South Alabama defense frustrates Eastern Illinois, 63-52
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) Herb McGee scored 15 points and South Alabama snapped a two-game losing streak by keeping Eastern Illinois winless on the road, beating the Panthers 63-52 Saturday.
The win was the Jaguars first against Eastern Illinois in three meetings.
Looking to improve its perimeter defense, South Alabama limited the Panthers to just 4 of 15 shooting from distance and 21 of 65 shooting overall (32.3 percent) from the field.
Jordan Andrews took a feed from McGee and scored on a layup to push the South Alabama lead to 18 points, 57-39 with under six minutes to play. Eastern Illinois rallied, and was able to get the deficit under 10 points on Ray Crossland's jumper with :13 left in the game.
Trhae Mitchell finished with nine points, nine rebounds and seven assists for the Jaguars.
Crossland had 17 points for Eastern Illinois (2-7) which is now are 0-7 on the road.
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Points | 0 | 0 |
Field Goals | 0-0 (0.0%) | 0-0 (0.0%) |
3-Pointers | 0-0 (0.0%) | 0-0 (0.0%) |
Free Throws | 0-0 (0.0%) | 0-0 (0.0%) |
Total Rebounds | 0 | 0 |
Offensive | 0 | 0 |
Defensive | 0 | 0 |
Team | 0 | 0 |
Assists | 0 | 0 |
Steals | 0 | 0 |
Blocks | 0 | 0 |
Turnovers | 0 | 0 |
Fouls | 0 | 0 |
Technicals | 0 | 0 |
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E. Illinois 2-7 | 66.6 PPG | 36.7 RPG | 12.6 APG |
South Alabama 6-5 | 69.6 PPG | 39.9 RPG | 12.4 APG |
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