With the help of poor shooting by Louisiana-Lafayette, Southern Miss has a 12 point halftime lead 29-17 at Reed Green Coliseum.
Gary Flowers is the leading scorer with 10 points.
Both teams are shooting poorly from the floor. USM is 11-35 (31.4%) and ULL is 5-30 (16.7%).
The Golden Eagles are also pounding the boards, outrebounding ULL 31-19.
