TULSA, Okla. (AP) - Dwayne Davis and Jerrold Brooks scored 11 points each, and Jonathan Mills grabbed 11 rebounds as Southern Mississippi won its ninth game in a row, beating Tulsa 62-59 on Saturday.
The Golden Eagles (17-4, 6-0 Conference USA) have won 11 of their last 12. They owned a 44-29 rebounding edge and outscored the Golden Hurricane 24-10 in the paint.
Southern Miss led for the final 12 minutes, but Tulsa pulled within 58-57 on Pat Swilling Jr.'s 3-pointer with 1:48 left. Neil Watson made a free throw with 19 seconds left for the Golden Eagles, and Jonathan Mills made three free throws in the final 8 seconds. Tulsa got off one last shot but missed before the buzzer.
Swilling led Tulsa (12-9, 4-3) with 14 points. James Woodard had 13 points, seven rebounds and four steals, Kauri Black scored 12 and Scottie Haralson added 11 points for the Golden Hurricane.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Southern Miss (17-4) « | 31 | 31 | 62 |
| Tulsa (12-9) | 30 | 29 | 59 |
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| Southern Miss Golden Eagles | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Mills, F | 29 | 2-5 | 5-10 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| D. Boardingham, F | 24 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| N. Watson, G | 34 | 2-8 | 1-2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| D. Davis, G | 32 | 4-13 | 3-4 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| J. Brooks, G | 28 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Craig | 16 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| C. Jenkins | 13 | 1-7 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| R. McGill | 13 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| N. Carey | 11 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Totals | 23-59 | 9-16 | 44 | 13 | 25 | 62 | |
| 39% | 56.3% | ||||||
| Tulsa Golden Hurricane | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| K. Black, F | 28 | 4-4 | 4-6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| S. Haralson, G | 34 | 3-9 | 2-2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| J. Woodard, G | 32 | 4-12 | 4-4 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 13 |
| S. Harrison, G | 31 | 0-2 | 3-4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| T. Peete, G | 16 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| P. Swilling, Jr. | 23 | 4-9 | 2-3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| R. Ray | 18 | 1-7 | 0-0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| Z. King | 10 | 0-0 | 2-5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| B. Swannegan | 8 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | 16-46 | 18-26 | 29 | 14 | 18 | 59 | |
| 34.8% | 69.2% | ||||||
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