Game Notes

Game 2 • South Alabama Jaguars (1-0) at Texas Longhorns (1-0)
November 12, 2013 • 7 p.m. • Frank C. Erwin, Jr. Special Events Center (16,540) • Austin, Texas

THE COACHES
South Alabama
Matthew Graves (Butler, 1998)
Record at USA: 1-0 (1st year)
Overall Record: 1-0 (1st year)
Record vs. Texas: 0-0

Texas
Rick Barnes (Lenoir-Rhyne, 1977)
Record at UT: 359-155 (16th year)
Overall Record: 541-289 (27th year)

LAST GAME
South Alabama extended its win streak in home openers to 22 with a 74-58 victory over Detroit Friday. Texas held off Mercer 76-73.

NEXT GAME
The Jaguars start a four-game homestand Monday against William Carey. The Longhorns host Stephen F. Austin on Friday.

ON THE AIR
TV: Longhorn Network; Paul Sunderland (pxp), Reid Gettys (color)
Radio: 105.5 WNSP; Lee Shirvanian (pxp)
On the web: www.wnsp.com (audio)

RANKINGS (Final 2012-13)
USA: #154 RPI (RealTimeRPI), #193 Sagarin
UT: #116 RPI, #93 Sagarin

THE SERIES
Texas leads 3-1.

Current winning streak: Texas, Won 1
USA's last win in series: 67-66 (12/1/85)
Last meeting: Texas 95, South Alabama 74 (12/20/86)
USA's last win in Austin: N/A
Texas' last win in Austin: 95-74 (12/20/86)
USA's record in Austin: 0-2
USA's road streak: Lost 2
USA's longest winning / losing streak in series: 1 / 2

Notes: The two schools met twice in the 1970s and twice more in the 1980s but the last meeting came in 1986… The Longhorns won the first two meetings in 1972-73 (in Austin) and 1974-75 (in Mobile), but the Jaguars won the 1985-86 meeting 67-66 in Mobile… Texas has won the two meetings in Austin by an average of 17.5 points.

OPENING TIP
South Alabama is 1-6 in true road games in the state of Texas since the start of the 2007-08 season and 0-2 at Texas all-time. This is the first meeting between the two schools since Dec. 20, 1986.

Despite shooting 39.4 percent from the field before halftime, USA scored 45 points in the first half on Friday, the team's highest first-half point total since scoring 45 against Troy on Jan. 29, 2011.

The Jaguars held Detroit to just 28.9 percent shooting from the floor, the lowest by a USA opponent since March 6, 2010. The Titans went just 1-for-14 (7.1%) on 3-pointers, the lowest percentage by an opponent since Nov. 13, 2009.

After committing 24 turnovers in the exhibition win over Mobile, the Jaguars had only 15 in the season opener vs. Detroit, with just five coming from guards. The backcourt had all 11 of the team's assists and four of the five guards had a positive assist-to-turnover ratio.

Sophomore Barrington Stevens III made his first start since Jan. 31 and dished out a career-high four assists with just two turnovers. He also added eight points and three rebounds.

With 17 points, senior Antoine Allen led the Jaguars in scoring in a season opener for the second straight year. In USA's win at No. 25/24 Florida State to open the 2012-13 campaign, Allen came off the bench to hit 4 of 5 from 3-point land for 21 points. Against Detroit, he also went 4 of 5 from long range and converted five times in six attempts at the free throw line.

Detroit held senior Augustine Rubit to just nine points, his fewest in a season opener in his career. Rubit made just three of his 10 field goal attempts. He needs one point for the 1,400 mark and seven to pass Demetric Bennett for sixth place in USA history.

Rubit did grab 12 rebounds to become the seventh player in Sun Belt Conference history to grab 900 rebounds in a career. He enters Tuesday's contest with 903, eight shy of Otis Smith of Jacksonville for sixth place. Rubit moved from ninth to seventh in league history during the game.

Junior Mychal Ammons recorded a double-double in a season opener for the second consecutive season, scoring 13 points with a career-high 14 rebounds. He went 5-for-7 from the field, made his only 3-point attempt, and added two blocks. Ammons is one rebound short of doing it all three years as he totaled 15 points and nine rebounds at Mississippi State as a freshman in 2011-12.

Junior Dionte Ferguson made his first appearance since the 2011-12 season when he was a member of the Morehead State program. He sat out last season due to transfer rules but returned on Friday and blocked a team-best three shots in just 11 minutes of work.

Freshman Aakim Saintil was one of six newcomers to make their first collegiate appearance Friday and came off the bench to score 12 points. He dished out two assists with no turnovers and converted twice from 3-point land.