HUNTSVILLE, Ala. | South Alabama men's basketball (4-6) had their hottest shooting night of the season in a 78-71 victory over the Alabama A&M Bulldogs (3-6) Monday evening at the Alabama A&M Event Center.
Greg Parham II and
Jamar Franklin each shot 5-of-7 from beyond the arc, helping the Jags to shoot 45.2% from distance, their highest mark of the season.
Kevin Samuel led the Jaguars with 20 points and eight rebounds, going a perfect 9-of-9 from the field. He was joined in double-figures by Parham, Franklin and
Isaiah Moore (10 points), who recorded his 70
th career game with double-digit points.
GAME FACTS (HOW IT HAPPENED)
- The Jaguars began the game with a 7-0 run in the first 2:44, a pair of Kevin Samuel layups and a 3-pointer from Greg Parham II.
- Owen White made his first three-point attempt to extend the Jags' lead to 10, 12-2, at the 15:00 mark.
- South continued to build their lead, taking an 18-to-6 advantage to the under-12 media timeout.
- Freshman Jamar Franklin made back-to-back 3-pointers to give the Jags a 20-point lead at the 8:34 mark of the first half, 26-6.
- Alabama A&M made efforts at a comeback, but the Jags held them at bay for the rest of the first half, as they led by 16 at the break.
- The Jags continued to maintain their lead, staying ahead 50-31 with 17:00 to go.
- Alabama A&M went on an 18-to-9 run over the next four minutes to cut the lead to 10, 59-49, with 13 minutes to go.
- The Bulldogs cut the lead to single digits, 59-52, with 12:20 to go.
- After A&M cut the lead to two, a layup by Samuel followed by a corner-three from Isaiah Moore back-to-back with 9:45 to go kept the Bulldogs at bay.
- The Jags extended the lead back to double-digits, 72-61, with six minutes to go after a Samuel layup.
- South continued to keep the Bulldogs at bay, maintaining an 11-point lead with 3:30 to go.
- An alley-oop from Parham to Samuel with 1:30 left gave the Jags a 10-point lead again.
NOTES
- South Alabama led wire-to-wire.
- The 78 points is tied for the third-highest mark of the season for the Jags' offense.
- The Jaguars recorded a season-high 18 assists.
- Tyrell Jones set a new career-high with eight rebounds.
- This is Samuel's second 20-point game of the season and fourth of his career.
- He has recorded 8+ rebounds in 8-of-10 games this season.
- Moore scored 10 points, his 70th career game with double-digit scoring.
- The Jags shot 45.2% from beyond the arc, their highest 3-point percentage of the season.
- Parham and Franklin each made 5-of-7 3-pointers, tied for most 3-pointers by a Jaguar player this season.
- The Jags shot 14-31 from 3-point range. It is the most 3-pointers by a Jaguars team since 2/26/21, when the team made 15 against Georgia State.
- 14 3-pointers is also third-highest for a single game in program history.
- South Alabama is 2-0 this season when out-rebounding their opponent.
- The Jags improved to 4-2 when having a positive assist/turnover ratio.
- This was the first win of the season for the Jags when committing more turnovers than the opponent.
UP NEXT
The Jaguars return home after a month of road games to take on their fellow Mobile residents, the Spring Hill Badgers, on Monday, December 19. Tip-off is scheduled for 7 p.m. at the Mitchell Center.
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