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Southern Mississippi hires Ladner as basketball coach

HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) Southern Mississippi has hired Jay Ladner as its basketball coach.

Ladner has been the coach at Southeastern Louisiana the past five years and led the Lions to a Southland Conference regular-season title in 2018.

Ladner was an accomplished high school coach in Mississippi before moving into college coaching in 2012. He graduated from Southern Miss in 1988 and played on the school's NIT championship team in 1987.

Leaders
Points:	T. Griffin	13.8
Rebounds:	L. Harper-Baker	8.0
Assists:	T. Griffin	7.1
FG%:	C. Edwards	45.8%
FT%:	No qualifiers
3P%:	L. Draine	46.4%
Steals:	C. Edwards	2.1
Blocks:	L. Harper-Baker	1.3

AP Rankings
Rank	School	Rec
1	Duke	32-6
2	Virginia	35-3
3	North Carolina	29-7
4	Gonzaga	33-4
5	Michigan State	32-7
6	Tennessee	31-6
7	Kentucky	30-7
8	Michigan	30-7
9	Texas Tech	31-7
10	Florida State	29-8
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Coaches Rankings
Rank	School	Rec
1	Virginia	35-3
2	Texas Tech	31-7
3	Michigan State	32-7
4	Duke	32-6
5	Auburn	30-10
6	Gonzaga	33-4
7	Kentucky	30-7
8	Purdue	26-10
9	North Carolina	29-7
10	Tennessee	31-6
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Conference USA Standings
	Conference	Overall
	W-L	W-L
Old Dominion	13-5	26-9
Marshall	11-7	23-14
Southern Miss	11-7	20-13
Western Kentucky	11-7	20-14
UTSA	11-7	17-15
FIU	10-8	20-14
UAB	10-8	20-15
Louisiana Tech	9-9	20-13
North Texas	8-10	21-12
Florida Atlantic	8-10	17-16
Rice	8-10	13-19
Middle Tennessee	8-10	11-21
Charlotte	5-13	8-21
UTEP	3-15	8-21
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Offense (Rank)
Points:	72.5 (174)
Rebounds:	8.5 (294)
Assists:	16.8 (13)
FG%:	46.6% (57)
FT%:	65.6% (327)
3P%:	38.6% (14)

Defense (Rank)
Points:	65.4 (38)
Rebounds:	27.2 (46)
Assists:	12.4 (128)
FG%:	40.3% (30)
FT%:	64.8% (9)
3P%:	33.7% (150)