Southern Miss tops Louisiana 82-71 with win streaks on line

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HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) — DeAndre Pinckney scored 22 points and Southern Mississippi beat Louisiana 82-71 for its eighth straight victory on Thursday night.

Pinckney added six rebounds for the Golden Eagles (22-4, 11-2 Sun Belt Conference), who snapped Louisiana’s 10-game win streak. Neftali Alvarez and Felipe Haase scored 17 points apiece.

Jordan Brown led the Ragin’ Cajuns (20-5, 10-3) with 25 points and eight rebounds. Themus Fulks added 19 points and four assists, while Kentrell Garnett scored eight.

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Both teams play on Saturday. Southern Miss hosts UL Monroe, while Louisiana travels to play Troy.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.