Memphis continues to dominate C-USA with win over Southern Miss

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02/14/2009 - Hattiesburg, MS (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Tyreke Evans scored a game-high 19 points and pulled down six rebounds as the eighth-ranked Memphis Tigers improved their record winning streak against Conference-USA foes to 52 games with a 72-47 walloping of Southern Miss.

Antonio Anderson added 12 points for the Tigers (22-3, 10-0 Conference USA), who had five double-digit scorers. Robert Dozier also finished with 12 points and grabbed six boards. Robert Sallie ended with 11 points, while Doneal Mack had 10.

Memphis has won 16 straight outings and holds an amazing 64-1 mark against C- USA foes since 2005-06. The Tigers are going for their third straight undefeated season in league play.

Southern Miss (13-11, 3-7) was paced by Jeremy Wise, who had 15 points and six helpers. Courtney Beasley ended with 12 points and six rebounds for the Golden Eagles, who have dropped five consecutive games. Craig Craft finished with 10 points and five boards.

The Golden Eagles took the lead on four consecutive points from Beasley to start the second half. But Memphis fired back with a 10-2 run to take a 41-34 advantage. Evans scored nine points during the clinching spurt, including two three-pointers. This proved to be a key moment in the game, as the Tigers never looked back.

Leading 45-37 with under 14 1/2 minutes remaining, Memphis used a 10-2 spurt to take control of the contest. Mack's shot from beyond the arc with just under 11 minutes remaining capped off the run.

The Golden Eagles never got closer than 14 the remainder of the way.

The Tigers built an early lead with a 11-2 run to start the contest. Mack drilled a three-pointer with just under 14 minutes left to top off the spurt. But Southern Miss responded with a 11-2 run of their own to tie the tilt at 13. R.L. Horton's jumper topped off the spurt.

Knotted at 17, Memphis opened up a small margin with a 10-3 run, which was culminated with a Sallie three-pointer with about 4 1/2 minutes to go. The Tigers held onto their slim gap for the remainder of the half and took a 31-28 advantage into the locker room.

Game Notes

The Tigers shot 44.9 percent from the field, compared to 37.5 for the Golden Eagles...Memphis pulled down a total of 36 rebounds, while Southern Miss grabbed 27 boards...The Tigers own a 57-23 advantage in the all-time series with the Golden Eagles, and Memphis has won the last 11 meetings...The Tigers have claimed victory in each of its past five visits to Hattiesburg...Memphis' Shawn Taggart ended with eight points and 11 rebounds.

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Big 12 Conference betting odds

Work left to do: Texas Tech, Oklahoma State, Kansas State

Texas joins Texas A&M and Kansas as locks after getting league win No. 11. Texas Tech greatly helped its own hopes and crippled OK State's with the two-point win Saturday. Is K-State the last reasonable hopeful? Could be an elimination match in Stillwater on Tuesday, at least for the Cowboys.

Work left to do:

Texas Tech [18-11 (7-7), RPI: 44, SOS: 12] A critical two-point win over OK State leaves the Red Raiders with Baylor and at Iowa State left. Get both and the Red Raiders likely are good to go. Get one and there could be some interesting comparisons with a K-State team that could finish two or three games "ahead" of them in the standings but doesn't have any of the quality wins Texas Tech has. Not a lot in nonconference play (against Arkansas in Little Rock being the best win, by far) to lean on.

Oklahoma State [18-9 (5-8), RPI: 50, SOS: 35] Still without a road win, the Cowboys now need to win two on the road just to get to .500 in conference play. It's hard to recall a team (OK, other than Clemson) falling so precipitously from lock status to almost certainly out of the NCAAs at this point. There are wins to be had in the last three, including a very big home game against K-State on Tuesday, but this team is reeling. Can you tell the pressure to win is getting to them with the way the final possession played out at Texas Tech? There are some good nonconference performances to lean on, specifically beating Missouri State and Syracuse on neutral floors and Pitt in OK City, but if the Pokes don't right this very, very soon, that won't be enough.

Kansas State [20-9 (9-5), RPI: 56, SOS: 96] It pays to be in the Big 12 North. The nine league wins are Colorado (twice), Missouri (twice), Iowa State (twice), Baylor, Nebraska and (a good one against) Texas. That helps explain the middling computer profile. The win over USC is nice, but the nonconference leaves a lot to be desired. The game at OK State in Stillwater on Tuesday is huge, as it could KO the Cowboys and leave K-State with a home date against Oklahoma with which to work.