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South Alabama Has a Dominate Performance Over Southern Miss


If you look up the word dominance in the dictionary, It says the definition is controlling power or influence over others. That is exactly what happened Thursday night at the Mitchell Center. The Jags exerted their dominance over Southern Miss winning by 31. The final 85-54. The 54 points scored were the lowest scored by Southern Miss this season.

South Alabama men’s basketball came into the night, not trailing in five of the past 6 games. Add one more game to that total after tonight. South struck first. Kevin Samuel got the opening tip and got the ball to Judah Brown who connected on a 3-pointer to give the Jags the lead at the 19:39 mark of the 1st half. South Alabama would not look back. South would steadily increase their lead to 15 at the half. 42-27.

The 2nd half was more of the same. The Jag lead would balloon to 34 with 18 seconds left in the game. The lead would drop to 31 after a 3 pointer to wrap up the scoring.

Southern Miss shot 40.4% for the game, and just 23.5% from 3 point range. The Golden Eagles record dropped to 23-5 on the year, and 12-3 in the Sun Belt Conference. Which is still good for first place in the conference. In an odd stat, all 5 of USM’s losses have come on the road.

The leading scorers for Southern Miss were…

Victor Hart- 10 points and 4 rebounds

Denijay Harris- 10 points and 2 rebounds

Austin Crowley- 9 points and 1 rebound

South Alabama shot 55.9% for the game and 40.6% from 3 point range. The Jags improved their record to 14-14 on the year and 7-8 in the conference. The Jaguars are now tied for the 9th seed in the conference tournament with Georgia Southern.

South Alabama was led by…

Isaiah Moore- 16 points and 2 rebounds

Jamar Franklin- 15 points 4 rebounds and 4-5 from 3 point range

Owen White- 14 points 5 rebounds and 4-13 from 3 point range.

Kevin Samuel- 12 points and 6 rebounds

Tyrell “Turbo” Jones- 10 points and 4 rebounds.

Judah Brown- 9 points 2 rebounds and 3-7 from 3 point range

Next up for South Alabama is the final home game of the regular season versus ULM, it will be senior day. Game time 3pm GO JAGS!!!

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South Alabama Jaguar Men’s Basketball Prepare for a Rivalry Game.

South Alabama versus Southern Miss has become a bigger rivalry this year with addition of USM into the Sun Belt Conference. On Thursday February 16th the rivalry continues. The Jaguars will welcome the Golden Eagles to the Mitchell Center at 7pm

This season, USM has been on fire. The Golden Eagles started off the season going 8-0, which included a win over the SEC’s Vanderbilt. Southern Miss has a current record of 23-4 overall and 12-2 in the conference, and have won 9 straight games.

All 4 of the losses by USM this season have come on the road. This will be the 48th meeting between the two teams. South Alabama trails in the series 27-20. That includes the Jaguars going 11-12 in those games in Mobile. The Jags were beat earlier this season in Hattiesburg 76-72. The Jags and Golden Eagles are tied 8 wins each in recent history.

The Jags are playing pretty good basketball right now. USA has not trailed in 5 of its last 6 games. The Jags are 13-14 overall and 6-8 in the Sun Belt Conference. The Jaguars have won 5 out of the last 6, and are 8-4 at home this season. Kevin Samuel is now the active career leader in rebounds with 1,291.

Southern Miss comes in led by…

Austin Crowley- 16.9 ppg

Felipe Haase- 15.2 ppg

DeAndre Pinckney- 13.9 ppg

USM is averaging 75.7 points per game. The Golden Eagles are shooting 46.5% overall and 32.5% from behind the 3 point line.

South Alabama is led by…

Isaiah Moore- 18.7 ppg

Kevin Samuel- 10.4 ppg

Tyrell “Turbo” Jones -10.0 ppg

The Jags are averaging 70.0 points per game. South is shooting 46.1% overall and 32.5% behind the 3 point line.

Thursday night’s game is announced to be a white out. Fans and students are encouraged to were white. Plenty of tickets are still available for the game.

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South Alabama wraps up the non conference schedule versus Hartford

The South Alabama Jaguars wrap up the non conference schedule beating the Hartford Hawks by the final of 77-53. This was the first ever match up between the Jaguars and the independent Hawks.

This game was a mismatch from the beginning. The Jags scored first, sixteen seconds into the game on a jumper in the paint by Kevin Samuel, and never looked back. The Hawks hit a three pointer at the 13:19 mark of the first half to get within 5 at 16-11. That is as close as the Hawks would get for the rest of the game.

South Alabama would build a steady lead. The Jags would lead by 11 at halftime the score was 38-27.

