Southern Miss seeks elusive win over Memphis

Southern Miss is playing really good basketball these days eventhough few have noticed.There’s one quick way to change that: Beat Memphis.Southern Miss (19-3, 6-1 Conference USA) hosts Memphis (15-6,6-1) on Wednesday night as the Golden Eagles try to snap an 18-gamelosing streak in the series that dates to 2004.Jonathan Mills and his teammates aren’t hiding from the game’simportance. The two teams are tied for first place in ConferenceUSA.”It’s absolutely huge,” Mills said. ”We’re trying to dosomething that hasn’t been done at this school in a longtime.”Memphis – with its recent NCAA tournament success and historicalpedigree – has been the dominant team in C-USA for so long thatit’s now the standard by which all the other programs are judged.But Southern Miss coach Larry Eustachy said he’s trying to makesure his team doesn’t get caught in the hype.”I’m glad our program has improved to the point where this gamehas some real significance, and I certainly want to win for ourplayers,” Eustachy said. ”But you can’t make it more than it is.At the end of the day, I think both of these teams are easily NCAAtournament quality.”Maybe. But whichever team wins on Wednesday will certainlysolidify its case, not to mention take sole possession… Read full this story

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