Friday, December 20, 2013

Southern men fall at top-ranked Arizona

TUCSON, Arizona  Southern gave Marquette and Florida a bit of trouble in road games earlier this season.

But once the Jaguars got behind No. 1 Arizona, they didn’t stand much of a chance.

Southern tried to fight back from a big early hole but struggled from the 3-point line and at the free throw line in a 69-43 loss to the Wildcats on Thursday night.

“My team is trying to find an identity, and we have a long way to go,” Southern coach Roman Banks said. “My concern is that we didn’t show character; we floated all night long. Arizona is a great basketball team, but I thought we played on our toes.”

Coming off a comeback road win over Michigan on Saturday, Arizona (12-0) raced to a 15-point first-half lead over the Jaguars despite having to shift players to new positions with 7-foot center Kaleb Tarczewski out.

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