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Wednesday's Starting Five

The Golden Eagles pounded out 12 hits on Tuesday night.

The Golden Eagles pounded out 12 hits on Tuesday night. Photo by Southern Miss

Golden Eagles hold off Bulldogs. … Tougaloo is on the big stage tonight. … MSU's Justin Varnado is a center of attention. … Majors climbing.

College baseball: Southern Miss 10, Mississippi State 7. The Golden Eagles jump out to a 10-1 lead, then hang on to beat the Bulldogs.

Men's college basketball: Tougaloo plays in first round of the NAIA National Championship tonight. . The Bulldogs will face Fresno Pacific (8:45 p.m., Kansas City, Mo.)

Men's college basketball: Washington wary of Mississippi State's Jarvis Varnado. Newsday is fired up about the prospect of an MSU-Connecticut block party. And Bulldogs coach Rick Stansbury can talk the talk.

College baseball: Millsaps climbs to No. 6 in the D3baseball.com poll. You can't stop the Majors, you can only hope to contain them.

Men's college basketball: NCAA Tournament, Morehead State 58, Alabama State 43. The team that foiled Jackson State's NCAA plans loses in ridiculous play-in game.

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