South Alabama men’s basketball concludes its two game home stand Saturday January 28th at 3 pm, when Troy comes to “The Mitch”. The Jags are trying to snap a 4 game losing streak.
This will be the first of two games between the Jags and the Trojans this season. Last season the two teams split the series 1-1. The home teams won both games. South won 82-63 which is the largest margin of victory in the series. Troy won the rematch two days later at Troy 77-68. The Jags lead the overall series 26-12. That included a seven game win streak for the South, which Troy snapped in their last meeting.
This season the Jags are struggling. They have an overall record of 8-13, and are in 13th place right now in the Sun Belt Conference. They have a record of just 2-7 in conference play.
Troy sits at 13-5 overall and 5-4 in the SBC. They are lead by…
Zay Williams 11.5 ppg 6.4 rebounds per game and 35% 3 pt pct
Christyon Eugene 11.9 ppg 3.3 rebounds per game and 40% 3 pt pct
Aamer Muhammad 10.6 ppg 1.8 rebounds per game and 34% 3 pt pct
South Alabama is lead by…..
Isaiah Moore 18.0 ppg 3.1 rebounds per game and 23% 3pt pct
Kevin Samuel 10.8 ppg 9.3 rebounds per game Samuel is averaging nearly a double double per game
Greg Parham II 9.9 ppg 2.7 rebounds per game and 33% 3pt pct
Tyrell “Turbo” Jones 9.4 ppg 3.0 rebounds per game and 29% 3pt pct
There are only ten games left this season before the conference tournament starts. Troy is in a position to where they could potentially play themselves into a top 3 seed in the SBC Championship. The Jags need to get on a run, and win multiple games.starting with this game.