Both teams teams came out a little cold. The Jags didn’t score in the second half until the 18:24 mark. Hartford went scoreless for the first 4:35 of the 2nd half, hitting a three to cut the Jag lead to 17 at 46-29 . That score stopped a Jaguar 10-2 scoring run.

South Alabama would slowly increase the lead throughout the rest of the second half to twenty on two different occasions. The Jags would increase the lead to 25 points at 77-52 with 28 seconds left.

South Alabama’s leading scorer on the night were….

Isaiah Moore- with his usual 20 points and 2 rebounds

Greg Parham II- 13 points and 1 rebound

Kevin Samuel- 13 points and 10 rebounds Yet another double-double

And honorable mention and crowd favorite Adam Sizemore 3 points on a three pointer with 2 minutes of playing time.

The Jags shot 52.5% overall and 36.4% from 3 point land. Hartford shot 38.3% overall and 29.4% from behind the arc.

Game Notes:

Kevin Samuel had his 9th double-double this season.
The Jaguars had only 3 turnovers for the whole game.
Isaiah Moore scored 20 points for the 11th time this season.

Up next: Southern Miss comes to the Mitchell Center as the Jags continue their 4 game home stand. Southern Miss is the top team in the Sun Belt Conference. USM has an overall record of 23-4 and 12-2 in the Sun Belt. The Jags are in 10th place.

In the previous match-up on January 19th in Hattiesburg. Southern Miss had trouble with the Jags. The Golden Eagles used great shooting from the free throw line to beat the Jags by 4 points 76-72.

The Jags improve their overall record to 13-14 and 6-8 in the conference, with just 4 games remaining in the regular season.


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Jaguar men’s basketball beats App St. at the Mitchell Center

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

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South Alabama Men’s basketball to begin a big four game home stand

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The South Alabama men’s basketball team begins an extremely important four game home stand, starting Saturday 5 pm at the Mitchell Center. There is still uncertainty with the Jags season as far as seeding and where they could end up. As of today the Jags are tied with Texas St. for 10th place in the Sunbelt Conference. While the chance of the winning the regular season championship are at zero percent. They can however play for better seeding for the upcoming conference tournament.

The Jags have a tough game to start the home stand. App State is currently sitting in a four way tie for 5th place. The Mountaineers have an overall record of 14-12 and 7-6 in the Sunbelt. App St is lead by…

Donovan Gregory- 11.9 PPG and 4.1 RPG

Tyree Boykin- 11.6 PPG and 2.8 RPG

Terence Harcum- 11.0 PPG and 2.4 RPG

The Mountaineers as a team are averaging 70.9 points per game and giving up 63.5 PPG. App St is averaging 36.4 rebounds per game and shooting 33.4% from the three point line.

South Alabama is lead by….

Isaiah Moore- 18.8 PPG and 3.4 RPG

Kevin Samuel- 10.4 PPG and 9.3 RPG

Tyrell “Turbo” Jones- 9.9 PPG and 3.3 RPG

The Jags are averaging 69.6 points per game. Interestingly enough the Jags are giving up 66.9 points per game. That means that the Jags are playing in a lot of very close games. They are shooting 45.4 % as a team, 33.0 rebounds per game and 32.2 % behind the three point line.

The Jags only have 6 game’s remaining, 4 home games, and only 5 games left in conference play. So every game from here on out, is very important leading up to conference play. Like I stated before this home stand will be difficult it includes a game vs Southern Miss. The Golden Eagles are in first place in the Sunbelt Conference. They close out the home schedule vs ULM.

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South Alabama Men’s basketball wins at Arkansas State

South Alabama men’s basketball team is now on a two game winning streak. The Jaguars beat Arkansas St by the final of 82-62, picking up just their second road win of the season.

The game was never really in doubt. As the Jags took control of the game early and didn’t let up. There was only one tie in the game. Just, forty one seconds into the game the score was tied 2-2, after that the Jags never trailed.

South Alabama built a very comfortable lead in the 1st half, leading 44-30 at halftime. The Jaguars went into the half shooting 64% from the field and 62.5% from 3 point range. The Jags would continue to shoot 50% from the floor in the second half. They cooled off quite a bit behind the 3 point line shooting just 18% for the 2nd half.

The Jags would let Arkansas St cut the lead 9 at 44-35 with 18:19 left in the game. South Alabama would then slam the door on the Red Wolves, and extend the lead to 27 at 82-55 with 3:03 left in the game.

The Jags leading scorers were…

Isaiah Moore 23 points and 2 rebounds

Kevin Samuel 20 points and 7 rebounds

Owen White 11 points ( 9 from 3 point land ) and 4 rebounds

The Jaguars are playing for seeding in the Sunbelt Conference Tournament, with an overall record of 10-13 and 4-7 in conference play, are a 12 seed. If the Jags continue to win they could squeeze out a top 10 seed. That, is a very good possibility with seven conference games remaining. The Jags just need to continue to put the wins together and take care of their own business. There are still some tough games left. The Jaguars will continue their three game road trip by going to ULM Saturday, February 4th, and after that a rematch at Troy February 9th.

