Derrick Rose scored 23 points, including 11 in a 5-minute span of the second half, to help No. 2 Memphis pull away to a 76-67 victory over Southern Mississippi on Saturday.

The Tigers (28-1, 14-0) clinched their third consecutive Conference USA regular-season title with their 37th straight league win.

It was the second straight win for Memphis since its 66-62 loss to Tennessee last weekend cost the Tigers the No. 1 ranking with their first loss of the season.

The Tigers have been ranked either No. 1 or 2 for a school-record 13 straight weeks.

Chris Douglas-Roberts scored 22 points for Memphis, which struggled against Southern Miss (15-13, 7-7) almost from the beginning and led 34-31 at halftime after a quick spurt to take the lead in a back-and-forth game.

The Golden Eagles started the second half on a 12-4 run that gave them their biggest lead of the game. The highlight of the run came when R.L. Horton hit a 3-pointer, then was fouled by Willie Kemp on the right wing. Horton made the free throw to put Southern Miss ahead 43-37 with 15:04 left.

After scoring one point in the first half, Rose hit three 3-pointers, converted a three-point play and made six of seven free throws to clinch the win. His 3 with 5 minutes left made it 64-56 and Southern Miss would get no closer than three points the rest of the way.

Jeremy Wise led Southern Miss with 26 points, mostly on slashing drives to the basket. Craig Craft added 14 points for the Eagles and Sai’Quon Stone had 11.