MOBILE, Ala. – The University of South Alabama women's basketball team (7-4) falls to UAB, 78-66, ending a two-game win streak.
 
Shaforia Kines scored a team-high 15 points before fouling out late in the fourth quarter. The sophomore guard shot 50 percent from the field, 5-of-10, and went 3-for-7 on three-point attempts, while also recording a team-high five assists, collecting five boards and a steal.
 
Genesis Perrymond scored 14 points to tie her season-high, while shooting 5-of-8 from the field, including 4-for-6 from beyond the arc. The senior guard also collected three boards, an assist and a steal.
 
Antoinette Lewis, LaNeetra Guillory and Chyna Ellis each recorded nine points in the matchup against UAB. Ellis shot 1-of-9 from the field, but made 7-of-8 free-throw attempts and recorded a game-high 8 rebounds and had two rejections.
 
Lewis went 4-of-7 from the field and grabbed six boards, while Guillory shot 4-of-6 from the field for her season-high nine points.
 
UAB had three student-athletes in double-digits, led by Rachael Childress. Childress scored a game-high 27 points shooting 9-of-16 from the field, including 7-of-13 on three-point attempts and 2-of-2 from the charity-stripe. The guard also grabbed six boards and dished out two assists.
 
GAME FACTS
- The Jags trailed at the end of the first quarter 20-11.
- UAB shot 45 percent from the field to USA's 33.3 percent in the opening frame.
- The Blazers extended its lead to 19 twice during the second quarter.
- The Jags went on a 10-0 run during the final 3:46 of the opening half to cut the Blazer lead to single digits.
- Guillory buried a three-pointer, before the Blazers ended the Jags 13-0 run at the 9:13 mark of the third-quarter.
- Jones drained a three with 3:51 remaining in the third period to give South Alabama a one-point lead, its first of the game.
-  The Jags trailed by just three heading into the fourth quarter.
- UAB made just 1-of-5 free-throws in the third quarter.
- The Jags trailed by 1 with just over eight minutes left in the fourth, but UAB outscored USA 27-16 in the final eight minutes of the game, icing the matchup by shooting 8-of-8 from the charity-stripe down the stretch.
- UAB outrebound South Alabama 38-32.
- The Jags outscored the Blazers' bench 19-18.
- UAB scored 16 points off 11 USA giveaways as USA scored 8 off 7 UAB turnovers.
 
NOTES
- The Jags lost their first game when scoring 60 or more points.
- South Alabama is 0-4 when trailing at the half.
- Today's game marks just second time this season Ellis has not reached 10 points.
- The senior center is now just 49 points away from reaching 1,000 for her career and is 20 blocks from becoming the all-time leader in Sub Belt Conference history.
- Childress' seven made three-pointers ties the most made by an opponent at the Mitchell Center.
- UAB's 30 points in the fourth quarter is the most by a Jag opponent this season.
- With no overtime in the game today, the Jags have played in 100 straight games without going to overtime.
- South Alabama has made a three-point bucket in 525 consecutive games.
 
THEY SAID IT
Head Coach Terry Fowler
Opening statement: "I thought they got off to a great start, they are really a great three-point shooting team and they came out and were able to do that.  One of the big keys early in the game was that we wanted to make their post players play one-on-one, and they did a great job of getting in there and scoring; that was difficult.  But we made a comeback, though I always say that comebacks are easy and coming back to win is difficult, and that's exactly what happened.  When we got the lead, if we could've extended it to five or six points — which we never did — we might have been able to hold them at bay, but they went on a run there where they made three straight threes and that was the breaking point in the game."
 
On UAB's perimeter shooting: "They were lights out, and they can put it on the floor and get into the lane and make them there as well.  They continued to play and move without the basketball, which makes it difficult to guard.  I thought we answered and just fell short, we weren't able to sustain it."
 
On positive aspects of the game: "The effort was great and we didn't turn it over, we took care of the basketball.  We need to finish some shots around the basket that we didn't. I thought we shot a decent percentage from three as well.  The locker room is really sad right now, but we've done a lot of good things and have to build on that as we move forward into [Sun Belt] conference play on Dec. 29."
 
UP NEXT
The Jaguars return to action on Dec. 29 with a matchup against Georgia State to kickoff Sun Belt Conference play. Opening tip is scheduled for 1:05 p.m.
 
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