Grambling takes on Southern Miss on 4-game slide

Grambling Tigers (3-5) at Southern Miss Golden Eagles (5-4)

Hattiesburg, Mississippi; Monday, 8 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Grambling heads into the matchup with Southern Miss as losers of four games in a row.

The Golden Eagles have gone 2-0 in home games. Southern Miss is sixth in the Sun Belt with 24.4 defensive rebounds per game led by Isaac Tavares averaging 5.4.

The Tigers have gone 1-5 away from home. Grambling ranks seventh in the SWAC with 8.0 offensive rebounds per game led by Randarius Jones averaging 1.9.

Southern Miss' average of 6.0 made 3-pointers per game is 1.1 fewer made shots on average than the 7.1 per game Grambling gives up. Grambling has shot at a 44.9% rate from the field this season, 3.3 percentage points above the 41.6% shooting opponents of Southern Miss have averaged.

TOP PERFORMERS: Curt Lewis averages 1.7 made 3-pointers per game for the Golden Eagles, scoring 6.7 points while shooting 40.5% from beyond the arc. Tavares is shooting 52.5% and averaging 16.6 points.

Antonio Munoz is averaging 12 points for the Tigers. Jimel Lane is averaging 10.3 points.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.