Davis, Brooks lead Southern Miss past Louisiana Tech 63-52
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Dwayne Davis and Jerrold Brooks both scored 13 points, Jonathan Mills added 10 points and eight rebounds, and Southern Mississippi beat Louisiana Tech 63-52 on Monday night in the second round of the NIT.
Southern Miss (27-9) led for nearly the entire game and by double-digits for much of the second half. Reserve Rashard McGill added 10 points.
Raheem Appleby scored 17 points to lead Louisiana Tech (27-7). The Bulldogs won 18 straight games earlier in the season, but lost four of their last five. Louisiana Tech shot just 19 of 54 (35.2 percent) from the field.
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Southern Miss advances to face BYU in the NIT quarterfinals on Wednesday.
Louisiana Tech beat Southern Miss 65-55 on Dec. 8 in a nonconference game. The two teams will be conference rivals next year when the Bulldogs join Conference USA.