Former Dayton Flyers guard Khari Price back in action at Southern Miss

Kendall Pollard, Kyle Davis and Scoochie Smith aren’t the only members of Dayton’s Elite Eight team still playing college basketball.

Khari Price, who started all 37 games at point guard for the Dayton Flyers in 2013-14, made his season debut Jan. 5 for Southern Mississippi after missing the first 13 games with a knee injury. Price, a fifth-year senior guard, transferred to Southern Miss after his sophomore season, saying he wanted to be closer to his family in Slidell, La.

Price sat out the 2014-15 season as a transfer. Last season, he averaged 9.6 points and 4.5 assists. The Eagles finished 8-21.

Khari Price making his return tonight for Southern Miss #SMTTT pic.twitter.com/l8kHEG0SYu
— Zac Chamblee (@zacimpactsports) January 6, 2017

Price battled tendinitis in his knees throughout his final season at UD and when he came out of games was often on the bench with heating pads on both knees. Last October, he had knee surgery and watched his team get off to a 3-10 start without him. The Eagles are 2-0 since he returned to the lineup. Price has averaged 10.5 points and 3.5 assists.

"I have a passion and true love for this game," Price told WDAM-TV in Mississippi. "And not being able to play, and seeing my brothers go through the pain of the losses, the losing streak, it hurt me, like it hurt them. I just wanted to come back and help them get a win, and we did that."

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