National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Alabama 58, Southern Miss 55
When: 8:00 PM ET, Friday, December 4, 2015
Where: Reed Green Coliseum, Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Officials: # Kipp Kissinger, # Antinio Petty, # Doug Sirmons
Attendance: 3296
Where: Reed Green Coliseum, Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Officials: # Kipp Kissinger, # Antinio Petty, # Doug Sirmons
Attendance: 3296
Guard Retin Obasohan scored 20 points to help Alabama hold off Southern Miss 58-55 on Friday at Reed Green Coliseum in Hattiesburg, Miss.
Guard Arthur Edwards added 17 points for the Crimson Tide. Alabama won its third straight game and improved to 5-2 under first-year coach Avery Johnson.
Guard Khari Price scored 16 points and sophomore Eddie Davis III added 11 for the Golden Eagles (0-6).
After posting back-to-back wins over ranked opponents Notre Dame and Wichita State, the Crimson Tide struggled to shake Southern Miss.
Alabama trailed 43-41 before taking control with a 12-0 run on a pair of 3-pointer each by Obasohan and Edwards.
Price's 3-pointer got the Golden Eagles to within 58-55 with 15 seconds remaining and Alabama guard Dazon Ingram missed two free throws with nine seconds left. Southern Miss had a chance to tie, but guard Michael Ramey's 3-pointer with one second remaining was off the mark.
Top Game Performances
| Alabama | Southern Miss | |
| Retin Obasohan 20 | Scoring | Khari Price 16 |
| Dazon Ingram 4 | Assists | Eddie Davis 3 |
| Arthur Edwards 5 | Rebounds | Eddie Davis 8 |
| Retin Obasohan 7 | Free Throws Made | Keljin Blevins 1 |
| Retin Obasohan 3 | Steals | Robert Thomas 2 |
| Michael Kessens 2 | Blocks | N/A |
Team Stats Summary
| Team | Points | FG% | 3PM-3PA | FTM-FTA | Assists | Rebounds | Blocks | Steals | Turnovers |
| Alabama | 58 | 42.5 | 11-29 | 13-18 | 12 | 26 | 6 | 5 | 17 |
| Southern Miss | 55 | 36.2 | 11-29 | 2-4 | 12 | 27 | 0 | 6 | 16 |