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Southern Miss hosts Harris and South Alabama

South Alabama Jaguars (7-3) at Southern Miss Lady Eagles (7-4)

Hattiesburg, Mississippi; Thursday, 6 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: South Alabama faces Southern Miss after Cordasia Harris scored 20 points in South Alabama’s 70-58 win against the North Alabama Lions.

The Lady Eagles have gone 6-0 at home. Southern Miss scores 78.5 points while outscoring opponents by 7.7 points per game.

The Jaguars are 1-2 on the road. South Alabama is 0-1 in games decided by 3 points or fewer.

Southern Miss averages 9.0 made 3-pointers per game, 4.5 more made shots than the 4.5 per game South Alabama allows. South Alabama has shot at a 44.4% rate from the field this season, 2.7 percentage points higher than the 41.7% shooting opponents of Southern Miss have averaged.

The Lady Eagles and Jaguars match up Thursday for the first time in Sun Belt play this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Carly Keats is shooting 38.5% and averaging 12.5 points for the Lady Eagles. Hayleigh Breland is averaging 1.5 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.

Amyah Sutton is averaging 13.3 points for the Jaguars. Harris is averaging 13.2 points.

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