HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) - Jerrold Brooks scored 11 of his 13 points in the second half as Southern Mississippi rallied to defeat UTEP 45-39 Wednesday night.
Each team posted a season low for points.
The Golden Eagles (21-6, 10-2 Conference USA) have won 10 league games for an unprecedented two consecutive years.
Southern Miss led 10-9 before UTEP closed out the first half on a 13-6 run. The Miners led 27-18 with 16:33 left, then went cold.
UTEP didn't make another field goal until Julian Washburn's jumper with 12:52 left gave the Miners a 29-24 lead. Their next field-goal drought lasted more than 9 minutes, as the Golden Eagles went on a 17-2 spree.
Southern Miss shot 33.3 percent (16 of 48), making 5 of 22 3-pointers, while the Miners shot 30 percent (15 of 50) and were only 4 of 26 from long range.
McKenzie Moore's 12 points led UTEP (14-11, 7-5).
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Texas-El Paso (14-11) | 22 | 17 | 39 |
| Southern Miss (21-6) « | 16 | 29 | 45 |
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| Texas-El Paso Miners | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Washburn, F | 39 | 3-9 | 0-0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| C. Lang, F | 26 | 2-2 | 1-2 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| K. Tucker, G | 35 | 2-11 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| M. Moore, G | 34 | 5-15 | 1-2 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| J. Streeter, G | 33 | 2-8 | 1-2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Bohannon | 16 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| C. Cooper | 15 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| C. Washburn | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 15-50 | 5-8 | 33 | 10 | 15 | 39 | |
| 30% | 62.5% | ||||||
| Southern Miss Golden Eagles | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Mills, F | 32 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| D. Boardingham, F | 28 | 2-3 | 4-7 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| J. Brooks, G | 33 | 5-14 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| N. Watson, G | 31 | 3-8 | 3-4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| D. Davis, G | 30 | 3-13 | 0-0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. McGill | 22 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| C. Jenkins | 15 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| N. Carey | 9 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals | 16-48 | 8-13 | 36 | 7 | 12 | 45 | |
| 33.3% | 61.5% | ||||||
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