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The South Alabama women's basketball team defeated Spring Hill College 100-44 on Thursday night. Full story »

South Alabama defeated Spring Hill College 82-53 in a men's basketball game on Thursday night in Mobile. Full story »

MOBILE, Ala. -- The University of South Alabama scored 20 straight points late in the first half to turn a close game into a blowout Thursday night, defeating Spring Hill College 82-53 at the Mitchell Center.  Full story »

Quarterback Myles Gibbon just finished his redshirt season at South Alabama -- technically speaking -- and didn't even know it. The fact he played in six of the Jaguars' seven games doesn't matter. He still has four seasons of eligibility remaining in his college football career. In fact, every player who participated in USA's first season can count the... Full story »

Gulf Shores pitcher Collin Blankenship signed with South Alabama on Tuesday morning at a ceremony in the GSHS library . As a junior, the 6-foot-3 right-hander went 6-3 with a 1.36 ERA. He also hit .369 with four home runs and 25 RBIs. Blankenship started and won the second game of this past summer's North-South All-Star doubleheader in Huntsville... Full story »

"This weekend I was emotionally and physically drained from a year and a half of putting this thing together," said USA coach Joey Jones, referring to building the program from scratch. "But at the same time, I'm really excited for where our program is at this point. Full story »

HOUSTON -- South Alabama recovered from a slow start on the final day of the Rice Basketball Challenge to defeat Sacramento State 70-58 Sunday. The Jaguars (2-1) made just 26 percent of their shots in the first half and fell behind by as many as 14 points before turning things around in the second half against the Hornets (1-2).... Full story »

     HOUSTON -- South Alabama's rally from a 13-point second-half deficit fell short Saturday night at the Tudor Fieldhouse as Rice held off the Jaguars 71-69.     USA (1-1) trailed 47-34 five minutes into the final half and went to its full-court trapping defense. The result was a 15-5 run that sliced the Owls' lead to 52-49 with just... Full story »

South Alabama hopes to correct its first-half problems and Spring Hill will be shooting for a second straight upset when the two Mobile rivals square off tonight at 7:05 at the Mitchell Center. The Jaguars (2-1) struggled in the first half of all three games at the Rice Basketball Challenge last weekend in Houston, falling behind by double digits... Full story »

HOUSTON -- South Alabama used a 14-5 run early in the second half to build a 12-point lead and went on to claim a 76-64 victory over Houston Baptist in the Rice Basketball Challenge Friday. The Jaguars turned a 38-35 lead at the 17-minute mark into a 52-40 cushion to record their fifth straight season-opening win and give coach... Full story »

HOUSTON -- South Alabama used a 14-5 run early in the second half to build a 12-point lead and went on to claim a 76-64 victory over Houston Baptist in the Rice Basketball Challenge Friday. The Jaguars turned a 38-35 lead at the 17-minute mark into a 52-40 cushion to record their fifth straight season-opening win and give coach... Full story »

South Alabama was a yard away from trailing for the first time this season -- and thus, for the first time ever -- when Huntingdon's Tyler Young took a pass from Justin Ridgeway 78 yards to the Jaguars' 2-yard line midway through the first quarter Thursday night. Alex Baronich gained a yard to the 1 on first down, but... Full story »

Midway through the first quarter of Thursday night's season finale against Huntingdon, South Alabama's defenders found themselves in an unfamiliar position. They were standing in their end zone, lining up for a second-and-goal play from the 1 with zeroes under both teams' names on the scoreboard above them. The Jags had never trailed in a game this season and... Full story »

South Alabama didn't overwhelm its opponent early like it had in many of its wins, but the Jaguars did more than enough to cap a perfect start to their program. Using an opportunistic offense and a stingy defense, USA closed out its inaugural season with a 35-0 win over Huntingdon College Thursday night in front of 23,683 fans at... Full story »