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Jaguar Basketball Closes Out It’s 2023 Class On A High Note

Jaguar basketball closes out the 2023 class on a high note. With the last scholarship Head Coach Richie Riley was able to grab a commitment from Isiah Gaiter.

Gaiter is a solid D2 transfer from Assumption University in Worcester Massachusetts. Standing 6-3 and 190 lbs, Gaiter was a first team All Conference player, from the Northeast 10 Conference by averaging 16 points and nearly 8 rebounds per game.

Gaiter has two years of eligibility remaining and is the fourth transfer the Jags have signed this year.

Other Signees And Transfers For The Jags

Freshman Signees

John Broom – SG 6-5 170 Jacksonville High School, Jacksonville AL

Ethan Kizer – SF 6-5 175 Metamora High School, Metamora IL

Smurf Milender – PG 5-11 160 Friendswood Texas

Transfers

Samuel Tabe- D2 Seton Hill from Beltsville Maryland

Maxwell Land- St Francis from Cincinnati OH two year’s remaining

Thomas Howell – PF 6-8 235 from ULM, St Mary’s High School Natchitoches La

The Jaguars were rumored to be going after local product, former McGill-Toolen High School star. and Arkansas transfer, Barry Dunning. Reportedly, Dunning was taking more time to decide on other offers. So Riley decided to move on to Gaiter.

The Jaguars have filled all 13 scholarships for the upcoming season.

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Jaguar Men’s Basketball Adds Transfers To Roster

Jaguar men’s basketball adds transfers to roster. As coach Riley looks to replace depth from last year.

South Alabama men’s basketball ended their 2022-2023 season in a 66-71 loss to Louisiana in the Sunbelt Conference Tournament. The Jaguars lost key players Isaiah Moore, Greg Parham, Kevin Samuel, Owen White and fan favorite Adam Sizemore to graduation. Dianne Smith and Tyler Shirley have chosen to enter the transfer portal.

The Jaguars have added three new transfers to the their roster for the upcoming season. South Alabama adds guards Samuel Tabe and Maxwell Land and forward Thomas Howell. All three will be eligible to play in the 2023-2024 season.

Samuel Tabe comes to the Jaguars by way of Seton Hill. Seton Hill is a division 2 school located in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. At Seton Hill, Tabe average 16.4 points a game and averaged 8.2 rebounds each game.

Maxwell Land transfer from Saint Francis University, averaged 12.8 points and 5.4 rebounds a game at Saint Francis. During 2022-2023 at Saint Francis, Land shot 36% from the three point line and was 76% in free-throws.

The Jaguars also picked up transfer Thomas Howell. Howell is no stranger to the Sunbelt Conference, coming from conference foe Louisiana-Monroe. Howell averaged 9.5 points and 8 rebounds a game this past season.

Both Land and Howell have two years of eligibility, while Tabe will have one year of eligibility. In addition to these recent transfers, the Jaguars have three high school signees: guards John Broom of Jacksonville High School (Jacksonville, AL), Smurf Millender of Clear Brook High School (Friendswood, TX) and forward Ethan Kiser of Metamora High School (Metamora, IL).

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Jaguar Women’s Basketball Introduced Its New Coach And Staff

Jaguar women’s basketball introduced its as new head coach and staff . Officially announced on April 5, 2023, Yolisha Jackson was hired to take over the women’s basketball program. Coach Jackson is no stranger to South Alabama. She was previously on the women’s basketball coaching staff from 2013-2020. Coach Jackson was an Assistant Coach & Recruiting Coordinator. During the 2019-2020 season she was the Assistant Head Coach. During her time at South Alabama, the Jags had two 20-win seasons and in the 2018-2019 season the program set a record of 25 wins. Coach Jackson was also instrumental in the development of Chynna Ellis who went on to become the Sunbelt Conference Defensive Player of Year in 2016 and 2018.

Coach Jackson was a Recruiting Coordinator Kennesaw State, Air Force, South Alabama, and South Florida. At South Florida Coach Jackson was also an Assistant Coach and during her time there, South Florida made three NCAA appearances. In 2021 Coach Jackson was highlighted by Sports Illustrated and Empower Onyx in the series 100 Influential Black Women in Sports. This series focused on Black women in all sports who were making an impact in their communities and who are vital in developing the future generation of leaders in the community. 

Coach Jackson has already started assembling her staff at South Alabama. Eryc Pittman was announced as an assistant coach on Coach Jackson’s staff. Coach Pittman spent two seasons at Austin Peay as an assistant coach. At Austin Peay, the Governors had a 37-25 record in two seasons and went to the Women’s Basketball Invitational in 2022. Coach Pittman was at Jacksonville State for six seasons where he coordinated scouting reports and recruiting. Before Jacksonville State, Coach Pittman was at Brewton-Parker College, Abbey College and was a Grad Assistant at Eastern Kentucky.

