Game 32 • South Alabama Jaguars (19-12 11-7 SBC) vs. Stetson Hatters (17-14, 8-6 ASUN)
March 15, 2018 • 7:00 p.m. (C.T.) • Mitchell Center • Mobile, Ala.

THE COACHES
South Alabama
Terry Fowler (Lane [Tenn.], '86)
Record at USA: 58-91 (5th year)
Overall Record: 265-269 (18th year)

Stetson
Lynn Bria
(Charleston (W.V.), '90)
Record at Stetson: 194-128 (10)
Overall Record: 347-341 (23)
 
LAST GAME.
South Alabama fell in the quarterfinals of the SBC Tournament to Troy, 82-79.

NEXT GAME
If the Jags defeat the Hatters, they will host the winner of UNC Ashville and Furman on Monday at 7 p.m.

ON THE AIR
On the web: http://usajaguars.com/watch/?Live=1060&type=Archive
On the air: https://www.iheart.com/live/995-the-jag-mobile-7117/; 99.5 FM The Jag, pbp JT Crabtree
Live Stats: http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=215357

RANKINGS (Games played through Mar. 11)
USA: #179 RPI
Stetson: #204 RPI

THE SERIES
The Jags lead the all-time series 5-0.
 
OPENING TIP
- The Jags fell, 82-79, to the Troy Trojans in the quarterfinals of the Sun Belt Conference tournament on March 8.
- This is the first postseason appearance for the program since 2003-04 when it accepted an invitation to the WNIT.
- USA is 2-4 in postseason games in program history.
- South Alabama tied the SBC Tournament record set by WKU in 2003 for made threes in a game with 13 against ULM (Mar. 6).
- Chyna Ellis collected her 94th block this season against ULM to break her single-season record she set last season and has 99 for the season after the matchup against Troy.
- Ellis was named first-team all-conference and Defensive Player of the Year by the league office on Mar. 5, while Savannah Jones was named Freshman of the Year.
- Against Coastal Carolina (Jan. 18), Ellis' 10 rejections were a career-high and is now the individual record for a women's basketball player at the Mitchell Center.
- Since Ellis has been at South Alabama, the Jaguars have had 701 blocks. The team only had 697 blocks the previous nine seasons combined.
- South Alabama is 8-6 on the road, 10-5 at home and 1-1 at neutral sites this season.
- South Alabama received a vote in the USA Today Top 25 Coaches' Poll during week 9 of the poll, marking the first time since the 2008-09 season the Jags have received a vote in the poll.
- Genesis Perrymond recorded a career-high 9 assists, the most by a Jag this season, when they faced Central Arkansas.
- South Alabama has had at least two players score 10 or more point per game in every contest except for one.
- USA has had 15 20 or more point scoring efforts this season. Ellis has had seven, including a career-high 24 points against Southern Mississippi.
- Ellis has 13 double-doubles this season and Lewis has three.
- Ellis has had double-digit points in 24 games, while recording double-digit rebounds in 14.
- Jones has scored in double-digits 21 times this season, while Shaforia Kines and Lewis have 11, while Genesis Perrymond has done so seven times and Erin Autio has scored double-figures in six games.
- South Alabama has four scorers averaging nine or more points per contest, Ellis (13.8), Jones (12.4), Lewis (9.2), and Shaforia Kines (9.0).
- USA has had three players record three blocks in a game this season, Ellis 18 times, Lewis six times and Guillory four times.
- Jones has made 63 three-pointers this season, tied for the most by a freshman in program history, and is in the top-10 for freshman scoring in a season with 368 points.
- Lewis has the third-most blocks by a freshman in a season with 38.
- Ellis became the 19th women's basketball player in program history reach 1,000 points earlier this season.
- Ellis has 330 blocks for her career and is in the top-10 for blocks for a season during all four-years of her career at South Alabama. No other player has done that in any category in program history.
- South Alabama is 6-5 in games decided by single digits.
- The Jags have won 12 of their 19 games by double digits, including seven by 20 or more points.
- USA is 14-0 when outrebounding its opponent.
- When scoring 70 or more, South Alabama is 12-2.
- The Jags have only given up a halftime or third-quarter lead three-times this season.
- Stetson is 17-14 this season, 8-6 in Atlantic Sun play.
- The Hatters were bounced from the ASUN Conference Tournament by North Florida in the quarterfinals.
- Stetson is 1-2 against common opponents with South Alabama, defeating Texas State and falling twice to Jacksonville.
- Brittany Chambers leads Stetson in scoring (16.4) and rebounds (6.6), while McKenna Beach leads the team in assists (119) and steals (63).
 
THEY SAID IT
Head Coach Terry Fowler
Reaction to receiving news about the WBI bid: "I was very excited. I was at home when we I receive the news from Jinni Frisbey. I was happy for our seniors getting to put the uniform on one more time and play at home as well."
 
On what he attributes the success to this year: "First of all our seniors took ownership. This team has been a coach's dream from the standpoint of its been a player-coached team versus a coach-coached team. They come in and push them, but they've wanted it and it's been easy."
 
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