We’re almost to the end of the battle of the No. 8 and No. 9 seeds, as Kansas St. and Southern Miss are trading punches back-and-forth. At the time of this writing Junior Guard Rodney McGruder currently leads all scores with 30 points.

The game started off a little slow for Southern Miss as they opened the game on a dreadful 8% shooting slump, but have climbed out of that initial hole on the back of of LaShay Page who currently has 15 points.

Below are some images from the game:

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