Game 4 • South Alabama Jaguars (1-2) vs. Mobile Rams (4-4)
November 20, 2021 • 3:00 p.m. • Mitchell Center • Mobile, Ala.
 
THE COACHES
South Alabama
Richie Riley (Eastern Kentucky, 2005)
Record at USA: 55-41 (4th year)
Overall Record: 90-69 (6th year)
Record vs. Mobile (3-0)
 
Mobile    
Darnell Archey (Butler, 2003)
Record at Mobile: 24-28 (third year)
Overall Record:  Same
Record vs. South Alabama: 0-3
 
LAST GAME
South Alabama fell 73-68 at No. 14 Alabama on Tuesday. Mobile lost 78-77 to Faulkner in its conference opener.

NEXT GAME
South Alabama will face William Carey Monday night at 7 p.m. at the Mitchell Center.
 
ON THE AIR
TV: ESPN+; Garrett Greene (pxp)

RANKINGS (NET reflects end of 2020-21 season)
USA: #161 Sagarin, NET #203 (last year)
Mobile:  N/A Sagarin, NET N/A
 
THE SERIES
This is the eighth meeting between the two schools. South Alabama leads the series 7-0. Last season, South Alabama defeated Mobile 95-75 at the Mitchell Center.

NOTES
- The Jags are averaging 80.2 points per game in the seven contests against Mobile, while the Rams average 54.2 points per game in the series.
 
- The Rams' lineup features six players averaging double-digits in points through eight games this season.
 
- Mobile's head coach Darnell Archey was an assistant at South Alabama from 2013-18.
 
- South held No. 14 Alabama to its lowest point total of the season with 73 points, including a season-low 31 points in the first half.
 
- The Jags forced the Crimson Tide to turn it over a season-high 22 times on Tuesday night, including 14 in the first half. Alabama had been averaging 11 turnovers per game before the contest.
 
- The 22 turnovers forced were a season-high for South Alabama.
 
- USA held Alabama to season lows in points (73), field goal percentage (.443), three-point percentage (.259) and made three-pointers (7).
 
- South is currently in the top 3 in the Sun Belt in rebounds per game (44), three-point field-goal defense (.221), total field-goal percentage defense (.357) and free throw attempts (57).
 
- USA has four players — Charles Manning Jr. (15.0), Javon Franklin (13.7), Jay Jay Chandler (11.7) and Kayo Goncalves (11.3) — averaging double-digits in scoring this year.
 
- Franklin followed up his first career double-double with a second straight at No. 14 Alabama, posting 11 points and 11 rebounds. Franklin leads the Sun Belt with two double-doubles in three outings this season.  The last Jaguar to post two straight double-doubles was Josh Ajayi (1/6-1/9/20).
 
- Manning Jr. posted career-highs in points (23), rebounds (6) and assists (4) at Alabama on Tuesday.
 
- Goncalves ranks first in the Sun Belt with nine made three-pointers in the first three games of this season.
 
- South Alabama held AAC Preseason Player of the Year Tyson Etienne to four points on 1-of-10 shooting in last Saturday's loss to Wichita State. USA held Wichita State to 37 percent shooting (22-59).
 
- USA held Spring Hill to 0-for-15 shooting from three in the season opener. The Badgers were the first opponent to not make a three-pointer against the Jags since Louisiana went 0-for-6 on Jan. 3, 2002. The 15 attempted three-pointers without a make is the most for a South Alabama opponent dating back to 1990.
 
- The Jaguars are among the lowest percentage of minutes returning in the country for the 2021-22 season. USA brings back just 28.6 percent of minutes played from last season, which ranks as the eighth fewest in the NCAA. Only UT-Martin, Creighton, Missouri, Duquesne, Iowa State, Robert Morris and Boston College return fewer. Newcomers have accounted for 82.8 percent of the scoring in South Alabama's first three games. Eight of the top nine scorers for the Jags are newcomers.

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