Golden eagles 2005-06 BASKETBALL Game #27

Southern Miss (8-18, 2-9) at Marshall (10-14, 3-8) Sat., Feb. 25, 2006 s 6 p.m., CST Cam Henderson Center (9,043) s Huntington, W. Va.

2005-06 SCHEDULE/RESULTS TODAY'S GAME THE RUNDOWN Date Opponent Time/Result (Strk) The Southern Miss Golden Eagles 11/6 Calgary (Exh.) W/83-55 TV: None visit Conference USA newcomer 11/14 Faulkner (Exh.) W/60-56 Marshall in the second-to-last road game RADIO: Southern Miss ISP Sports Network 11/18 vs. Lamar! W/79-76 (W1) of the season, today, in Huntington, W. (WXRR 104.5 FM Flagship): John Cox, play-by- 11/19 vs. Denver! L/30-44 (L1) Va. play; M.K. Turk, analysis. Thundering Herd/ 11/20 vs. San Diego St.! L/51-79 (L2) Southern Miss, under the direction of ISP Sports Network (WDGG 93.7 FM Flagship); 11/28 Samford L/33-52 (L3) second-year Head Coach Larry Steve Cotton (play-by-play); Keith Morehouse 11/30 at Arkansas (FSN) L/77-35 (L4) Eustachy, enters the game with an 8-18 (analyst). 12/3 New Orleans W/83-78 [4-OT] (W1) overall record and a 2-9 mark in league 12/7 at Sam Houston State L/57-61 (L1) THE SERIES: Today's game marks the fourth play following Saturday's 87-50 loss to 12/10 South Alabama L/51-75 (L2) overall meeting between the two schools, Marshall UAB in Hattiesburg. The Thundering 12/15 William Carey W/90-57 (W1) leading 3-1. Herd, under the direction of third-year 12/19 Tennessee State W/84-74 (W2) Head Coach Ron Jirsa, stand 10-14 on THE COACHES: Larry Eustachy 12/21 Bradley L/43-56 (L1) the year and 3-8 in league play. In the last Overall Record: 279-180 (15 yrs.) 12/27 West Florida W/68-59 (W1) game, Marshall fell on the road at East At Southern Miss: 19-35 (2 yrs.) 12/30 Spring Hill W/80-67 (W2) Carolina, 63-59, on Saturday. 1/2 McNeese State L/82-87 [OT] (L1) Ron Jirsa Freshman guard Courtney Beasley 1/4 at Auburn L/57-80 (L2) currently leads Southern Miss in scoring Overall Record: 63-83 (5 yrs.) 1/11 Tulane* W/67-55 (W1) with 289 points on the season, an aver- At Marshall: 28-53 (3 yrs.) 1/14 at Tulsa* (CSTV) L/63-72 (L1) age of 11.1 per game. 1/18 at Houston* L/58-62 (L2) UP NEXT: Southern Miss stays on the road, Senior center Mark Patton currently 1/21 #4 Memphis* L/68-85 (L3) traveling to New Orleans, La., to take on Tulane on leads the Herd with 359 points this sea- 1/25 Rice* L/61-67 (L4) Wednesday, March 1. son, averaging 15.0 per game. 1/28 at UAB* L/73-87 (L5) 2/4 at SMU* L/53-58 (L6) PROBABLE STARTING LINEUPS 2/8 UCF* W/59-51 (W1) 2/11 UTEP* L/72-77 [2-OT] (L1) 2005-06 STATISTICS 2/14 at Memphis* L/41-80 (L2) SOUTHERN MISS (8-18, 2-9) HT. WT. CL. HOMETOWN PPG RPG APG 2/18 UAB* (CSTV) L/50-87 (L3) F 4 Mildon Ambres 6-6 215 r-Jr. Opelousas, La. 6.0 4.2 0.6 F 22 David Cornwell 6-8 205 Jr. Louisville, Ky. 8.1 4.2 0.7 2/25 at Marshall* 7 p.m. G 3 Travis Hall 5-10 185 Jr. Baton Rouge, La. 5.0 1.4 1.6 3/1 at Tulane* 7 p.m. G 5 Courtney Beasley 6-3 215 Fr. Huntsville, Ala. 11.1 3.6 1.9 3/4 East Carolina 4 p.m. G 23 Craig Craft 6-3 175 Fr. Raleigh, Miss. 4.8 2.5 0.6 3/8-10 at C-USA Tournament^ TBA MARSHALL (10-14, 3-8) HT. WT. CL. HOMETOWN PPG RPG APG ! - BP Top of the World Classic F 14 Tre Whitted 6-4 200 Jr. Wilmington, N.C. 7.1 3.5 1.3 C 33 Mark Patton 6-9 250 Sr. Barboursville, W. Va. 15.0 6.9 0.4 (Fairbanks, Alaska) G 1 Chris Ross 6-1 180 Jr. San Antonio, Texas 5.8 3.6 4.7 * - Conference USA Game G 4 Markel Humphrey 6-5 215 Fr. Ellenwood, Ga. 7.6 4.8 1.8 ^ - Conference USA Tournament G 32 Mark Dorris 6-2 195 So. Cincinnati, Ohio 5.4 3.1 1.0 (Memphis, Tenn.) Home Games in Bold All Times Central Southern Miss Athletic Media Relations The University of Southern Mississippi Intercollegiate Athletics s 118 College Drive #5161 s Hattiesburg, MS 39406-0001 Phone (601) 266-4503 s Fax (601) 266-4507

SOUTHERN MISS BASKETBALL GAME 27 at MARSHALL, 2/25/06 EUSTACHY ON THE AIR INTERVIEW POLICIES

Golden Eagle Hotline with Larry Southern Miss men's basketball players and coaches will be made available for Eustachy interviews, by request only, depending on class and practice schedules throughout the Golden Eagle Hotline with Larry Eustachy season. Members of the media are encouraged to contact the Athletic Media Relations can be heard throughout the state and in Office at least one day in advance to schedule phone interviews. several adjacent states each Thursday night Practices during the season, unless otherwise notified, will be open to the media from 7 p.m., to 8 p.m., live from Garfield’s and players and coaches can be made available following practices. Restaurant & Pub on the Southern Miss ISP Sports Network. Fans can call in and talk POSTGAME PROCEDURE basketball with Golden Eagle Coach Larry Eustachy. The hotline begins on Thursday, Dec. 8, and will continue throughout the After the game, Southern Miss' locker room is closed to the media. Head Coach season on Dec. 14 (Wed.), Jan. 5, Jan. 12, Larry Eustachy and selected players will be available to the media following an NCAA- Jan. 19, Jan 26, Feb. 2, Feb. 9, Feb. 16, mandated 10-minute cooling off period at the post-game news conference, held in Feb. 23, March 2, March 9, and possibly the upstairs meeting room following all games. During Conference USA play, March 16. visiting coach and players also will go to the interview room prior to Southern Miss' coach and players. Station Affiliates Station Market Frequency INFORMATION AVAILABILITY WXRR-FM Hattiesburg/Laurel* 104.5 WAOY-FM Biloxi/Gulfport 91.7 Updated Southern Miss basketball information is available by fax (on request) WTCL-AM Chattahoochee, Fla.^ 1580 from the Athletic Media Relations Office (601-266-4503). WFFF-FM Columbia 96.7 Also, updated game and season statistics are available as soon as possible after WFFF-AM Columbia 1360 each game on the Southern Miss Web site, www.SouthernMiss.com, or by email. WDMS-FM Greenville/Greenwood 100.7 The Athletic Media Relations office also maintains extensive sports-specific and WGVM-AM Greenville/Greenwood 1260 general e-mail lists and can add you to those lists for quick access to postgame WJNT-AM Jackson 1180 information. Pregame notes packages also are available through the same outlets. WJNT-FM Jackson 103.3 Broadcasts faxes of box scores, game stories and other information also is WRBE-FM Lucedale* 106.9 available. To be included on this list, contact the Athletic Media Relations Office. WRBE-AM Lucedale* 1440 WAKH-FM McComb 105.7 CONFERENCE USA TELECONFERENCE WFFX-AM Meridian 1450 WABB-AM Mobile, Ala. 1480 C-USA coaches will be featured in a weekly teleconference starting at 11:00 a.m. WNAT-AM Natchez 1450 EST/10:00 a.m. CST during the 2005-06 season. The call will begin on Monday, WYKK-FM Quitman/Meridian 98.9 beginning January 9, and run every Monday throughout the basketball season, with ^ - flagship the final call on March 6. The phone number to participate is (913) 981-5568. * - carries selected games 11:00 EST/10:00 CST ...... Announcements Southern Miss Sports Today with Larry 11:05 EST/10:05 CST ...Ricky Stokes, East Carolina Eustachy 11:12 EST/10:12 CST ...... Mike Anderson, UAB Southern Miss Sports Today with Larry 11:19 EST/10:19 CST ...... Ron Jirsa, Marshall Eustachy will air on commercial television 11:26 EST/10:26 CST ...... Kirk Speraw, UCF stations throughout the state and on numer- 11:33 EST/10:33 CST ...... Larry Eustachy, USM ous cable systems. The show begins Jan. 8 11:40 EST/10:40 CST ...... Dave Dickerson, Tulane and continues through March 12. 11:47 EST/10:47 CST ...... Doug Wojcik, Tulsa The 30-minute program, hosted by 11:54 EST/10:54 CST ...... Jimmy Tubbs, SMU Coach Eustachy and “Voice of the Golden 12:01 EST/11:01 CST ...... John Calipari, Memphis Eagles” John Cox, takes viewers inside 12:08 EST/11:08 CST ...... Willis Wilson, Rice Southern Miss basketball with interviews, 12:15 EST/11:15 CST ...... Tom Penders, Houston game highlights and interesting features. 12:22 EST/11:22 CST ...... Doc Sadler, UTEP Southern Miss Sports Today with Larry 12:29 EST/11:29 CST ...... Select WBK Coach Eustachy can be seen each week on the 12:36 EST/11:36 CST ...... Media Notes Exchange following stations: WDAM-TV (Laurel- Hattiesburg) Sunday, 10:30 p.m.; WJTC-TV A replay of the call will be available beginning at 5:00 p.m. EDT/4:00 p.m. CDT each (Pensacola-Mobile) Sunday, Noon; WXXV- Monday evening by calling (402) 220-1009. The replay will run throughout the week. TV (Biloxi, Gulfport) Sunday, 10 p.m.; WDBD-TV (Jackson) Sunday, 12:30 p.m.; and W07BN-TV (Bruce) on Wednesdays. The show will be aired regionally on CSS- Southeast and on Cox Cable television in Louisiana. SOUTHERN MISS BASKETBALL GAME 27 at MARSHALL, 2/25/06 GENERAL INFORMATION TIP-INS AND TRENDS

Name of School: ...... Southern Miss * Courtney Beasley currently leads all Southern Miss players in games City/Zip: ...... Hattiesburg, MS 39406 started this season, with 25 starts in 26 games played. Jason Forte follows Founded: ...... 1910 with 22 starts. Enrollment: ...... 16,385 Nickname: ...... Golden Eagles * Courtney Beasley has 22-straight starts to lead all players. Travis School colors: ...... Black and Gold Hall follows with eight-straight starts. Arena: ...... Reed Green Coliseum (8,095) * Today's game marks the second to last road Conference USA contest Affiliation: ...... NCAA Division I for Southern Miss this season. The team is 0-5 in league home games and Conference: ...... Conference USA 2-9 in C-USA play overall. President: ...... Dr. Shelby F. Thames * In the last 5 games: The Golden Eagles are 1-4 ... Courtney Beasley Athletics Director: ...... Richard Giannini is averaging in double figures, leading with 57 points (11.4 ppg) ...David Press Row Phone: ...... (601) 266-5428 Cornwell adds 48 points (9.6 ppg), and Mildon Ambres is next with 43 points (8.6 ppg) ... Cornwell also leads the team with 27 totals rebounds, EAGLES AT A GLANCE while Jason Forte adds 26 ... Beasley has a team-high 13 assists ... Beasley, Ambres and Travis Hall have started all five games in the span, 2005-06 Overall Record: ...... 8-18 2005-06 C-USA Record: ...... 2-9 while Forte has four starts. Home Record: ...... 7-8 * In the last game against UAB, David Cornwell led all players with 12 Away Record: ...... 0-8 points and 10 rebounds, his second double-double of his career. Neutral Record: ...... 1-2 * Against Memphis, Courtney Beasley and David Cornwell each Current Streak: ...... L3 scored in double figures with 15 and 10 points, respectively. Longest Win Streak: ...... 2 * Before that, Southern Miss fell just short to UTEP, 77-72, in double Longest Losing Streak: ...... 6 overtime. Five players scored in double figures in the contest, led by Largest Margin/Win: ...... 33 vs. William Carey Courtney Beasley's 17 points. David Cornwell added 16 points, Craig ...... (12/15/05) Craft had 11 and Travis Hall and Jarekus Singleton each had 10. Smallest Margin/Win: ...... 3 vs. Lamar * David Cornwell now leads in double figures games with two in a row...... (11/18/05) * Prior to the UTEP game, the Golden Eagles snapped a six-game losing Largest Margin/Loss: ...... 42 vs. Arkansas ...... (11/30/05) streak with a victory over UCF, 59-51, in the last game. Both Mildon Smallest Margin/Loss: .... 4 (2x) Last at Houston Ambres and Travis Hall finished with a team-high 11 points. Courtney ...... (1/18/06) Beasley added nine, breaking his string of 11-straight games with 10 or more points. MEDIA CONTACTS * Courtney Beasley leads Southern Miss players in double-digit scoring games this season with 16 this season, while David Cornwell has 14. Southern Miss * With the coaching win over Tennessee State, Southern Miss Head Basketball SID: ...... Mike Martinez Coach Larry Eustachy notched the 275th of his career. He currently holds a Office Phone/Cell: ...... 601-266-4503/297-1412 279-180 overall record (.608). Fax: ...... 601-266-4507 * Consecutive games leaders: scoring (Cornwell, 20); double-digit scoring E-mail: ...... [email protected] (Cornwell - 2); with an assist (Hall - 6). Web site: ...... www.SouthernMiss.com SCOUTING THE OPPONENT Marshall Basketball SID: ...... Andy Boggs The Thundering Herd, under the direction of Head Coach Ron Jirsa, stand 10- Office Phone/Home: ...... 304-696-2418/360-5687 Fax: ...... 304-696-2325 14 on the year and 3-8 in league play. In the last game, Marshall fell on the road E-mail: ...... [email protected] at East Carolina, 63-59, in Greenville, N.C. Senior center Mark Patton currently Web site: ...... www.herdzone.com leads the Herd with 359 points this season, averaging 15.0 per game. Sophomore guard Joe Miles has 253 season points, an average of 11.0 per ON THE WEB game, and junior guard Travis Aikens has 204 points on the year, averaging 9.3 per game. Patton also leads the team with 166 rebounds, an average of 6.9 per Notes, releases, statistics and other pertinent game, and freshman guard Markel Humphrey follows with 114 rebounds (4.8 per information are available on Southern Miss' official game). Junior guard Chris Ross has a team-high 112 assists this season, and Web site, SouthernMiss.com. Marshall's official Miles adds 46 season assists. Marshall is shooting 41 percent as a team (564- Web site is www.herdzone.com The official Web site of Conference USA is of-1,377) and is 66 percent from the free throw line, making 308-of-469. The team www.conferenceusa.com. has a plus-1.2 rebounding margin this season.

SOUTHERN MISS BASKETBALL GAME 27 at MARSHALL, 2/25/06 TOP SEASON PERFORMANCES 0F 05-06 THE ALL-TIME SERIES

Top 10 Scoring Games Today's game marks the fourth overall meeting between the two schools, with 21 ...... Singleton vs. McNeese State (1/2/06) Marshall holding a 3-1 advantage in series play. The two teams have not played 21 ...... Singleton vs. Tennessee St. (12/19/05) since the 1989-90 season. 21 ...... Simpson vs. New Orleans (12/3/05) 20 ...... Forte vs. Tulane (1/11/06) Marshall opened the series with three-straight wins, the first two in Hunting- 20 ...... Beasley vs. West Florida (12/27/05) ton, W. Va. -- 76-63 on Jan. 20, 1951 and 94-79 on Jan. 19, 1953 -- along with 20 ...... Simpson vs. William Carey (12/15/05) a 103-97 win in Hattiesburg on Dec. 28, 1988. Southern Miss won the last 19 ...... Ambres at SMU (2/4/06) 19 ...... Singleton vs. Memphis (1/21/06) meeting though, 76-74 in Huntington on Dec. 12, 1989. 19 ...... Cornwell vs. Spring Hill (12/30/05) 18 ...... Beasley vs. Rice (1/25/06) THE LAST TIME OUT 18 ...... Lamonte vs. Bradley (12/21/05) 18 ...... Beasley vs. Tennessee St. (12/19/05) The Southern Miss men's basketball team dropped its second Conference 18 ...... Forte vs. Tennessee St. (12/19/05) 18 ...... Forte vs. Lamar (11/18/05) USA home game in a row, Saturday, falling to visiting UAB, 87-50, at Reed Green Coliseum. The Golden Eagles opened with the 2-0 lead but that was short-lived, Top Five Rebound Games as the Blazers quickly took the lead with an 8-0 run and never looked back, 14 ...... Ambres vs. Tennessee St. (12/19/05) 12 ...... Singleton at Sam Houston State (12/7/05) pushing the advantage to 19 points, 43-24, at the half. It was more of the same 11 ...... Beasley vs. Tulane (1/11/06) in the second half, with UAB's lead building to as much as 42, but then settling 11 ...... Cornwell vs. Tulane (1/11/06) on the eventual 87-50 finish. David Cornwell had a team-best 12 points and added 11 ...... Ambres vs. New Orleans (12/3/05) a game-high 10 rebounds for his second career double-double to lead Southern Top Five Assist Games Miss. Travis Hall, Craig Craft and Kyle Lamonte each followed with eight points. 7 ... Singleton at Sam Houston State (12/7/05) Marvett McDonald led UAB with a game-high 20 points, connecting on 6-of-9 6 ...... Lamonte vs. Spring Hill (12/30/05) from 3-point range, while Wen Mukubu added 12. Carldell Johnson had a game- 6 ...... Lamonte vs. West Florida (12/27/05) 6 ...... Lamonte vs. Lamar (11/18/05) high eight assists. 5 ...... Beasley vs. UTEP (2/11/06) 5 ...... Hall vs. UTEP (2/11/06) WAITING IN THE WINGS 5 ...... Hall vs. McNeese State (1/2/06) 5 ...... Singleton vs. Spring Hill (12/30/05) Southern Miss stays on the road, visiting Tulane in New Orleans, La., on 5 ...... Lamonte vs. New Orleans (12/3/05) Wednesday, March 1. The team then wraps up the regular season at home Double-Doubles against East Carolina on March 4. 17p/12r ..... Singleton at Sam Houston State (12/7/05) 13p/11r ...... Beasley vs. Tulane (1/11/06) 12p/11r ...... Cornwell vs. Tulane (1/11/06) SUCCESS ON THE SIDELINES 10p/11r ...... Ambres vs. New Orleans (12/3/05) 13p/10r ...... Forte vs. New Orleans (12/3/05) In his three Division I coaching stints, Eustachy has seen tremendous 12p/10r ...... Cornwell vs. UAB (2/18/06) success, advancing to the NCAA Tournament three times and the NIT twice. 11p/10r ...... Simpson at Arkansas (11/30/05) Eustachy also has been named a conference coach of the year four times, twice TALE OF THE TAPE each with the Big West and the Big XII.

Here's a look at how Southern Miss stacks up EUSTACHY NOTCHES 275TH CAREER VICTORY OVER TSU; NOW AT 279 against its opponents this season. Southern Miss Head Coach Larry Eustachy currently ranks among the top TEAM STATISTICS USM OPP SCORING 1588 1803 third in coaching victories (279) among NCAA Division I active coaches and Points per game 61.1 69.3 among the top coaches in Conference USA in terms of victories. With the recent Scoring margin -8.3 - win over Tennessee State, Eustachy notched the 275th win of his career. He now FIELD GOALS-ATT 552-1291 594-1294 Field goal pct .428 .459 has 279 wins in his career. Here's a look at Eustachy's milestone victories. 3 POINT FG-ATT 92-301 180-461 3-point FG pct .306 .390 No. School Opp. Score Date 3-pt FG made per game 3.5 6.9 1 Idaho Simon Fraser 88-54 (H) 11/14/90 FREE THROWS-ATT 392-570 435-624 Free throw pct .688 .697 50 Idaho Montana State 63-46 (H) 1/16/93 REBOUNDS 841 786 100 Utah State Chaminade 98-52 (H) 12/18/95 Rebounds per game 32.3 30.2 150 Utah State North Texas 79-64 (A) 1/29/98 Rebounding margin +2.1 - ASSISTS 295 340 200 Iowa State Baylor 75-54 (A) 3/4/00 Assists per game 11.3 13.1 250 Iowa State Savannah State 79-59 (H) 12/15/02 TURNOVERS 391 351 275 Southern Miss Tennessee State 84-74 (H) 12/19/05 Turnovers per game 15.0 13.5 279 Southern Miss UCF 59-51 (H) 2/8/06 Turnover margin -1.5 - Assist/turnover ratio 0.8 1.0 STEALS 142 197 Steals per game 5.5 7.6 SOUTHERN MISS BASKETBALL GAME 27 at MARSHALL, 2/25/06 RATINGS REPORT SOUTHERN MISS IN C-USA OPENERS

Here's a look at how Southern Miss and its Since the league began play in 1995-96, Southern Miss is 7-4 (.600) in 2005-06 opponents stack up in the latest RPI ratings Conference USA openers overall, including records of 5-0 (1.000) at home and according to NCAASports.org and the Jeff Sagarin 2-4 (.333) on the road. The Golden Eagles won this season's league opener at ratings. home, 67-55 over Tulane. Ratings Percentage Index (RPI) Team ...... Rank CONFERENCE COUNT Memphis ...... 5 Bradley ...... 51 Since the league play began in the 1995-96 season, Southern Miss is 64-103 UAB ...... 53 overall (.383). The team's best record in league play with 11-5 in the 2000-01 Houston ...... 55 Conference USA Co-Championship season. Arkansas ...... 56 San Diego St...... 63 W-L Pct. Finish UTEP ...... 85 2005-06 2-9 .182 --- South Alabama ...... 87 Samford ...... 103 2004-05 2-14 .067 12th Sam Houston St...... 111 2003-04 6-10 .375 10th Auburn ...... 113 2002-03 5-11 .313 6th (National) Denver ...... 185 2001-02 4-12 .250 7th (National) McNeese St...... 189 2000-01 11-5 .688 1st (National), Co-Champions Rice...... 192 1999-2000 7-9 .438 T-3rd (National) UCF ...... 208 1998-99 6-10 .375 T-2nd (National) Tulsa ...... 213 Lamar ...... 221 1997-98 9-7 .563 3rd (National) Tennessee St...... 230 1996-97 6-8 .429 3rd (Red) Marshall ...... 232 1995-96 6-8 .429 T-2nd (Red) Southern Miss ...... 242 Overall 64-103 .383 Tulane ...... 247 SMU ...... 259 AGAINST THE RANKED East Carolina ...... 274 New Orleans ...... 281 With a No. 3 ranking in both the Associated Press and ESPN/USA Today Sagarin Rankings Coaches' Polls, Memphis was the second ranked team that Southern Miss has Team ...... Rank faced this season, losing 80-41. The Tigers, ranked No. 4 when they visited Memphis ...... 4 Hattiesburg on Jan. 21, were the first ranked opponent this season. The Golden Arkansas ...... 32 Eagles lost that game, 85-68. The previous time that the Golden Eagles played Bradley ...... 52 a ranked opponent was last season, when the team dropped a 81-58 game on UAB ...... 56 the road at No. 21 Charlotte. San Diego St...... 66 Houston ...... 88 UTEP ...... 100 RANKED AT RGC South Alabama ...... 106 Auburn ...... 117 Memphis (ranked fourth in both major polls) was the first ranked opponent to Samford ...... 132 visit Reed Green Coliseum since No. 19 Louisville defeated Southern Miss 107- Sam Houston St...... 149 62 on Jan. 11, 2005. Southern Miss is 1-21 all-time versus ranked opponents Denver ...... 171 at Green Coliseum. Memphis, who was the 10th top-10 team to play in Green SMU ...... 193 Coliseum, however is not the highest-ranked team to come to Hattiesburg. Rice...... 194 Cincinnati (1999) and Louisville (1989) both were ranked No. 3. USM's last win Lamar ...... 197 over a ranked opponent at home occurred on Feb. 22, 1986 a 69-66 win over No. Tennessee St...... 209 McNeese St...... 216 20 Virginia Tech. Marshall ...... 228 Tulsa ...... 239 SOUTHERN MISS FALLS IN OVERTIME FOR SECOND-STRAIGHT TIME UCF ...... 241 Tulane ...... 242 Southern Miss' recent 77-72 loss to UTEP in double-overtime was the New Orleans ...... 249 second-straight loss in OT play, including the 87-82 overtime loss to McNeese East Carolina ...... 268 State. That loss broke a streak of four-straight overtime wins for the Golden Southern Miss ...... 278 Eagles, dating back to the 2003-04 season. Earlier this season, the Golden Eagles defeated New Orleans in four-overtimes, 83-78, on Dec. 3. The streak also includes last year's 88-84 overtime win over LSU (Dec. 18) and wins over Houston (72-72 in three OTs on Feb. 3, 2004) and Georgia Southern (95-91 in one OT on Dec. 17, 2003). SOUTHERN MISS BASKETBALL GAME 27 at MARSHALL, 2/25/06 SOUTHERN MISS ISP SPORTS NETWORK SEEING DOUBLE-DOUBLE

