{"id":122395,"date":"2026-01-18T00:02:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T00:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/122395\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T00:02:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T00:02:09","slug":"mens-basketball-ends-weekend-with-loss-to-jacksonville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/122395\/","title":{"rendered":"Men\u2019s Basketball ends weekend with loss to Jacksonville"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/QueensUpdated2023.png\" alt=\"Queens\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Next Game:<\/p>\n<p>at Queens<\/p>\n<p>1\/21\/2026 | 6:00 PM<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        ESPN+  &#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    Jan. 21 (Wed) \/ 6:00 PM&#13;\n                <\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-opponent-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/QueensUpdated2023.png\" alt=\"Queens\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        at\u00a0Queens&#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>                    <a class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-details-history\" href=\"https:\/\/roarlions.com\/sports\/mens-basketball\/opponent-history\/queens\/297\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">History <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                             &#13;<\/p>\n<p>FLORENCE, Ala. (January 17, 2026)\u00a0\u2013 The University of North Alabama men&#8217;s basketball team ended a tough weekend inside CB&amp;S Bank Arena with a 90-68 loss to Jacksonville in Atlantic Sun Conference action on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The Lions (6-11, 1-5 ASUN) began to slip midway into the first half after a 10-0 run put them behind 19-10. UNA cut the lead from 20 to 13 early in the second half, but Jacksonville (7-12, 2-4 ASUN) remained ahead.<\/p>\n<p>Sophomore guard <a href=\"https:\/\/roarlions.com\/sports\/mens-basketball\/roster\/kevin-de-kovachich\/4078\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"4078\" target=\"_blank\">Kevin de Kovachich<\/a> and redshirt junior forward <a href=\"https:\/\/roarlions.com\/sports\/mens-basketball\/roster\/corneilous-williams\/4084\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"4084\" target=\"_blank\">Corneilous Williams<\/a> each finished with 17 points. Redshirt senior <a href=\"https:\/\/roarlions.com\/sports\/mens-basketball\/roster\/dallas-howell\/4079\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"4079\" target=\"_blank\">Dallas Howell<\/a> added 11 points. True freshman guard <a href=\"https:\/\/roarlions.com\/sports\/mens-basketball\/roster\/braylon-patton\/4135\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"4135\" target=\"_blank\">Braylon Patton<\/a> was one of the top rebounders for UNA with five, one behind Williams.<\/p>\n<p>Jacksonville was led by 25 points from Hayden Wood, who went 6-7 from three.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the loss, UNA took advantage of most of its opportunities from the free throw line, shooting 23-30 to finish 76.7 percent. Williams went 11-14, while de Kovachich went 6-7.<\/p>\n<p>The Lions look to right the ship on Wednesday, Jan. 21 at Queens. Tipoff is set for 6 p.m. CT in Charlotte, North Carolina. Queens is currently 6-0 in ASUN play.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on North Alabama Athletics, visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.roarlions.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">www.roarlions.com<\/a>\u00a0and follow UNA Athletics on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/unaathletics\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/unaathletics\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UNAAthletics\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UNAAthletics\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/una_athletics\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/una_athletics\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram<\/a>.\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; Next Game: at Queens 1\/21\/2026 | 6:00 PM &#13; ESPN+ &#13; &#13; Jan. 21 (Wed)&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":122396,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-122395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122395"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122395\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/122396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}