HATTIESBURG, Mississippi (Ticker) -- Derrick Nix continued his
remarkable return from a kidney injury that cost him all of last
season, carrying 27 times for 201 yards and two touchdowns as
Southern Mississippi posted a 23-20 triumph over Illinois.
Nix posted the second-highest yardage total of his career and
sixth best in Southern Mississippi history. His 217-yeard
effort on November 21, 1998 is the third on the school's
all-time list.
Nix had a three-yard scoring run late in the first quarter and
broke free for a 50-yard scamper early in the fourth quarter to
give the Golden Eagles a 23-17 lead. He has 11 career 100-yard
games and needs six more to tie Ben Garry's school record.
Illinois (0-2) got a 41-year-old field goal from Peter
Christofilakos with just under 10 minutes left but could not
generate any offense down the stretch.
Southern Mississippi's Micky D'Angelo, building on a solid
effort in his first collegiate start last week, completed
14-of-26 passes for 171 yards and a touchdown. He has thrown
for 444 yards over his first two games.
Antoineo Harris had 31 carries for a career-high 162 yards for
Illinois, which also got a 70-yard punt return for a touchdown
by Eugene Wilson. But the defending Big Ten champions fell to
0-2 to start a season for the first time since going winless in
the 1997 season.
Southern Mississippi is 2-0 for the third time in four seasons.
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