Poor shooting and shoddy ball-handling resulted in a 66-62 loss for South Alabama vs. Louisiana-Monroe on Thursday night at the Mitchell Center.
The Jaguars turned the ball over 18 times and shot just 8-for-34 from 3-point range in the game, and got outscored 13-6 in the final 3:57. With the loss, USA drops to 14-14 overall and 7-8 in the Sun Belt Conference, and missed a chance to move into a third-place tie in the league standings.
"I thought the more disciplined, tougher team won tonight, which is frustrating to say," USA coach Matthew Graves said. "We turned it over 18 times to their 9.