MOBILE, Ala. | The South Alabama Jaguars (15-14, 8-8 Sun Belt) hit the road for their final two games of the regular season on a four-game winning streak.
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The Jags will first head west to Texas to take on the Texas State Bobcats (13-16, 6-10 SBC). South Alabama looks to even the season series against the Bobcats after Texas State won the first matchup this season at the Mitchell Center, 64-58.
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South then makes their way to Lafayette, La. to take on the Ragin' Cajuns (21-7, 11-5 SBC) Friday night on national television. Louisiana currently sits in fourth place in the Sun Belt rankings after losing three of their past four games.
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GAME INFORMATION vs. TEXAS STATE
Tip-off: Wednesday, Feb. 22 | 7:00 p.m. CST
Site: Strahan Arena | San Marcos, Texas
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THE SERIES
Texas State leads the overall series, 10-4. South Alabama is 0-5 in San Marcos.
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GAME INFORMATION vs. LOUISIANA
Tip-off: Friday, Feb. 24 | 8:00 p.m. CST
Site: Cajundome | Lafayette, La.
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THE SERIES
South Alabama leads the overall series, 31-29. The Jags have won four of the past six.
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NOTES
- South Alabama is ranked seventh in the Sun Belt before the final week of games.
- The current four-game winning-streak is the longest this season.
- This is the first time in Coach Riley's tenure that South Alabama has won two-straight conference games by 30+ points.
- Kevin Samuel is the Division I active career leader in rebounds with 1,301.
- He sits at #19 on the list of career rebounding leaders (since 1985).
- Samuel is averaging 2.5 blocks per game, tops among Sun Belt players.
- He has 371 career blocked shots, most among active players.
- Samuel's 371 blocks rank #27 on the list of career blocks leaders (Since 1985).
- 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.
- 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.Â
- 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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