MIAMI (AP) - Mychal Ammons scored 21 points to lead four players in double figures as South Alabama beat Florida International University 79-68 Saturday night in a Sun Belt Conference showdown.
Augustine Rubit finished with 19 points and nine boards, and Freddie Goldstein scored 11 for South Alabama (4-3, 2-0).
Antoine Allen came off the bench for the Jaguars to connect on all three 3s, finishing with 13 points.
Tied at 16, South Alabama went on a 14-4 run spurred by back-to-back 3s by Ammons.
Ammons finished the first half with 12 points, going 4 for 6 from the 3-point line as South Alabama led at halftime 41-33.
South Alabama shot 57.9 percent (11 for 19) in the second half to pull away from FIU (2-3, 1-1), which shot just 30.8 percent (12 for 39) in the second half.
Tymell Murphy finished with a double-double, 16 points and 10 rebounds to lead FIU.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| South Alabama (4-3) « | 41 | 38 | 79 |
| Florida International (2-3) | 33 | 35 | 68 |
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| South Alabama Jaguars | |||||||
| M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS | |
| A. Rubit, F | 37 | 6-12 | 7-7 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 19 |
| J. Carter, F | 31 | 2-4 | 2-3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| M. Ammons, G | 31 | 7-9 | 2-3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21 |
| X. Roberson, G | 30 | 3-6 | 0-1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| F. Goldstein, G | 27 | 3-7 | 3-4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 11 |
| A. Allen, G | 23 | 3-3 | 4-4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
| D. Conner, G | 15 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| V. Juricek, F | 6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 24-45 | 18-23 | 31 | 14 | 17 | 79 | |
| 53.3% | 78.3% | ||||||
| Florida International Golden Panthers | |||||||
| M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS | |
| T. Murphy, F | 29 | 8-15 | 0-0 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 16 |
| T. Akomolafe, F | 21 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| J. De La Rosa, C | 10 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| M. Smith, G | 33 | 2-13 | 5-5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| G. Belardo, G | 23 | 5-14 | 1-3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 14 |
| J. Ferrales, G | 24 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| J. Frink, F | 23 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| I. Jurkovic, C | 20 | 3-5 | 7-8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 13 |
| M. Porcher Jimenez, G | 12 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| D. Hill, G | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 24-65 | 14-18 | 37 | 9 | 21 | 68 | |
| 36.9% | 77.8% | ||||||
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