LAFAYETTE, La. - Carter Perkins drove in two runs and added two hits for the South Alabama Jaguars as they defeated Georgia Southern, 5-3, on Wednesday morning in game three of the Sun Belt baseball tournament.

Tyler Carr (9-3) earned the win for the Jaguars (31-23) who advance to face the winner of top-seeded Coastal Carolina and No. 8 UTA on Thursday at 4 p.m. (CT). Georgia Southern (29-25) heads to the loser's bracket and will face the loser of the CCU/UTA game on Thursday morning at 9 a.m. (CT).

The Eagles were led by Tyler Martin and Austin Thompson who each when 2-for-4 with an RBI. Georgia Southern outhit the Jaguars 10-6 but left seven on base.

USA had only six hits on the day and left eight on base. GS's Chase Cohen lasted only 4.1 innings, giving up four runs on five hits.

The Eagles jumped out in front early on the Jaguars posting back-to-back-to-back hits to start the game but were only able to push across one run.

USA's bats also came alive early as the Jags pushed across two runs of their own in the bottom of the first. The Eagles scored another run in the top of the second and the Jags bettered that with two more runs to take a 4-2 lead.

The Eagles pulled within one on a Martin RBI scoring Thompson but that was as close as they would get. USA added an insurance run in the bottom of the eighth. Zach Greene came on in relief in the ninth to close out the game, earning his fifth save of the year.