The Golden Eagles have seven double-doubles on the season, surpassing the For all the action on Golden Eagles season total from a year ago. David Cornwell leads all players with two double- basketball, both home and away, listen to the doubles this season, the last coming against UAB (12p/10r) on Feb. 18. Two Southern Miss ISP Sports Network. The double-doubles came against Tulane, when Courtney Beasley (13p/11r) and Hattiesburg-Laurel affiliate WXRR, 104.5 FM, Cornwell (12p/11r) each tallied their first career double-doubles. Along with the will serve as the flagship station of the ISP two players, Jarekus Singleton, Mildon Ambres, Jason Forte and Shaun Basketball Radio Network. Simpson have each recorded a double-double this season. John Cox, the "Voice of the Golden Eagles", and Lance Pittman will again serve ON THE TUBE as the radio broadcast team. Cox, entering his 27th year of broadcasting at Southern The game against UAB marked the second nationally televised game that Miss, will handle the play-by-play duties, Southern Miss has participated in this season -- both of them on CSTV. It also while Pittman will provide the analysis. was the seventh televised game on either a regional or national slate. The Golden Radio broadcasts begin 30 prior to tip-off Eagles earlier appeared on the regional Fox Sports Net network against with the Golden Eagle Courtside Show. Arkansas, were in a locally-televised production against Bradley and a national television (CSTV) game against Tulsa. In addition, the two games against Market Station Frequency Memphis on Jan. 21 and on Feb. 14 were regional games in Memphis, while the Flagship Station UTEP contest on Feb. 11 was televised back to the El Paso, Texas area. Hattiesburg-Laurel WXRR-FM 104.5 Southern Miss has an overall record of 0-7 in TV games this year. Affiliates Biloxi-Gulfport WAOY-FM 91.7 CLEANING THE BOARDS Bogalusa WBOX-AM* 920 WBOX-FM* 92.9 Southern Miss has held the rebounding edge in 15 games this season, was Chattahoochee, Fla. WTCL-AM*** 1580 out-rebounded seven times and tied four times. The team currently sports a plus- Columbia WFFF-FM 96.7 2.1 rebounding margin. Southern Miss out-rebounded UAB in the last game, 36- WFFF-AM2 1360 29. G'ville/Greenwood WDMS-FM 100.7 The Golden Eagles have finished with a positive rebounding margin of 10 or WGVM-AM2 1260 more in four games this season, with a season-high plus-18 mark against Spring Indianola WNLA-FM* 105.5 Hill on Dec. 30. The team also had positive totals of 14 against New Orleans (12/ Jackson WJNT-AM 1180 3) and Tennessee State (12/19). WJNT-FM3 104.3 Lucedale WRBE-AM** 1440 SIX IN DOUBLE FIGURES FOR FIRST TIME SINCE 2000 WRBE-FM** 106.9 McComb WAKH-FM 105.7 Six players (Shaun Simpson, Kyle Lamonte, Jason Forte, Jarekus Singleton, Meridian WFFX-AM 1450 Courtney Beasley and Mildon Ambres) scored in double figures against New Mobile, Ala. WABB-AM 1480 Orleans, marking the first time since the 1999-2000 season for the team to do Natchez WNAT-AM 1450 so. The last time six players scored in double-digits came at Memphis on Feb. Quitman-Meridian WYKK-FM 98.9 12, 2000. Tupelo WTUP-AM* 1490 The team finished with five players (Singleton, Beasley, David Cornwell, Travis WKMQ-AM* 1060 Hall and Craig Craft) in double figures in the double-overtime loss to UTEP and Waynesboro WABO-FM* 105.5 also had five in the overtime loss to McNeese State on Jan. 2. WABO-AM* 990 West Point WROB-AM* 1450 NEW FACES IN THE CROWD

2 – carries Women’s basketball and Baseball Much like the 2004-05 season, the 2005-06 roster features several new faces. programming In fact, only four players return from last season's squad, including three 3 – FM night time signal that carries Southern scholarship players (Mildon Ambres, Jason Forte and Jarekus Singleton). In all, Miss programming eight newcomers are joining the Golden Eagles, including five junior college * Selected FB games transfers and three true freshman. ** Selected BSKB games *** Selected FB and BSKB games RETURNING OFFENSE

Southern Miss doesn't have the luxury of tons of returning scoring for this season, with all last year's top three scorers not returning. Jarekus Singleton led all returning players with 12.4 points per game, while Mildon Ambres and Jason Forte followed with averages of 7.7 and 6.1 points a game, respectively. SOUTHERN MISS BASKETBALL GAME 27 at MARSHALL, 2/25/06 TOP 40 COACH SOUTHPAWS IN THE LINEUP

Entering the 2005-06 season, Southern This season also is unique in the sense that Southern Miss carries five Miss Head Coach Larry Eustachy ranked predominant left-handers on the team (Courtney Beasley, David Cornwell, Craig among the top 50 active coaches in winning Craft, Travis Hall and Shaun Simpson). While having that many left-handers is percentage, standing in at No. 43 with a 271- a rarity, it isn't the most for a team in Division I basketball this season. Samford, 152 career mark and a .626 win percentage. the Eagles' Nov. 28 opponent, has a nation-leading six left-handers on its squad.

No. Coach, School (Yrs.) W-L Pct. SOUTHERN MISS IN SEASON OPENERS 1. Mark Few, Gonzaga (6) 159-37 .811 2. Roy Williams, UNC (17) 470-116 .802 Since 1946, Southern Miss is 36-25 (.583) in season openers overall, 3. Bo Ryan, Wisconsin (21) 476-140 .773 including records of 27-6 (.818) at home, 5-16 (.238) on the road and 4-3 (.500) 4. Mike Krzyzewski, Duke (30) 721-246 .746 at a neutral location, winning 79-76 over Lamar at the BP Top of the World 5. Jim Boeheim, Syracuse (29) 703-241 .745 6. Lute Olson, Arizona (32) 740-256 .743 Classic on Nov. 18. The Golden Eagles have now faced Lamar three times in 7. Tubby Smith, Kentucky (14) 343-120 .741 season openers, dropping games 94-77 and 91-85 in 1962 and 1964, respec- 8. Rick Pitino, Louisville (19) 449-159 .738 tively. Southern Miss has competed against Louisiana-Monroe the most in 9. Bruce Weber, Illinois (7) 166-63 .725 season-opening games (five), holding a 4-1 record in the series. 10. Eddie Sutton, Oklahoma St. (35) 781-299 .723 11. Bob Knight, Texas Tech (39) 854-333 .719 12. John Chaney, Temple (33) 724-297 .709 NO PLACE LIKE HOME 13. John Calipari, Memphis (13) 304-125 .709 14. Tom Izzo, Michigan St. (10) 233-97 .706 Home truly is the place to be as the Golden Eagles find comfort in knowing 15. Skip Prosser, Wake Forest (12) 259-113 .696 that they hold an overall record of 365-166 (.687) in Reed Green Coliseum. The 16. Larry Hunter, Western Car. (25) 509-224 .694 Golden Eagles finished the 2004-05 season with a 7-6 (.538) record at the Green 17. Jim Calhoun, Connecticut (33) 703-310 .694 House and in team history, have only had two seasons with losing records on 18. Pat Douglass, UC Irvine (24) 498-226 .688 19. L.V. Pettaway, Ala. A&M (19) 384-181 .680 the home court in Hattiesburg. Coach Larry Eustachy (14-14 at home) is seeking 20. Bill Self, Kansas (12) 254-121 .677 to continue the tradition of Golden Eagle coaches with winning records at Reed 21. Gregg Marshall, Winthrop (7) 142-70 .670 Green Coliseum, following James Green (76-32), M.K. Turk (189-71), and Lee 22. Jeff Price, Ga. Southern (12) 236-117 .669 Floyd (59-19). Southern Miss is 7-8 in home games this season. 23. Billy Donovan, Florida (11) 227-113 .668 24. Stew Morrill, Utah St. (19) 385-192 .667 25. Mark Gottfried, Alabama (10) 212-106 .667 REED GREEN COLISEUM CELEBRATES 40TH ANNIVERSARY 26. Rick Stansbury, Miss. St. (7) 149-75 .665 27. Billy Tubbs, Lamar (30) 624-326 .657 The UAB game on Feb. 18 marked the official celebration of Reed Green 28. Fran Dunphy, Penn (16) 290-154 .653 Coliseum's 40th Anniversary. The Coliseum, which saw its first game played on 29. Tim Floyd, USC (12) 243-130 .651 Dec. 6, 1965 and was officially dedicated on Dec. 11, 1965. The South Alabama 30. Tom Crean, Marquette (6) 121-65 .651 game, which was held Dec. 10 earlier this season, was one day off from making 31. Mike Brey, Notre Dame (10) 201-108 .650 32. Blaine Taylor, ODU (11) 211-115 .647 the event a true anniversary. 33. Bobby Lutz, Charlotte (16) 315-172 .647 34. Phil Martelli, St. Joseph's (10) 203-111 .646 CLOSE CALLS 35. John Giannini, La Salle (16) 303-168 .643 36. Rick Barnes, Texas (18) 363-203 .641 Two of Southern Miss' wins this season have been decided by five points or 37. Tom Davis, Drake (30) 569-321 .639 less, including the 83-78, four-overtime victory over New Orleans on Saturday. 38. Gary Williams, Maryland (27) 541-306 .639 39. Kelvin Sampson, Okla. (22) 436-247 .638 The team also registered a 79-76 win over Lamar in the season opener. The team 40. Paul Hewitt, Georgia Tech (8) 162-93 .635 dropped its first close game this season at Sam Houston State, losing by four 41. Rick Byrd, Belmont (24) 473-273 .634 points (61-57). The team dropped a second close loss in the last game against 42. John Beilein, West Virginia (23) 427-255 .626 McNeese State, falling 87-82 in overtime. At Houston, the Golden Eagles fell by 43. Larry Eustachy, USM (14) 271-162 .626 four points, 62-58, before falling by five at SMU, 58-53, and again by five vs. UTEP 44. Steve Alford, Iowa (14) 266-160 .624 45. Dick Bennett, Wash. St. (27) 479-289 .624 (77-72). USM is 2-5 in games decided by five points or less this season. 46. Bobby Gonzalez, Manhattan (6) 109-66 .623 Six of the team's games last season were decided by five points or less, 47. Perry Watson, Detroit (12) 227-140 .619 including the season-ending victory over TCU, 66-64, on March 5, 2005. The 48. Jeff Lebo, Auburn (7) 129-80 .617 games also included: both games against Tulane (a 61-60 win on 1/22 and a 75- 49. Dana Altman, Creighton (16) 301-187 .617 72 loss on 2/9), a 65-63 loss against Saint Louis, 70-68 loss to Georgia State 50. Homer Drew, Valparaiso (28) 538-335 .616 in the season opener, and the loss to UNC Greensboro, where a foul on a last- second 3-point attempt gave the Spartans the edge they needed in a 79-78 decision.

SOUTHERN MISS BASKETBALL GAME 27 at MARSHALL, 2/25/06 CONFERENCE USA PRESEASON AWARDS OPENERS AT THE GREEN HOUSE

The Southern Miss men's basketball team Since the 1965-66 season, Southern Miss is 36-5 in home openers at the has a challenging road ahead of it in Reed Green Coliseum. The loss to 52-33 Samford broke a string of 12-straight Conference USA play after being selected to home openers in which the Golden Eagles have won, beginning with the 1993- finish eighth in the preseason poll, according to the league's coaches. 94 season, when Southern Miss defeated Alcorn State, 110-81. The Eagles The Golden Eagles, under the direction of have faced Alcorn State and Louisiana-Monroe the most in home openers. second-year Head Coach Larry Eustachy, received 56 votes in the poll. Memphis, led THE TOURNAMENT TALLY by C-USA Preseason Player of the Year selection Rodney Carner, was picked to finish The 2005-06 schedule features just one in-season tournament, the season- first. opening BP Top of the World Classic in Fairbanks, Alaska. Last season, the team competed in two in-season tournaments, including the Jim Thorpe Classic 2005-06 CONFERENCE USA COACHES PRESEASON POLL in Reno, Nev., and the Gazette Hawkeye Challenge in Iowa City, Iowa. 1. Memphis (12) ...... 144 Southern Miss finished the Top of the World Classic with a 1-2 overall record 2. UAB ...... 126 and a fifth-place finish. The team opened with a 79-76 win over Lamar, before 3. Houston ...... 119 falling to eventual champion Denver, 44-30, in the semifinals. Southern Miss 4. UTEP ...... 111 then fell to San Diego State, 79-51, in the third place game. Senior forward Jason 5. Rice ...... 76 Forte earned All-Tournament honors, averaging 12.3 points, 4.3 rebounds and UCF ...... 76 0.7 assists in the three games. Since 1980, Southern Miss teams have 7. SMU ...... 64 8. Southern Miss ..... 56 competed in 30 in-season tournaments, finishing with a record of 32-31 in those 9. Tulsa ...... 49 events. The Golden Eagles have advanced to the championship round 15 times 10. East Carolina ...... 44 in those tournaments, taking home six titles. 11. Tulane ...... 42 12. Marshall ...... 29 TALK ABOUT FAR TRAVEL (#) designates first place votes The season-opening trip to Fairbanks, Alaska, was quite the haul from PRESEASON ALL-LEAGUE TEAM Hattiesburg, Miss. After leaving Hattiesburg at Noon on Wednesday, the Golden COREY ROUSE, East Carolina TOM HAMMONDS, East Carolina Eagles departed Jackson, Miss., for Houston, Texas at 3:30 p.m. Following an LANNY SMITH, Houston 85-minute flight and subsequent layover in Houston, the team departed on a RAMON DYER, Houston flight for Seattle, Washington, at 5:50 p.m., CT. That flight arrived in Seattle at MARK PATTON, Marshall 8:30 p.m., PT and following another layover, the team left at 9:49 p.m., PT, for CHRIS ROSS, Marshall its final destination on the journey, arriving in Fairbanks, Alaska, at 12:36 a.m., RODNEY CARNEY, Memphis AST. The team followed much of the same pattern on the return trip, flying from DARIUS WASHINGTON JR., Memphis Fairbanks to Seattle, then to Houston, then to Jackson and finally returning to J.R. HARRISON, Rice MORRIS ALMOND, Rice Hattiesburg. BRYAN HOPKINS, SMU The overall round trip for Southern Miss covered more than 10,000 miles, 30- DEVON PEARSON, SMU plus hours of travel time, and four different time zones. MILDON AMBRES, Southern Miss To put the trip in perspective, driving time from Hattiesburg to Fairbanks, via QUINCY DAVIS, Tulane Houston and Seattle, would take 83 hours and 15 minutes, or roughly three and TAYLOR ROCHESTIE, Tulane half days. In fact, it would be shorter to drive from Hattiesburg to Los Angeles, ANTHONY PRICE, Tulsa Calif., than it would be to drive from Seattle to Fairbanks. BRETT McDADE, Tulsa DEMARIO EDDINS, UAB CARLDELL “SQUEAKY” JOHNSON, UAB STREAKS AND SKIDS JOSH PEPPERS, UCF ANTHONY WILLIAMS, UCF With the win over Spring Hill on Dec. 30, Southern Miss picked up its second JOHN TOFI, UTEP win streak of the year. The first streak came with the Tennessee State (12/19) JASON WILLIAMS, UTEP and William Carey (12/15) wins. The team also has seen a few losing skids this season, losing four in a row, then two-straight twice and now is currently on a three-game losing streak. After starting 3-2 last year, the team rolled off six- straight wins, the longest streak since the 2000-01 season. After that, the Golden Eagles lost six in a row. Southern Miss snapped that skid with the win over Tulane (1/22/05), but then lost nine in a row, the longest such skid since the 1974-75 season, when the team lost 10 in a row. The team did win the final game of the year over TCU, 66-64.

SOUTHERN MISS BASKETBALL GAME 27 at MARSHALL, 2/25/06 FORTE SURPASSES 500-POINT MARK BEASLEY COMES BACK WITH 17 AGAINST UTEP; ADDS 15 AT MEMPHIS FOR CAREER Freshman Courtney Beasley certainly has made strides over his young Team captain and senior forward collegiate career. The 6-foot-3 guard out of Huntsville, Ala., has started 25 of the Jason Forte started off the C-USA team's 26 games, including 22 straight. With just nine points in the win over UCF, season right with a career-high 20 Beasley's streak of 11-straight games with 10 points or more was snapped. But points in the Golden Eagles' win over he rebounded nicely with a team-high 17 points against UTEP and added a team- Tulane (1/11/06). With his seven points best 15 at Memphis. In the streak, he had scored 20 against West Florida, 11 against SMU, he surpassed the 500- against Spring Hill, 14 against McNeese State, 10 at Auburn, 13 against Tulane, point mark and now has 523 for his 16 at Tulsa, 17 at Houston, 16 against Memphis, a team-high 18 points against career. Against Rice, he finished with Rice and 12 each time against UAB and SMU. 10 points and was two rebounds shy of He currently leads the team in scoring with 11.1 points per game and has 16 his second career double-double. He double-digit games this season. He has continued a stretch of solid play also is averaging 3.6 rebounds and is TOP 10 SCORERS AS A FRESHMAN this season, that began with a then- first with 30 season steals. Beasley's career-high 18 points and nine re- team-high 289 points ranks him eight 1. Tom Bishop 404 49-50 bounds in the team's 79-76 win over on the top 10 list of all-time season 2. Clarence Weatherspoon 397 88-89 Lamar. . He followed that with games performances by a Southern Miss 3. Joe Dawson 341 78-79 of 10 and nine points, respectively, freshman. The record among fresh- 4. Gary Hannan 331 63-64 earning all-tournament honors in the man is 404 points by Tom Bishop 5. Kelly McCarty 330 94-95 BP Top of the World Classic. Against (1949-50). 6. Bruce Miller 322 61-62 New Orleans, Forte tallied the first As a fifth-year senior at Bridgton 7. Damien Smith 299 93-94 double-double of his career with 13 Academy prep school last season, 8. Courtney Beasley 289 05-06 points and 10 rebounds. Against Ten- Beasley averaged 14.5 points, 7.5 9. Casey Fisher 283 84-85 nessee State recently, Forte added assists and 3.5 rebounds in leading 10. Glen Whisby 282 91-92 with 18 points off the bench. the team to the prep school league He is currently third on the team in championship. scoring with 8.3 points per game and has a team-high 116 rebounds. As a SINGLETON NEARLY HITS GAMEWINNER AGAINST UTEP junior, the Bay Springs, Miss., native, finished with a career-best 6.1 points Redshirt-junior Jarekus Singleton has steadily continued to be one of the top per game and added 3.8 rebounds a scorers for Southern Miss. He now has scored 223 points on the season, an game. average of 8.6 points per game -- second on the team. He has scored a season- high 21 points twice this season, against Tennessee State (12-19-05) and FOUR OVERTIMES FOR FIRST TIME EVER against McNeese State (1-2-06). Against UTEP, Singleton was mere inches from nailing a game-winning 3- pointer in regulation. But after an officials' review of the play, Singleton's foot was Southern Miss' thrilling, four-over- on the line, making the basket a two and sending it into overtime. Against time victory over New Orleans (83-78) nationally ranked Memphis at home on Jan. 21, Singleton poured in a team-high on Saturday, Dec. 3, marked the first- 19 points, scoring all of them in the second half. He also had arguably the best time ever that the Golden Eagles have all-around performance of his career at Sam Houston State where he finished participated in a four-overtime game. with 17 points and 12 rebounds for his first career double-double and added a The contest also marked the first-ever career-best seven assists, needing only three dishes to notch the first triple- four-overtime game in Conference USA double for Southern Miss since 1980 when Ronald Jackson had 12 points, 10 history. rebounds and 10 blocks against Mercer. The game was the second qua- Singleton, who has scored 637 points in his career (most of all current druple overtime game for Head Coach players), is grabbing 3.1 rebounds per game and is tied for second with 49 Larry Eustachy, who holds a 1-1 record assists on the year. He is the team's returning leading scorer after averaging 8.4 in those games. He is 22-15 in over- points a game and 3.5 rebounds a night as a redshirt-sophomore last season. time games all-time (18-11 in single OT and 3-3 in double OT.) VICTORIOUS MARGIN

Southern Miss' 90-57 win over William Carey on Dec. 15 marked the highest margin of victory for the Golden Eagles this season. It was the most since the team won 90-46 win over William Carey last season, a 44-point margin.

SOUTHERN MISS BASKETBALL GAME 27 at MARSHALL, 2/25/06 CRAFT CONTINUES TO CONTRIBUTE; CORNWELL CONTINUES SOLID PLAY; ADDS DOUBLE-DOUBLE VS. UAB SCORED CAREER-HIGH 11 VS. UTEP Junior college transfer David Cornwell has contributed valuable minutes in the Freshman guard Craig Craft also frontcourt this season, and against UAB, added the second double-double of his has steadily worked his way into the career with 12 points and 10 rebounds. Against Tulane, he tallied his first career lineup, playing in 23 games this sea- double-double with 12 points and 11 rebounds -- also a career-high. Then against son and registering four starts. In Con- Memphis, he poured in 12 points before adding another 11 against Rice. In the ference USA action, he has scored 63 first game at UAB, he finished with a team-high 14 points and missed out on a points and has averaged 19.8 minutes double-double with nine rebounds. Against Auburn, he led the team with 11 per game. points. Against Spring Hill, Cornwell scored a career-high 19 points and added He made his first start in league play a career-best eight rebounds. He added 16 points against UTEP. He's played at Memphis and also started against in all 26 games this season, starting 12 of them. UAB. Against UTEP, he finished with Cornwell is currently averaging 8.1 points per game (9.5 in C-USA play) and a career-high 11 points, making two 3- has 4.2 rebounds a night. In the last game against Memphis, he added 10 points. pointers in the process. Last season, Cornwell was the All-South Coast Conference player of the year, He's scored 110 points overall, and averaging 16.1 points and six rebounds a game for Los Angeles City College. also added double-digits with 10 points against McNeese State. He's also had LAMONTE LEADS IN ASSISTS eight points three times this season, the most recent against UAB. Kyle Lamonte, a junior college transfer from Marshalltown (Neb.) Community Craft, a member of The Clarion College, has contributed for the Golden Eagles this season. He played an Ledger's "Dandy Dozen" last season, astounding 57 minutes of the Golden Eagles' four-overtime win over New Orleans averaged 27 points, nine rebounds and earlier this season, reaching double figures (14) in the game. He then added a five assists for Raleigh (Miss.) High career-best 18 points in the recent game against Bradley. School. He currently ranks sixth on the team in scoring with 4.8 per game, but he leads all players with 59 assists on the year and is second on the team with 22 steals. VISOCKIS, QUINN SEE GAME ACTION Last season at Marshalltown, the Davenport, Iowa, native averaged 9.9 points and 4.4 rebounds per game, with 1.6 steals per game. Freshman center Donatas Visockis, a native of Siauilai (pronounced Show- AMBRES FINISHES WITH SEASON-HIGH 19 AT SMU; ADDS 11 VS. UCF Lay), Lithuania, has seen action in 15 games, registering 16 points. He saw Redshirt-junior Mildon Ambres has certainly made an impact over the course his most significant time of the season of the season, and that improvement has shown. He had his best outing of the in the last game at Memphis, playing season against SMU, finishing with a season-high 19 points (on 8-of-9 shooting). 25 minutes. He followed that with 11 in the win over UCF and now is averaging 8.3 points per Visockis was a senior at Cardinal- game in C-USA play. He currently ranks second with a career-best 110 total Gibbons High School in Baltimore, rebounds, an average of 4.2 per game. Included in that total is a career-best 14 Md., averaging 12 points and 10 re- rebounds against Tennessee State. After scoring 10 points against nationally bounds per game. ranked Memphis, Ambres has six double-figure scoring games this season and Senior walk-on Tyler Quinn, a three- two double-digit rebounding performances. He is averaging 6.0 points per game. year member of the Golden Eagle Last year, he averaged 7.7 points per game and 5.0 rebounds for Southern program, has seen action in three Miss, while missing the first semester after satisfying transfer requirements. games this season, scoring four points. HALL SECURES STARTING SPOT CENTURY COUNT Junior guard Travis Hall, a transfer out of Western Nebraska Community Southern Miss' 100-77 victory over College, has steadily become one of the Golden Eagles' top reserves over the McNeese State on Nov. 27, 2004, past few games. He's improved so much that he made his first start of the season marked the first time in nearly a de- against nationally ranked Memphis on Jan. 21 and has been in the opening cade that the Golden Eagles have hit lineup ever since. Against UTEP, he scored 10 points and played in all 50 the century mark in a game. Southern minutes of the double-overtime games. Against UAB, he finished with 10 points, Miss' prior 100-point outing came in a his second career double-digit game. He added 11 points in the win over UCF, double-overtime 113-107 loss to Ole connecting on 6-of-7 from the free throw line. In Conference USA play, Hall ranks Miss on Dec. 19, 1995. second on the team with 24 assists and is averaging 6.7 points and 32.2 minutes per outing. For the year, he has 109 points for 5.0 per game and is fourth with 36 assists. Hall played last season at Western Nebraska Community College, averaging 13.9 points and 4.2 assists per game.

