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South Alabama plays Alabama tonight in the Mitchell Center

For the first time, the Alabama men’s basketball team will travel to Mobile to face South Alabama on the Jaguars’ home floor at the Mitchell Center tonight. Tipoff for the game, which will be televised on ESPNU, is set for 9 p.m.

It will be the fifth time the teams have met, with Alabama owning a 3-1 series record. The Tide won last year’s matchup in Tuscaloosa, 73-68, in a close matchup. It also won games against the Jags in 1998 and 2010. The lone South Alabama victory over Alabama is often referred to as the biggest win in the program’s history — an 86-84 win in the NCAA Tournament in the Omni in Atlanta, a game referred to as “The Shot That Rolled the Tide” in which Jeff Hodge buried a 3-pointer in the waning moments to give South Alabama the victory.

Tommy Hicks is sports editor at Lagniappe. Contact him at tommy@lagniappemobile.com.

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