Game 7 • South Alabama Jaguars vs. Jacksonville Dolphins
December 3, 2017 • 1:05 p.m. (C.T.) • Mitchell Center • Mobile, Ala.

THE COACHES
South Alabama
Terry Fowler (Lane [Tenn.], 1986)
Record at USA: 44-80 (5th year)
Overall Record: 251-258 (18th year)

Jacksonville
Yolett McPhee-McCuin
(Rhode Island, '04)
Record at Jacksonville: 74-58 (5)
Overall: 74-58 (5)
 
LAST GAME
South Alabama dominated Southern Mississippi, 78-57, behind four double-digit scorers and a Chyna Ellis double-double.

NEXT GAME
The Jaguars travel to Oxford, Miss., to take on Ole Miss. Opening tip is scheduled for 1 p.m. (C.T.) on Dec. 9.

ON THE AIR
On the web: http://usajaguars.com/watch/?Live=1006&type=Archive
On the air: 99.5 FM The Jag; JT Crabtree on play-by play
Live stats: http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=196087
 
RANKINGS (Through end of 2016-17 season)
USA: #229 RPI
JACKSONVILLE: #95 RPI

THE SERIES
This marks the second meeting between the two programs. The Jags fell last season on the road in Jacksonville.
 
OPENING TIP
- The Jaguars extend their win streak to four on Thursday with a win at Southern Mississippi.
- This was USA head coach Terry Fowler's 251st career victory.
- The 5-1 start is the best under Fowler and is the best start to a season since 2012-13.
- The Jags capped off November with an .833 winning percentage, their best winning percentage in November since the 2008-09 season.
- USA's four game-win streak is the first since 2015-16.
- South Alabama dealt the Golden Eagles just their third regular-season home loss since the beginning of last season.
- The Jags had four-double digit scorers for the first time this season.
- This was the fourth time a Jag has scored 20 or more points in a game this season, including Ellis' second time.
- The same starting-five has been used in all six games.
-  Ellis' double-double was the 19th of her career.
- Ellis has had double-digit points in five games, while recording double-digit rebounds in four.
- Savannah Jones has scored in double-digits four times this season, while tonight was Shaforia Kines' second.
- Genesis Perrymond's 10 points was a season-high for the senior guard.
- The game against USM was the 521st consecutive game South Alabama has made a three-point bucket, and the Jaguars' first points have come on three-pointers in five of the six games this season.
- South Alabama has six scorers averaging seven or more points per contest, Ellis (15.2), Jones (15.0), Antoinette Lewis (9.0), Kines (8.8), Perrymond (7.5) and Erin Autio (7.2).
- The Jaguars outscore opponents by 11 points per contest and score 68.7 points per game.
- USA is shooting 41.4 percent from the including 34.5 percent from the three-point arc, this season.
- Ellis needs 129 more points to reach 1,000 for her career.
- Jacksonville is 4-4 this season.
- The Dolphins dropped a contest against Troy at the buzzer on Friday.
- JU is coming off back-to-back postseason appearances, NCAA Tournament in 2015-16 and WNIT last season.
- The Dolphins have three scorers averaging double-digit points this season, Jasmyn Brown (13.3.), Brandi Buie (12.1) and Kayla Gordon (10.9).
- Gordon leads the team in rebounds and blocks, while Brown leads in steals and Buie leads in assists.
- Jacksonville averages 41.8 rebounds per game.
- The Dolphins average 66.1 points per contest and shoot 37.9 percent from the field.

THEY SAID IT
Head Coach Terry Fowler
On the matchup against Jacksonville: "I have a lot of respect for Jacksonville and their program. They are well-coached, play extremely hard and they're athletic. They try to push the tempo and get their best players in one-on-one situations. Our biggest concern is their rebounding. They rebound the basketball well and we can't give them second-chance opportunities."
 
On the team's best start during his tenure: "You win with motivated players. We have five seniors on our roster and they're motivated. They have shown a focus in their preparation and being ready on gameday. They really want to have a great season."
 
On the improvement at the charity stripe against USM: "We knew we're capable. We probably have had more free-throws rattle in-and-out than any other team in the country. For us it was just a matter of concentration. I think we understood the level of Southern Miss and what that game meant and we had a higher-level of concentration.
 
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