SOUTHERN MISS BASKETBALL GAME 27 at MARSHALL, 2/25/06 SQUAD BREAKDOWNS 2005-06 GOLDEN EAGLES NUMERICAL ROSTER

BY CLASS No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown/Previous School Seniors (2) 00 Jason Forte F 6-5 220 Sr. Bay Springs, Miss./Bay Springs HS Jason Forte 3 Travis Hall G 5-10 185 Jr. Baton Rouge, La./Western Nebraska CC Tyler Quinn 4 Mildon Ambres F 6-6 215 r-Jr. Opelousas, La./LSU 5 Courtney Beasley G 6-3 215 Fr. Huntsville, Ala./Bridgton Academy Juniors (5) 11 Kyle Lamonte G 6-3 185 Jr. Davenport, Iowa/Marshalltown CC Mildon Ambres 15 Donatas Visockis C 6-10 220 Fr. Siauliai, Lithuania/Cardinal Gibbons David Cornwell 20 Jarekus Singleton G 6-3 215 r-Jr. Clinton, Miss./Clinton HS Travis Hall 22 David Cornwell F 6-8 205 Jr. Louisville, Ky./Los Angeles CC Kyle Lamonte 23 Craig Craft G 6-3 175 Fr. Raleigh, Miss./Raleigh HS Jarekus Singleton 25 Tyler Quinn G 6-3 175 Sr. Knoxville, Tenn./Hiwassee JC Freshmen (3) Courtney Beasley Head Coach: Larry Eustachy (Long Beach State, ‘79) Craig Craft Associate Head Coach: Steve Barnes (Azusa Pacific, ‘80) Assistant Coach: Ricky Wilson (Idaho, ’94) Donatas Visockis Assistant: Nate Loenser (Iowa State, ’02) Athletic Trainer: Jeremy Gsell BY POSITION Student Assistant: Dwayne Brown Guards (6) Student Assistant: Rafael Franco Courtney Beasley Student Assistant: Adam Wilson Craig Craft Graduate Assistant Manager: Leslie Bogle Travis Hall Kyle Lamonte Tyler Quinn THE STARTING LINEUP -- GAME-BY-GAME Jarekus Singleton Forwards/Centers (4) G G C F F Mildon Ambres vs. Lamar! Lamonte Beasley Simpson Singleton Forte vs. Denver! Lamonte Beasley Simpson Singleton Forte David Cornwell vs. San Diego State! Lamonte Beasley Simpson Ambres Forte Jason Forte Samford Lamonte Singleton Cornwell Ambres Forte Donatas Visockis at Arkansas Beasley Craft Cornwell Pelton Forte New Orleans Beasley Craft Simpson Pelton Forte at Sam Houston State Lamonte Beasley Simpson Pelton Forte PRONUNCIATION GUIDE South Alabama Lamonte Beasley Simpson Pelton Cornwell William Carey Lamonte Beasley Ambres Singleton Forte PLAYERS Tennessee State Lamonte Beasley Cornwell Singleton Ambres Mildon Ambres Am-Briss Bradley Lamonte Beasley Cornwell Singleton Ambres Jason Forte Fore-Tay West Florida Lamonte Beasley Cornwell Singleton Forte Kyle Lamonte Luh-mont Spring Hill Lamonte Beasley Cornwell Singleton Forte Jarekus Singleton Ja-Reek-Us McNeese State Lamonte Beasley Cornwell Singleton Forte Donatas Visockis Duh-nah-tas Vi-sock-us at Auburn Lamonte Beasley Cornwell Singleton Forte Tulane* Lamonte Beasley Ambres Singleton Forte COACHING STAFF at Tulsa* Lamonte Beasley Ambres Singleton Forte Larry Eustachy Ew-Stay-Shee at Houston* Lamonte Beasley Ambres Singleton Forte Nate Loenser Lenzer Memphis* Hall Beasley Ambres Singleton Forte Rice* Hall Beasley Cornwell Singleton Forte Jeremy Gsell Gazelle at UAB* Hall Beasley Cornwell Singleton Forte at SMU* Hall Beasley Ambres Singleton Forte UCF* Hall Beasley Ambres Singleton Forte UTEP* Hall Beasley Ambres Singleton Forte at Memphis* Hall Beasley Ambres Craft Forte UAB* Hall Beasley Ambres Craft Cornwell at Marshall* at Tulane* East Carolina* at C-USA Tournament

SOUTHERN MISS BASKETBALL GAME 27 at MARSHALL, 2/25/06 EUSTACHY FACTS SOUTHERN MISS HEAD COACH LARRY EUSTACHY

Born Nationally renowned and recognized for his coaching success, Larry Dec. 1, 1955 (Alameda, Calif.) Eustachy took the reins of a struggling basketball program at Southern Miss High School and gave hope to a contingency of Golden Eagle faithful of returning the Arcadia High School -- Arcadia, Calif. College team to the prominence it once had enjoyed. Bachelor of Science in physical education, For Eustachy, coaching at Southern Miss is an opportunity to give back 1979 -- Long Beach State to the sport he so loves. For Southern Miss, having a coach like Eustachy is Teaching certificate, just the step that the administration, fans and players know that it needs to 1981 -- Azusa Pacific College Playing Career be able to compete in the ever-competitive world of college basketball. 1971-74 Varsity basketball -- Arcadia A veteran of the coaching profession for 25 years, Southern Miss is the (Calif.) High School fourth program that Eustachy has headed. And if the success at the three 1975-76 Varsity basketball -- Citrus (Calif.) other stints – Idaho, Utah State and Iowa State – is any indication, the College Coaching Career Golden Eagle program is in good hands. 2004-Present Head Coach, Southern Miss Eustachy’s teams put a premium on defending and rebounding, combin- 1998-2003 Head Coach, Iowa State ing that with peak physical conditioning and strength, all the while incorpo- 1993-98 Head Coach, Utah State rating an offense that best utilizes the talents of the respective members of 1990-93 Head Coach, Idaho the team. 1989-90 Assistant Coach, Ball State 1987-89 Assistant Coach, Utah Eustachy not only instills physical toughness in his players, but he also 1986-87 Assistant Coach, Idaho strives to make his players value the mental part of the game, an aspect that 1981-86 Assistant Coach, Miss.State is created through stressful practice. It’s during those practices that 1978-81 Assistant Coach, Citrus (Calif.) Eustachy knows he and his staff need to be at their best, for that is where College Coaching Honors the battles on the court are often times won and lost. 2001 AP National Coach of the Year Runnerup Following graduation from Long Beach State in 1979, Eustachy began his Big 12 Coach of the Year coaching career at the ripe age of 21, serving as the assistant for Edwards District Coach of the Year at Citrus from 1979-81. Through Edwards’ direction, Eustachy then landed 2000 AP National Coach of the Year his first NCAA coaching position on Bob Boyd’s Mississippi State squad, USBWA National Coach of the Year Big 12 Coach of the Year staying there from 1981-86. From there, Eustachy joined Tim Floyd’s staff at District Coach of the Year Idaho from 1986-87, before moving on to assistant coaching stints at Utah 1998 Big West Coach of the Year (1987-89) and Ball State (1989-90). Sportsperson of the Year But it wasn’t until he landed his first head coaching job at Idaho that (Utah Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society) Eustachy began making a name as one of the nation’s brightest head 1995 Big West Coach of the Year coaches. While at Idaho, he led the Vandals to three-consecutive winning Championships seasons, a 61-33 overall record and the 1993 Big Sky Conference regular- 2001 Big 12 Regular Season season championship. 2000 Big 12 Regular Season, Eustachy then took his success to Utah State, where he compiled a 98- Big 12 Tournament 1998 Big West Regular Season, 53 overall record. While at Utah State, he led the Aggies to three Big West Big West Tournament regular-season titles (1995, 1997, and 1998) and the 1998 conference 1997 Big West Regular Season tournament title. The Aggies advanced to the postseason twice, the 1998 (Co-Champions) NCAA Tournament and the 1995 NIT, and nearly made a third postseason 1995 Big West Regular Season 1993 Big Sky Regular Season appearance in 1996, when the Aggies narrowly lost a championship game Coaching Highlights that would have punched a ticket for the NCAA Tournament. Three NCAA Tournament appearances The successes at Idaho and Utah State laid the groundwork for his Two NIT appearances eventual run as the head coach at Iowa State. At Iowa State, Eustachy Six regular-season conference titles became more than a household name for his on-court accomplishments and Two conference tournament titles Coached three conference players of the year received the nation’s highest honor for a basketball coach when he was Coached two First Team All-Americans named the 2000 National Coach of the Year by both the Associated Press Coached nation's most improved team in 2000 and the United States Basketball Writers Association. One of eight coaches in NCAA history to win at Throughout his career, Eustachy has coached three NCAA Tournament least three conference regular-season champion- ships for three different schools teams and two NIT squads. He also has led teams to six regular-season Teams ranked in top-5 nationally in rebounding conference titles, two conference tournament titles, and consecutive home margin five times (1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 and winning streaks that set records at both Utah State and Iowa State. He also 2001) has coached three conference players of the year, two first-team All-Ameri- Record at Southern Miss cans and is one of only eight coaches in NCAA history to win at least three 19-35 (Second year) Overall Coaching Record conference regular-season championships at three different schools. 279-180 (15th year) Eustachy was born on Dec. 1, 1955, in Alameda, Calif., and is the father of two sons, Hayden and Evan. SOUTHERN MISS BASKETBALL GAME 27 at MARSHALL, 2/25/06 2005-06 SOUTHERN MISS BASKETBALL MISCELLANEOUS STATISTICS RECORD WHEN THE GOLDEN EAGLES... DOUBLE-FIGURE SCORED SOUTHERN MISS' FIRST POINTS SCORING GAMES Lead at halftime ...... 4-6 Who How Trail at halftime ...... 5-11 Beasley ...... 16 Beasley ...... 8 Jump Shot ...... 17 Are tied at halftime ...... 0-0 Cornwell ...... 13 Cornwell ...... 7 Lay-up ...... 5 Shoot better than their opponent ...... 7-5 Singleton ...... 12 Lamonte ...... 3 3-pointer ...... 2 Shoot the same as their opponent ...... 0-0 Forte ...... 8 Ambres ...... 2 Free Throw ...... 2 Shoot worse than their opponent ...... 1-13 Ambres ...... 6 Craft ...... 2 Shoot better than 50% from the floor ...... 3-4 Simpson ...... 5 Forte ...... 1 Shoot less than 50% from the floor ...... 5-14 Hall ...... 4 Simpson ...... 1 Opp. shoots 50 pct. or better from the field ...... 0-7 Lamonte ...... 4 Singleton ...... 1 Opp. shoots below 50 pct. from the field ...... 8-11 Craft ...... 2 Make five or fewer 3-point goals ...... 6-15 JUMP BALLS CONTROLLED Make more than five 3-point goals ...... 2-3 GAMES LEADING USM... Attempt 10 or fewer 3-point goals ...... 3-8 IN SCORING Southern Miss ...... 14 Opponents ...... 12 Attempt more than 10 3-point goals ...... 5-10 STARTING LINEUPS Shoot more free throws than their opp...... 5-5 Beasley ...... 6 Opponent shoots more free throws ...... 1-12 Cornwell ...... 5 W-L Forward Forward Center Guard Guard Shoot same number of free throws ...... 2-1 Singleton ...... 5 2-2 Forte Singleton Cornwell Beasley Lamonte Outrebound their opponent ...... 6-9 Ambres ...... 4 2-2 Forte Singleton Ambres Beasley Lamonte Are outrebounded by their opponent ...... 1-6 Forte ...... 3 1-3 Forte Singleton Ambres Beasley Hall Tied in rebounds with their opponent ...... 1-3 Simpson ...... 2 1-1 Forte Singleton Simpson Beasley Lamonte Bench outscores the opponent bench ...... 7-5 Hall ...... 1 1-1 Ambres Singleton Cornwell Beasley Lamonte Opponent bench outscores their bench ...... 1-13 Lamonte ...... 1 0-2 Forte Singleton Cornwell Beasley Hall Commit fewer turnovers than their opp...... 4-4 IN REBOUNDING 1-0 Forte Pelton Simpson Craft Beasley Commit same no. of turnovers as opp...... 0-4 0-1 Forte Ambres Simpson Beasley Lamonte Commit more turnovers than their opp...... 4-10 Cornwell ...... 7 0-1 Forte Ambres Cornwell Singleton Lamonte Commit 15 or fewer turnovers ...... 5-7 Ambres ...... 6 0-1 Forte Pelton Cornwell Craft Beasley Commit more than 15 turnovers ...... 3-10 Forte ...... 6 0-1 Forte Pelton Simpson Beasley Lamonte Lead with 5:00 remaining ...... 8-3 Beasley ...... 3 0-1 Cornwell Pelton Simpson Beasley Lamonte Trail with 5:00 remaining ...... 0-15 Lamonte ...... 3 0-1 Forte Craft Ambres Beasley Hall Are tied with 5:00 remaining ...... 0-0 Singleton ...... 3 0-1 Cornwell Craft Ambres Beasley Hall 1-3 point margins ...... 1-0 Craft ...... 2 4-5 point margins ...... 1-5 Simpson ...... 2 SCORING SUMMARY 6-10 point margins ...... 3-2 IN ASSISTS 1st 2nd OT1 OT2 OT3 OT4 Total 11-19 point margins ...... 2-5 Southern Miss 725 802 27 18 7 9 1588 20 or more point margins ...... 1-6 Lamonte ...... 11 Opponents 803 934 32 23 7 4 1803 Overtime games ...... 1-2 Beasley ...... 6 vs. Top 25 teams ...... 0-2 Hall ...... 6 LEADS AND DEFICITS Score 59 or fewer points ...... 1-12 Forte ...... 4 USM's Largest Halftime Lead ...... 15 (39-24) vs. Spring Hill, 12/30 Score 60-69 points ...... 2-3 Singleton ...... 4 Score 70-79 points ...... 1-2 USM's Largest Halftime Lead Blown... 9 (30-21) vs. McNeese St., 1/2 Cornwell ...... 3 USM's Largest Halftime Deficit ...... 24 (10-34) at Memphis, 2/14 Score 80 or more points ...... 4-1 Ambres ...... 1 Allow 59 or fewer points ...... 3-5 USM's Largest Halftime Deficit Craft ...... 1 Overcome ...... 7 (31-38) vs. West Florida, 12/27 Allow 60-69 points ...... 1-3 Simpson ...... 1 Allow 70-79 points ...... 3-5 USM's Largest Second Half Lead ...... 36 (85-49) vs. Wm. Carey, 12/15 Allow 80 or more points ...... 0-6 IN STEALS USM's Largest Second Half Lead Blown ...... 17 (55-38) vs. McNeese St., 1/2 DOUBLE-DOUBLES Beasley ...... 10 USM's Largest Second Half Deficit ..... 42 (35-77) at Arkansas, 11/30 Forte ...... 8 USM's Largest Second Half Deficit David Cornwell ...... 2 Cornwell ...... 6 Overcome ...... 8 (40-48) vs. Tenn. St., 12/19 Mildon Ambres ...... 1 Lamonte ...... 7 USM's Largest Overall Lead ...... 36 (85-49) vs. Wm. Carey, 12/15 Courtney Beasley ...... 1 Craft ...... 5 USM's Largest Overall Lead Blown.... 17 (55-38) vs. McNeese St., 1/2 Jason Forte ...... 1 Ambres ...... 3 USM's Largest Overall Deficit ...... 42 (77-35) at Arkansas, 11/30 Shaun Simpson ...... 1 Singleton ...... 2 USM's Largest Deficit Overcome ...... 14 (16-30) vs. Tenn. St., 12/19 Jarekus Singleton ...... 1 Visockis ...... 2 Hall ...... 1 AT HOME AND ON THE ROAD POINTS OFF TURNOVERS IN BLOCKED SHOTS Halftime Leads ...... USM 10, Opp. 16, Tie 0 USM ...... 328 Opp...... 434 FG% at Green Coliseum ...... 439 (344-783) Cornwell ...... 8 FG% Away from Home ...... 409 (208-508) BENCH SCORING Ambres ...... 5 3Pt FG % at Green Coliseum ...... 312 (54-173) USM ...... 520 Opp...... 532 Forte ...... 5 3Pt FG% Away from Home ...... 297 (38-128) Lamonte ...... 5 FT% at Green Coliseum ...... 690 (249-361) REBOUNDING ADVANTAGE Beasley ...... 4 FT% Away from Home ...... 684 (143-209) Craft ...... 4 Scoring Avg. at Green Coliseum ...... 66.1 (991 pts.) USM ...... 15 Opp...... 7 Simpson ...... 4 Scoring Avg. Away from Home ...... 54.3 (597 pts.) Tied ...... 4 Singleton ...... 1 Opp. Scoring Avg. at Green Coliseum 68.5 (1027 pts.) Visockis ...... 1 Opp. Scoring Avg. Away from Home . 70.5 (776 pts.) SOUTHERN MISS BASKETBALL GAME 27 at MARSHALL, 2/25/06 2005-06 SOUTHERN MISS PLAYER BIO UPDATES Jason Forte s 00 Travis Hall s 3 Sr. s F s 6-5 s 220 s Bay Springs, Miss. Jr. s G s 5-10 s 185 s Baton Rouge, La. Bay Springs HS Western Nebraska CC

Career Bests Career Bests Pts.: 20 vs. Tulane, 1-11-06 Pts.: 15 at Tulsa, 1-14-06 Reb.: 10 vs. UNO, 12-3-05 Reb.: 4 (2x) Last vs. UAB, 2-18-06 Asst.: 4 (2x) Last vs. Rice, 1-25-06 Asst.: 5 (2x) Last vs. UTEP, 2-11-06 OF NOTE FGM: 8 vs. Samford, 12-6-03 OF NOTE FGM: 4 at Tulsa, 1-14-06 3FGM: 2 (3x) Last vs. UNO, 12-3-05 3FGM: 2 at Tulsa, 1-14-06 Eight or more Has started eight FTM: 8 (2x) Last vs. USF, 2-2-05 FTM: 6 vs. UCF, 2-8-06 rebounds in six games this Blocks: 1 (8x) Last vs. Rice, 1-25-06 Blocks: None games this season, all in C- Steals: 3 (4x) Last vs. USF, 2-2-05 Steals: 1 (4x) Last vs. UCF, 2-8-06 season. USA play. Minutes: 44 vs. McNeese State, 1-2-06 Minutes: 50 vs. UTEP, 2-11-06 Season Notes and Game-by-Game Stats Season Notes and Game-by-Game Stats

2005-06 (Sr.): Currently third on the team in scoring with 8.3 2005-06 (Jr.): Started the season as a reserve but entered the points per game ... Leads the team in rebounding average with starting lineup against nationally ranked Memphis on Jan. 21, 4.5 per game (116 total) ... Averaging 7.8 points and 4.6 and has been there since ... Played in 22 of the team's 26 rebounds in C-USA games .... Has started 22 of the 26 games games, making eight starts ... Averaging 32.2 minutes and 6.7 this season ... Has eight double-digit games this season, a new points in C-USA games ... Notched first-ever double-digit game personal best ... Has 17 double-digit games for his career ... with a career-high 15 points at Tulsa (1/14/06) ... Added 11 Finished with a career-best 20 points in the league opener points in the win over UCF (2/8/06), playing a season-high 38 against Tulane (1/11/06) ... Opened season with then-career- minutes ... Tallied second double-digit game with 10 at UAB (1/ highs in points (18) and rebounds (9) against Lamar (11/18/05) 28/06) ... Picked up seven points and matched his season high ... Notched first career double-double with 13 points and 10 with five assists against UTEP (2/11/06), playing all 50 minutes rebounds against New Orleans (12/3/05) ... Had 18 points of the double-overtime game ... Scored then career-best nine against Tennessee State (12/1/5/05) ... Added 14 points against points on 3-of-4 shooting against Spring Hill (12/30/05) ... West Florida (12/19/05) ... Had 13 points against UNO and Scored eight points in 32 minutes vs. UAB (2/18/06) ... Played McNeese State (1/2/06) ... Finished with 10 points against 37 minutes at Houston (1/18/06), scoring eight points and had Denver (11/19/05) ... Nearly had second double-double of his four assists ... Played 31 minutes against Tulane (1/11/06), career with 10 points and eight rebounds against Rice (1/25/ scoring five points and dishing four assists ... Made first career 06), while also matching his personal best with four assists in start against Memphis, playing 32 minutes with five points and the game ... Named to the BP Top of the World Classic All- one assist ... Played 29 minutes against McNeese State (1/2/06), Tournament team. dishing out a career-best five assists.

