The University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics
UAB
Southern Miss
Arnold Leads Men's Basketball Past Southern Miss, 71-59
2/3/2001 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Feb. 3, 2001
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) - P.J. Arnold scored 23 points, including six 3-pointers as UAB gave Southern Mississippi its first home loss in a 71-59 win Saturday over the Golden Eagles.
UAB (12-9, 5-4 Conference USA) shot over 71 percent (10-of-14) from the field in the second half. The Blazers limited Southern Miss to 35.7 percent shooting from the floor in the game.
Southern Miss (16-5, 6-3) trailed most of the time, but they kept it close until late in the second half.
Brad Richardson led the Golden Eagles with 13 points and Pete Meneses had 11. Vandarel Jones added 10 points for Southern Miss.
LeAndrew Bass scored 14 and David Walker added 12 points for UAB. But it was Arnold and solid second-half shooting that made the difference.
Arnold scored 14 points in the first half to help the Blazers take a 33-25 lead at halftime.
Southern Miss shot just 29.6 percent in the first half.
The Golden Eagles improved their shooting in the second half, but UAB maintained the led the rest of the way.
The Blazers had 13 more rebounds than the Golden Eagles. Will Campbell led UAB in rebounding, pulling down 12.
