2020–21 South Alabama Jaguars men's basketball team

The 2020–21 South Alabama Jaguars men's basketball team represented the University of South Alabama during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Jaguars, led by third-year head coach Richie Riley, played their home games at the Mitchell Center in Mobile, Alabama as members in the Sun Belt Conference. With the creation of divisions to cut down on travel due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, they played in the East division. They finished the season 17–11, 19–7 to finish in third place in the East division. They defeated Louisiana–Monroe in the first round of the Sun Belt tournament before losing to Louisiana in the quarterfinals.

2020–21 South Alabama Jaguars men's basketball
Conference	Sun Belt Conference
Division	East Division
Record	17–11 (10–7 Sun Belt)
Head coach	Richie Riley (3rd season)
Assistant coaches	Adam Howard Amorrow Morgan Tyler Parker
Home arena	Mitchell Center

2020–21 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
East
Georgia State	8	–	4		.667			16	–	6		.727
Coastal Carolina	9	–	5		.643			18	–	8		.692
South Alabama	10	–	7		.588			17	–	11		.607
Appalachian State †	7	–	8		.467			17	–	12		.586
Georgia Southern	7	–	9		.438			13	–	13		.500
Troy	4	–	12		.250			11	–	17		.393
West
Texas State	12	–	3		.800			18	–	7		.720
Louisiana	10	–	7		.588			17	–	9		.654
UT Arlington	9	–	8		.529			13	–	13		.500
Arkansas State	7	–	8		.467			11	–	13		.458
Little Rock	7	–	11		.389			11	–	15		.423
Louisiana–Monroe	5	–	13		.278			7	–	19		.269
† 2021 Sun Belt Tournament winner

Previous season

The Jaguars finished the 2019–20 season 20–11, 13–7 in Sun Belt play to finish in a tie for second place. They were set to be the No. 2 seed in the Sun Belt tournament, however, the tournament was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Roster

2020–21 South Alabama Jaguars men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown F 0 KK Curry 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 195 lb (88 kg) So Cleveland HS Cleveland, Tennessee G 1 Andrew Anderson 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Fr Tipton-Rosemark Academy Millington, Tennessee G 3 Tyreke Locure 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 165 lb (75 kg) So North HS New Orleans, Louisiana F 4 Kayo Goncalves 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 212 lb (96 kg) GS SE Oklahoma State Rio de Janeiro, Brazil G 12 Michael Flowers 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 189 lb (86 kg) Sr Western Michigan Southfield, Michigan G 14 Adam Sizemore 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 166 lb (75 kg) So North Laurel HS London, Kentucky G 22 Sam Iorio 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 221 lb (100 kg) Jr American Allentown, Pennsylvania F 25 Jamal West 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 224 lb (102 kg) Fr St. Frances Academy Baltimore, Maryland G 30 A.C. Kelly 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 190 lb (86 kg) So Parkland HS Allentown, Pennsylvania F 42 Zondrick Garrett 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 202 lb (92 kg) Fr Oxford HS Oxford, Alabama G 50 John Pettway 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 189 lb (86 kg) RS Sr Keith HS Safford, Alabama G Tyrell Jones  6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 186 lb (84 kg) RS So Auburn Chicago, Illinois G Charles Manning Jr.  6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 193 lb (88 kg) RS Jr LSU Riverhead, New York F Diante Smith  6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 189 lb (86 kg) RS So TCU Fort Walton Beach, Florida	Head coach Richie Riley (Eastern Kentucky) Assistant coach(es) Adam Howard (Western Kentucky) Amorrow Morgan (Idaho State) Tyler Parker (Faulkner University) Mikel Kosich (Montana State University-Billings) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: November 27, 2020

