HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) - Dwayne Davis scored 21 points to lead Southern Mississippi to a 71-60 victory over Tulane in a Conference USA game Wednesday night.
Jerrold Brooks had 14 points for Southern Miss (19-6, 8-2), which had dropped two straight after opening the conference season with seven consecutive victories.
Josh Davis had 19 points and 10 rebounds, and Ben Cherry scored 17 points on 5-for-5 shooting from beyond the arc for the Green Wave (16-9, 4-6), who had won two in a row.
Southern Miss shot 54.3 percent from the field (25 of 46) to Tulane's 44.7 percent (21 of 47).
Southern Miss led 31-21 at halftime and pushed it to 41-25 on Cedric Jenkins' jumper with 14:28 left. Tulane tied it at 44-all midway through the second half and led 55-53 on a jumper by Josh Davis, but the Golden Eagles' 15-3 run made it 68-58 to put the game away.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Tulane (16-9) | 21 | 39 | 60 |
| Southern Miss (19-6) « | 31 | 40 | 71 |
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| Tulane Green Wave | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Davis, F | 38 | 8-13 | 3-5 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 19 |
| T. Drye, F | 17 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| R. Tarrant, G | 39 | 2-10 | 3-4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| K. Timmons, G | 31 | 0-3 | 3-4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| K. Mack, G | 10 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Callahan | 29 | 3-9 | 0-2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| B. Cherry | 25 | 6-8 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 |
| L. Nwogbo | 9 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| L. Dabney | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| K. Thomas | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 21-47 | 10-17 | 25 | 15 | 18 | 60 | |
| 44.7% | 58.8% | ||||||
| Southern Miss Golden Eagles | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Boardingham, F | 24 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| J. Brooks, G | 33 | 4-11 | 4-4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
| N. Watson, G | 33 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 3 |
| D. Davis, G | 32 | 7-12 | 4-4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 21 |
| R. McGill, G | 30 | 3-3 | 1-2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Mills | 18 | 3-5 | 1-2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| C. Jenkins | 15 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| D. Edwin | 11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| N. Carey | 4 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Totals | 25-46 | 13-17 | 29 | 17 | 17 | 71 | |
| 54.3% | 76.5% | ||||||
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