The Wave fall once again, 70-59. That's the fifth straight defeat after the day started with such great promise. It'll be a very disappointed locker room but the Wave still have an opportunity to salvage the season.
Gotta love the Tulane pep band who chants "education" while USM fans start their cheer
13.6 Wise hits two more free throws. Wave down 11.
25.4 Mayhane shoots a three that gets nothing but air. Stith grabs the offensive rebound. Mayhane puts up another three and is fouled. All three shots are good but the Wave trail by 9.
41.7 Stith commits the foul after Sims missed the layup. Wise with another two free throws. Both are good once again and the Wave will need a miracle down by 12.
1:02 Sims grabs Wise and commits the foul. Both free throws are good and the Wave trail by 10.
1:29 Mayhane misses the three and S. Miss brings it up slowly.
2:48 Stith is fouled hard going for the dunk. He'll have two crucial free throws after the official timeout. The first free throw is good but the second rims out. Gomez taps it out to Stith. Wave commits the turnover after it's knocked away from Stith. Southern Miss comes away with it and hits a three pointer, that could be the dagger as the Wave trail by 8.
3:02 Craft hits a jumper to push the lead out to 6.
3:30 Gomez's shot rolls in and out. Unlucky for the Wave. Southern Miss calls a timeout with 26 left on the shot clock.
4:55 Richard commits the loose-ball foul as Mayhane turned it over. One of two free throws for Craft. Richard ends up with the ball after the second free throw is no good. He outlets it to Sims who lays it in and appears to have been fouled. No call. Wave down 57-53.
5:57 Mayhane commits the shooting foul on Stephens. The first goes in and out. The 2nd is good. 56-51 Eagles.
A crucial possession game coming up for the Wave as they trail by 4 with six minutes left. Southern Miss has possession with 13 left on the shot clock.
7:05 Wheaton telegraphed that last pass and it was picked off by Wise. Wheaton commits the foul on Wise who was going in for the layup. Mayhane quickly back to the scorer's table to check in for Wheaton. Wise hits 1 of 2 free throws to make it a 4 point game.
7:44 Gomez grabs the miss by Louisme and lays it in to cut it to 1.
8:47 Sims misses his first three of the game but S. Miss turns the ball over out of bounds on the other end.
9:18 Wise drops it in high off glass to give S. Miss a 3 point lead. Dickerson calls timeout.
10:27 Stith commits the foul on Stephens who hits the layup. The free throw is long and Gomez comes up with it. Mayhane commits the turnover on the traveling violation.
10:49 Louisme hits the one handed hook to make it 49-48 Tulane
11:16 Bad foul by Wheaton as he committed the turnover right before. S. Miss in the bonus the rest of the way.
11:40 Gomez commits the foul on Wise. He hits both free throws to make it 48-47 Eagles
11:48 Louisme rolls in the jumper but is called for the offensive foul. The ball will go back to S. Miss after the official timeout. The Wave up to 61.5% from three point range.
12:26 Mayhane hits a three from the left wing to give Tulane the lead back, 47-46.
12:55 Wise hits a step back three pointer to give the Eagles the lead 46-44
13:36 Stephens hits the layup and is fouled by Stith. The three point play is not converted but Stephens rebounds his own miss and lays it back in. Wave up by 1, 44-43
14:55 Mayhane hits another three for the Wave to extend the lead out to 5. Wave shooting lights out tonight, up to 61% from the field and 7-12 from long distance.
15:38 Louisme drives the baseline and drops in a soft jumper. Wave up 2.
16:15 Richard hits the soft hook to tie it at 39 apiece.
16:51 Beasley hits a jumper to give S. Miss the lead by 2.
17:07 Richard hits another three to tie it up at 37. Richard is 3-4 so far.
17:26 Sims fouls Wise on the fastbreak to prevent the easy basket. Wise hits both and So. Miss has its biggest lead of the ball game at 3 points.
18:13 Louisme is fouled shooting a jumper and will have two free throws. Wave went 3-5 from the stripe in the first half. The first attempt is no good as is the second. Wave still up by 1, 34-33
18:50 Richard converts on a layup with the shot clock winding down to extend the lead out to three.
Southern Miss opens up in man-to-man for the first time this game it seems.
Sims leads all scorers with 15 points on 5-5 shooting, 3-3 from beyond the arc.
The Wave shot a blistering 57% from the field in the first half but still only have a 1 point cushion mainly due to 8 turnovers. If the Wave take care of the basketball in the second half, they should pull out the win.
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This team simply stopped doing all the things that made it successful early in the season, like free-throw shooting and rebounding. The UAB and UTEP losses may have been disheartening, but they still have plenty to play for, like seeding in the Conference USA tournament or even a 20-win season.
Just gotta move on. Good to see Richard emerging.
The early season start definitely had me thinking NCAA tourney. It was pretty easy to see the disappointment after the loss. Fortunately, we know that the Wave can play with all the teams aside from Memphis. It will take a miracle but we just have to get hot for 4 days in March.
What happened to Wheaton/Puckett/Stith? Those guys were playing so well earlier in the year. It's not a lost cause, but it would definitely be depressing if this team ends up a .500 club after the way it started the season.
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