After being down 51-38 midway through the second half, Southern Miss rallied to beat the Montana State Bobcats 66-62 Saturday night at Worthington Arena in Bozeman, Montana. Gary Flowers led the Golden Eagles with a game-high 18 points. Southern Miss (3-0) returns to Hattiesburg to face William Carey Tuesday night at Reed Green Coliseum.
In a game filled with rain, big plays and a weather delay, Southern Miss proved to be too much for the Tulsa Golden Hurricane Saturday night at M.M. Roberts Stadium. The Golden Eagles prevailed 44-34.
Martavious Young, once again, managed the team well. Young threw four touchdown passes, including a 95 yard touchdown pass to DeAndre Brown. Brown finished with two touchdowns on the night.
The defense gave up too many yards, but did have big plays including two fumble recoveries, one for a touchdown.
USM travels to Greenville, North Carolina this weekend to take on the East Carolina Pirates for the Conference USA Eastern Division crown. ECU brings a big, fast and physical squad to the field that should be a tough matchup for Southern Miss. Even though this is a road contest, Southern Miss has fared very well at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium. USM will need to step their defensive play if they have any hope of winning the contest. The game will come down to who wants it more and that should be the Golden Eagles. Southern Miss edges out a close one, 21-17.
The game will be televised nationally by CBS College Sports at 12:30pm. The winner will most likely face Houston in the Conference USA championship game Dec 5.
After his stellar performance in the Tulsa game, Martavious Young has been named the C-USA Co-Offensive Player of the Week.Young recorded 276 passing yards (12-of-21) and added 59 rushing yards in leading the Golden Eagles to their fourth win in his six starts, 44-34 over Tulsa. He threw a career-best four touchdown passes, including a 95-yard strike to DeAndre Brown, which is listed as the second-longest pass play in school history. He also hit Johdrick Morris for a 60-yard TD strike on the Golden Eagles' first play of the contest and added 12-yard and 34-yard TD passes. It was the fourth-straight game that he has not thrown an interception and he has not thrown a pick in his last 112 attempts.