STATESBORO - Visiting Southern Miss built a 21-point halftime lead, then held on after a furious second-half comeback by Georgia Southern to pick up a 38-35 Sun Belt Conference football victory on Thursday evening from Paulson Stadium.
Southern Miss improves to 4-2 overall and 2-0 in the Sun Belt with the victory in the first meeting between the two teams, while Georgia Southern falls to 2-4 overall and 0-2 in the league. The Eagles return to action on Saturday, October 18, for a 7 p.m. Homecoming and White Out contest against Georgia State at Paulson.
The Eagles opened the scoring in the game midway through the first quarter on a David Mbadinga two-yard touchdown run, set up by a 25-yard connection from JC French IV to Camden Brown.