MOBILE, Ala. – Five players finished in double figures as the South Alabama men's basketball team dominated Buffalo wire-to-wire Saturday evening, winning 81-69 at the Mitchell Center. The Jags went undefeated on the year in MAC-SBC Challenge matchups, improving to 17-7, while Buffalo fell to 14-10 on the season. 

• South Alabama shot lights out the entire night, hitting 52.8 percent of its attempts while also hitting 10 three-pointers. 

• Adam Olsen led the way for the Jags, recording his 11th 20-point game of the season with 23 points on 6-of-11 shooting from the field with four three pointers and three steals. 

• Jayden Cooper continues to stay red hot, scoring 16 points while also finishing with four rebounds and three assists. Chaze Harris joined in on the party finishing with 14 points, four assists and three rebounds. 

• Randy Brady added a season-high 12 points and five rebounds, while JJ Wheat scored 10 points and four assists. 

• The Jags controlled the paint the entire night, outsourcing Buffalo 34-10 in the paint, forcing the Bulls to attempt 46 three-pointers. 

• South Alabama played with incredible pace the entire night, swiping nine steals for 11 fastbreak points to Buffalo's two. 

Key Moments

• Buffalo scored on its first two possessions, but South Alabama answered with a quick 9–0 run over the next three minutes to take control early.

• Back-to-back steals by Jayden Cooper and Adam Olsen led to transition layups that stretched the Jaguars' lead to six midway through the opening period.

• Adam Olsen knocked down consecutive three-pointers at the 12-minute mark of the first half, sparking a run that pushed the margin to double digits (17-5).

• South Alabama held Buffalo without a field goal for more than four minutes late in the first half, building a 16-point halftime advantage.

• The Jaguars opened the second half with a pair of baskets in the paint to quickly extend the lead past 20.

• A 12–2 run midway through the second half, fueled by points off turnovers and a transition dunk, pushed the lead to its largest margin of 30.

• Buffalo connected on multiple threes late to trim the deficit, but South Alabama answered with stops and free throws to close out the win

Quotable 

Head Coach Richie Riley 

"To come out of here with a win makes me proud.  We played really well for the majority of the game and they started pressing and playing crazy once we got up 30. We made some really undisciplined plays, but I'm proud of the segments that we had throughout that game. We'll learn from that last seven to eight minutes and get better to start back up conference play. I think we can play at another level and do better than we are now. I don't think we've played our absolute best yet. Like today, we had some segments where we were playing as good as we played all year, but then we had lulls where we didn't do it. We've got to build on the consistency."

Up Next 

South Alabama gears up for its final road trip of the season as they head to Hattiesburg to take on Southern Miss on Feb.12 at 7:30 p.m. CT. 

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