Game 23 • South Alabama Jaguars (11-8) (5-5) at Georgia State (8-4) (2-3) • 2 p.m. (EST) February 9, 2021 • GSU Sports Arena (3,854) • Atlanta, Ga. USAJaguars.com 2020-21 @WeAreSouth_MBB SOUTH ALABAMA #BurnTheBoats MEN’S BASKETBALL Game 30 • Louisiana (16-8) (10-7) vs. South Alabama Jaguars (17-10) (10-7) • 5 p.m. March 6, 2021 • Hartsell Arena • Pensacola, Fla. South Alabama Quick Facts THE COACHES 2020-21 Schedule (Eastern Kentucky, 2005) School Name .......................................University of South Alabama South Alabama Richie Riley Date Opponent Result/Time Location .......................................................................Mobile, Ala. Record at USA: 54-38 (3rd year) 11/25 Florida Atlantic# W 68-66 Founded ................................................................................ 1963 Overall Record: 89-66 (5th year) 11/27 Mobile# W 95-75 Enrollment ......................................................................... 14,224 11/29 Jacksonville State# L 73-77 President .......................... Dr. Tony G. Waldrop (North Carolina ‘74) Record vs. Louisiana: 3-2 12/1 Emmanuel (Ga.) W 86-47 Athletics Director .....................Dr. Joel Erdmann (S. Dakota St. ‘86) 12/4 at Auburn L 90-81 National Affiliation ................................................. NCAA Division I Louisiana Bob Marlin (Mississippi State, 1981) 12/8 William Carey W 80-67 Conference ........................................................................Sun Belt Record at Louisiana: 204-151 (11th year) 12/12 at Southern Miss W 76-75 Home Court ...............................................Mitchell Center (10,000) 12/16 Flagler (Fla.) W 103-81 Nickname ...........................................................................Jaguars Overall Record: 429-282 (23rd year) 12/19 at Alabama A&M L 2OT 90-93 School Colors ...................................................Blue, Red and White 1/1 at Georgia Southern* W 88-59 ON THE AIR 1/2 at Georgia Southern* L 49-62 • Coaching Staff • Radio: Sports Talk 99.5: J.T. Crabtree (pxp) Joe McNulty (color) 1/8 at Coastal Carolina* L 65-78 Head Coach .................................................................. Richie Riley 1/9 at Coastal Carolina* L 69-83 Alma Mater ................................................Eastern Kentucky, 2005 Web: http://sportstalk995.iheart.com/listen (audio) 1/15 Appalachian State* W 73-64 Record at South Alabama ......................................37-28 (3rd year) ESPN+ (Internet Streaming): Matt Schumacker (pxp) Ben Brust (color) 1/16 Appalachian State* L 83-77 Career Record .......................................................72-56 (5th year) 1/22 Georgia Southern* L 84-75 Men’s Basketball Office Phone .............................. (251) 460-6104 RANKINGS 1/23 Georgia Southern* W 62-48 Best Time of Day to Reach .................................Weekday mornings 1/29 at Georgia State* PPD Associate Head Coach ........................................... Amorrow Morgan USA: #198 Sagarin, NET #209 1/30 at Georgia State* PPD Alma Mater ........................................................ Idaho State, 2012 Louisiana: #189 Sagarin, NET #184 2/5 Coastal Carolina* W 71-65 Assistant Coach ......................................................... Adam Howard 2/6 Coastal Carolina* W 70-66 Alma Mater ...............................................Western Kentucky, 2008 LAST GAME 2/9 at Georgia State W 70-67 Assistant Coach ............................................................ Tyler Parker 2/11 Troy* W 73-70 Alma Mater .............................................................Faulkner, 2012 South Alabama eliminated University of Louisiana-Monroe from the Sun Belt 2/13 at Troy* W 58-51 Director of Basketball Operations .................................Mikel Kosich Tournament with a score of 80-72. Michael Flowers provided the second-half offense 2/19 at Appalachian State* W 65-63 Alma Mater ........................................Montana State-Billings, 2015 for the Jaguars as he score 29 of South’s 36 second-half points. After being contained 2/20 at Appalachian State* W 56-54 Assistant Athletic Trainer .........................................Matthew Brown by the Warhawks and foul trouble in the first half, Sam Iorio picked up the slack, and 2/26 Georgia State* L 84-81 pocketed a then game-leading 12 points for USA. Louisiana dropped the final game of 2/27 Georgia State* L 82-73 • Communications and Digital Media • 3/5 ULM$ W 80-72 Assistant Athletic Director/MBB Contact ....................Brian Fremund the year, but a split with Little Rock still clinched the two seed in the Sun Belt West and 3/6 Louisiana$ 5 p.m. Office ................................................................... (251) 414-8032 a first-round bye. Game one, UL won 66-61 but dropped Saturday 69-59. * Sun Belt Conference game Email .............................................. [email protected] # Goldie and Herman Ungar Memorial Classic Strategic Communications Fax ............................... (251) 414-8032 THE SERIES $ Sun