Southern Miss plays Florida Atlantic following Stevenson's 21-point showing

Southern Miss Golden Eagles (6-15, 1-7 C-USA) at Florida Atlantic Owls (13-9, 6-3 C-USA)

Boca Raton, Florida; Saturday, 4 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Southern Miss visits the Florida Atlantic Owls after Tyler Stevenson scored 21 points in Southern Miss' 77-67 loss to the Florida International Panthers.

The Owls are 11-3 in home games. Florida Atlantic has a 0-3 record in games decided by less than 4 points.

The Golden Eagles are 1-7 against C-USA opponents. Southern Miss has a 3-12 record in games decided by at least 10 points.

The matchup Saturday is the first meeting of the season for the two teams in conference play.

TOP PERFORMERS: Alijah Martin is scoring 14.2 points per game with 5.9 rebounds and 1.5 assists for the Owls. Michael Forrest is averaging 9.8 points and 2.9 rebounds while shooting 37.9% over the past 10 games for Florida Atlantic.

Walyn Napper is averaging 4.7 points and 3.8 assists for the Golden Eagles. Stevenson is averaging 13.3 points over the last 10 games for Southern Miss.

LAST 10 GAMES: Owls: 6-4, averaging 73.3 points, 32.6 rebounds, 12.3 assists, 6.1 steals and 3.7 blocks per game while shooting 46.0% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 68.1 points per game.

Golden Eagles: 2-8, averaging 62.2 points, 28.9 rebounds, 12.4 assists, 4.0 steals and 2.4 blocks per game while shooting 42.9% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 74.8 points.

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