HATTIESBURG, Miss. (Interstat) — Tylik Weeks scored 32 points to lead Southern Mississippi to a 69-65 comeback victory over Troy in a Sun Belt Conference men’s basketball game Saturday at Reed Green Coliseum.

The teams were tied 26-26 at halftime before the Golden Eagles (14-14, 8-7) surged ahead with a 43-point second half. Weeks, a junior from New York, was pivotal in the rally, consistently answering Troy baskets. Southern Mississippi capitalized on turnovers, scoring 19 points off them compared to six for the Trojans.

Thomas Dowd led Troy (17-10, 10-5) with 13 points. The Trojans, which had won 91-65 in the previous meeting on Jan. 14, shot poorly from the floor and three-point range. A crowd of 2,821 watched the Golden Eagles even their season record.