MOBILE, Ala. – Senior Chyna Ellis recorded her second double-double of the season and freshman Antoinette Lewis scored a career-high 18 points as the South Alabama women's basketball team (3-1) dominated New Orleans (1-4) in a 67-45 victory at the Mitchell Center on Friday.

Lewis was the team's leading scorer and added six boards, a pair of steals and a pair of assists to go with her career-high in points. Lewis shot 6-for-11 from the field and 6-of-7 from the charity stripe.
 
Ellis collected 11 points on 5-of-8 shooting from the field and 13 rebounds for the double-double. The senior center also dished out a career-high six assists to lead all players in the game, while rejecting three shots and a steal.
 
Senior Genesis Perrymond and redshirt freshman Savannah Jones each went 3-of-8 from the field. Perrymond recorded nine points, an assist, a steal and a block while Jones had eight points, five boards, two blocks and a helper.

GAME FACTS
- The Jags shot better than 35 percent from the field in all four quarters, including 50 percent in the third and fourth quarters.
- USA outrebounded UNO 46 to 42, but dominated the defensive glass 31 to 20.
- Despite being out rebounded 22 to 15 on the offensive glass, South Alabama scored 20 second chance points to New Orleans' four.
- The Jag defense held the Privateers to just 24.2 percent from the field, including five percent (1-20) in the third quarter. UNO also went the final 5:41 of the second quarter without a field goal.
- USA dominated the paint and points off the bench outscoring UNO 36 to 12 and 32 to 9 respectively in each category.
- South Alabama held New Orleans' second-leading scorer Shania Woods to only two points on 1-of-12 shooting from the field. Coming into the contest Woods averaged 10 points per game.
- The two teams each committed 25 turnovers, with New Orleans scoring 25 points and South Alabama scoring 24 off the takeaways.
- UNO's Randi Brown shot 8-of-19 from the field collecting a game-high 27 points. Brown averaged 23.3 points per game in the Privateers' first four games.
- The Jags led by as much as 33 and led for over 37 minutes of tonight's matchup.
- The Jags did not have a shot blocked on the evening and turned away nine Privateer attempts.

NOTES
- USA has taken 10 of the last 11 matchups between the programs.
- Ellis cracked the top-10 in career-rebounds passing Jessica Webb for sole possession of 10th in program history.
- Seniors LaNeetra Guillory and Erin Autio each went 3-of-7 from field for seven points, a season-high for both players.
- Senior Candice Williams tied for the game-high in steals with three.
- Freshman Jayla Morrow scored the first points of her career with a three-pointer.

THEY SAID IT
Head Coach Terry Fowler
Opening Statement: "It's great to get a win. We didn't have a let-down after the big win in North Carolina. We talked all week about this game being a trap game for us. We came out and really played well, especially in the second quarter. We haven't talked a lot about our defense this year as much as we have in the past, but the one thing that always has to be constant is our defense. I thought in the first half we played really good defense. The one thing we're probably the most disappointed in is the amount of turnovers tonight. We left some opportunities on the floor. They made a run, which they have done most of the season, late in ball games. We made some key shots to hold them at bay."
 
On using actual mouse traps this week: "It's just one of the things we talked about. I had been out of town recruiting, and I came in and told our Director of Basketball Operations, J.D. Brooks, that I needed him to run to the dollar store and get me some mouse traps. So we had about five mouse traps and placed them in different spots throughout the locker room where they could see them. Today they actually went into certain people's lockers, the seniors, to remind them. We just couldn't have any let down. I was just proud of the fact that we didn't."
 
On what to build from tonight: "We're sharing the basketball and moving it. That was really big for us, and we want to continue to do that. Now we have two games on the road this week. We just have to continue to be a tight unit, move the basketball and share. We have a lot of different weapons so I don't think you can just load up on one player. There are a lot of people able to score the basketball. Again, now our defense has to go with us on the road."
 
On a good lead at halftime and really sealing the deal in the third quarter: "We got stops, rebounded the ball and then pushed it and got some easy buckets. I thought the transition baskets that we got in the third quarter really spread the gap on them. Then we were just able to hold on from there."
 
Antoinette Lewis
On what was working for her tonight: "I was able to read the double. When they doubled me I tried to find the open player, and when they didn't, I went and scored one-on-one."
 
On how important it was to stay focused and get a dominate win: "It was very important. Like coach said, we talked over and over again about not letting this game be a mouse trap, not come and be disappointed. We're also working really hard to not lose any home games. That's what we're working towards."
 
Chyna Ellis
On how important it was to stay focused and get a dominate win: "It's big because like they both said, he's been walking around with actual mouse traps. Just making sure we stay focused and continue our momentum through the rest of the season."
 
On the key to staying focused: "We had to slow down, read the defense and get the ball to the open player."

UP NEXT
The Jaguars go back on the road to take on Alabama State on Tuesday in Montgomery. Tipoff is scheduled for 7 p.m.

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