Houston vs. Southern Miss: Full Game Preview
By on January 12, 2013
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Houston
(12-2, 3-1 away)
Southern Miss
(12-4, 6-0 home)
Venue: Reed Green Coliseum
3:00PM ET / 12:00PM PT, January 12, 2013
Team Leaders
| Points | Rebounds | Assists | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Houston | J Young 17.4 | T Thomas 9.7 | J Thompson 3.5 |
| Southern Miss | D Davis 12.7 | J Mills 6.8 | N Watson 5.0 |
In a 75-52 beatdown of Rice on January 9th, Daveon Boardingham put up 16 points and 7 rebounds for the Golden Eagles. On top of a team-high 0.8 blocks per game, he also scores 7.4 points per game. In a 78-67 victory over Southern Methodist on January 9th, Danuel House put up 28 points and 7 rebounds for the Cougars. He contributes 5.2 rebounds per game in addition to his 12.9 points per game. From a tempo-free perspective, Houston is strong in turnover percentage at 17.8. This is good enough for 2nd in the conference and 52nd in the nation.
Houston StatSmack
- Southern Miss is better under pressure, and has defeated Houston in 6 out of the last 11 games decided by 5 points or fewer.
- At least you keep showing up. Southern Miss has an average margin of victory of 10 over Houston in 15 wins since 1996.
- Jerrold Brooks is ranked 6th in C-USA in three-pointers and 7th in C-USA in steals.
- Southern Miss is bigger. The average weight of the top 8 players on Southern Miss is 210 lbs compared to 198 lbs for Houston.
- Hattiesburg isn't as congested as Houston (population is significantly lower).
- Michael Craig is ranked 1st in C-USA in steals.
- We just win. Southern Miss has more wins over the last 5 years than Houston (111 vs 101).
- Even computers respect Southern Miss more. We have a better RPI this season than Houston (RPI: #56 vs #231).
- Neil Watson is ranked 4th in C-USA in assists and 4th in C-USA in steals.
| UH Players | Mins | Pts | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | |
| B | TaShawn Thomas | 32 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| B- | Joseph Young | 30 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| C+ | Danuel House | 27 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| C | Leon Gibson | 16 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| C- | J.J. Thompson | 27 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| C- | J. Stiggers | 20 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| D+ | Brandon Morris | 15 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| D | Mikhail McLean | 16 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| D | V. Izundu | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| D | Tione Womack | 12 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| D | Lawrence Paye | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | J.J. Richardson | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| D | Jimmie Jones | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | Donald Brooks | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| F | LeRon Barnes | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| USM Players | Mins | Pts | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | |
| B- | Michael Craig | 22 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| B- | Dwayne Davis | 27 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| C+ | Jerrold Brooks | 29 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| C+ | Neil Watson | 30 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| C+ | Jonathan Mills | 27 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| C | D. Boardingham | 16 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| C | Norville Carey | 15 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| D+ | Cedric Jenkins | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| D+ | Deon Edwin | 14 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| D+ | Rashard McGill | 18 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| D+ | C. Robbins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D+ | Jamie Chapman | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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