www.USAJaguars.com @WeAreSouth_MBB 2018-19 #BurnTheBoats SOUTH ALABAMA MEN’S BASKETBALL Game 3 • Chattanooga Mocs (2-1) at South Alabama Jaguars (1-1) November 16, 2018 • 7 p.m. • Mitchell Center (10,000) • Mobile, Ala. South Alabama Quick Facts THE COACHES 2018-19 Schedule School Name ........................University of South Alabama South Alabama Richie Riley (Eastern Kentucky, 2005) Date Opponent Result/Time Location ............................................................... Mobile, Ala. Record at USA: 1-1 (1st year) 11/6 at Auburn L 58-101 Founded ............................................................................1963 Overall Record: 36-29 (3rd year) Record vs. Chattanooga: 0-0 11/11 HUNTINGDON W 106-76 Enrollment .....................................................................16,699 11/16 CHATTANOOGA# 7 p.m. President ..........Dr. Tony G. Waldrop (North Carolina ‘74) Chattanooga Lamont Paris (Wooster, 1996) 11/17 JACKSONVILLE# 7 p.m. Athletics Director ....Dr. Joel Erdmann (S. Dakota St. ‘86) Record at UTC: 12-24 (2nd year) 11/19 SE MISSOURI STATE# 7 p.m. National Affi liation .....................................NCAA Division I Overall Record: Same 11/23 at Texas A&M 6:30 p.m. Conference .................................................................Sun Belt 11/28 at Southern Miss 7 p.m. Home Court .....................................Mitchell Center (5,520) LAST GAME 12/1 FLORIDA A&M 7 p.m. Nickname.....................................................................Jaguars South Alabama defeated Huntingdon Sunday 106-76. Chattanooga 12/5 at New Orleans 7 p.m. School Colors .......................................Blue, Red and White downed Cumberland 92-61 on Tuesday. 12/8 TULANE 3 p.m. 12/19 ALABAMA A&M 7 p.m. • Coaching Staff • NEXT GAME 12/20 MOBILE 7 p.m. Head Coach ..........................................................Richie Riley The Jaguars start the Goldie and Herman Ungar Classic Friday against Chattanooga. The Hawks travel to Berry on Tuesday. 12/29 RICHMOND 3 p.m. Alma Mater .....................................Eastern Kentucky, 2005 1/3 APPALACHIAN STATE 7 p.m. Record at South Alabama ..............................1-1 (1st year) ON THE AIR 1/5 COASTAL CAROLINA 3 p.m. Career Record ..............................................36-29 (3rd year) Radio: 99.5 FM The Jag; Steve Goldberg (pxp) 1/10 at Arkansas State 7 p.m. Men’s Basketball Offi ce Phone .................(251) 460-6104 On the web: 995thejag.com/listen (audio); JagNationTV.com (video) 1/12 at Little Rock 3 p.m. Best Time of Day to Reach .................Weekday mornings 1/17 GEORGIA STATE 7 p.m. Assistant Coach .............................................Adam Howard RANKINGS through Nov. 14) 1/19 GEORGIA SOUTHERN 3 p.m. Alma Mater ...................................Western Kentucky, 2008 USA: #67 RPI, #276 Sagarin 1/24 at Louisiana 7 p.m. Assistant Coach .......................................Amorrow Morgan UTC: #105 RPI, #221 Sagarin Alma Mater ................................................Idaho State, 2012 1/26 at ULM 2 p.m. Assistant Coach .............................................Nima Omidvar THE SERIES 2/2 TROY 5 p.m. Alma Mater ...................................................Maryland, 2008 Tied 1-1. 2/7 ARKANSAS STATE 7 p.m. Director of Basketball Operations ..................Tyler Parker 2/9 LITTLE ROCK 3 p.m. Current winning streak: USA, 1 win Alma Mater .....................................................Faulkner, 2012 2/13 at Georgia Southern 6 p.m. CST UTC’s last win in series: 85-69 (12/30/93) in Chattanooga Assistant Athletic Trainer .........................Matthew Brown 2/15 at Georgia State 6 p.m. CST Last meeting: South Alabama 84, Chattanooga 67 (11/25/07) 2/23 at Troy 4:15 p.m. USA’s last win at the Mitchell Center: N/A • Strategic Communications • 2/28 UT ARLINGTON 7 p.m. UTC’s last win at the Mitchell Center: N/A Assistant Athletic Director ..........................Brian Fremund 3/2 TEXAS STATE 7 p.m. USA’s record at the Mitchell Center: 0-0 Offi ce ..............................................................(251) 414-8032 3/7 at Coastal Carolina 6 p.m. CST USA’s home streak: N/A Email [email protected] 3/9 at Appalachian State 1 p.m. CST USA’s longest winning / losing streak in series: 1 / 1 Asst. Strategic Comm./MBB Contact ........ Matt Horne 3/14-17 at Sun Belt Tournament@ TBA Offi ce ..............................................................(251) 414-8184 * Sun Belt Conference game Notes: Neither of the fi rst two meetings took place in Mobile — the Email [email protected] # Goldie and Herman Ungar Classic, Mobile, Ala. Mocs won the fi rst game in Chattanooga in 1993, and the Jaguars won Strategic Communications Fax.................