Opp. G-S MP FG 3FG FT R A T B S Pts. Opp. G-S MP FG 3FG FT R A T B S Pts. vs. Lamar 1-1 34 5-8 1-2 7-10 9 1 2 0 2 18 vs. Lamar DNP - Coach's Decision vs. Denver 1-1 34 3-7 0-1 4-5 2 0 2 0 2 10 vs. Denver DNP - Coach's Decision vs. SDSU 1-1 29 4-7 1-1 0-0 2 1 1 1 0 9 vs. SDSU 1-0 5 0-2 0-1 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 Samford 1-1 37 1-3 1-2 0-0 3 2 0 0 0 3 Samford 1-0 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 1 3 0 1 0 at Arkansas 1-1 20 0-2 0-0 0-0 2 1 0 0 1 0 at Arkansas DNP - Coach's Decision New Orleans 1-1 37 5-8 2-4 1-3 10 1 0 0 0 13 New Orleans 1-0 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 at SHSU 1-1 11 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 0 0 0 at SHSU 1-0 12 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 South Al. 1-0 13 1-2 1-2 4-6 2 2 1 0 1 7 South Al. 1-0 19 2-6 0-2 1-2 2 0 2 0 0 5 Wm. Carey 1-1 15 1-4 0-2 0-0 2 1 0 0 0 2 Wm. Carey 1-0 12 3-5 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 6 Tenn. St. 1-0 24 6-9 1-1 5-6 5 1 1 0 0 18 Tenn. St. 1-0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bradley 1-0 34 1-6 0-2 4-5 4 3 0 1 0 6 Bradley 1-0 4 0-0 0-0 1-2 0 0 2 0 0 1 W. Fla. 1-1 29 5-9 1-5 3-4 2 1 0 1 0 14 W. Fla. DNP - Coach's Decision Spring Hill 1-1 28 3-7 0-1 3-4 9 1 0 1 2 9 Spring Hill 1-0 19 3-4 1-1 2-3 0 2 1 0 0 9 McNeese 1-1 44 6-11 0-1 1-1 5 2 1 0 1 13 McNeese 1-0 29 2-7 1-3 1-2 2 5 2 0 0 6 at Auburn 1-1 27 3-8 0-2 3-5 7 0 1 0 1 9 at Auburn 1-0 24 1-2 1-2 3-4 0 3 1 0 1 6 Tulane* 1-1 39 6-10 1-2 7-10 7 2 0 0 2 20 Tulane* 1-0 31 1-4 0-0 3-4 4 4 3 0 0 5 at Tulsa* 1-1 35 3-6 1-2 0-0 3 1 1 0 0 7 at Tulsa* 1-0 27 4-8 2-4 5-5 2 2 2 0 0 15 at Houston* 1-1 27 4-5 0-0 1-2 4 0 2 0 0 9 at Houston* 1-0 37 3-8 2-3 0-0 2 4 5 0 1 8 Memphis* 1-1 17 0-0 0-0 3-6 3 2 0 0 1 3 Memphis* 1-1 32 1-4 1-3 2-2 3 1 2 0 0 5 Rice* 1-1 37 3-6 0-0 4-8 8 4 2 1 1 10 Rice* 1-1 21 0-1 0-1 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 at UAB* 1-1 23 4-5 0-0 1-1 0 0 2 0 0 9 at UAB* 1-1 23 3-6 1-3 3-4 2 2 1 0 0 10 at SMU* 1-1 33 2-8 0-0 3-4 8 0 3 0 2 7 at SMU* 1-1 39 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 2 UCF* 1-1 31 2-5 0-1 5-6 8 1 0 0 0 9 UCF* 1-1 38 2-5 1-2 6-7 3 2 1 0 1 11 UTEP* 1-1 40 0-5 0-1 1-2 5 1 0 0 1 1 UTEP* 1-1 50 5-9 0-1 0-0 2 5 2 0 0 10 at Memphis* 1-1 14 2-5 0-0 4-4 4 0 3 0 1 8 at Memphis* 1-1 24 0-4 0-1 0-0 2 1 1 0 0 0 UAB* 1-0 6 1-1 1-1 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 3 UAB* 1-1 32 2-8 0-0 4-5 4 2 5 0 0 8 at Marshall* at Marshall* at Tulane* at Tulane* East Carolina* East Carolina*

SOUTHERN MISS BASKETBALL GAME 27 at MARSHALL, 2/25/06 2005-06 SOUTHERN MISS PLAYER BIO UPDATES Mildon Ambres s 4 Courtney Beasley s 5 r-Jr. s F s 6-6 s 215 s Opelousas, La. Fr. s G s 6-3 s 215 s Huntsville, Ala. Louisiana State Univ. Bridgton Academy

Career Bests Career Bests Pts.: 21 at Marquette, 2-5-05 Pts.: 20 vs. West Florida, 12-27-05 Reb.: 14 vs. Tenn. State, 12-19-05 Reb.: 11 vs. Tulane, 1-11-06 Asst.: 4 at Tulsa, 1-14-06 Asst.: 5 vs. UTEP, 2-11-06 OF NOTE FGM: 8 (2x) Last at SMU, 2-4-06 OF NOTE FGM: 8 (2x) Last vs. UTEP, 2-11-06 3FGM: 1 vs. UTEP, 2-11-06 3FGM: 3 at Houston, 1-18-06 Connected on first FTM: 8 vs. DePaul, 1-29-05 Leads USM in FTM: 5 (4x) Last vs. UCF, 2-8-06 career 3-pointer Blocks: 2 (3x) Last vs. UNO, 12-3-05 scoring and Blocks: 1 (4x) Last at UAB, 1-28-06 recently vs. UTEP. Steals: 3 vs. Tenn. State, 12-19-05 minutes played Steals: 5 vs. Tulane, 1-11-06 Minutes: 36 vs. UNO, 12-3-05 this season. Minutes: 48 vs. UTEP, 2-11-06 Season Notes and Game-by-Game Stats Season Notes and Game-by-Game Stats

2005-06 (r-Jr.): Has played in all 26 games, starting 14 of them, 2005-06 (Fr.): Currently leads the team in scoring with 289 including nine in C-USA play ... Has 110 rebounds on the year, points (11.1 ppg) ... His 289 points is eighth all-time among USM second on the team, for an average of 4.2 per game ... freshman ... Averaging a team-best 13.5 ppg in league play ... Averaging 7.9 ppg and 3.9 rpg in C-USA action ... Has six Has played in all 26 games, starting a team-best 25 ... Leads the double-digit scoring games this season and 12 for his career ... team with 22 starts in a row ... Holds the team-lead in minutes Has two double-digit rebounding games on the season and played (899) ... Team leader in steals (30) ... Has 16 double-digit three for his career ... Notched first career double-double with scoring games this season, the most on the team ... Had an 11- 10 points and 11 rebounds against New Orleans (12/3/05) ... game double-digit scoring streak ... Tallied the first double- Scored a season-high 19 points at SMU (2/4/06), two off his double in his career against Tulane (1/11/06), finishing with 13 career high ... Preview season-high was 13 points against points and career-high 11 rebounds ... Had the best game of his William Carey (12/15/05) ... Grabbed a career-high 14 rebounds young career against West Florida (12/27/05) with career-highs in the Tennessee State game (12/19/05) ... Added 12 points in points (20) and assists (4) and six rebounds ... Poured in 18 against South Alabama (12/10/05) ... Scored 11 points in victory points and had four assists against Rice (1/25/06) ... Tallied 18 over UCF (2/8/06) Finished with 10 points against Memphis (1/ points and six rebounds against Tennessee State (12/19/05) ... 21/06) ... Had a career-best four assists at Tulsa (1/14/06). Had 17 points and five assists in two overtimes vs. UTEP (2/11/ 06), playing 48 minutes ... Finished with a team-best 17 points at Houston (1/18/06) with a career-high three 3-pointers ... Poured Opp. G-S MP FG 3FG FT R A T B S Pts. in 16 points against Memphis (1/21/06) ... Led team with 16 vs. Lamar 1-0 24 0-3 0-0 6-6 2 0 2 0 2 6 points at Tulsa (1/14/06). vs. Denver 1-0 15 1-4 0-0 0-0 3 0 1 0 0 2 vs. SDSU 1-1 16 0-1 0-0 0-0 3 0 0 0 0 0 Samford 1-1 10 2-3 0-0 0-1 6 0 1 0 0 4 Opp. G-S MP FG 3FG FT R A T B S Pts. at Arkansas 1-0 3 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 vs. Lamar 1-1 35 4-5 0-0 0-2 4 3 2 0 0 8 New Orleans 1-0 36 4-8 0-0 2-2 11 2 2 2 1 10 vs. Denver 1-1 36 4-11 1-6 0-0 2 1 1 0 0 9 at SHSU 1-0 10 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 vs. SDSU 1-1 30 3-8 1-6 0-0 3 0 1 0 0 7 South Al. 1-0 31 5-11 0-1 2-3 7 1 1 2 1 12 Samford 1-1 30 3-5 0-0 0-0 4 1 1 0 1 6 Wm. Carey 1-1 15 4-5 0-0 5-6 6 0 1 1 0 13 at Arkansas 1-1 30 4-9 2-6 0-1 4 2 2 0 0 10 Tenn. St. 1-1 28 2-7 0-0 3-4 14 0 1 0 3 7 New Orleans 1-1 43 3-9 0-3 5-6 4 1 0 0 0 11 Bradley 1-1 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 3 0 1 0 0 0 at SHSU 1-1 29 2-4 0-1 0-0 2 2 4 0 0 4 W. Fla. 1-0 17 1-1 0-0 2-2 4 0 0 0 0 4 South Al. 1-1 35 4-9 0-2 0-0 5 1 1 0 0 8 Spring Hill 1-0 18 3-5 0-0 2-3 6 0 0 0 0 8 Wm. Carey 1-1 26 2-5 0-0 0-0 2 2 0 0 4 4 McNeese 1-0 12 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Tenn. St. 1-1 32 7-12 1-2 3-4 6 2 2 0 0 18 at Auburn 1-0 10 2-2 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 4 Bradley 1-1 32 0-5 0-1 0-1 3 1 2 1 4 0 Tulane* 1-1 15 2-7 0-0 1-2 1 0 1 0 1 5 W. Fla. 1-1 37 8-14 0-0 4-4 6 4 6 0 2 20 at Tulsa* 1-1 30 3-7 0-0 1-2 6 4 0 0 1 7 Spring Hill 1-1 36 4-7 0-1 3-4 1 3 1 0 1 11 at Houston* 1-1 33 3-8 0-0 0-0 6 1 2 1 0 6 McNeese 1-1 26 6-11 0-1 2-3 3 3 3 0 1 14 Memphis* 1-1 30 4-9 0-0 2-2 3 0 1 0 0 10 at Auburn 1-1 35 4-11 0-2 2-2 1 1 3 1 1 10 Rice* 1-0 15 4-4 0-0 1-2 4 0 0 0 0 9 Tulane* 1-1 36 4-10 0-2 5-6 11 0 1 1 5 13 at UAB* 1-0 20 3-4 0-0 1-2 7 0 1 0 1 7 at Tulsa* 1-1 37 6-13 2-4 2-3 2 3 1 0 0 16 at SMU* 1-1 35 8-9 0-0 3-4 4 1 2 0 0 19 at Houston* 1-1 39 5-15 3-9 4-4 5 0 2 0 2 17 UCF* 1-1 33 4-12 0-0 3-4 4 2 2 1 1 11 Memphis* 1-1 40 5-7 1-2 5-9 4 1 2 0 0 16 UTEP* 1-1 16 3-6 1-1 0-0 3 2 2 0 2 7 Rice* 1-1 37 7-12 2-4 2-3 2 4 3 0 1 18 at Memphis* 1-1 14 1-3 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 2 at UAB* 1-1 29 3-9 1-4 5-6 3 1 2 1 0 12 UAB* 1-1 28 1-6 0-1 2-2 4 1 3 0 0 4 at SMU* 1-1 35 5-12 0-2 2-2 6 3 3 0 1 12 at Marshall* UCF* 1-1 38 2-8 0-4 5-5 3 3 0 0 3 9 at Tulane* UTEP* 1-1 48 8-16 1-1 0-2 2 5 2 0 3 17 East Carolina* at Memphis* 1-1 36 7-17 1-3 0-2 4 0 6 0 1 15 UAB* 1-1 32 1-6 0-0 2-3 1 2 3 0 0 4 at Marshall* at Tulane* East Carolina* SOUTHERN MISS BASKETBALL GAME 27 at MARSHALL, 2/25/06 2005-06 SOUTHERN MISS PLAYER BIO UPDATES Kyle Lamonte s 11 Donatas Visockis s 15 Jr. s G s 6-3 s 185 s Davenport, Iowa Fr. s C s 6-10 s 220 s Siauliai, Lithuania Marshalltown CC Cardinal Gibbons

Career Bests Career Bests Pts.: 18 vs. Bradley, 12-21-05 Pts.: 3 (3x) Last vs. McNeese St., 1-2-06 Reb.: 8 vs. UNO, 12-3-05 Reb.: 4 vs. UAB, 2-18-06 Asst.: 6 (3x) Last vs. Spring Hill, 12-30-05 Asst.: 2 at Memphis, 2-14-06 OF NOTE FGM: 8 vs. Bradley, 12-21-05 OF NOTE FGM: 1 (2x) Last at Auburn, 1-4-06 3FGM: 1 (4x) Last vs. SHSU, 12-7-05 3FGM: None Team leader in FTM: 10 vs. Lamar, 11-18-05 Played career- FTM: 3 (2x) last vs. McNeese St., 1-2-06 assists (59) and Blocks: 1 (4x) Last vs. UAB, 2-18-06 high 25 minutes Blocks: 1 at Arkansas, 11-30-05 second in steals Steals: 4 vs. William Carey, 12-15-05 vs. Memphis. Steals: 1 (2x) Last vs. UAB, 2-18-06 (22). Minutes: 57 vs. UNO, 12-3-05 Min.: 25 at Memphis, 2-14-06 Season Notes and Game-by-Game Stats Season Notes and Game-by-Game Stats

2005-06 (Jr.): Ranks sixth on the team in scoring with 4.8 2005-06 (Fr.): One of the Golden Eagle reserves this season, points per game ... Leads the team in assists (59) and is second playing in 15 games overall ... Has 16 points on the year, 12 of in steals (22) ... Has played in 25 games, starting 16 of them at them from the free throw line ... Made career debut against San the point guard position ... Has four double-digit scoring games Diego State (11/20/05), scoring three points ... Also had three this season ... Opened the season with 17 points and six points against South Alabama (12/10/05) ... Finished with three assists against Lamar (11/18/05) ... Scored 10 points against rebounds three times (Arkansas, South Alabama, McNeese San Diego State (11/20/05) ... Played an astounding 57 minutes, State) ... Played career-high 25 minutes at Memphis (2/14/06), scoring 14 points and grabbing a career-high eight rebounds dishing out two assists ... Pulled down a career-best four against New Orleans (12/3/05) ... Finished with a career-best rebounds against UAB (2/18/06). 18 points against Bradley (12/21/05) ... Had six assists three times this year (Lamar, West Florida and Spring Hill) ... Nabbed four steals against William Carey (12/15/05). Opp. G-S MP FG 3FG FT R A T B S Pts. vs. Lamar DNP - Coach's Decision vs. Denver DNP - Coach's Decision Opp. G-S MP FG 3FG FT R A T B S Pts. vs. SDSU 1-0 13 1-1 0-0 1-2 2 0 1 0 0 3 vs. Lamar 1-1 31 3-5 1-1 10-11 3 6 4 0 2 17 Samford 1-0 11 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 vs. Denver 1-1 37 0-4 0-2 0-0 5 1 6 0 1 0 at Arkansas 1-0 12 0-1 0-0 0-0 3 0 2 1 1 0 vs. SDSU 1-1 25 4-5 0-1 2-4 3 3 4 0 0 10 New Orleans DNP - Coach's Decision Samford 1-1 14 1-2 1-1 0-0 3 0 4 0 0 3 at SHSU DNP - Coach's Decision at Arkansas 1-0 17 1-4 1-3 0-0 2 2 2 0 0 3 South Al. 1-0 9 0-0 3-4 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 New Orleans 1-0 57 4-7 0-1 6-8 8 5 8 1 2 14 Wm. Carey 1-0 7 0-1 0-0 1-2 2 0 0 0 0 1 at SHSU 1-1 22 2-3 1-1 0-0 0 4 3 0 2 5 Tenn. St. DNP - Coach's Decision South Al. 1-1 11 0-0 0-0 1-2 1 3 1 0 0 1 Bradley DNP - Coach's Decision Wm. Carey 1-1 27 4-7 0-1 0-0 1 4 2 0 4 8 W. Fla. DNP - Coach's Decision Tenn. St. 1-1 37 1-4 0-0 7-11 2 2 3 1 1 9 Spring Hill 1-0 13 0-1 0-0 2-6 0 0 1 0 0 2 Bradley 1-1 36 8-11 0-1 2-2 6 3 3 0 1 18 McNeese 1-0 10 0-1 0-0 3-4 3 0 0 0 1 3 W. Fla. 1-1 40 1-8 0-1 4-4 1 6 2 0 1 6 at Auburn 1-0 12 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Spring Hill 1-1 21 0-3 0-0 0-2 1 6 2 0 2 0 Tulane* 1-0 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 McNeese 1-1 18 1-4 0-1 0-1 2 1 3 0 1 2 at Tulsa* 1-0 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 0 0 0 at Auburn 1-1 30 2-9 0-1 4-6 3 1 0 1 3 8 at Houston* DNP - Coach's Decision Tulane* 1-1 9 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 2 3 0 0 2 Memphis* 1-0 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 at Tulsa* 1-1 13 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 1 0 Rice* DNP - Coach's Decision at Houston* 1-1 2 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 at UAB* 1-0 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 0 0 0 Memphis* 1-0 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 at SMU* 1-0 1 0-2 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 Rice* 1-0 25 1-3 0-2 1-1 0 3 1 0 0 3 UCF* DNP - Coach's Decision at UAB* 1-0 20 0-3 0-0 4-6 0 3 2 1 0 4 UTEP* DNP - Coach's Decision at SMU* DNP - Coach's Decision at Memphis* 1-0 25 0-0 0-0 1-2 2 2 4 0 0 1 UCF* 1-0 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UAB* 1-0 11 0-0 0-0 1-2 4 0 0 0 1 1 UTEP* 1-0 7 0-2 0-0 0-0 3 0 0 0 0 0 at Marshall* at Memphis* 1-0 14 0-1 0-0 0-0 2 2 3 1 0 0 at Tulane* UAB* 1-0 19 3-7 0-0 2-5 2 2 3 1 1 8 East Carolina* at Marshall* at Tulane* East Carolina*

SOUTHERN MISS BASKETBALL GAME 27 at MARSHALL, 2/25/06 2005-06 SOUTHERN MISS PLAYER BIO UPDATES Jarekus Singleton s 20 David Cornwell s 22 r-Jr. s G s 6-3 s 215 s Clinton, Miss. Jr. s F s 6-8 s 205 s Louisville, Ky. Bay Springs HS Los Angeles City College

Career Bests Career Bests Pts.: 23 vs. LSU, 12-18-04 Pts.: 19 vs. Spring Hill, 12-30-05 Reb.: 12 vs. SHSU, 12-7-05 Reb.: 11 vs. Tulane, 1-11-06 Asst.: 7 vs. SHSU, 12-7-05 Asst.: 3 (2x) Last at Memphis, 2-14-06 OF NOTE FGM: 8 (2x) Last vs. McNeese St., 1-2-06 OF NOTE FGM: 8 vs. Spring Hill, 12-30-05 3FGM: 4 vs. Tennessee St., 12-19-05 3FGM: 3 vs. Spring Hill, 12-30-05 Team's only Tallied second FTM: 10 (2x) Last vs. Memphis,1-21-06 FTM: 4 (4x) Last vs. UAB, 2-18-06 players with 600 career double- Blocks: 1 (6x) Last vs. Tulane, 1-11-06 Blocks: 1 (9x) Last vs. UTEP, 2-11-06 career points double vs. UAB Steals: 2 (7x) Last vs. Bradley, 12-21-05 Steals: 2 (2x) Last vs. UTEP, 2-11-06 (637). (12p/10r). Minutes: 43 vs. Houston, 2-3-04 Min.: 35 vs. UAB, 2-18-06 Season Notes and Game-by-Game Stats Season Notes and Game-by-Game Stats

2005-06 (r-Jr.): Currently second on the team in season 2005-06 (Jr.): Has played in all 26 games, starting 12 of them ... scoring with 223 points, an average of 8.6 per game ... Fourth on the team in scoring with 8.1 points per game ... Also Averaging 7.5 ppg and 2.9 rpg in C-USA play ... Has 12 double- averaging 4.2 rebounds per game ... Averaging 9.5 ppg and a digit games, tied for second on the team, and has 29 for his team-high 6.1 rpg in C-USA games ... Tallied first double-double career ... Played in all 26 games with 19 starts ... Tied for of his career with 12 points and a career-high 11 rebounds second overall in assists with 49 ... Played 41 minutes, scoring against Tulane (1/11/06) ... Picked up second double-double 21 points against McNeese State (1/2/06) ... Scored 21 against with 12 points and 10 rebounds against UAB (2/18/06) ... Tennessee State (12/19/05) ... Finished with a team-high 19 Scored a career-best 19 points and added eight rebounds in 23 points against Memphis (1/21/06), scoring all of them in the minutes against Spring Hill (12/30/05) ... Added 16 points and six second half ... Poured in 17 points with a career-best 12 rebounds against UTEP (2/11/06) ... Previous season-high was rebounds and seven assists against Sam Houston State (12/7/ 15 against William Carey (12/15/05) ... Finished with 14 points 05) ... The Sam Houston game also was his first career double- and had nine rebounds at UAB (1/28/06) ... Tallied 13 points double ... Finished with 10 points in 42 minutes vs. UTEP (2/11/ twice, against McNeese State (1/2/06) and Sam Houston State 06), including a long-range jumper to send the game into (12/7/05) ... Added 11 points against Rice (1/25/06) ... Scored overtime ... Added 13 points twice, against Spring Hill (12/30/05) 11 against Auburn (1/4/06), playing a season-high 32 minutes ... and in the season-opener against Lamar (11/18/05) ... Scored in Finished with 12 points against Memphis (1/21/06), and added double digits in five other games (San Diego State - 11, New 10 in the second game against the Tigers (2/14/06) ... First Orleans - 12, William Carey - 11, Tulane - 10 and UAB - 11). double-digit game of his career came with 10 points against Samford (11/28/05).

Opp. G-S MP FG 3FG FT R A T B S Pts. vs. Lamar 1-1 29 3-9 1-2 6-10 3 1 3 0 2 13 Opp. G-S MP FG 3FG FT R A T B S Pts. vs. Denver 1-1 19 1-4 0-0 0-0 1 0 3 0 0 2 vs. Lamar 1-0 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 4 0 0 0 vs. SDSU 1-0 17 3-7 2-3 3-4 1 2 1 0 0 11 vs. Denver 1-0 7 0-4 0-1 0-0 0 0 1 1 0 0 Samford 1-1 22 0-5 0-0 0-0 3 2 3 0 0 0 vs. SDSU 1-0 21 3-6 0-2 3-4 2 1 0 1 0 9 at Arkansas 1-0 13 0-1 0-0 0-2 1 1 1 0 0 0 Samford 1-1 31 4-5 0-0 2-2 1 0 2 1 1 10 New Orleans 1-0 34 6-13 0-1 0-0 2 0 4 0 1 12 at Arkansas 1-1 18 0-5 0-1 0-0 3 0 4 0 1 0 at SHSU 1-0 38 6-11 1-4 4-6 12 7 2 0 1 17 New Orleans 1-0 3 0-1 0-0 0-0 2 0 1 0 0 0 South Al. 1-0 21 0-5 0-2 2-2 1 0 1 0 0 2 at SHSU 1-0 30 6-9 0-1 1-2 3 0 1 0 0 13 Wm. Carey 1-1 28 4-11 2-5 1-2 5 3 1 0 1 11 South Al. 1-1 17 3-3 0-0 2-3 1 0 1 1 0 8 Tenn. St. 1-1 28 6-10 4-6 5-6 2 1 2 0 0 21 Wm. Carey 1-0 22 7-8 0-0 1-2 5 1 1 1 0 15 Bradley 1-1 34 3-10 3-6 0-0 2 1 4 0 2 9 Tenn. St. 1-1 22 1-5 0-0 2-2 3 2 7 0 1 4 W. Fla. 1-1 35 3-9 0-3 3-4 6 3 4 0 1 9 Bradley 1-1 14 0-5 0-0 1-2 2 0 1 0 0 1 Spring Hill 1-1 17 5-8 1-3 2-3 4 5 3 0 0 13 W. Fla. 1-1 14 1-2 0-0 1-1 1 0 1 0 1 3 McNeese 1-1 41 8-15 0-3 5-7 5 3 3 0 0 21 Spring Hill 1-1 23 8-10 3-3 0-0 8 1 0 1 1 19 at Auburn 1-1 14 0-2 0-1 0-0 1 2 2 0 0 0 McNeese 1-1 22 4-7 1-3 4-5 6 0 3 0 1 13 Tulane* 1-1 32 2-10 2-4 4-5 3 3 3 1 1 10 at Auburn 1-1 32 5-10 0-1 1-3 5 1 4 0 0 11 at Tulsa* 1-1 17 3-7 0-2 2-2 1 1 1 0 0 8 Tulane* 1-0 23 5-13 0-0 2-3 11 0 2 0 0 12 at Houston* 1-1 23 1-3 0-0 5-7 5 1 3 0 1 7 at Tulsa* 1-0 10 1-4 1-2 0-0 5 1 0 0 2 3 Memphis* 1-1 26 4-9 1-4 10-14 4 1 1 0 1 19 at Houston* 1-0 19 1-3 1-2 2-2 6 2 0 0 0 5 Rice* 1-1 25 1-7 1-5 0-0 1 3 1 0 0 3 Memphis* 1-0 32 4-9 0-2 4-10 5 1 2 0 1 12 at UAB* 1-1 36 3-6 0-1 5-5 5 3 3 0 2 11 Rice* 1-1 24 3-6 1-2 4-5 4 0 4 1 1 11 at SMU* 1-1 34 1-3 0-1 4-4 3 3 1 0 1 6 at UAB* 1-1 33 7-9 0-0 0-0 9 3 2 0 1 14 UCF* 1-1 19 2-6 0-1 2-2 3 2 1 0 1 6 at SMU* 1-0 15 2-3 0-0 1-3 3 0 2 0 1 5 UTEP* 1-1 42 3-16 0-1 4-4 6 1 3 0 0 10 UCF* 1-0 16 2-5 1-2 0-1 3 0 0 1 3 5 at Memphis* 1-0 12 0-5 0-2 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 UTEP* 1-0 28 7-12 0-1 2-4 6 1 1 1 2 16 UAB* 1-0 8 0-2 0-0 2-2 1 0 2 0 0 2 at Memphis* 1-0 27 3-8 0-0 4-7 5 3 2 0 1 10 at Marshall* UAB* 1-1 35 4-15 0-2 4-7 10 2 1 0 0 12 at Tulane at Marshall* East Carolina at Tulane East Carolina SOUTHERN MISS BASKETBALL GAME 27 at MARSHALL, 2/25/06 2005-06 SOUTHERN MISS PLAYER BIO UPDATES Craig Craft s 23 Tyler Quinn s 25 Fr. s G s 6-3 s 175 s Raleigh, Miss. r-Sr. s G s 6-3 s 175 s Knoxville, Tenn. Raleigh HS Hiwassee JC

