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Late Tip-In Dooms Men's Basketball vs. Southern Miss
Feb. 6, 2010
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HOUSTON - Southern Miss forward Torye Pelham's tip-in of his own miss with no time left on the clock lifted Southern Miss to a stunning 57-55 win against the University of Houston men's basketball Saturday evening inside Hofheinz Pavilion. With just seconds remaining in the game, USM guard R.L. Horton drove to the basket and attempted a pass that was deflected by a pair of Cougar defenders into Pelham's hands. After his first shot rolled around the rim, Pelham tipped the miss into the basket as the horn went off. Officials looked at video after the play and determined the tip-in beat the horn, stunning most of the 3,019 fans in attendance. The loss spoiled a valiant comeback by the Cougars, who scored five straight points in the final 2:19 to knot the game at 55-55. Sai'Quon Stone's free throw with 2:19 remaining gave the Golden Eagles a 55-50 lead, matching their largest advantage of the evening. With 2:04 remaining, Houston junior guard Adam Brown was fouled and made his first free throw attempt. Although the second attempt was off the mark, junior forward Maurice McNeil stole the rebound away and put up a shot, which Brown rebounded and was fouled again. Brown missed the first and made the second attempt to pull the Cougars to within 55-52. Following a USM turnover and a pair of missed 3-pointers, McNeil was fouled with 74 seconds to go and hit both free throw attempts to pull the Cougars to within a point at 55-54. USM forward Gary Flowers missed a jumper with 39 seconds left and on the ensuing possession, Houston sophomore point guard Desmond Wade was hacked with 30 ticks left on the clock. The Linden, N.J., native missed his first attempt but made the second to tie the game at 55-55 and set up USM's final possession. McNeil led the Cougars with 12 points and a game-high 13 rebounds, for his team-leading sixth double-double of the season. Senior guard Aubrey Coleman also added a game-high points in the loss. Pelham led USM with 13 rebounds, while Flowers added 15 points and six boards. Horton also posted 11 points with a game-high five assists. With the loss, the Cougars fell to 11-11 overall and 4-5 in league games. Southern Miss improved to 14-8 overall and 4-4 in league games. The game started well for the Cougars, who raced out to an 11-0 lead in the first six minutes while Southern Miss missed its first 11 shots to start the contest. Behind 40 percent shooting in the first half and a defensive effort that limited USM to only 30 percent, the Cougars took a 29-21 lead into the locker room at the break. In the second half, Southern Miss enjoyed the quick start, scoring 9 of the half's first 11 points to pull t within 31-30 with 17:38 remaining. The two teams went back and forth from there before the Cougars took a 36-35 lead on a pair of free throws from Coleman with 10:37 to go. However, Maurice Bolden buried a 3-pointer on the Golden Eagles' next possession and Stone hit two free throws for a 40-36 USM lead. The Golden Eagles would not trail the rest of the way.
That game can be heard live on SportsTalk 790 AM or on the Internet at UHCougars.com with Tom Franklin calling the play-by-play action. The pregame show is slated to begin at 6:45 p.m. In addition, Tuesday's game at Western Kentucky can be seen live on Fox Sports Houston Plus (Houston Comcast channel 76). The game will re-air at 9:30 p.m., Tuesday, on Fox Sports and again at noon, Thursday.
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