Belt Conference Tournament, Pensacola, Fla. Press Row Phone .................................................. (251) 460-7418 Comm and Digital Media Mailing Address ..300 Joseph E. Gottfried Drive South Alabama will meet Louisiana for the 58th time, the longest series for a single Athletics Administration Building opponent within the Sun Belt in the USA record books. Both teams have a slight edge Mobile, AL 36688 on home court, but USA has a three-win advantage in the series 30-27. On neutral Quick Hits (20-21) Record: 17-10 courts, the Jags lead three games to two. In recent history, USA has taken the last vs. non-conf: 6-3 / vs. Sun Belt: 10-7 / vs. Division I: 13-10 • Basketball History • three meetings, but each was within a single possession. UL claimed the five meetings Streak: Win 1 First Year of Basketball .....................................................1968-69 3-2 / 8-2 / 10-5 prior to South’s current streak. The teams have split the last two meetings in the Sun Overall All-Time Record .....................................................840-665 Longest winning / losing streak: 8 / 3 All-Time Sun Belt Conference Record..................................370-315 Belt Tournament, both taking place in New Orleans and within the last five years. NCAA Tournament Appearances/Last .................................. 8/2008 NIT Tournament Appearances/Last ..................................... 4/2007 SOUTH ALABAMA AT-A-GLANCE Sun Belt Tournament titles........................ 1980, 1989, 1991, 1997 No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. MPG PPG RPG Notes 1998, 2006 0 KK Curry F 6-6 195 So. 16.3 5.7 3.1 Career high 20 pts at Alabama A&M 1 Andrew Anderson G 6-0 160 Fr. 1.5 0 0.3 Made Jaguar Debut against Emmanuel (Ga) 3 Tyreke Locure G 6-0 165 So. 34.3 13.7 5.0 2nd in assists on team, leads in steals Communications Contacts 4 Kayo Goncalves F 6-8 212 Gr. 31.2 9.9 6.0 Hit game-winning 3 at Southern Miss, 2nd on team made 3s South Alabama 12 Michael Flowers G 6-1 189 Sr. 37.1 21.3 4.7 Team-high 34 pts last game; Brian Fremund ([email protected]) 14 Adam Sizemore G 5-9 166 So. 1.4 0 0.3 (251) 414-8032 (office) (251)623-3191 (cell) 22 Sam Iorio F 6-7 221 Jr. 23.5 7.4 3.9 Led game in scoring for first time this season at GSU (18 pts) (2/9) 25 Jamal West F 6-5 224 Fr. 26.6 5.7 6.2 2nd on team for REBs, 13 rebs against App State (1/15) South Alabama (Alternate) 30 AC Kelly F 6-6 190 So. - - - Joseph Ashley ([email protected]) 42 Zondrick Garrett F 6-7 202 Fr. 2.0 0.4 0.2 Made Jaguar debut at Georgia Southern (1/1) and scored a layup. (251) 414-8184 (office) 50 John Pettway G 6-3 189 R-Sr. 34.0 10.5 3.9 30 pts against Georgia State in regular-season finale (304) 982-4766 (cell) Probable Starters Highlighted; based on previous game. season openers: 35-17 (12-3 in last 15) - after 2019-20 home openers: 44-8 (won last 28) - after 2019-20 road openers: 11-41 (lost 23 of last 26) - after 2019-20 Sun Belt openers: 22-21 (9-16 in last 25) - after 2019-20 SOUTH ALABAMA’S LAST GAME OPENING TIP South Alabama 80, ULM 72 • March 5, 2021 • PENSACOLA, Fla. – Michael Flowers scored 34 points to set a new season high propelling the University of • This was the second Sun Belt tournament win under Head Coach Richie Riley. The previous win will be against USA’s next opponent, Louisiana (70-69 vs. Louisiana on 3/14/19). South Alabama men’s basketball team over ULM 80-72, Friday night in the Pensacola Bay Center. • After 11 made three-pointers against the Warhawks, this season’s team has moved into fifth for made threes in a season with 246 on the season. 2017-18 sits at fourth on the list at 252. South Alabama’s (17-10, 10-7) Flowers paced the game in scoring with 29 of his 34 points coming in the • The Jaguars attempted (33) and made (25) which were both season high amounts of free throws in Sun second 20 minutes. Sam Iorio provided early scoring for the Jags as he dropped 12 points, all in the first half. Belt Conference play and regulation games. Tyreke Locure and Kayo Goncalves each put in 10 points to round out the double-digit scorers. John Pettway • Michael Flowers has passed Junie Lewis and Ed Rains in the single-season scoring category with 573 grabbed 10 rebounds to pace that category. points on the year, putting him into ninth in program history. Flowers trails Augustine Rubit by nine points for the eighth spot and Rodrick Sikes and Terry Catledge by 24 for the combined sixth. • Flowers also passed Lewis and Rains on the senior class leader board to sit in fourth all-time for Jaguar ULM (7-19, 5-13) was paced by Elijah Gonzales with 14 points. Russell Harrison recorded a double-double, seniors. 13 points with 13 rebounds, as the Warhawks were bounced from the tournament. • The senior also made 11 free throws which set a new team-high for a single game. • Number 12 also put up his 12th 20-point performance of the year. GAME FACTS • Locure tied Jeff Hodge for threes made by a sophomore with 53 on the season. - It was tight early as no team led by more than five through the first 12 minutes.