Jags Journey to Jacksonville State Tuesday for In-State Showdown

MOBILE, Ala. – South Alabama males’s basketball will journey to Jacksonville State for an in-state showdown on Wednesday, November 19 at 6 p.m. CT on ESPN+. 

Last Time Out

• South Alabama overcame a sluggish begin earlier than locking in defensively and using a dominant taking pictures afternoon from Adam Olsen to complete off a 72–62 win over Coppin State, capping a 2–0 journey to the Showdown in St. Pete.

•  The Jags enhance to 5-0 for the primary time since 2016-17 and maintain the very best begin throughout Riley’s time as head coach. 

• Olsen had an unconscious taking pictures efficiency, scoring 25 factors whereas taking pictures 9-for-12 from the sphere with six three pointers, 4 steals, three assists, and three rebounds.

• With Coppin pulling inside 5 on the nine-minute mark, Olsen delivered a dagger with a catch-and-shoot-and-one three, to revive a 55–47 lead.

• South Alabama closed the sport in management, outscoring Coppin 39–34 after halftime and ending the morning 9-for-27 from three whereas committing simply 9 turnovers. 

Scouting the Gamecocks

• Mostapha El Moutaouakkil leads all of NCAA Division I in factors per recreation this season with 26.7 factors per contest this season. El Moutouakkil tallied 33 towards Coastal Carolina.

• The Gamecocks are led by head coach Ray Harper who’s getting into twenty seventh season teaching. 

• Jax State is at the moment 3-0 on the season, averaging 101.7 factors per recreation whereas limiting its opponents to 56.3 factors per recreation.

Notes You Need to Know 

• After defeating Coppin State within the remaining recreation of the Showdown in St. Pete, South Alabama improved to five–0—tying the very best begin to a season in program historical past and shifting inside one win of setting a brand new all-time mark. The Jaguars have opened a season 5–0 solely twice earlier than: in 2016–17 and 1982–83.

• Adam Olsen was named MVP of the Showdown in St. Pete after a dominant two-game efficiency, averaging 23.0 factors, hitting 10 whole three-pointers, and taking pictures a fair 50 % from the ground (15-for-30). Olsen took full management within the finale towards Coppin State, pouring in 25 factors on 9-for-12 taking pictures with a career-high six threes and 4 steals. He enters Wednesday main the Sun Belt in whole three-pointers made and rating fourth in three-point proportion.

• Redshirt sophomore John Broom brings a singular homecoming connection to Wednesday’s contest. His mom, Tracy Linton Broom, is one in all Jacksonville State’s most adorned ladies’s basketball alumni. A 2007 inductee into the JSU Athletics Hall of Fame, she now serves as an Assistant AD for the Gamecocks. 

• South Alabama continues to rely closely on its beginning unit, with 71% of its whole scoring coming from the opening 5 of Cooper, Harris, Olsen, Law, and Brady. All 5 starters rank because the workforce’s prime scorers: Olsen – 16.4 PPG, Law – 13.6 PPG, Harris – 12.8 PPG, Cooper – 10.4 PPG, Brady – 6.4 PPG. Those 5 have mixed for 279 of the Jaguars’ 389 whole factors this season. The bench has contributed 91 factors general—46 of which got here within the win over Spring Hill.

• Redshirt junior Peyton Law has been dominant by his first 4 outings, averaging 13.4 factors, 6.6 rebounds, and 1.0 assists per recreation. He at the moment ranks Top 20 nationally in subject targets made (32) and sits twenty second within the nation in subject objective proportion at 71.1%. 

• South Alabama has managed the inside in each recreation this season (together with the exhibition), outscoring opponents 296–146 within the paint. The Jaguars additionally rank prime three within the Sun Belt in each rebounding margin (+7.4) and fewest opponent rebounds allowed (32.4).

•  South Alabama is one in all simply 4 undefeated 5–0 groups within the nation getting into Wednesday’s matchup. As of Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025, the one males’s applications at 5–0 are: Gonzaga, Georgia, Loyola Marymount, South Alabama.

• After ending final season among the many nationwide leaders in a number of defensive classes, South Alabama enters 2025–26 with the identical id behind its patented zone protection. The Jags at the moment lead the Sun Belt in scoring protection (64.0 PPG allowed) and rank prime three in opponent subject objective proportion (38.4%).A exceptional 64.4% of opponent shot makes an attempt this season have come from past the arc, with opponents averaging 37.4 three-point makes an attempt per recreation.

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