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference Regular Season
Nov 25, 2020* 6:00 pm, ESPN+		Florida Atlantic Goldie and Herman Ungar Memorial Tournament	W 68–66	1–0	20 – Flowers	9 – Locure	3 – Iorio	Mitchell Center (945) Mobile, AL
Nov 27, 2020* 6:00 pm, ESPN+		Mobile Goldie and Herman Ungar Memorial Tournament	W 95–75	2–0	25 – Flowers	9 – West	4 – Locure	Mitchell Center (983) Mobile, AL
Nov 29, 2020* 4:00 pm, ESPN+		Jacksonville State Goldie and Herman Ungar Memorial Tournament	L 73–77	2–1	19 – Flowers	6 – Tied	6 – Flowers	Mitchell Center (910) Mobile, AL
Dec 1, 2020* 6:00 pm, ESPN+		Emmanuel	W 86–47	3–1	17 – Flowers	9 – West	5 – Tied	Mitchell Center (780) Mobile, AL
Dec 4, 2020* 8:00 pm, SECN		at Auburn	L 81–90	3–2	29 – Flowers	4 – 3 tied'	3 – Flowers	Auburn Arena (1,824) Auburn, Alabama
Dec 8, 2020* 6:00 ap, ESPN+		William Carey	W 80–67	4–2	26 – Flowers	5 – Tied	7 – Locure	Mitchell Center (812) Mobile, AL
Dec 12, 2020* 2:00 pm		at Southern Miss	W 76–75	5–2	18 – Tied	8 – Goncalves	6 – Locure	Reed Green Coliseum  Hattiesburg, MS
Dec 16, 2020* 6:00 pm, ESPN+		Flagler	W 103–81	6–2	22 – Locure	10 – Goncalves	7 – Pettway	Mitchell Center (821) Mobile, AL
Dec 19, 2020* 2:00 pm		at Alabama A&M	L 90–93	6–3	26 – Flowers	9 – Curry	3 – Flowers	Elmore Gymnasium (57) Huntsville, AL
Sun Belt regular season
Jan 1, 2021 5:00 pm, ESPN+		at Georgia Southern	W 88–59	7–3 (1–0)	26 – Flowers	10 – Goncalves	5 – Flowers	Hanner Fieldhouse (508) Statesboro, GA
Jan 2, 2021 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at Georgia Southern	L 49–62	7–4 (1–1)	18 – Flowers	12 – West	2 – Iorio	Hanner Fieldhouse (244) Statesboro, GA
Jan 8, 2021 5:00 pm, ESPN+		at Coastal Carolina	L 65–78	7–5 (1–2)	19 – Curry	9 – Curry	5 – Flowers	HTC Center (165) Conway, SC
Jan 9, 2021 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Coastal Carolina	L 69–83	7–6 (1–3)	29 – Flowers	6 – West	4 – Flowers	HTC Center (147) Conway, SC
Jan 15, 2021 6:00 pm, ESPN+		Appalachian State	W 73–64	8–6 (2–3)	31 – Flowers	13 – West	3 – Pettway	Mitchell Center (871) Mobile, AL
Jan 16, 2021 4:00 pm, ESPN+		Appalachian State	L 77–83	8–7 (2–4)	27 – Flowers	10 – West	7 – Flowers	Mitchell Center (867) Mobile, AL
Jan 22, 2021 6:00 pm, ESPN+		Georgia Southern	L 75–84 OT	8–8 (2–5)	32 – Flowers	7 – Goncalves	3 – Flowers	Mitchell Center (1,030) Mobile, AL
Jan 23, 2021 4:00 pm, ESPN+		Georgia Southern	W 62–48	9–8 (3–5)	19 – Locure	11 – Goncalves	3 – Flowers	Mitchell Center (961) Mobile, AL
January 29, 2021 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Georgia State	Postponed due to COVID-19 issues					GSU Sports Arena  Atlanta, GA
January 30, 2021 4:00 p.m., ESPN+		Georgia State	Postponed due to COVID-19 issues					GSU Sports Arena  Atlanta, GA
Feb 5, 2021 6:00 pm, ESPN+		Coastal Carolina	W 71–65	10–8 (4–5)	28 – Flowers	8 – Iorio	6 – Flowers	Mitchell Center (871) Mobile, AL
Feb 6, 2021 4:00 pm, ESPN+		at Coastal Carolina	W 70–66	11–8 (5–5)	22 – Locure	10 – West	4 – Flowers	Mitchell Center (1,027) Mobile, AL
Feb 9, 2021 1:00 pm, ESPN+		at Georgia State	W 70–67	12–8 (6–5)	18 – Iorio	6 – Locure	4 – Locure	GSU Sports Arena (1,135) Atlanta, GA
Feb 11, 2021 6:00 pm, ESPN+		Troy	W 73–70	13–8 (7–5)	18 – Flowers	7 – Goncalves	7 – Locure	Mitchell Center (1,302) Mobile, AL
Feb 13, 2021 4:00 pm, ESPN+		at Troy	W 58–51	14–8 (8–5)	14 – Goncalves	15 – Iorio	6 – Locure	Trojan Arena (1,047) Troy, AL
Feb 19, 2021 5:00 pm, ESPN+		at Appalachian State	W 65–63	15–8 (9–5)	19 – Flowers	9 – Flowers	7 – Flowers	Holmes Center (85) Boone, NC
Feb 20, 2021 3:00 pm, ESPN+		at Appalachian State	W 56–54	16–8 (10–5)	18 – Goncalves	10 – Goncalves	4 – Flowers	Holmes Center (85) Boone, NC
Feb 26, 2021 6:00 pm, ESPN2		Georgia State Rescheduled from January 29	L 81–84	16–9 (10–6)	32 – Flowers	10 – West	5 – Pettway	Mitchell Center (1,440) Mobile, AL
Feb 27, 2021 4:00 pm, ESPN+		Georgia State Rescheduled from January 30	L 73–82	16–10 (10–7)	30 – Pettway	6 – Flowers	5 – Flowers	Mitchell Center (1,370) Mobile, AL
Sun Belt tournament
March 5, 2021 5:30 pm, ESPN+	(E3)	vs. (W6) Louisiana–Monroe First round	W 80–72	17–10	34 – Flowers	10 – Pettway	4 – Flowers	Pensacola Bay Center  Pensacola, FL
March 6, 2021 5:00 pm, ESPN+	(E3)	vs. (W2) Louisiana Quarterfinals	L 68–79	17–11	16 – Pettway	7 – West	7 – Locure	Hartsell Arena  Pensacola, FL
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

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