Game 20 • South Alabama Jaguars (14-5, 7-1) at ULM Warkhawks (4-15, 1-7)
January 27, 2018 • 12:00 p.m. (C.T.) • Fant-Ewing Coliseum • Monroe, La.

THE COACHES
South Alabama
Terry Fowler (Lane [Tenn.], 1986)
Record at USA: 53-88 (5th year)
Overall Record: 259-261 (18th year)

ULM
Jeff Dow
(Oregon, '88)
Record at ULM: 34-73 (4)
Overall Record: 249-155 (14)

LAST GAME.
South Alabama took down Louisiana on the road, 72-57.

NEXT GAME
The Jaguars wrap up their third game away from the Mitchell Center next Saturday.

ON THE AIR
On the web:  http://ulmwarhawks.com/watch/?Live=34&type=Live
On the air: https://www.iheart.com/live/995-the-jag-mobile-7117/; 99.5 FM The Jag, pbp JT Crabtree
Live Stats: http://www.sidearmstats.com/ulmonroe/wbball/
 
RANKINGS (Games played through Jan. 25)
USA: #90 RPI
ULM: #333 RPI

THE SERIES
The Jags lead the all-time series 14-9, and the programs have split the last 10 meetings.
 
OPENING TIP
- The Jaguars never trailed in their victory on Thursday at Louisiana, 72-57.
- USA is on its first five-game SBC win streak since 2010.
- South Alabama is four wins away from the program's 600th win.
- The Jags' 7-1 SBC record is the best since 2008-09.
- Chyna Ellis became the all-time blocks leader in Sun Belt Conference history passing Kaetlyn Murdoch's mark of 279 on Jan. 18 against Coastal Carolina.
- Against Coastal Carolina, Ellis' 10 rejections were a career-high and is now the individual record for a women's basketball player at the Mitchell Center.
- The senior center also collected the first triple-double of her career with 12 points, 10 rebounds and 10 blocks. It was the four in program history and is only the 15th in NCAA women's basketball this season.
- Since Ellis has been at South Alabama, the Jaguars have had 607 blocks. The team only had 697 blocks the previous nine seasons combined.
- The team's 14 blocks against CCU is a program-record besting the previous mark of 12.
- South Alabama is 9-2 at home.
- USA had four double-digit scorers for the third time season in the matchup against Troy.
- South Alabama is 60.6 percent from the field in the first-half against Georgia Southern, the best shooting percentage of any half this season.
- South Alabama grabbed 50 rebounds against Georgia Southern, the second time this season they have grabbed 50 or more rebounds in a game.
- The Jags' seven non-conference wins are the most since the 2012-13 season when they won seven.
- 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.
- Perrymond recorded a career-high 9 assist the most by a Jag this season, when they faced Central Arkansas.
- South Alabama leads the SBC in seven statistical categories, assists (320), assists per game (16.8), blocks (132), blocks per game (7.2), defensive rebounds (29.6), shooting percentage (43.0 percent) and defensive field goal percentage holding opponents to 34.5 percent from the field, good for 7th in the nation.
- USA shot a season-best 51.1 percent from the field and 52.9 percent from beyond the arc in the contest against UCA.
- The Jags capped off November with an .833 winning percentage, their best winning percentage in November since the 2008-09 season.
- South Alabama has had at least two players score 10 or more point per game in every contest except for one.
- USA has had eight 20 or more point scoring efforts this season. Ellis has had five, including a career-high 24 points against Southern Mississippi.
- Ellis has led South Alabama in scoring in nine games.
- The senior center has eight double-doubles this season.
- Ellis has had double-digit points in 16 games, while recording double-digit rebounds in nine.
- Jones has scored in double-digits 14 times this season, while Genesis Perrymond has five and Erin Autio has done so four times.
- South Alabama has five scorers averaging seven or more points per contest, Ellis (14.7), Jones (13.8), Shaforia Kines (8.3), Antoinette Lewis (7.6), and Perrymond (7.2).
- USA has had three players record three blocks in a game this season, Ellis 11 times, Lewis twice and LaNeetra Guillory three times.
- USA is shooting 43.0 percent from the field including 35.4 percent from the three-point arc this season.
- Jones has made 42 three-pointers this season, the second-most by a freshman in program history.
- Ellis became the 19th women's basketball player in program history reach 1,000 points.
- Ellis has 293 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 4-2 in games decided by single digits.
- The Jags have won 10 of their 14 games by double digits, including six by 20 or more points.
- The Jags have trailed at halftime six-times this season and are 2-4 when trailing at the half.
- USA is 5-3 on the road and will not play a neutral site game until the SBC Tournament in New Orleans.
- USA is 10-0 when outrebounding its opponent.
- When scoring 60 or more points South Alabama is 12-2, including 8-0 when scoring 70 or more.
- ULM is 4-15 this season, including 1-7 in conference play.
- The Warhawks lost to Troy on Thursday 86-79.
- Gabriella Cortez leads ULM in points per game, rebounds and steals.
- Arsula Clark leads in assists and blocks.
- The Warhawks are ninth in scoring offense and defense.

THEY SAID IT
Head Coach Terry Fowler
On the matchup with ULM: "Going on the road, you get the first one and then you want to sweep it. ULM plays multiple defenses and do different things. We have to make sure we are ready. We have to make sure we keep our composure and character heading into the game."
 
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