HATTIESBURG, Miss. (Interstat) — Southern Mississippi used a dominant second quarter to cruise past Nicholls State 86-60 in a women’s basketball game Saturday at Reed Green Coliseum. The Lady Eagles outscored the Colonels 32-22 in the period to build an insurmountable lead.

Carly Keats led Southern Mississippi with 23 points. Marie Kenembeni scored 19 points for Nicholls State. The victory keeps Southern Mississippi perfect at 6-0, while Nicholls State falls to an even 3-3 on the season. An announced crowd of 3,121 watched the home team’s decisive victory.