The South Alabama Jaguar men’s basketball team scored first and led 2-0 at the 19:10 mark of the 1st half. The Jags would never trail or or relinquish the lead to App State. South continued to score in the half building a 14 point lead of 40-26 at halftime. South would come out the second half and slowly in crease the lead to 25. At the 7:01 mark The Jags led 66-41. App State would get the lead down to 15 at 70-55 with 2:12 left. That’s as close as the Mountaineers would get. The final score the Jags beat App St at the Mitchell Center 74-57.
The Jags were led in scoring by…
Isaiah Moore- 16 points and 3 rebounds
Tyrell “Turbo” Jones- 15 points and 6 rebounds
Owen White- 14 points and 2 rebounds
Kevin Samuel- 8 points and 9 rebounds
The Jags shot 59.2% overall and 41.7% from behind the 3 point line. South Alabama had 28 rebounds and was a perfect 11-11 shooting free throws.
App State shot 37.7% overall and 22.2% from behind the 3 point line. The Mountaineers had 28 rebounds and shot free throws at a 70% clip. The Jags out scored the Mountaineers in the paint 42-34.
The Jags improve their record to 12-14 overall and 6-8 in the Sun Belt. South Alabama is sitting as the 10th seed right now with 4 conference games remaining. If the Jags can win the remaining conference games they could get as high as the 8th or 9th seed. Which is a better position than they were in earlier last week.
App State drops to 14-13 overall and 7-7 in conference play.
Next up for the Jags as they continue their home stand is the final out of conference game vs The University of Hartford. The Hawks are 5-20 on the year. The Jags will probably be the Hawks toughest test this season
