MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - Augustine Rubit posted his fifth double-double of the season and South Alabama snapped a two-game losing streak, beating Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 74-69 Sunday in a nonconference matchup.
Rubit finished with 23 points and a career-high 19 rebounds, Xavier Roberson had 16 points on 7-of-11 shooting, and Viktor Juricek came off the bench to score 10 for the Jaguars (5-5), who shot 40 percent (6 of 15) from 3-point range.
South Alabama outrebounded the Islanders 45-29 on the strength of 17 offensive rebounds.
Texas A&M-CC (1-6) scored the first basket of the game but did not score again until Brandon Pye's 3-pointer at the 12:42 mark. Rubit converted a three-point play on South Alabama's next possession to put the Jaguars up 17-5.
South Alabama took a 37-26 lead into halftime and led by at least five throughout the second half.
Pye's 17 points led Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (1-6) | 26 | 43 | 69 |
| South Alabama (5-5) « | 37 | 37 | 74 |
2013 College World Series
Get your gear Shop Now
| Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islanders | |||||||
| M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS | |
| Z. Knowles, F | 19 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| J. Jordan, G | 38 | 4-8 | 8-13 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 17 |
| J. Williamson, G-F | 30 | 5-12 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| H. Ali, G | 23 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| K. Dvorak, G | 9 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Pye, G | 32 | 6-10 | 0-0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 |
| W. Nelson, F | 26 | 4-10 | 2-4 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 12 |
| N. Maxey, F-C | 14 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| D. Francis, F | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| J. King, G | 4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 24-55 | 11-19 | 29 | 10 | 21 | 69 | |
| 43.6% | 57.9% | ||||||
| South Alabama Jaguars | |||||||
| M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS | |
| A. Rubit, F | 38 | 9-21 | 5-9 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 23 |
| M. Ammons, G | 23 | 2-6 | 5-6 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| F. Goldstein, G | 33 | 3-8 | 0-2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| B. Stevens III, G | 32 | 1-3 | 2-3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| X. Roberson, G | 25 | 7-11 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 |
| A. Allen, G | 22 | 1-6 | 2-2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| V. Juricek, F | 17 | 2-3 | 4-4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| D. Conner, G | 8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| G. Magee, F | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 25-59 | 18-26 | 45 | 15 | 18 | 74 | |
| 42.4% | 69.2% | ||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other games | |||||||||||
|
| ||||||||||
