HATTIESBURG, Miss. – It was all Golden Eagles on the first night of a two-game swing in Hattiesburg Friday night as the home team ran away with an 84-54 win.
Middle Tennessee failed to bring the same defensive intensity that helped it hold a high-scoring FIU offense to a season-low 56 points last Saturday, and without the services of leading scorer Dontrell Shuler they struggled to keep up on the offensive end in Reed-Green Coliseum as they gave up a season-high 84 points to Southern Miss.
After entering the game with the second best 3-point field goal percentage defense (.