National Basketball Association
Alabama 58, Southern Miss 55
When: 8:00 PM ET, Friday, December 4, 2015
Where: Reed Green Coliseum, Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Officials:
# Kipp Kissinger, # Antinio Petty, # Doug Sirmons
Attendance:
3296
By The Sports Xchange
Guard Retin Obasohan scored 20 points to help Alabama hold off Southern Miss 58-55 on Friday at Reed Green Coliseum in Hattiesburg, Miss.
Guard Arthur Edwards added 17 points for the Crimson Tide. Alabama won its third straight game and improved to 5-2 under first-year coach Avery Johnson.
Guard Khari Price scored 16 points and sophomore Eddie Davis III added 11 for the Golden Eagles (0-6).
After posting back-to-back wins over ranked opponents Notre Dame and Wichita State, the Crimson Tide struggled to shake Southern Miss.
Alabama trailed 43-41 before taking control with a 12-0 run on a pair of 3-pointer each by Obasohan and Edwards.
Price's 3-pointer got the Golden Eagles to within 58-55 with 15 seconds remaining and Alabama guard Dazon Ingram missed two free throws with nine seconds left. Southern Miss had a chance to tie, but guard Michael Ramey's 3-pointer with one second remaining was off the mark.
Top Game Performances
| Alabama |
|
Southern Miss |
|
Retin Obasohan 20 |
Scoring |
Khari Price 16 |
|
Dazon Ingram 4 |
Assists |
Eddie Davis 3 |
|
Arthur Edwards 5 |
Rebounds |
Eddie Davis 8 |
|
Retin Obasohan 7 |
Free Throws Made |
Keljin Blevins 1 |
|
Retin Obasohan 3 |
Steals |
Robert Thomas 2 |
|
Michael Kessens 2 |
Blocks |
N/A |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Alabama
|
58 |
42.5 |
11-29 |
13-18 |
12 |
26 |
6 |
5 |
17 |
| Southern Miss
|
55 |
36.2 |
11-29 |
2-4 |
12 |
27 |
0 |
6 |
16 |
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