Suddenly, South Alabama’s 4-0 start to Sun Belt Conference play seems like a long time ago. The Jaguars dropped their third straight game and fourth in six outings on Thursday night, falling 62-58 Louisiana-Monroe at the Mitchell Center.

Saturday’s Sun Belt slate includes the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns (6-15, 4-5 Sun Belt) against the South Alabama Jaguars (14-7, 6-3 Sun Belt) at 8:00 PM ET on ESPN+.Buy tickets for

Led by Kentrell Garnett's 15 points, the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns defeated the Texas State Bobcats 70-61 on Thursday night.

Ngopot 2-3 0-0 4, Willis 3-12 1-3 7, Bolden 3-10 2-4 8, Watson 8-20 0-0 22, Young 5-13 4-4 17, Diedhiou 2-2 0-0 4, Caster 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 23-60 7-11 62.

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The second part of South Alabama’s first two-game losing streak of the season was especially ill-timed and wholly inexplicable. The Jaguars lost 77-66 on the road Monday night at Louisiana-Monroe, a team that was previously winless in Sun Belt Conference play and had dropped 10 straight overall.

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Alabama eventually found a groove and went on an 8-0 run to take 23-19 lead over LSU with a few minutes left. The Crimson Tide began to push the pace and find open scores like Jarin Stevenson from the corner and a Chris Youngblood layup.

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Totals 21-52 24-26 77. Halftime_Louisiana-Monroe 35-27. 3-Point Goals_South Alabama 10-39 (Broom 4-5, Fasoyiro 2-4, Brady 1-3, Corey 1-5, Cooper 1-6, Brown 1-7, Wheat 0-1, Ormiston 0-2 ...

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