Southern Miss (1 – 1) took to the road this Tuesday to face SEC LSU (2 – 0), losing 78 – 61.
The first half was a struggle for the Golden Eagles, as they were able to battle in the opening minutes as a scoring drought damaged the momentum around the halfway mark of the first half. The Tigers capitalized off of the Golden Eagles struggles, building a 12-point lead going into the half, 37 – 25.
The second half was different story for the Golden Eagles.
Southern Miss cut the 12-point deficit to four in the opening four minutes of the second period, 37 – 33.