{"id":1183911,"date":"2026-02-06T11:07:25","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T17:07:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/?p=1183911"},"modified":"2026-02-06T12:15:58","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T18:15:58","slug":"south-alabama-mens-basketball-returns-home-against-buffalo-this-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/south-alabama-mens-basketball-returns-home-against-buffalo-this-saturday\/","title":{"rendered":"South Alabama Men&#8217;s Basketball Returns Home Against Buffalo this Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The South Alabama men\u2019s basketball team looks to win one for the Sun Belt Saturday against Buffalo in the MAC-Sun Belt Challenge.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">South Alabama has won three out of its last five and is currently third in the Sun Belt Conference standings. The Jags are coming off a tough 65-57 loss at Appalachian State where they only shot 37% from the field. Chaze Harris led the Jags with 17 points and 6 assists. Jayden Cooper also added 16 points and 5 rebounds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adam Olsen had a rough game against Appalachian State finishing with only 6 points and shooting 2-14 from the field. The Jags will need him to come back and play big against Buffalo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Buffalo has been on a cold streak recently as it has lost 7 out of its last 8 after starting out the season 13-2. In the Bulls last matchup, they narrowly 73-71 lost to one of the two remaining undefeated teams in Miami University (Ohio).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Both teams are 1-0 in the MAC-Sun Belt Challenge with South Alabama getting a close win over Toledo in the season opener, and Buffalo triumphing over Southern Miss in its season opener.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This will be the Jags last home game before they go on a three-game road trip against Southern Miss, Arkansas State and the rescheduled game against Marshall.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>The South Alabama men\u2019s basketball team looks to win one for the Sun Belt Saturday against Buffalo in the MAC-Sun Belt Challenge. South Alabama has <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/south-alabama-mens-basketball-returns-home-against-buffalo-this-saturday\/\" title=\"South Alabama Men&#8217;s Basketball Returns Home Against Buffalo this Saturday\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":4877,"featured_media":1183915,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[147,150,151,451],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1183911","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured-news","8":"category-local-sports","9":"category-south-alabama","10":"category-south-alabama-2"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/8843462509874662310.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1183911","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4877"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1183911"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1183911\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1183922,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1183911\/revisions\/1183922"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1183915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1183911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1183911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1183911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}