(251) 460-7297 @ Sun Belt Tournament, New Orleans, La. the second in Anaheim at the Anaheim Classic. Press Row Phone ..........................................(251) 460-7418 Strategic Comm. Mailing Address ..... 5950 Old Shell Rd. Quick Hits Mitchell Center Room 1209 Record: 1-1 Mobile, AL 36688 vs. non-conf: 1-1 / vs. Sun Belt: 0-0 Streak: Won 1 • Basketball History • Last 5 / 10 / 15 games: 1-4 / 3-7 / 5-10 First Year of Basketball .............................................1968-69 Longest winning / losing streak: 1 / 1 Overall All-Time Record ...........................................804-638 All-Time Sun Belt Conference Record ..................349-299 NCAA Tournament Appearances/Last ...................8/2008 SOUTH ALABAMA ATAGLANCE NIT Tournament Appearances/Last ........................4/2007 No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. MPG PPG RPG Notes Sun Belt Tournament titles .........1980, 1989, 1991, 1997 1998, 2006 0 Kory Holden G 6-2 185 Gr. - - - Scored 10 points (6-8 FTs) off the bench vs. Tuskegee 1 Herb McGee G 6-2 195 Jr. 28.0 6.0 3.5 11 points, 3 3-pointers vs. Huntingdon Communications Contacts 3 Kevin Morris F 6-8 248 Jr. 17.0 4.5 5.5 9 points (3-4 FGs), 5 rebounds at Auburn South Alabama 12 R.J. Kelly F 6-7 205 So. 24.0 7.0 4.5 14 points, 9 rebounds, career-high 4 blocks vs. Huntingdon Matt Horne ([email protected]) 14 Rodrick Sikes G 6-2 170 Sr. 27.5 17.0 1.0 Scored 20 of 25 pts at Auburn in 1st half (251) 414-8184 (offi ce) 25 Jordan Andrews G 6-5 180 Jr. 22.0 11.0 4.0 18 points, 4-5 on 3s vs. Huntingdon (912) 536-5806 (cell) 30 Abdul Dial G 6-3 200 Jr. 15.5 12.5 4.0 Career-high 23 points, 6 rebounds in 1st career start vs. Huntingdon Chattanooga 33 Josh Ajayi F 6-7 245 Jr. 23.0 11.0 6.5 12 points (6-6 FTs) and 9 rebounds vs. Huntingdon Jim Horten ([email protected]) 42 Trhae Mitchell F 6-6 195 Jr. 30.5 11.0 2.5 1st career double-double (15 pts, 10 asts) vs. Huntingdon (423) 425-2350 (offi ce) 50 John Pettway G 6-2 193 So. 12.5 2.0 0.5 4 points (2-2 FGs) vs. Huntingdon (423) 645-8733 (cell) Probable starters highlighted PREVIEWING THE WEEKEND Head coach Richie Riley on the Goldie and Herman Ungar Classic • OPENING TIP On the weekend: “It’s going to be a challenging weekend. There are three good teams • This weekend’s tournament is named after long-time basketball supporters Goldie and Herman Ungar. coming in here. We’re excited to get to play again. It feels like the games have been The Heart of Gold Award, named after Goldie, is given each year to the player who best represents tireless really spread out because we’ve practiced so many times. We’re treating this just like a eff ort, deep desire and total dedication during practice and competition. tournament; I think that’s a good way to handle things like this. Even though it’s a round • The last time South Alabama had back-to-back games with at least one team scoring 100 points was robin, we’re treating it like a tournament. Friday night against Chattanooga will be a 1994-95. heck of a challenge for our team. They do a lot of things that make them tough to play • The Jaguars’ point diff erential (48) between the fi rst two games is the largest since 2002-03 when they against. We’re going to try and win and advance; we’re trying to win a championship on scored 123 against William Carey and 61 their next time out vs. New Orleans. Monday and in order to do that, you have to win one game at a time.” • USA’s 106 points marked the program’s fi rst 100-point game since defeating Appalachian State 104-95 on Jan. 8, 2015, and are its most since putting up 123 on William Carey on Feb. 25, 2003. The App State : “I don’t think we’re all the way fi xed; I wish On fi xing issues in the Huntingdon game contest was also the last time South Alabama had six players in double-digit points. that we were, but we’re moving in the right direction. Any time you inherit a team that • The team also dished out 24 assists, which is the most since recording 26 vs. Florida Atlantic on Feb. 14, have gone through some of the struggles like they have in terms of wins and losses, 2009. Eight of the nine Jaguars in uniform had at least two, and Trhae Mitchell set a career high with 10. you’re trying to fi gure out how to win. You’re trying to help them learn the things that go into winning. We’re defi nitely a work in progress right now but we’re making some • Mitchell’s assist total was the most by a Jaguar since Daon Merritt had 13 vs. Troy on Feb. 10, 2008. strides. All you can ask for in the second week of November is that you continue to trend • Mitchell also had 15 points on 5-of-6 shooting, blocked a career-high-tying four shots and had two upward and that’s what we’re doing. This weekend is going to be a really good measur- steals.