Career Bests Career Bests Pts.: 11 vs. UTEP, 2-11-06 Pts.: 2 (3x) Last vs. Spring Hill, 12-30-05 Reb.: 6 (2x) Last at Houston, 1-18-06 Reb.: 2 vs. William Carey, 12-28-04 Asst.: 3 vs. Tennessee St., 12-19-05 Asst.: 1 vs. McNeese St., 11-27-04 OF NOTE FGM: 4 (2x) Last vs. UTEP, 2-11-06 OF NOTE FGM: 1 (3x) Last vs. Spring Hill, 12-30-05 3FGM: 2 (6x) Last vs. UAB, 2-18-06 3FGM: None Scored a career- Walk-on who is a FTM: 4 at Memphis, 2-14-06 FTM: None high 11 points three-year Blocks: 1 (2x) Last vs. Tulane, 1-11-06 Blocks: None against UTEP. member of USM Steals: 2 (2x) Last vs. Memphis, 1-21-06 Steals: None program. Minutes: 34 at Memphis, 2-14-06 Minutes: 4 vs. William Carey, 12-22-03 Season Notes and Game-by-Game Stats Season Notes and Game-by-Game Stats

2005-06 (Fr.): Has played in 23 games this season, making four 2005-06 (r-Sr.): Has seen action in three games ... Provides starts, including the last two games ... Has 110 points on the support as a member of the scout team during practice ... Tallied year, 63 of them in C-USA play ... Scored a career-high 11 four points on the season on 2-of-4 shooting ... Scored two points, including two 3-pointers, against UTEP (2/11/06) ... points in three minutes against William Carey (12-15-05) ... Notched first double-digit game of his career with 10 points Attempted one 3-pointer this season ... Tallied two points against McNeese State (1/2/06) ... Picked up 10 points at against Spring Hill (12-30-05). Memphis (2/14/06) ... Made his collegiate debut against San Diego State (11/20/05), playing eight minutes ... Made first career start at Arkansas (11/30/05), playing a season-high 33 Opp. G-S MP FG 3FG FT R A T B S Pts. minutes and scoring the first points of his career (5) ... Grabbed vs. Lamar DNP - Coach's Decision vs. Denver DNP - Coach's Decision career-best six rebounds twice, against Spring Hill (12/30/05) vs. SDSU DNP - Coach's Decision and at Houston (1/18/06) ... Finished with eight points with two Samford DNP - Coach's Decision 3-pointers in the win over UCF (2/8/06) ... Had eight points with at Arkansas DNP - Coach's Decision two 3-pointers against William Carey (12/15/05) ... Added eight New Orleans DNP - Coach's Decision points with a pair of 3s against UAB (2/18/06). at SHSU DNP - Coach's Decision South Al. DNP - Coach's Decision Wm. Carey 1-0 3 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Opp. G-S MP FG 3FG FT R A T B S Pts. Tenn. St. DNP - Coach's Decision vs. Lamar DNP - Coach's Decision Bradley DNP - Coach's Decision vs. Denver DNP - Coach's Decision W. Fla. DNP - Coach's Decision vs. SDSU 1-0 8 0-2 0-2 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Spring Hill 1-0 1 1-3 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Samford 1-0 14 0-2 0-2 0-0 1 0 0 0 1 0 McNeese 1-0 0+ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 at Arkansas 1-1 33 2-10 1-6 0-0 0 0 3 1 0 5 at Auburn DNP - Coach's Decision New Orleans 1-1 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tulane* DNP - Coach's Decision at SHSU DNP - Coach's Decision at Tulsa* DNP - Coach's Decision South Al. 1-0 8 0-4 0-3 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 at Houston* DNP - Coach's Decision Wm. Carey 1-0 24 3-6 2-3 0-0 3 1 0 0 2 8 Memphis* DNP - Coach's Decision Tenn. St. 1-0 23 2-5 1-2 0-0 4 3 2 0 1 5 Rice* DNP - Coach's Decision Bradley 1-0 21 1-7 0-5 0-0 2 0 1 0 1 2 at UAB* DNP - Coach's Decision W. Fla. 1-0 8 1-2 1-1 0-0 3 0 1 0 0 3 at SMU* DNP - Coach's Decision Spring Hill 1-0 24 3-6 1-2 0-0 6 2 1 0 1 7 UCF* DNP - Coach's Decision McNeese 1-0 23 4-6 2-4 0-0 2 2 0 0 3 10 UTEP* DNP - Coach's Decision at Auburn 1-0 16 2-5 1-2 2-2 2 1 1 0 0 7 at Memphis* DNP - Coach's Decision Tulane* 1-0 12 0-2 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 1 0 0 UAB* DNP - Coach's Decision at Tulsa* 1-0 26 3-8 1-4 0-1 5 1 1 0 1 7 at Marshall* at Houston* 1-0 20 2-3 1-1 1-2 6 1 2 1 0 6 at Tulane Memphis* 1-0 19 1-4 0-1 1-2 3 1 2 0 2 3 East Carolina Rice* 1-0 16 3-5 1-3 0-2 1 0 0 0 1 7 at UAB* 1-0 12 2-2 2-2 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 6 at SMU* 1-0 8 1-3 0-2 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 2 UCF* 1-0 23 3-5 2-3 0-0 2 0 1 0 0 8 UTEP* 1-0 19 4-7 2-3 1-2 4 1 0 0 0 11 at Memphis* 1-1 27 3-8 0-0 4-7 5 3 2 0 1 10 UAB* 1-1 29 2-4 2-4 2-2 4 0 2 0 1 8 at Marshall* at Tulane East Carolina

SOUTHERN MISS BASKETBALL GAME 27 at MARSHALL, 2/25/06 GAME 1 GAME 2 GAME 3

Southern Miss 79, Lamar 76 Denver 44, Southern Miss 30 San Diego State 79, Southern Miss 51

FAIRBANKS, Alaska -- The Southern FAIRBANKS, Alaska -- Denver used a FAIRBANKS, Alaska -- Marcus Slaughter Miss Golden Eagles got off to the start it wanted stingy defense and found its shooting touch in the scored 18 points and San Diego State defeated in the BP Top of the World Classic, defeating second half to defeat Southern Miss 44-30 in the Southern Miss 79-51 for third place in the BP Top Lamar, 79-76, at the Carlson Center here in semifinals of the BP Top of the World Classic. of the World Classic. Fairbanks, Alaska. The Pioneers (2-0) trailed 21-17 at halftime Southern Miss (1-2) jumped to a 7-0 lead. Jason Forte led the Golden Eagles (1-0) but allowed just nine points in the second half. The Aztecs (2-1) pulled ahead for the first time, with 18 points, while Kyle Lamonte added 17, Denver shot 35 percent from the field in the 12-11, when Brandon Heath took a behind-the- including 10-of-11 from the free throw line. The first half. The Golden Eagles (1-1) were not back pass from Matt Thomas and scored on a Cardinals dropped to 0-1 on the season. much better, hitting 9-of-24 field goals - 38 layup with 13 minutes left in the first half. Southern Miss advanced to the winner's percent. San Diego State took the lead for good, 31- bracket of the tournament. Lamar fell to the loser's Yemi Nicholson ignited the Pioneers in the 30, with two minutes left in the first half on a basket bracket. second half. by Slaughter and led 39-32, at intermission. Down 27-26 at the half, the Golden Eagles Nicholson started a 20-2 run with a turn- The Aztecs' lead was 13 with 15:52 remain- chipped away at the league and built a 10-point around jumper with 15:25 remaining. He scored ing in the second half when Southern Miss coach advantage, aided by a 15-4 run that was capped three more field goals on dunks or short jumpers Larry Eustachy picked up his second technical off by Jarekus Singleton's 3-pointer with 13:15 to push the Pioneers to a 25-23 lead with 11:14 foul was ejected. remaining. left remaining. Southern Miss shot just 6-for-24 - 25 percent The lead was nine points with a little under After the teams exchanged free throws, - from the floor in the second half and 1-for-13 five minutes left in the game, but Lamar battled Nicholson dunked and DaShawn Walker hit from 3-point range. back, using an 11-2 run to tie the game at 70-70, back-to-back 3-pointers to push the lead to 37- San Diego State shot 13-for-19 in the sec- with 1:13 left to go. 25 with 6:07 remaining. ond half and hit 10-of-13 3-point attempts. Southern Miss went on to hit 9-of-12 free The Golden Eagles went without a field goal Heath finished with 16 points and John throws down the stretch to seal the win. for a 12-minute span that ended with 4:06 Sharper added 12 off the bench, hitting all four Following Forte and Lamonte, Singleton remaining. They shot just 2-of-18 from the field of his 3-point attempts. and Shaun Simpson each had 13 points. Lamonte in the second half. Jarekus Singleton led Southern Miss with 11 led the team with six assists, and Forte added Nicholson scored 14 points and Walker points and Kyle Lamonte scored 10. nine rebounds. finished with 13 for the Pioneers. Jeremy Long paced Lamar with 22 points Jason Forte led Southern Miss with 10 points Nov. 20, 2005 and four assists, while Alan Daniels added 20. and Courtney Beasley had nine. Fairbanks, Alaska (Carlson Center)

Nov. 18, 2005 Nov. 19, 2005 USM (1-2) MP FG 3P FT R F AS TO BS ST TP Forte* 29 4-7 1-1 0-0 2 1 1 1 1 0 9 Fairbanks, Alaska (Carlson Center) Fairbanks, Alaska (Carlson Center) Beasley* 30 3-8 1-6 0-0 3 1 0 1 0 0 7 Lamonte* 25 4-5 0-1 2-4 3 1 3 4 0 0 10 USM (1-0) MP FG 3P FT R F AS TO BS ST TP DEN (2-0) MP FG 3P FT R F AS TO BS ST TP Ambres* 16 0-1 0-0 0-0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 Forte* 34 5-8 1-2 7-10 9 2 1 2 0 2 33 Walker* 35 4-10 3-4 2-2 2 0 1 1 0 0 13 Simpson* 7 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 Beasley* 35 4-5 0-0 0-2 4 1 3 2 0 0 8 Kummer 20 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 2 0 2 2 Pelton 29 0-3 0-1 0-0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 Lamonte* 31 3-5 1-1 10-11 3 3 6 4 0 2 17 Porch* 24 0-1 0-0 4-4 4 3 0 5 0 1 4 Hall 5 0-2 0-1 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Singleton* 29 3-9 1-2 6-10 3 2 1 3 0 2 13 Wetrich 7 1-4 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 Visockis 13 1-1 0-0 1-2 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 Simpson* 21 6-8 0-0 1-2 8 4 2 2 0 1 13 Cox* 37 2-6 0-2 1-1 6 3 2 5 0 0 5 Singleton 17 3-7 2-3 3-4 1 1 2 1 0 0 11 Pelton 22 2-4 0-0 0-0 5 3 1 3 0 1 4 Gordon 9 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 Cornwell 21 3-6 0-2 3-4 2 2 1 0 1 0 9 Ambres 24 0-3 0-0 6-6 2 3 0 2 0 2 6 Seger 9 1-2 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 Craft 8 0-2 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Cornwell 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 3 0 4 0 0 0 Nicholson* 27 7-12 0-0 0-0 6 2 0 2 3 1 14 Totals 200 18-43 4-17 11-16 23 13 9 12 3 0 51 Totals 200 23-42 3-5 30-41 38 21 14 23 0 10 79 Carpenter* 32 0-1 0-1 2-2 1 1 3 3 2 2 2 Totals 200 16-37 3-8 9-9 26 11 9 19 5 6 44 SDSU (2-1) MP FG 3P FT R F AS TO BS ST TP LAM (0-1) MP FG 3P FT R F AS TO BS ST TP Hoerner 9 1-3 0-0 0-0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 Long* 36 9-14 2-3 2-4 6 4 4 3 0 1 22 USM (1-1) MP FG 3P FT R F AS TO BS ST TP Heath* 29 5-11 3-6 3-4 2 1 2 1 0 0 16 Beard* 17 1-6 0-0 1-1 3 5 2 1 0 0 3 Forte* 34 3-7 0-1 4-5 2 3 0 2 0 2 10 Williams* 16 1-2 1-1 0-0 1 2 3 4 0 2 3 Barrow* 20 1-7 0-5 0-0 0 3 2 1 0 0 2 Beasley* 36 4-11 1-6 0-0 2 2 1 1 0 0 9 Sharper 13 4-4 4-4 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 12 Daniels* 37 7-16 2-9 4-7 3 5 2 2 0 2 20 Lamonte* 37 0-4 0-2 0-0 5 2 1 6 0 1 0 Davis* 17 4-6 0-0 2-2 1 3 0 0 1 0 10 Fairley* 27 4-9 0-0 0-0 3 3 1 2 3 0 8 Singleton* 19 1-4 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 Thomas 29 1-2 0-0 0-0 3 0 7 1 0 1 2 Chappell 22 3-7 2-4 2-2 0 1 0 3 0 0 10 Simpson* 25 1-4 0-0 2-4 2 1 2 2 1 0 4 McGrath 9 1-1 1-1 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 Whittle 6 0-2 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pelton 27 1-4 0-0 1-2 3 0 1 2 0 0 3 Lamb 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Burchett 0+ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ambres 15 1-4 0-0 0-0 3 2 0 1 0 0 2 Spain* 25 4-4 1-1 2-5 3 2 0 0 0 3 11 Grant 12 3-5 0-0 0-0 1 5 1 1 1 1 6 Cornwell 7 0-4 0-1 0-0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 Slaughter* 31 6-12 0-0 6-8 5 2 2 1 0 0 18 Goodwin 23 2-3 0-0 1-2 9 4 0 5 0 1 5 Totals 200 11-42 1-10 7-11 28 11 5 19 2 3 30 Camara 19 1-1 0-0 0-0 3 1 0 0 0 1 2 Totals 200 30-69 602310-16 29 30 12 18 4 5 76 Totals 200 28-46 10-1313-19 22 16 14 7 1 7 79 Half Final FG% 3PT% FT% Half Final FG% 3PT% FT% Denver 15 44 43.2 37.5 100 Half Final FG% 3PT% FT% Southern Miss 26 79 54.8 60.0 73.2 Southern Miss 21 30 26.2 10.0 63.6 Southern Miss 32 51 41.9 23.5 68.8 Lamar 27 76 43.5 26.1 62.5 San Diego State 39 79 60.9 76.9 68.4 Officials: Jerry Scott, Milt Stowe, Chuck Jannelli Officials: Jim Stupin, Milt Stowe, Shawn Lehigh Technicals: Denver - None; Southern Miss - None Officials: Shawn Lehigh, Marc Terrazas, Ralph Schemel Technicals: Southern Miss - None; Lamar-None Technicals: Southern Miss - Team 2; San Diego St. - Slaughter

SOUTHERN MISS BASKETBALL GAME 27 at MARSHALL, 2/25/06 GAME 4 GAME 5 GAME 6

Samford 52, Southern Miss 33 Arkansas 77, Southern Miss 35 Southern Miss 83, New Orleans 78 (4 OT)

HATTIESBURG, Miss. -- The Southern FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -- The Southern HATTIESBURG, Miss. - It took 60 minutes Miss Golden Eagles dropped a 52-33 decision Miss men's basketball team struggled from the of play and four extra periods to decide the victor to visiting Samford in the home opener at Reed field and dropped a 77-35 decision to host of the men's basketball game between Southern Green Coliseum. Arkansas at Bud Walton Arena, here in Miss and New Orleans, and in the end, it was the Southern Miss fell to 1-3 overall with the loss, Fayetteville, Ark. host Golden Eagles who came out on top, dropping its third game in a row since opening The Golden Eagles fell to 1-4 on the season, winning 83-78 over the Privateers in the first- the season with a 79-76 win over Lamar on Nov. dropping their fourth in a row, while the Razor- ever four-overtime game in Southern Miss bas- 18. Samford improved to 3-2 overall. backs improved to 4-2 overall. ketball history. David Cornwell was the lone Golden Eagle The game was tied, 11-11, with 12:01 re- Shaun Simpson paced the Golden Eagles in double figures, scoring 10 points on 4-of-5 maining in the first half, but Arkansas went on a (2-4) with a career-best 21 points, while two shooting and 2-of-2 from the line in his first career 28-10 run to head into the break up 39-21. players -- Jason Forte and Mildon Ambres -- start. Shaun Simpson followed with seven points. For Southern Miss, Shaun Simpson had 11 posted their first career double-doubles in the The Golden Eagles opened the game with points and 10 rebounds, registering the first victory. a 16-15 advantage at the break, but it was the double-double for the Golden Eagles this sea- Forte finished the game with 13 points and Bulldogs who had the hot shooting spree in the son. Courtney Beasley added 10 points, while 10 rebounds, and Ambres added 10 points and second half, connecting on 13-of-23 field goals Kendaris Pelton chipped in with six. Craig Craft, a game-high 11 boards. Lamonte, who made and 6-of-11 from behind the 3-point line, to who along with Pelton each made their first start three free throws in the final 15 seconds and outscore Southern Miss 37-17 in the period. of the season, finished with five, and Kyle Lamonte scored eight points in the overtime periods, For Samford, J. Robert Merritt had a game- added three. added 14 points. Jarekus Singleton and Beasley high 15 points, while Jerry Smith and Travis Ronnie Brewer scored 16 points, 15 in the also scored in double figures, with 12 and 11 Peterson followed with 12 and 11 points, respec- first half, to lead four Arkansas players in double points, respectively. tively. figures. Darian Townes and Jonathon Modica Williams poured in a game-high 22 points for Following Cornwell and Simpson, Courtney each had 14, and Vincent Hunter added 10 New Orleans, who was without its leading scorer, Beasley added six points. Mildon Ambres had points. Bo McCalebb, who is out for the season with a a game-high six rebounds. broken wrist. James Parlow added 18 points, Nov. 30, 2005 and Shawn Malloy had 15. Jamie McNeilly Nov. 28, 2005 Fayetteville, Ark. (Bud Walton Arena) added 10 points. Hattiesburg, Miss. (RGC) USM (1-4) MP FG 3P FT R F AS TO BS ST TP Dec. 3, 2005 SAM (3-2) MP FG 3P FT R F AS TO BS ST TP Forte* 20 0-2 0-0 0-0 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 Hattiesburg, Miss. (RGC) Merritt, JRob* 36 5-12 4-8 1-2 4 2 1 2 0 0 15 Pelton* 27 2-4 2-2 0-0 1 1 0 1 0 0 6 Merritt, JRos* 25 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 2 2 2 0 2 2 Beasley* 30 4-9 2-6 0-1 4 2 2 2 0 0 10 Peterson* 32 4-6 3-4 0-0 4 3 2 0 2 1 11 Cornwell* 18 0-5 0-1 0-0 3 4 0 4 0 1 0 UNO (1-4) MP FG 3P FT R F AS TO BS ST TP Smith* 38 4-9 2-4 2-2 4 0 5 2 0 2 12 Craft* 33 2-10 1-6 0-0 0 1 0 3 1 0 5 Manning* 42 1-2 0-0 2-2 5 4 1 3 1 0 4 Gulina* 26 2-8 0-4 0-1 0 2 1 3 0 1 4 Ambres 3 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Williams* 49 10-21 1-5 1-3 5 2 0 4 0 2 22 Woolsey 8 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 Lamonte 17 1-4 1-3 0-0 2 0 2 2 0 0 3 Parker* 20 2-4 0-0 2-2 4 5 1 0 2 0 6 West 19 3-4 0-1 2-3 3 1 1 1 0 5 8 Visockis 12 0-1 0-0 0-0 3 0 0 2 1 1 0 Parlow* 54 7-21 4-15 0-0 3 1 3 0 0 1 18 Black 16 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 Singleton 13 0-1 0-0 0-2 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 McNeilly* 57 2-13 0-2 6-6 6 5 8 3 0 5 10 Totals 200 19-42 9-22 5-8 20 13 14 11 2 11 52 Simpson 27 3-11 0-0 5-10 10 3 1 4 1 0 11 Driggs 3 0-2 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 200 12-48 6-18 5-13 32 18 7 19 3 3 35 Barnitz 13 1-4 1-4 0-0 2 1 1 0 0 1 3 USM (1-3) MP FG 3P FT R F AS TO BS ST TP Davis 8 0-3 0-3 0-0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 Forte* 37 1-3 1-2 0-0 3 2 2 0 0 0 3 ARK (4-2) MP FG 3P FT R F AS TO BS ST TP Malloy 48 5-8 0-0 5-8 8 3 0 2 1 0 15 Ambres* 10 2-3 0-0 0-1 6 0 0 1 0 0 4 Jefferson* 24 1-2 0-0 0-2 2 2 8 0 1 2 2 Daney 6 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cornwell* 31 4-5 0-0 2-2 1 2 0 2 1 1 10 Townes* 19 5-8 0-0 4-5 5 0 0 1 2 1 14 Totals 300 28-79 6-31 16-21 39 21 14 13 4 9 78 Lamonte* 14 1-2 1-1 0-0 3 2 0 4 0 0 3 Brewer* 29 6-11 3-5 1-2 5 1 3 2 1 1 16 Singleton* 22 0-5 0-0 0-0 3 2 0 4 0 0 3 Modica* 24 5-8 3-5 1-2 2 1 4 1 0 1 14 USM (2-4) MP FG 3P FT R F AS TO BS ST TP Hall 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 1 1 3 0 1 0 Hill* 23 2-2 0-0 0-0 4 1 1 1 4 3 4 Forte* 37 5-8 2-4 1-3 10 4 1 0 0 0 13 Beasley 30 3-5 0-0 0-0 4 4 1 1 0 1 6 McGowan 8 0-2 0-0 0-0 3 4 0 1 0 0 0 Pelton* 38 1-6 0-2 0-0 3 1 4 2 0 0 2 Visockis 11 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Munsey 4 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Simpson* 44 8-13 0-0 5-9 7 4 1 3 1 0 21 Craft 14 0-2 0-2 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 McCurdy 16 1-3 0-1 2-2 2 1 2 1 0 0 4 Beasley* 43 3-9 0-3 5-6 4 2 1 0 0 0 11 Simpson 24 3-6 0-0 1-3 2 2 0 4 0 0 7 Ferguson 13 1-2 1-2 0-0 1 2 0 0 0 1 3 Craft* 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 200 14-32 2-5 3-6 27 15 6 19 1 4 33 Thomas 16 3-3 0-0 3-5 1 0 1 1 0 1 9 Ambres 36 4-8 0-0 2-2 11 4 2 2 2 1 10 Cranford 5 0-1 0-1 1-2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 Lamonte 57 4-7 0-1 6-8 8 1 5 8 1 2 14 Half Final FG% 3PT% FT% Hunter 19 4-5 1-1 1-2 4 3 1 1 0 1 10 Singleton 34 6-13 0-1 0-0 2 1 0 4 0 1 12 Samford 15 52 45.2 40.9 62.5 Totals 200 28-48 8-16 13-22 32 15 21 9 8 12 77 Cornwell 3 0-1 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 Southern Miss 16 33 43.8 40.0 50.0 Totals 300 31-65 2-11 19-28 53 18 14 20 4 4 83 Half Final FG% 3PT% FT% Officials: Steve Welmer, Mark Whitehead, Gerald Boudreaux Southern Miss 21 35 25.0 33.3 38.5 Half Reg. OT FG% 3PT% FT% Technicals: Samford - None; Southern Miss - None Arkansas 39 77 58.3 50.0 59.1 New Orleans 27 49 78 35.4 19.4 76.2 Southern Miss 21 49 83 47.7 18.2 67.9 Officials: Mike Stuart, Antinio Petty, Jeff Nichols Technicals: Southern Miss - None; Arkansas - None Officials: Kyle Neve, Andrew Walton, James Breeding Technicals: New Orleans - None; Southern Miss - None

