Final Score: Southern Miss 51, VCU 39

Location: Hattiesburg, Miss.

Records: VCU (3-4), Southern Miss (6-1)

The Short Story: With VCU leading 37-36 at the start of the fourth quarter, Southern Miss went on a 15-2 run to close the game.

QUICK FACTS

• Tera Reed scored a team-high 12 points and added four assists.
• Madison Hattix-Covington had eight points and three rebounds for VCU.
• VCU shot 23.5 percent from the floor while Southern Miss shot just 28.9 percent.
• The Golden Eagles went 24-of-30 from the free throw line while VCU went 13-of-18.
• Shonte Hailes scored a game-high 15 points for Southern Miss along with five rebounds.
• Danielle Hammond and Tera Reed were named to the All-Lady Eagle Thanksgiving Classic Team.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Trailing 4-2 with 6:20 left in the first quarter, VCU went on a 10-0 run to take a 12-4 lead at the end of the first quarter. The run was capped off by a Tera Reed jumper.
• VCU held Southern Miss to just 1-of-14 from the floor during the first quarter.
• The Lady Eagles used free throw shooting to cut VCU's lead to 14-13 with 6:07 left before halftime but a quick 9-2 run put VCU up 23-15. The Rams led 25-20 at the half.
• VCU's defense held Southern Miss to just 3-of-20 from the floor in the first half but the Lady Eagles went 14-of-16 from the free throw line.
• After a back-and-forth third quarter, the Rams led 37-36 heading in the fourth quarter.
• VCU was outscored 15-2 in the final period by Southern Miss.

WHAT'S NEXT

VCU hosts Cincinnati at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 5 at the Stuart C. Siegel Center.