San Diego St. beats Southern Miss 66-51 in Diamond Head
HONOLULU (AP) Zylan Cheatham had 16 points and a career-high 13 rebounds to lead San Diego State over Southern Mississippi Thursday night in the Diamond Head Classic opening round.
Cheatham was 4 of 6 from the floor and made 8 of 9 free throws. Trey Kell added 11 points and five assists for the Aztecs (6-4), who have won two straight since snapping a three-game skid.
Raheem Watts had 14 points and Cortez Edwards added 13 for Southern Miss (3-7), which shot just 33 percent (19 of 57) from the field.
The Aztecs had a double-digit lead midway through the first half and led 36-20 at halftime. Southern Miss opened the second half on a 23-12 spurt, capped by Michael Ramey's 3-pointer, to pull to 48-43 with 12 minutes left but they didn't get closer.
San Diego State outrebounded Southern Miss 40-26.
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| Free Throw % |
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| Points | 0 | 0 |
| Field Goals | 0-0 (0.0%) | 0-0 (0.0%) |
| 3-Pointers | 0-0 (0.0%) | 0-0 (0.0%) |
| Free Throws | 0-0 (0.0%) | 0-0 (0.0%) |
| Total Rebounds | 0 | 0 |
| Offensive | 0 | 0 |
| Defensive | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 0 | 0 |
| Assists | 0 | 0 |
| Steals | 0 | 0 |
| Blocks | 0 | 0 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 0 |
| Fouls | 0 | 0 |
| Technicals | 0 | 0 |
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68.5 PPG | 39.4 RPG | 10.9 APG |
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63.0 PPG | 37.3 RPG | 12.1 APG |
| Starters | PTS | REB | AST | FG | 3PT | FT | PF | STL | BLK | TO | OREB | DREB |
| Starters | PTS | REB | AST | FG | 3PT | FT | PF | STL | BLK | TO | OREB | DREB |
| Bench | PTS | REB | AST | FG | 3PT | FT | PF | STL | BLK | TO | OREB | DREB |
| Starters | PTS | REB | AST | FG | 3PT | FT | PF | STL | BLK | TO | OREB | DREB |
| Starters | PTS | REB | AST | FG | 3PT | FT | PF | STL | BLK | TO | OREB | DREB |
| Bench | PTS | REB | AST | FG | 3PT | FT | PF | STL | BLK | TO | OREB | DREB |