SOUTHERN MISS BASKETBALL GAME 27 at MARSHALL, 2/25/06 GAME 7 GAME 8 GAME 9

Sam Houston St. 61, Southern Miss 57 South Alabama 75, Southern Miss 51 Southern Miss 90, William Carey 57

HUNTSVILLE, Texas -- The Southern HATTIESBURG, Miss. - The Southern HATTIESBURG, Miss. - The Southern Miss men's basketball team fell in the final non- Miss men's basketball team dropped a 75-51 Miss men's basketball team snapped a two- conference road game of 2005, 61-57, to Sam decision to visiting South Alabama, at Reed game losing streak, defeating William Carey 90- Houston State at Johnson Coliseum on the Sam Green Coliseum. 57 before 4,062 in Reed Green Coliseum. Houston State campus. The Golden Eagles fell to 2-6 overall with the With the win, Southern Miss improved to 3- With the loss, the Golden Eagles fell to 2-5 loss, while the Jaguars improved to 5-1 on the 6 on the season, while William Carey fell to 0-9. overall, while the Bearkats improved to 6-1. season. William Carey opened the game with a 5-2 Jarekus Singleton picked up his first career South Alabama opened the game with a 13- lead, but Southern Miss took the lead for good double-double in the losing effort, pacing South- 4 advantage with a little less than five minutes on back-to-back jumpers from Mildon Ambres ern Miss with 17 points and a game-high 12 passed in the first period and never relinquished and a basket from David Cornwell to take an 8- rebounds. the lead, with the score standing at 31-23 at the 7 lead. Southern Miss opened the game with a 29- break. The Golden Eagles opened the second half 24 lead at halftime, but Sam Houston State The lead got to as many as 25 in the second on a 12-3 run to take a 20-point lead with 12:08 opened the second half with a 6-0 run to take the half -- at the 5:53 mark -- before settling to 75-51 to play, before winning by 33, 90-57. lead, 30-29. From there, the lead changed at the end. Southern Miss out-shot William Carey 57.8 hands several times before Reggie Rawlins his Mildon Ambres was the lone Golden Eagle (37-64) to 46.3 percent (19-41). The Golden a layup with 3:40 left, making the score 53-51 in double-figures with 12 points and also led the Eagles held a 31-27 edge in rebounding. and giving the hosts the lead for good. team with seven rebounds. David Cornwell and Shaun Simpson led Southern Miss with a Following Singleton, Shaun Simpson added Courtney Beasley each had eight. game-high 20 points, the second highest total of 16 points and David Cornwell had 13. Jason McGriff and Demetric Bennett both led his career. David Cornwell added a career- For the Bearkats, Jejuan Plair scored 18 South Alabama with 13 points each. Mario high 15, while Ambres added 13 and Jarekus points and added nine assists and three steals. Jointer added 12, and Richard Law had 10. Singleton netted 11. Ambres had a team-high six Shamir McDaniel and Ryan Bright each added Jointer had a team-high seven rebounds. rebounds. 16 points. Braxton Robins scored a team high 17 Dec. 10, 2005 points for William Carey, while Scotty Fletcher Dec. 7, 2005 Hattiesburg, Miss. (RGC) added 15 and Dorsey netted 11 and a team-best Huntsville, Texas (Johnson Coliseum) six rebounds. USA (5-1) MP FG 3P FT R F AS TO BS ST TP USM (2-5) MP FG 3P FT R F AS TO BS ST TP Christie* 13 1-5 1-3 2-2 0 4 1 0 0 1 5 Dec. 15, 2005 Forte* 11 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 Law* 28 4-7 2-3 0-0 6 2 2 0 0 1 10 Pelton* 18 1-4 0-2 0-0 1 4 2 2 0 0 2 McGriff* 16 5-8 0-0 3-8 3 4 0 1 0 1 13 Hattiesburg, Miss. (RGC) Beasley* 29 2-4 0-1 0-0 2 4 2 4 0 0 4 Jointer* 26 4-12 2-6 2-4 7 1 1 0 0 1 12 Lamonte* 22 2-3 1-1 0-0 0 5 4 3 0 2 5 Smith* 24 0-3 0-1 2-2 2 1 2 2 0 1 2 WC (0-8) MP FG 3P FT R F AS TO BS ST TP Simpson* 30 5-9 0-0 6-12 9 2 1 4 1 1 16 Phillips 14 3-4 0-0 0-1 2 3 0 1 0 1 6 Robins* 36 7-12 0-2 3-5 5 4 0 5 0 2 17 Hall 12 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 Collins 11 0-3 0-2 0-0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 Dorsey* 34 3-4 1-1 4-8 6 3 0 3 0 1 11 Ambres 10 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 Bennett 24 4-7 3-5 2-2 5 1 2 1 0 0 13 Leslie* 20 1-4 0-1 0-0 2 4 0 2 0 0 2 Singleton 38 6-11 1-4 4-6 12 2 7 2 0 1 17 Buboltz 13 1-2 0-1 6-6 3 1 1 2 0 0 8 Fletcher* 36 5-13 3-10 2-2 0 2 5 1 0 0 15 Cornwell 30 6-9 0-1 1-2 3 3 0 1 0 0 13 Cowherd 20 1-2 1-2 3-5 3 1 0 0 0 1 6 Rigdon* 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 Totals 200 22-42 2-9 11-20 29 25 18 19 1 4 57 Grigsby 11 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 Kish 22 1-1 1-1 0-0 3 2 0 5 0 0 3 Totals 200 23-55 9-24 20-30 39 22 10 7 0 8 75 Gay 4 0-1 0-0 0-1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 SHS (6-1) MP FG 3P FT R F AS TO BS ST TP Lockhart 18 0-3 0-3 0-0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 Plair* 39 6-11 0-2 6-11 6 2 9 6 0 3 18 USM (2-6) MP FG 3P FT R F AS TO BS ST TP Lewis 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 McDaniel* 29 6-8 2-3 2-2 3 2 0 2 1 2 16 Pelton* 26 1-3 1-3 0-0 1 2 2 2 0 0 3 Quinn 1 1-1 1-1 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 Bright* 35 3-9 2-5 8-11 6 4 3 1 9 2 16 Cornwell* 17 3-3 0-0 2-3 1 4 0 1 1 0 8 White 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Williams* 15 0-1 0-0 1-2 3 5 3 1 0 1 1 Simpson* 10 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 2 1 3 0 0 2 Merritt 10 1-2 1-2 0-0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 Gardiner* 29 3-9 0-0 0-1 3 4 1 2 0 0 6 Beasley* 35 4-9 0-2 0-0 5 4 1 1 0 0 8 Eberle 12 0-0 0-0 3-5 3 2 0 2 0 0 3 Rawlins 18 2-2 0-0 0-1 2 1 0 0 0 0 4 Lamonte* 11 0-0 0-0 1-2 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 Totals 200 19-41 7-21 12-21 27 19 8 21 1 3 57 Thomas 17 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Forte 13 1-2 1-2 4-6 2 2 2 1 0 1 7 Griffin 8 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 Hall 19 2-6 0-2 1-2 2 1 0 2 0 0 5 USM (3-6) MP FG 3P FT R F AS TO BS ST TP Wade 10 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 Ambres 31 5-11 0-1 2-3 7 3 1 1 2 1 12 Forte* 15 1-4 0-2 0-0 2 2 1 0 0 0 2 Totals 200 20-43 4-11 17-28 25 20 19 12 1 10 61 Viscokis 9 0-0 0-0 3-4 3 2 0 0 0 0 3 Ambres* 15 4-5 0-0 5-6 6 4 0 1 1 0 13 Singleton 21 0-5 0-2 2-2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 Beasley* 26 2-5 0-0 0-0 2 1 2 0 0 4 4 Half Final FG% 3PT% FT% Craft 8 0-4 0-3 0-0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 Lamonte* 27 4-7 0-1 0-0 1 1 4 2 0 4 8 Southern Miss 29 57 52.4 22.2 55.0 Totals 200 17-44 2-15 15-22 31 23 10 13 3 2 51 Singleton* 28 4-11 2-5 1-2 5 1 3 1 0 1 11 Sam Houston St. 24 61 46.5 36.4 60.7 Hall 12 3-5 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 6 Half Final FG% 3PT% FT% Visockis 7 0-1 0-0 1-2 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 Officials: Kerry Sitton, Mike Thibodeaux, Don Daily South Alabama 31 75 41.8 37.5 66.7 Cornwell 22 7-8 0-0 1-2 5 3 1 1 1 0 15 Technicals: Southern Miss - Beasley; Sam Houston State- Southern Miss 23 51 38.6 13.3 68.2 Craft 24 3-6 2-3 0-0 3 1 1 0 0 2 8 Williams (2) Quinn 3 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Officials: Danny Hooker, Rick Randall, Steve Skiles Simpson 21 8-11 0-0 4-4 5 3 3 1 0 2 20 Technicals: South Alabama-Phillips; Southern Miss - Cornwell Totals 200 37-64 4-11 12-16 31 20 16 6 2 13 90

Half Final FG% 3PT% FT% William Carey 33 57 46.3 33.3 57.1 Southern Miss 44 90 57.8 36.4 75.0

Officials: Steve Welmer, Harrell Allen, Bret Smith Technicals: William Carey - None; Southern Miss - None

SOUTHERN MISS BASKETBALL GAME 27 at MARSHALL, 2/25/06 GAME 10 GAME 11 GAME 12

Southern Miss 84, Tennessee State 74 Bradley 56, Southern Miss 43 Southern Miss 68, West Florida 59

HATTIESBURG, Miss. - Down by as many HATTIESBURG, Miss. - The Southern HATTIESBURG, Miss. — Freshman guard as 14 points in the first half and by five at the break, Miss men's basketball team dropped a 56-43 Courtney Beasley had a career-high, 20 point the Southern Miss men's basketball team rallied decision to Bradley before 2,577 in Reed Green night, as Southern Miss defeated West Florida with 50 points in the second half to defeat visiting Coliseum. 68-59, before 3,356 in Reed Green Coliseum. Tennessee State, 84-74, at Reed Green Coli- With the loss, Southern Miss saw its two With the win, Southern Miss improved to 5- seum. game winning streak snapped, falling to 4-7 on 7 on the season, while West Florida fell to 6-3. Jarekus Singleton scored a team-high 21 the season. Bradley improved to 6-2 on the Jason Forte scored the first seven points for points, 15 of them in the second half, to lead the season. the Golden Eagles, as they led early, 7-6 with Golden Eagles (4-6) to their second win in a row In the first half, Southern Miss saw Bradley 16:08 to play in the first half. Both teams ex- for the first time this season. Tennessee State lead by eight on two occasions, before the changed numerous leads in the first half, before dropped to 2-3 overall. Golden Eagles tied the game at 17-17, thanks to West Florida used a 14-7 run to take a 38-31 Following Singleton, Courtney Beasley and an 8-0 run, capped by a lay-up from Kyle halftime lead. Jason Forte each had 18 points, while Mildon Lamonte. Bradley then finished the first half on a In the second half, Southern Miss took its first Ambres had a game-high 14 rebounds. Craig 4-1 run, to take a 21-18 halftime lead. second half lead at the 16:01 mark, using an 11- Craft led the team with three assists. With the team down by four, 34-30 with 8:38 3 run in the first four minutes, to take a 42-41 For Tennessee State, Bruce Price had a to play, Bradley's Danny Adams scored six advantage. game-high 27 points, and Kareem Grant added straight points giving Bradley a 10-point lead, West Florida would get within five points on 18. Clarence Matthews finished with a double- 40-30 with 7:56 to play, putting the game out of two occasions, but could not get closer, as the double, scoring 12 points and grabbing 11 reach. Golden Eagles put the game out of reach in the rebounds. Lamonte finished with a game-high 18 points, closing minutes. Southern Miss out-shot the visitors 47.2 while Singleton finished with nine. Lamonte also Southern Miss out-shot West Florida 43 percent to 42.6 percent from the field, and also led Southern miss with six rebounds. percent (22-1) to 43 percent (21-49). The had the rebounding edge, 41-27. Jeremy Crouch finished with 13 points for Golden Eagles held a 38-26 advantage in Bradley, while Lawrence Wright had 12. Zach rebounding, including a 10-6 edge in offensive Dec. 19, 2005 Andrews finished with a game-high eight re- rebounds. Hattiesburg, Miss. (RGC) bounds for Bradley. Kyle Lamonte added a team-high six assists, Bradley out-shot Southern Miss 40.4 (19- while Forte netted 14 points. Shaun Simpson, TSU (2-3) MP FG 3P FT R F AS TO BS ST TP 47) percent to 29.8 (14-47) percent. The Braves Jarekus Singleton and Beasley each had six Grant* 34 7-14 2-4 2-2 0 4 0 0 0 0 18 Matthews* 34 6-9 0-0 0-0 11 4 2 3 2 2 12 also held a 36-28 advantage in rebounds. rebounds. Ervin* 20 2-5 1-3 2-2 0 4 4 3 0 2 7 Marcus Grant had a double-double tonight Price* 39 5-11 3-6 14-18 3 5 7 4 0 0 27 Dec. 21, 2005 for West Florida, with 16 points and 10 rebounds. Arnold* 37 3-9 2-6 0-0 2 3 1 0 1 3 8 Hattiesburg, Miss. (RGC) Zafirov 4 0-2 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Belton 3 0-1 0-1 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Dec. 27, 2005 Bohannon 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 BU (6-2) MP FG 3P FT R F AS TO BS ST TP Hattiesburg, Miss. (RGC) Turner 25 0-3 0-0 1-2 8 4 0 3 0 0 4 Sommerville* 18 2-8 2-5 0-0 5 4 0 2 0 0 6 Totals 200 23-54 8-21 20-26 27 25 15 14 3 7 74 Wright* 26 2-6 0-0 8-9 3 3 1 4 1 2 12 Andrews* 29 3-4 0-0 2-4 8 4 0 3 1 1 8 WFU (6-3) MP FG 3P FT R F AS TO BS ST TP Gordon* 29 2-4 0-1 5-11 2 2 1 1 0 1 9 USM (4-6) MP FG 3P FT R F AS TO BS ST TP Bennett* 23 2-6 1-2 0-0 2 4 0 0 0 2 5 Russell* 24 2-7 0-3 3-6 1 2 0 2 0 1 7 Ambres* 28 2-7 0-0 3-4 14 1 0 1 0 3 7 Ruffin* 27 0-2 0-2 2-2 4 4 3 2 0 0 2 Grant* 30 7-9 0-0 2-5 10 2 0 4 2 2 16 Cornwell* 22 1-5 0-0 2-2 3 3 2 7 0 1 4 Brown 9 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 Thomas* 36 3-10 1-2 0-0 2 4 2 2 0 0 7 Beasley* 32 7-12 1-2 3-4 6 4 2 2 0 0 18 Franklin 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 Redden* 29 1-8 1-3 2-2 3 2 3 3 0 0 5 Lamonte* 37 1-4 0-0 7-11 2 5 2 3 1 1 9 Tauai 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 Boynton 27 3-6 1-3 0-0 2 3 2 1 0 3 7 Singleton* 28 6-10 4-6 5-6 2 4 1 2 0 0 21 Crouch 33 6-13 1-5 0-0 2 0 2 2 0 1 13 Walker 2 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Forte 24 6-9 1-1 5-6 5 3 1 1 0 0 18 Adams 12 2-3 1-2 1-1 1 1 1 1 0 0 6 Hoggard 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hall 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Singh 11 2-4 0-0 0-0 3 3 0 2 0 0 4 Silva 18 3-4 2-2 0-1 2 2 0 1 0 0 8 Craft 23 2-5 1-2 0-0 4 4 3 2 0 1 5 Totals 200 19-47 5-17 13-16 36 25 11 29 2 6 56 Maddux 1 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Simpson 5 0-1 0-0 2-2 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 Taylor 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 200 25-53 7-11 27-35 41 25 11 18 1 6 84 USM (4-7) MP FG 3P FT R F AS TO BS ST TP Ambres* 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 Totals 200 21-49 5-14 12-25 26 19 9 14 2 7 59 Half Final FG% 3PT% FT% Singleton* 34 3-10 3-6 0-0 2 3 1 4 0 2 9 USM (5-7) MP FG 3P FT R F AS TO BS ST TP Tennessee State 39 74 42.6 38.1 76.9 Cornwell* 14 0-5 0-0 1-2 2 4 0 1 0 0 1 Forte* 29 5-9 1-5 3-4 2 4 1 0 1 0 14 Southern Miss 34 50 47.2 63.6 77.1 Beasley* 32 0-5 0-1 0-1 3 4 1 2 1 4 0 Lamonte* 36 8-11 0-1 2-2 6 2 3 3 0 1 18 Singleton* 35 3-9 0-3 3-4 6 4 3 4 0 1 9 Cornwell* 14 1-2 0-0 1-1 1 2 0 1 0 1 3 Officials: Rick Randall, Terry Moore, Tony Green Forte 34 1-6 0-2 4-5 4 4 3 0 1 0 6 Beasley* 37 8-14 0-0 4-4 6 3 4 6 0 2 20 Technicals: Tennessee State - Price; Southern Miss - None Hall 4 0-0 0-0 1-2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 Craft 21 1-7 0-5 0-0 2 0 0 1 0 1 2 Lamonte* 40 1-8 0-1 4-4 1 0 6 2 0 1 6 Simpson 19 1-3 0-0 4-6 1 3 0 2 0 0 6 Ambres 17 1-1 0-0 2-2 4 3 0 0 0 0 4 Totals 200 14-47 3-15 12-18 28 20 8 16 2 8 43 Craft 8 1-2 1-1 0-0 3 1 0 1 0 0 3 Simpson 20 2-6 0-0 5-6 6 3 1 1 0 0 9 Half Final FG% 3PT% FT% Totals 200 22-51 2-10 22-25 38 20 15 15 1 5 68 Bradley 21 56 40.4 29.4 81.3 Southern Miss 18 43 29.8 20.0 66.7 Half Final FG% 3PT% FT% West Florida 38 59 42.9 35.7 48.0 Officials: Steve Skiles, Steve Morris, Don Daily Southern Miss 31 68 43.1 20.0 88.0 Technicals: Bradley - Andrews; Southern Miss - Simpson Officials: Mark Whitehead, Hal Lusk, Danny Hooker Technicals: West Florida - None; Southern Miss - None

SOUTHERN MISS BASKETBALL GAME 27 at MARSHALL, 2/25/06 GAME 13 GAME 14 GAME 15

Southern Miss 80, Spring Hill 67 McNeese St. 87, Southern Miss 82 (OT) Auburn 80, Southern Miss 57

HATTIESBURG, Miss. — Sparked by a HATTIESBURG, Miss. — The Southern AUBURN, Ala. — The Southern Miss men's career-high 19-point, eight-rebound perfor- Miss men’s basketball team saw its 17-point basketball team fell 80-57 here, Wednesday, to mance from David Cornwell, the Southern Miss second half lead come up short to McNeese host Auburn in the final non-conference game of basketball team defeated Spring Hill 80-67 be- State, as the team dropped an 87-82 overtime the season for the Golden Eagles. fore 2,896 in Reed Green Coliseum. decision before 3,229 in Reed Green Coliseum. Southern Miss fell to 6-9 overall with the loss, With the win, Southern Miss improved to 6- The game was the last of a seven-game home while Auburn improved to 8-3. 7 on the season, while Spring Hill fell to 6-4. stand for the Golden Eagles. David Cornwell and Courtney Beasley were The Golden Eagles opened the game on a With the loss, Southern Miss fell to 6-8, while the lone Golden Eagles in double figures in the 7-1 run, thanks to two Cornwell baskets, sand- McNeese State improved to 5-6. game, scoring 11 and 10, respectively. wiched around a three-pointer from Jarekus The Golden Eagles had an opportunity to In the first half, Auburn opened with a 17-9 Singleton. But Spring Hill tied the game at 19-19 win the game in the closing seconds, but Travis advantage through the first 10 minutes of play. with 8:55 to play. Southern Miss then closed out Hall missed a lay-up with two seconds remain- But Southern Miss then went on a 9-0 run to take the half on a 20-5 run, highlighted by two three- ing, as McNeese State rebounded and called a the lead at the 8:01 mark in the first half. That lead point baskets from Cornwell, to take a 39-24 timeout. But on the inbounds play, the Cowboys would change hands a few more times, before halftime lead. threw the ball out of bounds, giving the Golden the Tigers took the lead for good, 26-23 with 4:41 In the second half, the Golden Eagles opened Eagles another opportunity to win the game in to go and closed with a 42-28 advantage at the with a 13-5 run to take a 52-29 advantage with regulation. But an inbounds play to Jason Forte break. 16:46 remaining. Southern Miss would lead by did not net the winning basket in regulation for In the second, the Golden Eagles got as as many as 26 in the second half, before winning Southern Miss. close as seven points, 53-46, with 12:17 remain- by 13, 80-67. In overtime, McNeese State opened with an ing. But Auburn picked up the pace and contin- Southern Miss out-shot Spring Hill 56 per- 8-1 run to take a seven-point advantage, 75-68 ued to push the lead to the eventual 80-57 win. cent (30-54) to 45 percent (22-49). The Golden with 3:14 to play. Southern Miss cut the lead Rasheem Barrett scored 21 points to lead Eagles also held a 40-22 edge in rebounding, down to three on three occasions, but could not the host Tigers, while Daniel Hayles added 17 including a 12-4 offensive rebound advantage. get closer, as the Cowboys put the game out of and Ronny LeMelle added 16. Cornwell finished with 19 points on eight of reach. Auburn out-shot Southern Miss 60 percent 10 shooting from the field. Singleton finished with Singleton finished with a team-high 21 points, to 40 percent in the game, but the rebounding 13 points and eight rebounds and five assists, while Beasley added 14. David Cornwell and totals were tied with both teams at 25 each. while Courtney Beasley added 11. Jason Forte each had 13, while Craft had a Krisner Green had 19 points to lead Spring career-high 10 points. Jan. 4, 2006 Hill, while Noah Woolridge and Barkley Falkner Dwight Boatner finished with a game-high Auburn, Ala. (Beard-Eaves Coliseum) each had 11. 22 points for McNeese State, while John Ford and J.T. Willliams each had 20 points. USM (6-9) MP FG 3P FT R F AS TO BS ST TP Forte* 27 3-8 0-2 3-5 7 1 0 1 0 1 9 Dec. 30, 2005 Singleton* 14 0-2 0-1 0-0 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 Hattiesburg, Miss. (RGC) Jan. 2, 2006 Cornwell* 32 5-10 0-1 1-3 5 3 1 4 0 0 11 Hattiesburg, Miss. (RGC) Beasley* 35 4-11 0-2 2-2 1 4 1 3 1 1 10 SHC (6-4) MP FG 3P FT R F AS TO BS ST TP Lamonte* 30 2-9 0-1 4-6 3 1 1 0 1 3 8 Hall 24 1-2 1-2 3-4 0 2 3 1 0 1 6 Woolridge* 26 3-7 3-7 2-2 3 3 1 1 0 0 11 MCN (5-6) MP FG 3P FT R F AS TO BS ST TP Baldwin* 21 2-5 0-0 2-2 1 2 0 1 1 0 6 Ambres 10 2-2 0-0 0-0 1 5 0 1 0 0 4 Bradley* 24 1-5 0-0 0-0 4 5 1 2 0 0 2 Visockis 12 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 Falkner* 36 3-5 0-0 5-7 6 3 2 4 0 3 11 Williams* 32 5-9 4-7 6-7 4 4 2 3 0 3 20 Craft 16 2-5 1-2 2-2 2 5 1 1 0 0 7 Green* 35 7-13 4-6 1-2 2 1 5 1 0 0 19 Wardell* 22 3-4 0-0 0-2 7 3 0 4 1 0 6 Totals 200 20-51 2-11 15-22 25 24 9 13 2 6 57 Price* 26 1-5 1-3 0-2 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 Boatner* 36 6-16 3-6 7-11 2 0 4 1 0 6 22 Coleman 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 Aaron* 26 2-4 2-2 2-4 7 1 3 4 0 0 8 AUB (8-3) MP FG 3P FT R F AS TO BS ST TP Zieman 9 0-1 0-0 0-0 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 Ford 28 6-11 3-4 5-6 3 1 2 2 0 0 20 Ezekwe 18 1-4 0-3 0-0 2 4 2 2 0 1 2 Barber* 19 3-5 0-0 0-0 4 3 0 1 2 1 6 Price 27 2-5 0-2 2-4 0 1 2 2 0 1 6 Cameron* 19 2-3 0-0 1-1 0 4 1 2 1 1 5 Covington 22 3-7 3-4 0-1 5 1 0 0 0 0 9 Manciel 21 0-1 0-0 0-1 6 5 0 2 0 0 0 Tolbert* 28 2-4 0-0 4-4 2 2 1 1 0 0 8 Crawford 1 1-1 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Robinson 8 1-1 0-0 1-2 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 Forshier 1 1-1 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Robertson* 35 0-6 0-2 5-6 3 1 7 1 1 0 5 Massey 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LeMelle* 24 6-7 2-3 2-4 5 0 2 2 0 1 16 Totals 200 22-49 13-2510-16 22 17 14 11 1 4 67 Totals 225 26-56 12-2123-37 40 20 14 21 1 11 87 Harvis 0+ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 USM (6-7) MP FG 3P FT R F AS TO BS ST TP Hayles 28 6-8 3-4 2-2 3 3 1 1 0 1 17 USM (6-8) MP FG 3P FT R F AS TO BS ST TP Dollard 9 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 Forte* 28 3-7 0-1 3-4 9 3 1 0 1 2 9 Forte* 44 6-11 0-1 1-1 5 3 2 1 0 1 13 Willis 12 1-1 0-0 0-0 4 3 1 1 1 1 2 Singleton* 17 5-8 1-3 2-3 4 1 5 3 0 0 13 Singleton* 41 8-15 0-3 5-7 5 4 3 3 0 0 21 Cornwell* 23 8-10 3-3 0-0 8 4 1 0 1 1 19 Edun 0+ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cornwell* 22 4-7 1-3 4-5 6 5 0 3 0 1 13 Smith 0+ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Beasley* 36 4-7 0-1 3-4 1 0 3 1 0 1 11 Beasley* 26 6-11 0-1 2-3 3 5 3 3 9 1 14 Barrett 26 7-10 2-3 5-5 1 2 2 3 1 1 21 Lamonte* 21 0-3 0-0 0-2 1 1 6 2 0 2 0 Lamonte* 18 1-4 0-1 0-1 2 3 1 3 0 1 2 Totals 200 27-45 7-12 19-22 25 19 17 13 6 6 80 Hall 19 3-4 1-1 2-3 0 1 2 1 0 0 9 Hall 29 2-7 1-3 1-2 2 4 5 2 0 0 6 Ambres 18 3-5 0-0 2-3 6 2 0 0 0 0 8 Ambres 12 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 Half Final FG% 3PT% FT% Visockis 13 0-1 0-0 2-6 0 3 0 1 0 0 2 Visockis 10 0-1 0-0 3-4 3 1 0 0 0 1 3 Craft 24 3-6 1-2 0-0 6 1 2 1 0 1 7 Southern Miss 28 57 39.2 18.2 68.2 Craft 23 4-6 2-4 0-0 2 2 2 0 0 3 10 Auburn 42 80 60.0 58.3 86.4 Quinn 1 1-3 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Quinn 0+ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 200 30-54 6-12 14-25 40 17 20 9 2 7 80 Totals 225 31-62 4-16 16-23 32 28 16 16 0 8 82 Officials: Pat Adams, Bert Smith, Antinio Petty Technicals: Southern Miss - Cornwell; Auburn - None Half Final FG% 3PT% FT% Half Reg. OT FG% 3PT% FT% Spring Hill 24 67 44.9 52.0 62.5 McNeese St. 21 67 87 46.4 57.1 62.2 Southern Miss 39 80 55.6 50.0 56.0 Southern Miss 30 67 82 50.0 25.0 69.6

