Sports

HATTIESBURG – The Southern Miss men’s basketball team got off to a quick start and never looked back, defeating Louisiana Tech, 78-62, Saturday night at Reed Green Coliseum. Maurice Bolden led the Golden Eagles (7-2) […]

OXFORD – (AP) Hugh Freeze choked up less than a minute after being introduced as Mississippi’s new football coach, acknowledging his wife and three daughters sitting on the stage behind him. “I’ve taken them all […]

div style=”float: left;”> JACKSON – (AP) Quarterback Ben Hickman threw two touchdown passes and Picayune rushed for 314 yards as the Maroon Tide beat Starkville 38-21 to capture the Class 5A title at Veterans Memorial […]

Associated Press STARKVILLE – Arnett Moultrie had 21 points and 13 rebounds for his fourth double-double of the season and No. 21 Mississippi State pulled away from West Virginia for a 75-62 victory on Saturday […]

Associated Press JACKSON – Once a walk-on, Southern Mississippi quarterback Austin Davis has been recognized as Mississippi’s top college football player. Davis won the 2011 Conerly Trophy Presented by C Spire Wireless at the Mississippi […]

The Associated Press STARKVILLE – Mississippi State quarterback Chris Relf took the first snap and barreled past would-be Mississippi tacklers for 12 yards. Then he took the second snap and darted through a gigantic hole, rushing […]

From The Mississippi Link Newswire JACKSON – Kelsey Howard scored 20 points and Christian Williams added 19 as Jackson State held off Concordia (Ala.) in a 73-63 win on Sunday night. This was their first win […]

The Associated Press OXFORD – Every time it appears Mississippi’s miserable season can’t get any worse, the Rebels find a way to make it happen. The latest embarrassment was Saturday, when No. 1 LSU crushed […]

Associated Press LORMAN – Melvin Spears has a “50-50” chance of returning as coach at Alcorn State next season, school president Christopher Brown said Monday, placing the spotlight of this week’s Capital City Classic on […]

The Associated Press STARKVILLE – Arnett Moultrie scored a career-high 28 points and grabbed 13 rebounds for his second double-double in three games and Mississippi State cruised to an 80-65 victory over South Alabama on […]