14:01 to play, but back-to-back scores by Michael Ramey and Bilal Adbur-Rahim triggered a 16-6 Golden Eagles run.