Officials: Rick Randall, Kevin Mathis, Jon Reynolds Officials: Terry Moore, Andrew Walton, John St. Clair Technicals: Spring Hill - None; Southern Miss - Team Technicals: McNeese State - None; Southern Miss - None SOUTHERN MISS BASKETBALL GAME 27 at MARSHALL, 2/25/06 GAME 16 GAME 17 GAME 18

Southern Miss 67, Tulane 55 Tulsa 72, Southern Miss 63 Houston 62, Southern Miss 58

HATTIESBURG, Miss. - The Southern TULSA, Okla. — The Southern Miss men's HOUSTON, Texas. — Down by as many Miss men's basketball team, behind a career- basketball team dropped the first Conference as 14 points in the second half, the Southern Miss high 20-point performance from Jason Forte, USA road game of the season, falling to host men's basketball battled back but the rally fell won its Conference USA opener, defeating Tulsa, 72-63, at the Donald W. Reynolds Center short as Houston came up with the 62-58 victory, Tulane 67-55 before 3,470 in Reed Green on the University of Tulsa campus. Wednesday, at the Hofheinz Pavilion on the Coliseum. With the loss, the Golden Eagles fell to 7-10 University of Houston campus. Southern Miss held a 32-21 at halftime. overall and 1-1 in league play, while the Golden With the loss, the Golden Eagles fell to 7-11 Southern Miss stretched its lead to 14, 40-26 Hurricane improved to 6-9 overall and 1-1 in the overall and 1-2 in Conference USA play, while with 13:40 to play. The Golden Eagles led by 13, league. the Cougars improved to 10-5 overall and 1-2 50-37, with 8:38 to play, thanks to a three-point Down by as many as 11 points in the second in the league. basket by Jarekus Singleton. A three-point bas- half, Southern Miss chipped away at the lead Houston held a 14-point lead in the second ket by Forte gave the team a 14-point advan- and pulled to within three points three separate half, up 49-35 with 8:47 remaining in the game. tage, 53-39 with 8:03 to play. times, the last at 62-59 on Travis Hall's jumper But Southern Miss went on a 12-2 run over the The Green Wave used an 11-3 run to cut the in the paint with 2:28 remaining in the game. But next four minutes to cut the lead to four, 51-47. Golden Eagle lead to six, 56-50, with 4:32 to Tulsa went on a 6-0 run in the closing time to put The Golden Eagles eventually cut the lead play, but could not get closer. From that point, the game away -- four of them on free throws. down to two points -- 60-58 -- with four seconds Forte and Hall each made two free throws, Southern Miss led by as many as four points left before the Cougars' Brian Latham hit a pair stretching the lead back out to 10, 60-50 with 2:45 in the first half, but Tulsa held the 37-31 lead at of free throws with three seconds on the clock for remaining, which put the game out of reach. the half, connecting on 12-of-14 free throws to the final score. Southern Miss out-shot Tulane 36.8 (21- Southern Miss' two. Courtney Beasley led Southern Miss in 57) to 31.4 percent (16-51), while rebounding Courtney Beasley scored 16 points and Hall scoring with 17 points, marking the seventh- was knotted at 40 apiece. added a career-high 15 for the Golden Eagles. straight game that the freshman guard has scored Courtney Beasley and David Cornwell each Brett McDade led Tulsa with 18 points, while in double-digits. Mildon Ambres, David Cornwell finished with a double-double tonight for South- Anthony Price added 15 points. Darold Crow and Craig Craft led the team with six rebounds ern Miss. Beasley had 13 points and a career- also scored in double figures with 12. each, while Travis Hall had a team-high four high 11 rebounds, while Corwell had 12 points assists. and a career-high 11 rebounds, both netting a Jan. 14, 2006 Lanny Smith led Houston with a game-high double-double for the first time in their Golden Tulsa, Okla. (Reynolds Center) 18 points, while Ramon Dyer added 16. Eagle careers. David Gomez finished with a team-high 13 USM (7-10, 1-1) MP FG 3P FT R F AS TO BS ST TP Jan. 18, 2006 Forte* 35 3-6 1-2 0-0 3 4 1 1 0 0 7 points for Tulane, while Ryan Williams and Matt Ambres* 30 3-7 0-0 1-2 6 3 4 0 0 1 7 Houston, Texas (Hofheinz Pavilion) Wheaton each had 12. Singleton* 17 3-7 0-2 2-2 1 0 1 1 0 0 8 Beasley* 37 6-13 2-4 2-3 2 5 3 1 0 0 16 USM (7-11, 1-2)MP FG 3P FT R F AS TO BS ST TP Jan. 11, 2006 Lamonte* 13 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 Forte* 27 4-5 0-0 1-2 4 4 0 2 0 0 9 Hall 27 4-8 2-4 5-5 2 4 2 2 0 0 15 Ambres* 33 3-8 0-0 0-0 6 2 1 2 1 0 6 Hattiesburg, Miss. (RGC) Visockis 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 Beasley* 39 5-15 3-9 4-4 5 3 0 2 0 2 17 Cornwell 10 1-4 1-2 0-0 5 3 1 0 0 2 3 Lamonte* 2 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TLN (4-9,0-1) MP FG 3P FT R F AS TO BS ST TP Craft 26 3-8 1-4 0-1 5 1 1 1 0 1 7 Singleton* 23 1-3 0-0 5-7 5 3 1 3 0 1 7 Stith* 29 1-3 0-0 4-4 4 5 2 2 3 0 6 Totals 200 23-54 7-18 10-13 28 23 13 9 0 5 63 Hall 37 3-8 2-3 0-0 2 3 4 5 0 1 8 Wheaton* 22 4-8 1-4 3-3 4 3 0 4 0 0 12 Cornwell 19 1-3 1-2 2-2 6 2 2 0 0 0 5 Davis* 21 3-7 0-0 3-6 7 4 1 3 0 1 9 TLS (6-9, 1-1)MP FG 3P FT R F AS TO BS ST TP Craft 20 2-3 1-1 1-2 6 4 1 2 1 0 6 Moore* 26 0-5 0-3 3-4 4 2 0 4 0 2 3 Crow* 32 4-10 0-3 4-5 4 3 1 0 1 1 12 Totals 200 19-46 7-15 13-17 36 21 9 16 2 4 58 Williams* 30 4-16 0-1 4-4 6 4 1 3 9 2 12 Ramsdell* 27 3-6 1-2 0-0 8 2 1 0 0 0 7 Garcia 29 0-3 0-3 0-0 7 1 3 2 0 1 0 Mitchell* 16 0-0 0-0 4-4 1 2 0 0 0 0 4 HOU (10-5, 1-2)MP FG 3P FT R F AS TO BS ST TP Gomez 23 4-7 0-0 5-9 2 4 1 1 1 0 13 James* 15 1-2 1-1 0-1 2 2 0 1 1 0 3 Brannon* 7 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 Castine 6 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 Wallace* 37 0-4 0-2 6-7 3 2 3 3 0 3 6 Dyer* 33 6-14 3-7 1-3 4 3 1 3 0 4 16 Tatarunas 9 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 McDade 25 4-6 2-4 8-8 0 1 4 1 1 1 18 Latham* 36 2-6 0-2 2-3 6 3 9 4 3 2 6 Puckett 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 Wheatley 13 0-0 0-0 1-2 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 Lafayette* 29 3-12 1-9 2-5 2 1 1 0 0 1 9 Totals 200 16-51 1-11 22-30 40 25 9 22 4 6 55 Price 24 5-7 0-0 5-7 4 0 0 2 0 1 15 Smith* 40 6-12 3-8 3-4 4 1 3 0 0 0 18 Reese 11 2-3 2-3 0-0 2 2 0 1 1 0 6 Lawson 4 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 USM (7-9,1-0)MP FG 3P FT R F AS TO BS ST TP Totals 200 19-38 6-15 28-34 28 15 9 9 6 7 72 Martin 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Forte* 39 6-10 1-2 7-10 7 4 2 0 0 2 20 de Randamie 6 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Ambres* 15 2-7 0-0 1-2 1 4 0 1 0 1 5 Half Final FG% 3PT% FT% Anderson 16 2-2 0-0 0-0 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 Beasley* 36 4-10 0-2 5-6 11 2 0 1 1 5 13 Southern Miss 31 63 42.6 38.9 76.9 Bloom 9 0-2 0-2 4-4 2 2 0 0 0 1 4 Lamonte* 9 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 3 2 3 0 0 2 Tulsa 37 72 50.0 40.0 82.4 Thorpe 16 2-3 0-0 1-2 7 3 0 0 0 1 5 Singleton* 32 2-10 2-4 4-5 3 3 3 3 1 1 10 Totals 200 21-54 7-28 13-21 32 18 15 7 3 9 62 Hall 31 1-4 0-0 3-4 4 0 4 3 0 0 5 Officials: Bobby Jacobs, Antinio Petty, Steven Pyatt Visockis 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Technicals: Southern Miss - None; Tulsa - None Half Final FG% 3PT% FT% Cornwell 23 5-13 0-0 2-3 11 5 0 2 0 0 12 Southern Miss 27 58 41.3 46.7 76.5 Craft 12 0-2 0-0 0-0 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 Houston 22 62 38.9 25.0 61.9 Totals 200 21-57 3-8 22-30 40 25 11 14 3 9 67 Officials: Rick Randall, Kyle Neve, Mark Reischling Half Final FG% 3PT% FT% Technicals: Southern Miss - Team; Houston - None Tulane 21 55 31.4 9.1 73.3 Southern Miss 32 67 36.8 37.5 73.3

Officials: Larry Rose, Dan Chrisman, Kevin Mathis Technicals: Tulane - None; Southern Miss - Team

SOUTHERN MISS BASKETBALL GAME 27 at MARSHALL, 2/25/06 GAME 19 GAME 20 GAME 21

#4 Memphis 85, Southern Miss 68 Rice 67, Southern Miss 61 UAB 87, Southern Miss 73

HATTIESBURG, Miss. - The Southern HATTIESBURG, Miss. - The Southern BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The Southern Miss Miss men’s basketball team gave No. 4 Memphis Miss men's basketball team dropped a 67-61 men's basketball team found the going rough everything it wanted Saturday in Reed Green decision to Rice in Reed Green Coliseum, de- Saturday night in Birmingham, Ala., as the Golden Coliseum, before the Tigers put the game away spite the 18-point effort from freshman guard Eagles fell 87-73 to the host UAB Blazers here in the final three minutes, winning 85-68. Courtney Beasley. at Bartow Arena on the UAB campus. With the win, Memphis improved to 17-2, 3- With the loss, Southern Miss fell to 7-13, 1- With the loss, Southern Miss falls to 7-14 0 in Conference USA, while Southern Miss fell 4 in Conference USA, while Rice improved to 9- overall and 1-5 in Conference USA play, while to 7-12, 1-3. 9, 3-2. the Blazers improved to 15-4 and 5-1 in the In the second half, the Golden Eagles were With the game tied at 29 with 3:52 to play, league. within eight on two occasions in the opening Rice closed the first half on an 8-2 run, taking a The Golden Eagles finished with a better minute, before Memphis pushed its lead out to 14 37-31 advantage at halftime. shooting percentage (57 to 44) and also had the at the 15:36 mark. The Tigers pushed their lead In the second period, Southern Miss got to rebounding advantage, 32-29, but it was not out to 16, 60-44 with 13:05 to play, and led by within one point, 52-51 on a three-point basket enough as the Blazers shot 12-of-28 from be- that margin, 65-49, with 10:48 remaining. from Jarekus Singleton with 6:08 remaining, and hind the arc and attempted 20 more field goals Southern Miss would get within 10 on three were again within one, 54-53 on a baseline and 18 more 3-pointers in the game. occasions, the last time at the 3:14 mark, before jumper from Craig Craft with 4:16 left. David Cornwell led four Southern Miss Memphis pushed its lead out in the closing But the Golden Eagles could not get closer, players with a team-best 14 points, while Courtney minutes, winning 85-68. as Rice used a 5-0 run take a six point advan- Beasley added 12 -- marking the 10th-straight Memphis out-shot Southern Miss 54 (27- tage, as it won by that margin, 67-61. game that he has scored in double figures. 50) to 45.2 (19-42) percent and also held a 32- Rice out-shot Southern Miss 59 (24-41) to Jarekus Singleton added 11 and Travis Hall 29 edge in rebounding. 50 (22-44) percent, including a 80 (8-10) to 29.4 finished with 10. Cornwell pulled down a game- Singleton paced four Southern Miss players (5-17) edge in three-point shooting. Southern high nine rebounds. in double-digit scoring with 19 points, all in the Miss held a 25-19 edge in rebounds, including Derrick Broom scored a game-high 19 points second half. Beasley finished with 12 points, a 10-3 edge in offensive rebounds. for UAB, 17 of them in the first half, while Marvett while David Cornwell added 12 and Mildon Beasley led Southern Miss with 18 points, McDonald added 13 in the game. Ambres had 10. while David Cornwell added 11 points. Jason Darius Washington finished with a game- Forte netted 10 points, while pulling down a Jan. 28, 2006 high 20 points for Memphis, while Robert Dozier game-high eight rebounds. Birmingham, Ala. (Bartow Arena) and Chris Douglas-Roberts each had 14. Morris Almond finished with 22 points to lead Rodney Carney finished with 11 points, all in the Rice, while Lorenzo Williams added 15 and J.R. USM (7-14,1-5)MP FG 3P FT R F AS TO BS ST TP Cornwell* 33 7-9 0-0 0-0 9 4 3 2 0 1 14 first half, for the Tigers. Harrison finished contributed 10. Forte* 23 4-5 0-0 1-1 0 2 0 2 0 0 9 Hall* 23 3-6 1-3 3-4 2 2 2 1 0 0 10 Jan. 21, 2006 Jan. 25, 2006 Beasley* 29 3-9 1-4 5-6 3 4 1 2 1 0 12 Hattiesburg, Miss. (RGC) Hattiesburg, Miss. (RGC) Singleton* 36 3-6 0-1 5-5 5 0 3 3 0 2 11 Ambres 20 3-4 0-0 1-2 7 2 0 1 0 1 7 Lamonte 20 0-3 0-0 4-6 0 3 3 2 1 0 4 MEM (17-2,3-0)MP FG 3P FT R F AS TO BS ST TP RICE (9-9,3-2) MP FG 3P FT R F AS TO BS ST TP Visockis 15 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 Dozier* 28 3-3 1-1 7-10 5 4 0 1 1 1 14 Harrison* 31 4-11 2-4 0-0 0 1 1 3 0 0 10 Craft 12 2-2 2-2 0-0 1 3 0 1 0 0 6 Carney* 12 4-7 3-4 0-0 0 5 0 1 0 0 11 Britton* 20 0-2 0-0 0-0 1 4 1 2 0 0 0 Totals 200 25-44 4-10 19-24 32 21 12 18 2 4 73 Dorsey* 18 3-4 0-0 1-6 5 4 0 0 0 0 7 Hagen* 16 0-0 0-0 1-2 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 Douglas-Roberts*37 4-11 0-0 6-8 5 2 3 4 0 1 14 Williams* 36 5-7 3-3 2-2 4 1 7 3 0 2 15 UAB (15-4,5-1) MP FG 3P FT R F AS TO BS ST TP Washington* 32 7-11 1-3 5-5 3 2 5 1 0 2 20 Almond* 38 8-13 1-1 4-5 5 3 2 3 1 3 21 Holmes* 22 2-5 0-0 3-4 6 1 0 0 1 0 7 Williams, W. 8 2-3 0-0 0-0 4 1 0 1 0 0 4 Packevicius 10 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 Kinnard* 22 2-5 0-1 1-2 2 1 1 1 1 1 5 Williams, S. 19 2-4 0-1 5-5 4 5 1 2 0 1 9 Foster 12 2-2 2-2 3-4 3 1 2 0 0 0 9 Johnson* 27 3-8 2-4 0-1 3 2 3 0 0 2 8 Anderson 19 0-4 0-3 0-0 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 Moore 20 2-3 0-0 0-0 1 0 2 1 0 2 4 McDonald* 26 4-10 2-7 3-5 1 3 5 0 0 0 13 Allen 21 2-3 0-0 2-4 0 2 4 1 0 1 6 Killings 17 3-3 0-0 1-2 2 3 0 1 1 0 7 Broom* 24 7-9 5-7 0-0 1 2 1 0 1 1 19 Cooper 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 Totals 200 24-41 8-10 11-15 19 18 17 13 2 9 67 Gibbs 12 3-5 0-1 0-0 1 1 1 0 0 0 6 Totals 200 27-50 5-12 26-38 32 30 14 12 1 6 85 Delaney 20 1-7 0-1 2-3 1 2 2 1 0 1 4 USM (7-13,1-4)MP FG 3P FT R F AS TO BS ST TP Hassell 2 1-2 0-0 0-0 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 USM (7-12,1-3)MP FG 3P FT R F AS TO BS ST TP Forte* 37 3-6 0-0 4-8 8 1 4 2 1 1 10 Anderson, Jr. 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Forte* 17 0-0 0-0 3-6 3 3 2 0 0 1 3 Singleton* 25 1-7 1-5 0-0 1 3 3 1 0 0 3 Mukubu 19 2-4 0-1 5-5 5 0 2 3 0 2 9 Singleton* 26 4-9 1-4 10-14 4 4 1 1 0 1 19 Cornwell* 24 3-6 1-2 4-5 4 4 0 4 1 1 11 Jones 13 3-6 3-6 0-0 2 1 0 0 2 0 9 Ambres* 30 4-9 0-0 2-2 3 4 0 1 0 0 10 Hall* 21 0-1 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 Tobias 9 0-1 0-0 3-4 1 3 0 1 1 1 4 Hall* 32 1-4 1-3 2-2 3 4 1 2 0 0 5 Beasley* 37 7-12 2-4 2-3 2 3 4 3 0 1 18 Ollie 2 0-2 0-0 2-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 Beasley* 40 5-7 1-2 5-9 4 4 1 2 0 0 16 Ambres 15 4-4 0-0 1-2 4 0 0 0 0 0 9 Totals 200 28-64 12-2819-26 29 19 15 7 6 8 87 Lamonte 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Lamonte 25 1-3 0-2 1-1 0 5 3 1 0 0 3 Visockis 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Craft 16 3-5 1-3 0-2 1 1 0 0 0 1 7 Half Final FG% 3PT% FT% Cornwell 32 4-9 0-2 4-10 5 3 1 2 0 1 12 Totals 200 22-44 5-17 12-21 25 17 14 12 2 4 61 Southern Miss 37 73 56.8 40.0 79.2 Craft 19 1-4 0-1 1-2 3 3 1 2 0 2 4 UAB 54 33 43.8 42.9 73.1 Totals 200 19-42 3-12 27-45 29 27 7 12 0 5 68 Half Final FG% 3PT% FT% Rice 37 67 58.5 80.0 73.3 Officials: Hal Lusk, Jackie Sanders, Terry Davis Half Final FG% 3PT% FT% Southern Miss 31 61 50.0 29.4 57.1 Technicals: Southern Miss - None; UAB - None Memphis 45 85 54.0 41.7 68.4 Southern Miss 35 68 45.2 25.0 60.0 Officials: Mark Whitehead, Terry Moore, Steven Pyatt Technicals: Rice - None; Southern Miss - None Officials: Dan Chrisman, Gene Menees, Terry Christman Technicals: Memphis - None; Southern Miss - Team

SOUTHERN MISS BASKETBALL GAME 27 at MARSHALL, 2/25/06 GAME 22 GAME 23 GAME 24

SMU 58, Southern Miss 53 Southern Miss 59, UCF 51 UTEP 77, Southern Miss 72 (2 OT)

