Southern Miss has won three out of their last four conference home games, limiting their opponents to 65.2 points per game.
The Thundering Herd scored above that average, but the Southern Miss defense still propelled them to the 91-76 victory.
“We were feeding off of getting stops,” said guard D’Angelo Richardson. “If a team shoots fast like that and they start making a lot of them, it can wear down on your focus and [get] you down a little bit. I felt like once we start getting stops, it went good for us.”
Marshall came into the game averaging 87.