Who’s Playing
Lamar @ Southern Miss
Current Records: Lamar 1-3; Southern Miss 1-2
What to Know
The Southern Miss Golden Eagles will take on the Lamar Cardinals at 3 p.m. ET on Sunday at home. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they’ll have plenty of motivation to get the ‘W.’
It’s never fun to lose, and it’s even less fun to lose 83-51, which was the final score in Southern Miss’ tilt against the TCU Horned Frogs on Monday. Jaron Pierre Jr. wasn’t much of a difference maker for the Golden Eagles; Pierre Jr. finished with only five points on 1-for-11 shooting and turned the ball over four times in his 32 minutes on the court.
Meanwhile, Lamar was just a bucket shy of a win on Friday and fell 60-59 to the Stetson Hatters.
The losses put Southern Miss at 1-2 and the Cardinals at 1-3. A couple stats to keep in the back of your head while watching: Southern Miss is 20th worst in college basketball in turnovers per game, with 17.7 on average. Lamar has experienced some struggles of their own as they are stumbling into the matchup with the fourth fewest takeaways in college basketball, having accrued only 9.8 on average. It’s possible one of these Achilles’ heels will wind up tripping the losing team up.
How To Watch
- When: Sunday at 3 p.m. ET
- Where: Reed Green Coliseum — Hattiesburg, Mississippi
- Follow: CBS Sports App
Series History
Southern Miss won the only game these two teams have played in the last seven years.
- Dec 15, 2020 – Southern Miss 66 vs. Lamar 63