DALLAS, Texas - The Southern Miss men's HATTIESBURG, Miss. - The Southern HATTIESBURG, Miss. - Southern Miss basketball team fell on the road to host SMU, 58- Miss basketball team snapped a six-game losing dropped a heartbreaker to UTEP, falling 77-72 53, Saturday at SMU's Moody Coliseum here in streak, defeating visiting UCF, 59-51, at Reed in double overtime, before 3,559 fans at Reed Dallas, Texas. Green Coliseum. Green Coliseum. With the loss, the Golden Eagles fell to 7-15 The Golden Eagles improved to 8-15 over- The loss dropped the Golden Eagles to 8- overall and 1-6 in Conference USA play, while all with the win and 2-6 in Conference USA play, 16 on the season, 2-7 in Conference USA. the Mustangs improved to 11-9 and 3-4 in while the Golden Knights fell to 9-11 overall and UTEP, playing in its first season in C-USA play, league play. 3-4 in conference play. improved to 15-6 and 8-1. Southern Miss opened with a 14-point lead By the end of the first half, the Golden Eagles Southern Miss had five players in double midway through the first half, up 20-6 with 11:38 found themselves down, 25-21 with Singleton figures, led by Courtney Beasley's 17 points. remaining. But SMU chipped away at the lead leading Southern Miss with six points. David Cornwell had 16 and six rebounds, Craig over the remainder of the period, using a 16-6 Two free throws by Travis Hall opened the Craft had 11 and Jarekus Singleton and Travis run to head into the break down four, 26-22. second half, allowing the Golden Eagles to cut Hall each added 10. Beasley and Hall each had In the second half, the Golden Eagles again the Golden Knights’ lead to 25-23. UCF would five assists, while Singleton shared the team's started quick, using an 11-5 run to take a 10-point continue to build their lead as high as seven lead with six rebounds. lead, 37-27, with 14:41 left in the game. From points, 35-28, with 14:07 remaining. Southern The Miners' John Tofi led all scorers and there, however, the Mustangs used a run of their Miss, however, would tie the game, 36-36, on rebounders in the game with 30 points and 10 own, 12-2, to tie the game at 39-39 with 9:44 left. an 8-0 run capped off by a three-point basket by boards. Kevin Henderson and Edgar Moreno The teams would trade baskets and tie the game Craig Craft at the 12:06 mark. each had 11 points for UTEP, and Will Kimble twice more, until SMU took the lead for good, 44- With the game tied again at 40, Southern added 10. 43, on a tip-in by Bamba Fall with 6:22 remaining Miss would take the lead for good at the 6:47 The Golden Eagles, who led for most of the in the game. mark with a two-point bucket by Courtney second half, almost won the game in regulation. SMU, which scored its final nine points from Beasley, 42-40. After the basket, the Golden Trailing 60-58 but with the ball for the final the free throw line, led by as many as six points Eagles would hold onto the lead for good, possession, Singleton connected on a jump shot twice and held on for the eventual five-point win. winning, 59-51. from the top of the key with his feet just inches over Mildon Ambres led Southern Miss with a Mildon Ambres and Hall led the team with 11 the three-point line. A review confirmed the game-high 19 points, connecting on 8-of-9 from points each. Jason Forte led the team with eight officials' call of a two-point shot, and the game the field, while Courtney Beasley scored 12 rebounds. moved into overtime. points to extend his double-digit scoring streak Mike O’Donnell led UCF with 19 points, to 11 games. Beasley and Jason Forte each led followed by teammate Anthony Williams with 14. the team with six rebounds. Williams led the Golden Knights with 10 re- Feb. 11, 2006 For SMU, Fall had a team-best 14 points, 12 bounds. Hattiesburg, Miss. (RGC) in the second half, while Derrick Roberts and Devon Pearson added 13 and 12, respectively. Feb. 8, 2006 UTEP (15-6,7-1) MP FG 3P FT R F AS TO BS ST TP Williams* 36 3-7 0-1 1-5 5 3 3 4 0 0 7 Hattiesburg, Miss. (RGC) Tofi* 43 7-10 0-0 16-19 10 2 3 2 1 0 30 Feb. 4, 2006 Moreno* 33 3-7 2-4 3-8 7 4 1 5 0 2 11 Dallas, Texas (Moody Coliseum) UCF (9-11,3-4)MP FG 3P FT R F AS TO BS ST TP Henderson* 48 4-9 2-5 1-2 5 3 4 3 0 0 11 Payne* 15 0-0 0-0 0-0 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 Jackson* 41 0-5 0-0 8-10 3 3 1 2 0 0 8 Peppers* 30 0-4 0-4 2-2 5 3 4 5 0 0 2 Murphy 11 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 USM (7-15,1-6)MP FG 3P FT R F AS TO BS ST TP Williams* 36 5-10 1-1 3-6 10 4 3 5 1 0 14 Thomas 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Forte* 33 2-8 0-0 3-4 8 3 0 3 0 2 7 O'Donnell* 38 7-16 3-9 2-3 2 1 0 0 0 1 19 Kimble 33 3-3 0-0 4-4 6 2 0 1 0 0 10 Singleton* 34 1-3 0-1 4-4 4 1 3 1 0 1 6 Rose* 24 2-5 1-1 0-0 2 5 1 1 0 1 5 Totals 250 20-42 4-11 33-48 40 18 12 20 1 2 77 Ambres* 35 8-9 0-0 3-4 4 5 1 2 0 0 19 Taylor 7 0-1 0-1 0-1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 Hall* 39 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 Noel 6 1-2 1-1 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 USM (8-16,2-7)MP FG 3P FT R F AS TO BS ST TP Beasley* 35 5-12 0-2 2-2 6 5 3 3 9 1 12 Lindbeck 15 0-0 0-0 0-2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 Forte* 40 0-5 0-1 1-2 5 3 1 0 0 1 1 Visockis 1 0-2 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 Johnson 25 2-3 0-0 4-5 5 4 1 1 0 1 8 Singleton* 42 3-16 0-1 4-4 6 4 1 3 0 0 10 Cornwell 15 2-3 0-0 1-3 3 2 0 2 0 1 5 Gill 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ambres* 16 3-6 1-1 0-0 3 5 2 2 0 2 7 Craft 8 1-3 0-2 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 Totals 200 17-41 6-17 11-19 32 20 11 16 1 3 51 Hall* 50 5-9 0-1 0-0 2 3 4 2 0 0 10 Totals 200 20-42 0-5 13-17 30 19 9 14 0 5 53 Beasley* 48 8-16 1-1 0-2 2 3 5 2 0 3 17 USM (8-15,2-6)MP FG 3P FT R F AS TO BS ST TP Lamonte 7 0-2 0-0 0-0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 SMU (11-9,3-4) MP FG 3P FT R F AS TO BS ST TP Forte* 31 2-5 0-1 5-6 8 2 1 0 0 0 9 Cornwell 28 7-12 0-1 2-4 6 5 1 1 1 2 16 Pearson* 30 4-4 1-1 3-3 5 3 1 2 0 0 12 Singleton* 19 2-6 0-1 2-2 3 2 2 1 0 1 6 Craft 19 4-7 2-3 1-2 4 5 1 0 0 0 11 Roberts* 33 5-13 2-4 1-2 2 1 3 2 0 1 13 Ambres* 33 4-12 0-0 3-4 4 4 2 2 1 1 11 Totals 250 30-73 4-9 8-14 33 30 16 11 1 8 72 Fall* 32 3-4 0-0 8-11 4 2 1 1 5 1 14 Hall* 38 2-5 1-2 6-7 3 0 2 1 0 1 11 Willingham* 32 1-6 0-4 2-2 0 3 1 0 0 1 4 Beasley* 38 2-8 0-4 5-5 3 3 3 0 0 3 9 Half Reg. OT FG% 3PT% FT% Hopkins* 40 2-7 1-5 0-0 0 3 2 3 0 4 5 Lamonte 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UTEP 28 60 77 47.6 36.4 68.8 Ofoegbu 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 Cornwell 16 2-5 1-2 0-1 3 4 0 0 1 3 5 Southern Miss 34 60 72 41.1 44.4 57.1 Killen 13 1-2 0-0 3-3 0 3 1 0 0 0 5 Craft 23 3-5 2-3 0-0 2 1 0 1 0 0 8 Rackauskas 18 2-3 0-0 1-3 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 Totals 200 17-46 4-13 21-25 27 16 10 5 2 9 59 Officials: Dan Chrisman, John Hampton, David Maracich Epps 2 0-1 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 Technicals: UTEP - None; Southern Miss - Bench Totals 200 18-40 4-15 18-24 23 16 9 10 5 7 58 Half Final FG% 3PT% FT% UCF 25 51 41.5 35.3 57.9 Half Final FG% 3PT% FT% Southern Miss 21 59 37.0 30.8 84.0 Southern Miss 26 53 47.6 0.0 76.5 SMU 22 58 45.0 26.7 75.0 Officials: Tom O'Neill, Terry Davis, Don Daily Technicals: UCF - None; Southern Miss - None Officials: Bob Sitov, Joe Townsell, Duane Smith Technicals: Southern Miss - None; SMU - None

SOUTHERN MISS BASKETBALL GAME 27 at MARSHALL, 2/25/06 GAME 25 GAME 26

#3 Memphis 80, Southern Miss 40 UAB 87, Southern Miss 50

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - The Southern Miss HATTIESBURG, Miss. - The Southern men's basketball team dropped their second Miss men's basketball team dropped its second game in a row with a 80-41 loss to nationally Conference USA home game in a row, Satur- ranked Memphis, Tuesday, at the FedExForum day, falling to visiting UAB, 87-50, at Reed here in Memphis, Tenn. Green Coliseum. With the loss, the Golden Eagles fall to 8-17 With the loss, Southern Miss fell to 8-18 overall and 2-8 in league play, while the Tigers, overall on the season and 2-9 in league play, who are ranked No. 3 in both the Associated while the visiting Blazers improved to 19-5 Press and the ESPN/USA Today Coaches poll, overall and 9-2 in the league. This was the improved to 23-2 overall and 9-0 league play. second meeting of the season for the two teams. Southern Miss struggled from the field in the UAB won the first contest, 87-73, on Jan. 28 in opening half, managing just four field goals to Birmingham. shoot 15.4 percent in the period. At the break, The Golden Eagles opened with the 2-0 Memphis held the 34-10 advantage. lead but that was short-lived, as the Blazers Things improved in the second half, with quickly took the lead with an 8-0 run and never Southern Miss scoring 31 points on 39 percent looked back, pushing the advantage to 19 points, shooting from the field. 43-24, at the half. Courtney Beasley led Southern Miss with It was more of the same in the second half, 15 points -- all of them in the second half -- while with UAB's lead building to as much as 42, but David Cornwell added 10 points. Craig Craft led then settling on the eventual 87-50 finish. the team with six rebounds. David Cornwell had a team-best 12 points Five Tigers scored in double figures, paced and added a game-high 10 rebounds for his by Rodney Carney's 15 points. Kareem Coo- second career double-double to lead Southern per added 13, while Shawne Williams and Miss. Travis Hall, Craig Craft and Kyle Lamonte Darius Washington both scored 11. Robert each followed with eight points. Dozier added 10. Marvett McDonald led UAB with a game- high 20 points, connecting on 6-of-9 from 3-point Feb. 14, 2006 range, while Wen Mukubu added 12. Carldell Memphis, Tenn. (FedExForum) Johnson had a game-high eight assists.

USM (8-17,2-8)MP FG 3P FT R F AS TO BS ST TP Forte* 14 1-3 0-0 0-0 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 Ambres* 14 2-5 0-0 4-4 4 1 0 3 0 1 8 Feb. 18, 2006 Hall* 24 0-4 0-1 0-0 2 4 1 1 0 0 0 Hattiesburg, Miss. (RGC) Beasley* 36 7-17 1-3 0-2 4 4 0 6 0 1 15 Craft* 34 2-11 1-4 0-0 6 1 0 1 1 0 5 UAB (19-5,9-2)MP FG 3P FT R F AS TO BS ST TP Lamonte 14 0-1 0-0 0-0 2 1 2 3 1 0 0 Holmes* 16 3-3 0-0 0-4 4 2 1 0 1 0 6 Visockis 25 0-0 0-0 1-2 2 3 2 4 0 0 1 Kinnard* 22 2-3 0-0 0-0 2 2 1 1 3 1 4 Singleton 12 0-5 0-2 0-0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 Johnson* 19 2-5 0-1 2-2 4 3 8 0 0 4 6 Cornwell 27 3-8 0-0 4-7 5 4 3 2 0 1 10 McDonald* 22 7-15 6-9 0-0 1 2 0 0 0 0 20 Totals 200 15-54 2-10 9-15 29 22 8 21 2 3 41 Broom* 19 1-3 1-3 2-2 0 3 1 1 0 0 5 Gibbs 11 2-2 2-2 3-5 0 1 1 0 0 0 9 MEM (23-2,9-0)MP FG 3P FT R F AS TO BS ST TP Delaney 16 4-6 0-1 1-2 3 2 0 0 0 1 9 Williams, S.* 30 2-10 1-5 6-6 7 2 0 3 2 2 11 Hassell 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Carney* 23 7-18 1-5 0-0 2 1 1 0 1 2 15 Anderson, Jr. 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 Dorsey* 8 0-0 0-0 0-0 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 Mukubu 15 4-5 1-2 3-3 1 3 2 0 0 0 12 Douglas-Roberts*23 2-7 0-1 2-4 3 3 0 2 2 2 6 Jones 21 2-4 1-2 1-2 3 2 2 2 0 3 6 Washington* 22 3-5 0-0 5-5 4 0 4 2 0 4 11 Tobias 24 1-2 0-0 3-3 1 4 0 2 3 1 5 Wade 3 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Ollie 8 1-3 1-2 2-2 3 1 0 3 0 1 5 Williams, W. 15 0-2 0-0 2-2 6 1 0 1 0 0 2 Totals 200 29-51 12-2217-25 29 26 17 11 7 12 87 Dozier 18 3-3 0-0 4-4 4 3 1 0 2 1 10 McGrady 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 USM (8-18,2-9)MP FG 3P FT R F AS TO BS ST TP Anderson 21 1-4 0-0 2-2 2 1 2 1 0 2 4 Ambres* 28 1-6 0-1 2-2 4 1 1 3 0 0 4 Allen 10 2-3 0-0 1-1 1 1 2 4 0 2 5 Cornwell* 35 4-15 0-2 4-7 10 3 2 1 0 0 12 Long 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hall* 32 2-8 0-0 4-5 4 3 2 5 0 0 8 Sandridge 3 1-2 1-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 Beasley* 32 1-6 0-0 2-3 1 4 2 3 0 0 4 Cooper 20 5-7 0-0 3-4 13 1 0 0 1 1 13 Craft* 29 2-4 2-4 2-2 4 4 0 2 0 1 8 Totals 200 26-62 3-13 25-28 47 16 11 14 9 16 80 Forte 6 1-1 1-1 0-0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 Lamonte 19 3-7 0-0 2-5 2 4 2 3 1 1 8 Half Final FG% 3PT% FT% Visockis 11 0-0 0-0 1-2 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 Southern Miss 10 41 27.8 20.0 60.0 Singleton 8 0-2 0-0 2-2 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 Memphis 34 80 41.9 23.1 89.3 Totals 200 14-49 3-8 19-28 36 20 9 22 1 3 50

Officials: Mark Whitehead, Larry Rose, Gary Vaughn Half Final FG% 3PT% FT% Technicals: Memphis - None; Southern Miss - None UAB 43 87 56.9 37.5 67.9 Southern Miss 24 50 28.6 37.5 67.9

Officials: Danny Hooker, Terry Moore, James Breeding Technicals: UAB - None; Southern Miss - None

SOUTHERN MISS BASKETBALL GAME 27 at MARSHALL, 2/25/06 2005-06 Southern Miss Basketball Southern Miss Combined Team Statistics (as of Feb 18, 2006) All games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES...... (8-18) (7-8) (0-8) (1-2) CONFERENCE...... (2-9) (2-4) (0-5) (0-0) NON-CONFERENCE...... (6-9) (5-4) (0-3) (1-2)

|---TOTAL---| |---3-PTS---| |----REBOUNDS----| ## Player GP-GS Min--Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg ------05 BEASLEY, Courtney.. 26-25 899 34.6 111-250 .444 16-66 .242 51-72 .708 12 81 93 3.6 81 3 49 54 4 30 289 11.1 20 SINGLETON, Jarekus. 26-19 664 25.5 68-194 .351 18-60 .300 69-91 .758 22 59 81 3.1 52 0 49 57 1 15 223 8.6 00 FORTE, Jason...... 26-22 718 27.6 71-147 .483 11-33 .333 64-92 .696 45 71 116 4.5 66 0 29 25 5 18 217 8.3 22 CORNWELL, David.... 26-12 542 20.8 81-167 .485 8-25 .320 41-68 .603 37 72 109 4.2 82 3 19 47 9 18 211 8.1 04 AMBRES, Mildon..... 26-14 520 20.0 60-127 .472 1-3 .333 36-47 .766 41 69 110 4.2 64 3 15 26 7 13 157 6.0 11 LAMONTE, Kyle...... 25-16 536 21.4 37-95 .389 4-17 .235 43-63 .683 6 43 49 2.0 48 3 59 61 6 22 121 4.8 33 SIMPSON, Shaun..... 12-6 253 21.1 38-74 .514 0-0 .000 35-58 .603 28 23 51 4.3 31 0 13 27 5 4 111 9.3 23 CRAFT, Craig...... 23-4 422 18.3 41-109 .376 21-59 .356 7-13 .538 17 41 58 2.5 44 2 13 21 4 14 110 4.8 03 HALL, Travis...... 22-8 492 22.4 33-86 .384 10-27 .370 33-42 .786 7 23 30 1.4 38 0 36 36 0 4 109 5.0 01 PELTON, Kendaris... 7-4 187 26.7 8-28 .286 3-10 .300 1-2 .500 6 9 15 2.1 12 0 11 14 0 1 20 2.9 15 VISOCKIS, Donatas.. 15-0 138 9.2 2-10 .200 0-0 .000 12-22 .545 8 13 21 1.4 17 0 2 14 1 3 16 1.1 25 QUINN, Tyler...... 3-0 4 1.3 2-4 .500 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.3 TEAM...... 53 55 108 4.2 4 9 ------Total...... 26 5375 552-1291 .428 92-301 .306 392-570 .688 282 559 841 32.3 539 15 295 391 42 142 1588 61.1 Opponents...... 26 5375 594-1294 .459 180-461 .390 435-624 .697 242 544 786 30.2 513 - 340 351 86 197 1803 69.3

TEAM STATISTICS USM OPP DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATTEND ------SCORING...... 1588 1803 !11/18/05 vs Lamar W 79-76 2848 Points per game...... 61.1 69.3 !11/19/05 vs Denver L 30-44 3230 Scoring margin...... -8.3 - !11/20/05 vs San Diego State L 51-79 2071 FIELD GOALS-ATT...... 552-1291 594-1294 11/28/05 SAMFORD L 33-52 3355 Field goal pct...... 428 .459 11/30/05 at Arkansas L 35-77 10103 3 POINT FG-ATT...... 92-301 180-461 12/3/05 NEW ORLEANS W O4 83-78 3309 3-point FG pct...... 306 .390 12/7/05 at Sam Houston State L 57-61 2061 3-pt FG made per game.. 3.5 6.9 12/10/05 SOUTH ALABAMA L 51-75 3187 FREE THROWS-ATT...... 392-570 435-624 12/15/05 WILLIAM CAREY W 90-57 4062 Free throw pct...... 688 .697 12/19/05 TENNESSEE STATE W 84-74 3149 REBOUNDS...... 841 786 12/21/05 BRADLEY L 43-56 2577 Rebounds per game...... 32.3 30.2 12/27/05 WEST FLORIDA W 68-59 3356 Rebounding margin...... +2.1 - 12/30/05 SPRING HILL COLLEGE W 80-67 2896 ASSISTS...... 295 340 1/2/06 MCNEESE STATE LOT 82-87 3229 Assists per game...... 11.3 13.1 1/4/06 at Auburn L 57-80 2035 TURNOVERS...... 391 351 *1/11/06 TULANE W 67-55 3470 Turnovers per game..... 15.0 13.5 *1/14/06 at Tulsa L 63-72 7217 Turnover margin...... -1.5 - *1/18/06 at Houston Cougars L 58-62 4002 Assist/turnover ratio.. 0.8 1.0 *1/21/06 MEMPHIS L 68-85 6412 STEALS...... 142 197 *1/25/06 RICE L 61-67 3476 Steals per game...... 5.5 7.6 *1/28/06 at UAB L 73-87 8108 BLOCKS...... 42 86 *2/4/06 at SMU L 53-58 2874 Blocks per game...... 1.6 3.3 *2/8/06 UCF W 59-51 3427 WINNING STREAK...... 0 - *2/11/06 UTEP LO2 72-77 3559 Home win streak...... 0 - *2/14/06 at Memphis L 41-80 15441 ATTENDANCE...... 52700 59990 *2/18/06 UAB L 50-87 3236 Home games-Avg/Game.... 15-3513 8-6480 Neutral site-Avg/Game.. - 3-2716 ! = BP Top of the World Classic (Fairbanks, Alaska) SCORE BY PERIODS 1st 2nd OT OT2 OT3 OT4 Total * = Conference USA game ------Southern Miss.. 725 802 27 18 7 9 - 1588 Opponents...... 803 934 32 23 7 4 - 1803 2005-06 Southern Miss Basketball Southern Miss Combined Team Statistics (as of Feb 18, 2006) Conference games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES...... (2-9) (2-4) (0-5) (0-0) CONFERENCE...... (2-9) (2-4) (0-5) (0-0) NON-CONFERENCE...... (0-0) (0-0) (0-0) (0-0)

|---TOTAL---| |---3-PTS---| |----REBOUNDS----| ## Player GP-GS Min--Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg ------05 BEASLEY, Courtney.. 11-11 407 37.0 53-125 .424 11-35 .314 32-45 .711 6 37 43 3.9 40 2 22 25 2 16 149 13.5 22 CORNWELL, David.... 11-3 262 23.8 39-87 .448 4-13 .308 23-42 .548 24 43 67 6.1 39 2 13 16 3 12 105 9.5 04 AMBRES, Mildon..... 11-9 269 24.5 36-75 .480 1-2 .500 14-20 .700 19 24 43 3.9 32 2 11 14 2 6 87 7.9 00 FORTE, Jason...... 11-10 302 27.5 27-56 .482 3-7 .429 29-43 .674 24 27 51 4.6 27 0 11 14 1 8 86 7.8 20 SINGLETON, Jarekus. 11-9 274 24.9 20-74 .270 4-21 .190 38-45 .844 9 23 32 2.9 22 0 18 20 1 7 82 7.5 03 HALL, Travis...... 11-8 354 32.2 22-59 .373 7-18 .389 23-27 .852 6 19 25 2.3 25 0 24 24 0 2 74 6.7 23 CRAFT, Craig...... 11-2 218 19.8 23-54 .426 12-27 .444 5-11 .455 11 24 35 3.2 26 1 4 11 3 5 63 5.7 11 LAMONTE, Kyle...... 10-3 113 11.3 5-19 .263 0-2 .000 7-12 .583 3 5 8 0.8 20 1 12 14 3 2 17 1.7 15 VISOCKIS, Donatas.. 7-0 51 7.3 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 2-4 .500 2 5 7 1.0 7 0 2 10 0 1 2 0.3 TEAM...... 18 16 34 3.1 3 6 ------Total...... 11 2250 225-551 .408 42-125 .336 173-249 .695 122 223 345 31.4 241 8 117 154 15 59 665 60.5 Opponents...... 11 2250 245-534 .459 68-182 .374 223-308 .724 108 243 351 31.9 221 - 139 141 45 85 781 71.0

TEAM STATISTICS USM OPP DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATTEND ------SCORING...... 665 781 *1/11/06 TULANE W 67-55 3470 Points per game...... 60.5 71.0 *1/14/06 at Tulsa L 63-72 7217 Scoring margin...... -10.5 - *1/18/06 at Houston Cougars L 58-62 4002 FIELD GOALS-ATT...... 225-551 245-534 *1/21/06 MEMPHIS L 68-85 6412 Field goal pct...... 408 .459 *1/25/06 RICE L 61-67 3476 3 POINT FG-ATT...... 42-125 68-182 *1/28/06 at UAB L 73-87 8108 3-point FG pct...... 336 .374 *2/4/06 at SMU L 53-58 2874 3-pt FG made per game.. 3.8 6.2 *2/8/06 UCF W 59-51 3427 FREE THROWS-ATT...... 173-249 223-308 *2/11/06 UTEP LO2 72-77 3559 Free throw pct...... 695 .724 *2/14/06 at Memphis L 41-80 15441 REBOUNDS...... 345 351 *2/18/06 UAB L 50-87 3236 Rebounds per game...... 31.4 31.9 Rebounding margin...... -0.5 - ASSISTS...... 117 139 ! = BP Top of the World Classic (Fairbanks, Alaska) Assists per game...... 10.6 12.6 * = Conference USA game TURNOVERS...... 154 141 Turnovers per game..... 14.0 12.8 Turnover margin...... -1.2 - Assist/turnover ratio.. 0.8 1.0 STEALS...... 59 85 Steals per game...... 5.4 7.7 BLOCKS...... 15 45 Blocks per game...... 1.4 4.1 WINNING STREAK...... 0 - Home win streak...... 0 - ATTENDANCE...... 23580 37642 Home games-Avg/Game.... 6-3930 5-7528 Neutral site-Avg/Game.. - 0-0

SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd OT OT2 Total ------Southern Miss...... 308 345 4 8 - 665 Opponents...... 368 396 4 13 - 781