Jackson also added former Jag player and grad assistant Colby Davis. Davis spent the past two seasons at FAMU as an assistant coach.

Davis began her coaching career at Pearl River, where she was responsible for recruiting and film breakdowns, while developing guards and post players. Davis was a GA at South Alabama. In 2019-2020 she helped the Jaguars get the the Sun Belt Conference semifinals and Quarterfinals in 2020-2021.

At  the end of the  2022-2023 women’s basketball season, the Jags were 7-23 and the program has only one NCAA appearance in its history. Coach Jackson is ready to “raise the bar”.  She feels that the Jags have the talent to become successful, but says it is a “process” and will take time. The future looks bright for the Jaguars.

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Jaguar Basketball Falls Just Short In Sun Belt Conference Finals

Jaguar basketball falls just short in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament finals. The final score 71-66. The Jags played with a high amount energy and led for a good majority of the game. Isaiah Moore was lights out tonight. Owen White had a great look for the final shot of the game. White circle around a screen and stepped back from the 3 point line about 2 steps to create some space and received the pass. Owen fired off the three that looked like it was headed in, but instead it bounced around the rim and went out. Breaking the hearts of the players, the Jag fans in attendance and those watching at home.

The game started off the same way the past two games have. The Jags would come out scoring fast. South would lead 5-0 at the 18:26 mark of the first half. Louisiana would get it going offensively. Going on a 5-0 run getting the Jaguars lead down to two points, but the Jaguars would answer back with a run of their own. The Jaguars and the Ragin Cajuns would square off in an epic tournament battle. South would go up 6 points then Louisiana would come back getting ahead by 3 and the Jags would surge back in front. The Jaguars would lead 37-33 at halftime.

Isaiah Moore had 16 of the Jags 37 points at halftime.

The second half start off with more of the same. The Jags would increase the lead to 7 points, the score was 40-33 1:55 into the second half. Louisiana would get the lead again 47-46 with 12:36 left in the game. Fortunately the Jaguars would not fall behind by more than 6 for rest of the game. Unfortunately the Jags would never get the lead again. The Jags would scratch and claw and get the deficit to 1 point with 17 seconds left. Louisiana would push the lead to 3 points. That would set up South Alabama for the last shot with 13 seconds left. Owen White would inbound the ball to Isaiah Moore, who would work the ball down the court, and pass it to White for the three that fell just short. The Jaguars were forced to foul and that would wrap it up.

The Jaguars leading scorers were…

Isaiah Moore- 33 points and 1 rebound

Kevin Samuel- 12 points and 6 rebounds.

Tyrell “Turbo” Jones- 8 points and 10 rebounds.

Owen White was quiet tonight- 6 points and 4 rebounds.

Louisiana is a great team and should be given all of the credit. The Jaguars had their chances but they couldn’t capitalize on all of them.

South Alabama’s record falls to 19-16 overall. We will have to wait and see if the Jags get any kind of smaller post season tournament invites. Like the Basketball Classic from last year.

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Jaguar Basketball Is Just One Win Away From “Going Dancing”

Jaguar Basketball Is Just One basketball is just one win away from going dancing. The Jags beat James Madison by the final score of 75-65. That win puts South Alabama in the finals of the Sun Belt Conference Tournament on Monday. South Alabama is on fire at the right time of the season. The Jags won 8 out the last ten games to end the season and three straight in the tournament in convincing fashion.

The Jags got off to a great start (never trailing in the game) scoring 10 unanswered points to start the game. James Madison missed its first 5 shots and did not score until the 16:23 mark of the 1st half. The Dukes were able to take advantage of a scoring drought by South Alabama. At the 12:50 mark in the first half JMU got to within two points. The Jags led 12-10.

South Alabama would steadily push the lead back to eleven points. The score was 30-19 with 4:52 left in the 1st half. The Jags would lead by seven at halftime 38-30.

The Jaguar lead would stay around 7-10 in the second half. Thanks to key 3 point shooting again by Owen White and Greg Parham II. Jags win the final score 75-66.

South Alabama scoring leaders were…

Isaiah Moore- 18 points and 5 rebounds

Owen White- 17 points including 4-8 from the 3 point line, and three rebounds

Greg Parham II- 16 points including 2-4 from three point range, and 2 rebounds

Tyrell “Turbo” Jones- 10 points and 5 rebounds

Kevin Samuel- only 4 points but he had 12 rebounds and 2 blocked shots.

The Jags will play #2 seed Louisiana who beat #7 seed Georgia Southern to get to the semifinals. In the regular season the Jags went 0-2 versus Louisiana.

The win over JMU gave the Jags 19 wins on the season.

