Southern Mississippi 74, at Louisiana-Lafayette 67

LAFAYETTE, La. (Interstat) — Djahi Binet scored 24 points and Southern Mississippi used a dominant first half to build a cushion that withstood a late Louisiana-Lafayette rally, securing a 74-67 victory in a Sun Belt Conference men’s basketball game Saturday afternoon at the Cajundome. The Golden Eagles (9-7, 2-1) led wire-to-wire, opening the game on a 12-0 run and holding the Ragin’ Cajuns (3-13, 1-2) without a field goal for the first six minutes. Southern Mississippi took a 33-27 lead into halftime and pushed its advantage back to double digits multiple times in the second half before closing out the… Read more...