Southern Mississippi defeats Tulane 68-54
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Gary Flowers scored 15 points and grabbed 13 rebounds to lead Southern Mississippi over Tulane 68-54 on Saturday.
The Golden Eagles (12-8, 2-5 Conference USA) trailed 17-16 before scoring 12 straight to lead 28-17 on Maurice Bolden's free throws with 3:31 to go in the first half.
The Green Wave (16-5, 5-3), which lost their fifth straight, wouldn't get any closer than five points the rest of the way.
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R.L. Horton added 12 points and Bolden finished with 11 for Southern Miss.
The Golden Eagles outrebounded Tulane 42-26, scored 17 on second-chance points and 24 in the paint.
Southern Miss shot 42.9 percent (21 of 49), while holding the Green Wave to 37.7 percent (20 of 33), including 8 of 21 in the first half (38.1 percent).
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Jordan Callahan led Tulane with 20 points, going 6 of 11 from 3-point range. Kendall Timmons added 18 points for Tulane.