1987–88 Southern Miss Golden Eagles basketball team

1987–88 Southern Miss Golden Eagles men's basketball
1987–88 Southern Miss Golden Eagles men's basketball
NIT, Second Round
Conference	Metro Conference
Record	19–11 (5–7 Metro)
Head coach	M. K. Turk (12th season);
Home arena	Reed Green Coliseum

1987–88 Metro Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Louisville †	9	–	3	.750	24	–	11	.686
Florida State	7	–	5	.583	19	–	11	.633
South Carolina	6	–	6	.500	19	–	10	.655
Virginia Tech	6	–	6	.500	19	–	10	.655
Memphis State	6	–	6	.500	20	–	12	.625
	5	–	7	.417	19	–	11	.633
Cincinnati	3	–	9	.250	11	–	17	.393

† 1988 Metro Conference tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll^[1]

The 1987–88 Southern Miss Golden Eagles basketball team represented University of Southern Mississippi in the 1987–88 college basketball season.

Roster

1987–88 Southern Miss Golden Eagles men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
F	Derreck Hamilton	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Sr	Mobile, Alabama
F	Randolph Keys	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Sr	Collins, Mississippi
G	Casey Fisher	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	—	Sr
F	John White	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	—	Sr
G	Randy Pettus	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	—	Jr
C	Willie Brown	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	—	Jr
F	Jurado Hinton	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	—	Jr
C	Roger Boyd	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	—	So
G	Darrin Chancellor	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	—	Fr
G	Jerome Jones	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	—	Fr
G	Jimmy Smith	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	—	Jr
F	Louis Bates	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	—	Fr
F	Allen Chapman	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	—	Jr
G	Jay Ladner	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	—	Jr	Hattiesburg, Mississippi
G	Charlie Sullivan	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	—	Fr
F	D. J. Bowe	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	—	Jr

Head coach

M. K. Turk

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Non-conference regular season
Dec 2, 1987*		McNeese State	W 107–74	1–0	Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Dec 15, 1987*		at Clemson	W 88–85	2–0	Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, South Carolina
Dec 17, 1987*		at Kansas State	W 71–69	3–0	Ahearn Field House (9,500) Manhattan, Kansas
Dec 19, 1987*		vs. North Texas State	W 83–80	4–0
Dec 22, 1987*		Jackson State	W 93–68	5–0	Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Dec 27, 1987*		vs. Southwest Missouri State First Tulsa Classic	W 89–82 ^OT	6–0	Tulsa Convention Center (7,725) Tulsa, Oklahoma
Dec 28, 1987*		at Tulsa First Tulsa Classic	L 81–82	6–1	Tulsa Convention Center Tulsa, Oklahoma
Metro Conference regular season
Jan 4, 1988		at Cincinnati	L 94–103	6–2 (0–1)	Cincinnati Gardens Cincinnati, Ohio
Jan 7, 1988*		UC Riverside	W 98–79	7–2	Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Jan 9, 1988		South Carolina	W 84–69	8–2 (1–1)	Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Jan 11, 1988*		Kansas State	W 91–89 ^OT	9–2	Reed Green Coliseum (7,512) Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Jan 14, 1988*		Arkansas State	W 81–71	10–2	Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Jan 16, 1988		Virginia Tech	W 127–102	11–2 (2–1)	Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Jan 18, 1988*		at South Alabama	W 61–55	12–2	Jaguar Gym Mobile, Alabama
Jan 21, 1988		Memphis State	W 107–96	13–2 (3–1)	Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Jan 23, 1988*		Chattanooga	W 98–84	14–2	Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Jan 28, 1988	No. 20	Louisville	W 95–92	15–2 (4–1)	Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Jan 30, 1988	No. 20	at South Carolina	L 78–97	15–3 (4–2)	Carolina Coliseum Columbia, South Carolina
Feb 6, 1988		at Virginia Tech	L 133–141 ^2OT	15–4 (4–3)	Cassell Coliseum Blacksburg, Virginia
Feb 10, 1988	No. 16	at Memphis State	L 97–113	15–5 (4–4)	Mid-South Coliseum Memphis, Tennessee
Feb 13, 1988		at Florida State	L 75–83	15–6 (4–5)	Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center (6,943) Tallahassee, Florida
Feb 16, 1988*		Southwestern Louisiana	W 100–86	16–6	Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Feb 22, 1988*	No. 18	at Northeast Louisiana	L 87–95	16–7	Fant–Ewing Coliseum Monroe, Louisiana
Feb 24, 1988	No. 18	at Louisville	L 84–94	16–8 (4–6)	Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky
Feb 27, 1988*	No. 18	at Southeastern Louisiana	W 85–70	17–8	Pride Roofing University Center Hammond, Louisiana
Mar 2, 1988		Cincinnati	W 104–85	18–8 (5–6)	Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Mar 5, 1988		Florida State	L 83–87	18–9 (5–7)	Reed Green Coliseum (8,095) Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Metro Conference tournament
Mar 11, 1988*	(6)	at (3) Memphis State Quarterfinals	L 84–97 ^OT	18–10	Mid-South Coliseum Memphis, Tennessee
NIT
Mar 18, 1988*		Clemson First Round	W 74–69	19–10	Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Mar 23, 1988*		at VCU Second Round	L 89–93	19–11	Richmond Coliseum Richmond, Virginia
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

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References

^ sports-reference.com 1987-88 Metropolitan Collegiate Athletic Conference Season Summary
^ "2019–20 Southern Miss Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). University of Southern Mississippi Athletics. Retrieved May 9, 2020.

[1] sports-reference.com 1987-88 Metropolitan Collegiate Athletic Conference Season Summary

[2] "2019–20 Southern Miss Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). University of Southern Mississippi Athletics. Retrieved May 9, 2020.

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