Next Game Up

The Sun Belt Conference Championship Game ESPN 2 @ 6pm Monday March 6th

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South Alabama Basketball Moves On To The Semifinals

South Alabama basketball moves on to the semifinals of the Sun Belt Conference Tournament, beating the number one seed Southern Miss. The final score 78-61. Owen White had himself a game, as the Jags took a one point deficit at halftime and turned it into a 17 point victory.

South Alabama started a little slow, getting on the board first (3-0) at the 18:35 mark.
grabbing a 6-0 lead before USM would get on the board. The Jaguars would trail by as much as 6 points (27-21) at the 2:54 mark of the 1st half. The Jags would answer back. Owen White would hit a big three pointer, to bring the Jaguars back to within a 1 point halftime deficit. The Jaguars trail 27-26.

As the second half gets going the Jaguars and Golden Eagles go back and forth. The Jags would grab a 5 point lead and Southern Miss would close the gap to 1. At the 8:47 mark Southern Miss took a two point lead with 8:47 left in the game. That would be the last time Southern Miss would lead. It was all Jags for the rest of the game.

South Alabama would build a steady lead of 19 with 2:07 remaining which included an 17-2 run by the Jaguars. They once again led by 19 with 58 seconds left in the game. The Jaguars would score 52 points in the second half to put the Golden Eagles away.

Despite the loss Southern Miss should still get an NIT bid. The Jags however would most likely have to win the tournament to advance to March Madness.

The Jags were led in scoring by…

Owen White- 23 points ( season high) including shooting 45% from the 3 point line, along with 6 rebounds.

Isaiah Moore- 17 points and 5 rebounds.

Kevin Samuel- 10 points and 5 rebounds.

South Alabama shot just 20% from the 3 point line in the 1st half. The second half however was a totally different story. The Jags would shoot 60% behind the 3 point line in the second half.

South Alabama’s record would improve to 18-15 overall. They move on to the Semifinals tomorrow versus James Madison at 5pm. James Madison moves on after beating the Jags other rival, Troy today in the 2nd quarterfinals game. The Jags beat JMU 63-62 earlier this season in a game played in Mobile. Kevin Samuel would block a last second layup to secure the Jaguar victory.

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Jaguar Basketball Defeats App State To Advance

Jaguar basketball defeats App State to advance to the third round of the Sun Belt Conference Tournament. The final score 74-64.

South Alabama would start the scoring off and build a 9 point advantage at the 14:19 mark of the first half, 14-5.

App State would battle back to take a 16-14 lead with 9:42 left in the 1st half. The Jags would trail by as much as 8 points with 1:24 left. The Jags would cut the deficit to three 37-34 at halftime.

South Alabama and App State would battle back and forth in the second half. The Jags would tie the game and work their way to a 7 point lead twice at 57-64, with 2:13 left in the game and again with eight seconds left.

The Jaguars were led in scoring by…

Isaiah Moore- 20 points and 5 rebounds

Owen White- 14 points and 4 rebounds

Kevin Samuel- The Sun Belt Conference Defensive Player of the Year had 12 points, 15 rebounds and a season high 6 blocks

South Alabama would shoot 48.2% from the field, and 39.1% from the three point line. The Jags improved their record to 17-15 overall and 9-9 in the Sun Belt Conference.

Next up

The Jaguars move on to the third round where they will play #1 seed Southern Miss, Saturday at 11:30. The Jags have played Southern Miss tough this year going 1-1 against them so far. The Jags lost a close game in Hattiesburg 76-72. The Jaguars hammered the Golden Eagles winning by 31 points in the second game, which was in the Mitchell Center. That final was 85-54.

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Jaguar Men’s Basketball Loses Final Regular Season Game

Jaguar men’s basketball lost for the first time in five games, at the Cajundome to Louisiana. The final score 74-64 in the final game of the regular season. Louisiana was a much more physical team. The Cajuns disrupted the flow of the Jags offense.

The first half was pretty much back and forth. Neither team would get out to a lead larger than 3 points, and the Jaguars would squeeze out a one point advantage at halftime.

The second half started off much of the same way, that the first half did. Louisiana would grab a four point lead of 49-45 at the 11:30 mark of the 2nd half. Slowly increasing their lead to 12 on numerous occasions. The final time was at the 4:18 mark of the second half. The Jaguars could only get the lead down to 6 points with 1:16 left in the game. The Cajuns would get the lead back up to 10 to end the game.

The Jaguars were led by…

Isaiah Moore- 22 points and one rebound.

Owen White- 15 points and 3 rebounds

Kevin Samuel- 9 points and 4 rebounds

The Jaguars record falls to 16-15 overall and 9-9 in the Sun Belt. The Jags were able to get up to the 8th seed and a first round bye, thanks to the previous 5 game winning streak. They will now face the 9th seed App State, in the second round on Thursday March 2nd at 11:30. The tournament is very winnable for South Alabama, The Jaguars beat App State 74-57 on February 11th. The winner of this game would await a rested number 1 seed Southern Miss. South Alabama is 1-1 this season vs USM losing by 4 points on the road 76-72, and winning at home versus the Golden Eagles by 31 points 85-54.

