MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - Augustine Rubit recorded his 14th double-double of the season with a career-high 34 points and 12 rebounds as South Alabama blew out Louisiana-Lafayette 88-64 Thursday night.
Mychal Ammons also had a double-double, 18 points and 11 rebounds to help South Alabama (15-9, 12-4 Sun Belt Conference) win its fourth in a row.
Ahead 39-28 at halftime, Dre Conner's jumper with less than nine minutes to play put the Jaguars on top 68-47.
Ammons' 3-pointer at the 2:44 mark gave South Alabama its biggest lead of the game, 87-58.
South Alabama shot 49.2 percent (29 of 59) from the field, and made 25 free throws compared to just 12 for Louisiana-Lafayette.
Though South Alabama had just one less turnover than Louisiana-Lafayette, the Jaguars held a 24-8 advantage in points off turnovers.
Elfrid Payton led the Ragin' Cajuns (9-17, 5-10) with 17 points and seven assist.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Louisiana-Lafayette (9-17) | 28 | 36 | 64 |
| South Alabama (15-9) « | 39 | 49 | 88 |
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| Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin Cajuns | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| S. Long, F | 35 | 4-14 | 3-6 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| B. Mbamalu, F | 33 | 1-6 | 2-2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| E. Moore, F | 14 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| E. Payton, G | 34 | 7-13 | 3-3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
| A. Thompson, G | 28 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| K. Shepherd | 20 | 5-8 | 3-5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 16 |
| S. Wronkoski | 19 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| J. Soto | 9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Barnett | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Lazare | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 24-57 | 12-18 | 28 | 10 | 23 | 64 | |
| 42.1% | 66.7% | ||||||
| South Alabama Jaguars | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Rubit, F | 30 | 11-16 | 12-16 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 34 |
| J. Carter, F | 22 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| A. Allen, G | 29 | 2-9 | 2-2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| M. Ammons, G | 29 | 7-11 | 2-4 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 18 |
| D. Conner, G | 26 | 2-5 | 5-8 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Anderson | 21 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| B. Stevens III | 19 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| W. Wright | 11 | 0-1 | 2-4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| V. Juricek | 8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| G. Magee | 5 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Totals | 29-59 | 25-36 | 44 | 16 | 17 | 88 | |
| 49.2% | 69.4% | ||||||
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