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South Alabama men’s basketball beats Troy

After yet another close loss on Thursday night. Coach Richie Riley challenged his team to show up and play for an entire game. The South Alabama men’s basketball team responded by beating their in-state rival Troy 77-60 at “The Mitch”. South Alabama led the entire game. Coach Riche Riley improves to 8-1 all time and 5-0 at home versus Troy.

Owen White got the Jags going tonight scoring the first five points of the game. Isaiah Moore then scored the next three. The Jags would get out to an 8-0 lead. The Jags would lead 37-25 at halftime. The lead would grow to 18 with 4 minutes to go. Then to 20 with 1:30 to go. South would score 46 points in the paint. The most against any D1 opponent this year.

The Jags were led by…

Isaiah Moore 23 points and 7 rebounds

Tyrell Jones 11 points and 3 rebounds

Kevin Samuel 10 points and 13 rebounds (6 offensive rebounds were a season high) 8th double double of the season

Troy was Lea by…

Christyon Eugene 17 points

Aamer Muhammad 10 points

South Alabama shot 52% from the floor and 46% from 3 point land Troy shot 41% from the floor and 3 point land.

The Jags improve their record to 9-13 overall and 3-7 in the Sun Belt Conference. South has gain a spot to 12th place in the Sun Belt. This win is exactly what the Jags needed to get some confidence and to right the ship.

The South Alabama men’s basketball team returns to play Thursday February 2nd at 7 pm in Jonesboro Arkansas to face Arkansas St. with the first of three straight road games.

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South Alabama men’s basketball takes on in-state rival Troy- Preview

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.

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South Alabama loses close game against Old Dominion

The men’s basketball game between South Alabama and Old Dominion was another close game with a familiar result. The Jags lose the game in the closing minute. The final at the Mitchell Center 66-64.

The Jaguars were down by nine, 43-34, close to five minutes into the 2nd half. South was able to get back into the game down by two with 11:35 left in the game. Old Dominion pushed the lead to six, with less than eight minutes to go. South would get back into the game again, finally grab the lead with 1:35 left in the game.

The lead changed hands 3 times in the final minute. The Jags had a chance to tie or win the game with 4 seconds left. Greg Parham II shot a the three pointer from about halfway between the top of the three point line and half court. The ball bounced off of the backboard, and the rim as time expired.

The Jaguars leading scorers were…

Isaiah Moore had 19 points and two rebounds

Greg Parham II scored 13 points and 2 rebounds

Tyrell “Turbo” Jones scored 11 points and 3 rebounds

South Alabama had 26 turnovers. The Jags were out scored in the paint. The South Alabama bench out scored ODU’s bench 28-24. There were five ties and 11 total lead changes in the game.

The loss drops the Jags record to 8-14 and 2-7 in the Sun Belt Conference. The Jags are currently in 13th place in the SBC with 10 games remaining. The next game for the South Alabama is on Saturday January 28th at “The Mitch” against in-state rival Troy at 3pm. If the Jags are going to make a run it needs to start Saturday.

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South Alabama Jaguars men’s basketball takes on Old Dominion

The South Alabama Jaguars mens basketball team returns home to start a two game home stand. The Jags return to ”The Mitch” Thursday January 26th to take on Old Dominion at 7pm.

Old Dominion, 3-5 in their return to the Sun Belt Conference and 11-9 overall, is averaging 68.0 points per game.

The Monarchs are led by Tyreek Scott-Grayson who is averaging 15 points, 5 rebounds, and just shy of 3 assists per game. As a team ODU is shooting 33.3% from 3 point land.

The Monarchs went 1-1 last week with a win over Georgia St 77-58 and a loss to App St 72-58.

The Jags come into the game with a 2-6 in the Sun Belt and 8-12 overall. South is averaging 69.4 points per game.

They are led by Isaiah Moores 17.9 ppg and Kevin Samuels who has 5 double doubles in the past 6 games.

The Jags are shooting 32.2% from 3 point land.

The Jags are 10-12 overall versus Old Dominion. Check out the link for a historical list of game results between these teams.

https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/play-index/matchup_finder.cgi?request=1&year_min=1950&year_max=2023&school_id=south-alabama&opp_id=old-dominion&comp_school=le&rank_school=ANY&comp_opp=le&rank_opp=ANY&game_type=A&game_month=&game_location=&game_result=&is_overtime=&order_by=date_game#stats

The Jags are currently 13th in the league standings. If the Jags are going to make a run, it needs to start with this game. There are only eleven games left. Ten of those remaining games are conference games.