4* DOUBLE DIGIT BLOODBATH on Southern Miss -

Houston vs. Southern Miss, 01/12/2013 15:00 EDT, Score: 54 - 73

Point Spread: -12½/-110 Southern Miss

Sportsbook: TopBet

Result: Win

4* DOUBLE DIGIT BLOODBATH on Southern Miss -



Southern Miss started off Conference USA action with a bang, going down to Rice and winning by 23 points as 12 point favorites on Wednesday. They should be plenty of confident for this showdown with Houston as they now have shot 50% or better in six of their last seven games and are coming off a 69.6% performance Wednesday.



Houston has won seven straight games but they have played a laughable schedule to date. This will be the toughest team they have faced yet and will find it difficult to score against a Southern MIss defense that is allowing only 51.8 ppg at home on 35.7% shooting. The Cougars do shoot 39.5% from beyond the arc, but that number has dipped to 27.7% on the road and shouldn't get much better facing a Golden Eagle defense allowing opponents to make just 29.5% of their 3-point attempts.