STATESBORO, Ga. – Down 17 in the early moments of the second half, the University of South Alabama men's basketball team got as close as four but could not overcome Georgia Southern in a 75-65 loss Wednesday night at Hanner Fieldhouse.
After the Eagles hit their first bucket after halftime, the Jaguars responded with 12 unanswered points. GS stretched its lead out to nine but never got it to double-digits again until the final seconds.
Two free throws from junior Josh Ajayi with 9:26 left cut the margin down to four (60-56) for the second of five times in the second half.