Rosga's 25 leads comeback; Denver tops South Alabama, 64-51

Dec 13, 2016, 10:28 pm

MOBILE, Ala. -- Joe Rosga knocked down 5 of 10 3-pointers and scored 25 points as Denver pulled away from South Alabama in the second half for a 64-51 victory Tuesday night.

Georgi Boyanov's 3-point play with 1:06 left in the first half gave South Alabama the lead and the Jaguars went into intermission with a 26-22 advantage.

Daniel Amigo and C.J. Bobbitt each hit jumpers to open the second half to knot the score at 26-26, and Thomas Neff knocked down a 3-pointer to give the Pioneers the lead for good, 31-28.

Rosga hit 8 of 16 from the field and was 4 of 6 from the line in leading Denver (5-5). Amigo added 11 points and Bobbitt added another 10.

Ken Williams scored 15 points to lead the Jaguars (6-4), who shot 17 of 54 from the field (31.5 percent), but just 2 of 22 from distance (9.1 percent).