MOBILE, Ala. | The South Alabama men's basketball team (8-10, 2-4 SBC) hits the road this week for another pair of Sun Belt matchups, as they take on the Southern Miss Golden Eagles (15-4, 4-2) on Thursday, followed by the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers (8-9, 2-4) on Saturday.
 
The Jaguars are looking to bounce back after suffering a three-point defeat to Louisiana on Saturday. Marshall Kearing got the start and scored a career-high 15 points against the Ragin' Cajuns, while Isaiah Moore added 21 points to continue his season-long streak of double-digit scoring outputs.
 
GAME INFORMATION at SOUTHERN MISS
Tip-off: Thursday, Jan. 19 | 7:00 p.m. CST
Site: Reed Green Coliseum | Hattiesburg, Miss.
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THE SERIES
Southern Miss leads the overall series, 26-20. In the last matchup on December 1, 2021, South Alabama defeated the Golden Eagles 85-55.
 
GAME INFORMATION at COASTAL CAROLINA
Tip-off: Saturday, Jan. 21 | 1:00 p.m. CST
Site: HTC Center | Conway, S.C.
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THE SERIES
Coastal leads the overall series, 9-7. The two teams beat each other with a last-second shot in the previous two matchups.
 
NOTES

• Kevin Samuel is the Division I active career leader in rebounds with 1,211.
• He is tied with former Tulsa player Michael Ruffin at #38 on the list of career rebounding leaders since 1985.
• Samuel is averaging 2.5 blocks per game, good for second among Sun Belt players.
• He has 345 career blocked shots, second-most among active players (KC Ndefo, Seton Hall, 349).
• Samuel's 345 blocks rank #48 on the list of career blocks leaders since 1985.
• Kevin Samuel is one of four players to be top-50 in both blocks and rebounds since 1985 – Tim Duncan, Shelden Williams and Shaquille O'Neal.
• He needs eight more blocks to enter the top-10 for most blocks in a single season in South Alabama history.
• Greg Parham II has one of the seven 30-point performances by a Sun Belt player this season (Carlos Curry [GS], Jordan Brown [Louisiana], Taevion Kinsey [Marshall], Austin Crowley [Southern Miss], Tyreek Scott-Grayson x2 [ODU]).
• Isaiah Moore was named the SBC Player of the Week on Nov. 29, the first Jaguar player to win the award this season.
• Moore led the Jaguars in scoring in seven straight games, reaching the 20-point threshold in four.
• His six 20-point outings are fourth-most among Sun Belt players.
• In the game against New Mexico, Isaiah Moore recorded 13 assists, tied for fourth-most in program history for a single game. It was also the first time a South Alabama player has recorded 10+ assists since 11/19/18.
• Owen White is one of 18 Division I college basketball players who are married.
• White set a new career-high with 4 steals against Arkansas State.
• He has made 195 3-pointers in his career.
• The win against Robert Morris was the first time two Jaguars have scored 20+ points in the same game this season (Moore & Samuel).
• South was picked to finish third in the Sun Belt preseason poll. The Jags finished fifth in the conference last year with a 9-7 record. 
• The Jaguars placed two players on the Preseason All-Sun Belt teams. Kevin Samuel was named to the first-team, and Greg Parham II was voted to the second team.

 
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