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Jaguar Women’s Basketball Wins On Senior Night.

Jaguar Women’s Basketball wins a hard fought battle with their rival Troy. The Jags were down one, the score 59-58 with 3 seconds left. Troy and the Jaguars would both take timeouts. South Alabama would have the ball as play resumed. Freshman sensation Kelsey Thompson would get the ball, and hit a jumper from outside the paint as time expired. Giving the Jags the victory as time expired over the Troy.

South Alabama get the scoring started early, on a three pointer by Casey Ferguson, ten seconds into the game. The Jags and Troy would go back and forth during the most of the first quarter. The Jaguars would eventually start to pull away at the end of quarter, going up by nine, scoring on Ferguson’s second chance jump shot in the paint with 5 seconds left. That would cap off an amazing run in the first quarter by Ferguson, scoring 14 points and 3 rebounds. The Jags led 25-16.

The momentum would be short lived as the second quarter moved along the Jaguars would become ice cold. South didn’t make their first goal until nearly halfway into the quarter. Kelsey Thompson would hit a pull up jumper at the 5:26 mark. Then, Thompson would hit a three pointer at the 4:52 mark to push the Jags lead to ten at 30-20. Unfortunately those 5 points are all the Jags would get for the entire quarter. Troy was able to trim the lead down to two, the Jaguars led 30-28 at the half.

Troy was able to outscore the Jaguars 19-14 to take a lead of 47-44 at the end of the third quarter.

The 4th quarter was more back and forth. Troy’s lead would get to seven points at 51-44, at the 8:43 mark. The Jaguars would go on a 7-0 run to tie the game at 51 apiece with 5:34 left in the game. Troy’s lead would get back up to 4 points, with 1:33 left before the Jaguars would cut the deficit to one with ten seconds left. That would lead to the exciting finish by Thompson.

The Jags were led by…

Kelsey Thompson- 22 points and 8 rebounds, recording her 13th double-figure game game this season and her 5th game with over 20 points on the season.

Casey Ferguson- 16 points and 7 rebounds. Casey had 14 of those poirter and made 4 three pointers throughout the game which were season highs.

Kiana Anderson – 6 points and 9 rebounds The 9 rebounds led the team for the 12th time this season.

With the win the Jaguars improved their record to 7-22 overall and 3-15 in the Sun Belt Conference. The win would also get the Jags out of last place in the standings, and up to the 13th seed for the Sun Belt tournament. The Jaguars will still have to win 5 straight games to move on, which, they have not been able to do all season. Anything can happen though, during tournament time.

Next up

The 13 seed Jaguars will play 12 seed Georgia State in the opening game of the first round of the Sun Belt Conference Tournament. Game time 11:30 on February 28th.
South lost to Georgia State in overtime of their last matchup. The winner of this game will face Old Dominion.






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Jaguar Basketball Stays Hot Versus Texas St.

South Alabama Jaguar basketball stays hot versus Texas St. defeating the Bobcats 76-67. The Jaguars have now won 5 straight with just one regular season game left.

The Jags, once again never trailed and the game was only tied twice.

The Jags would open the scoring up on a layup by Kevin Samuel at the 19:27 mark of the first half. Texas would tie it up on the next possession at 2-2. South would get another 2 points on a layup by Isaiah Moore. Texas St would tie it back up at 4-4 on the next possession at the 17:55 mark in the first half. The Jaguars would hold the lead the rest of the game.

The game went back and forth. South Alabama would slowly build on the lead. The Jaguars would increase the lead to around 5-7 points throughout the half. Only to have Texas St get the score back to within 1 point throughout the 1st half. The Jags would eventually lead at halftime 38-33.

South Alabama would increase the lead to double digits, for the first time of the evening at the 14:12 mark of the 2nd half. The score was 48-38. The lead would balloon to 15 points, Texas St would only be able to get as close as 9 points for the rest of the game.

South Alabama was led by…

Isaiah Moore- 22 points Moore has now led the Jags in scoring 20 times this season.
Owen White- 11 points including 3-4 from 3 point range.
Kevin Samuel- 10 points and 10 rebounds. Samuel is the active Division 1 career leader in rebounds 1,311.

Greg Parham – 10 points including 2- 5 from 3 point range.

South Alabama improves it record to 16-14 overall and 9-8 in the Sun Belt Conference. Which is good for the 7th seed right now.

Next up

The Jaguars play their final game of the regular season on the road in a nationally televised broadcast on ESPN 2 at Louisiana game time is 8pm. They