Game 3 • South Alabama Jaguars (2-0, 0-0 SBC) at Central Arkansas Sugar Bears (2-1, 0-0 SLC)
Nov. 17, 2018 • 7 p.m.  • Farris Center • Conway, Ark.

THE TEAMS
South Alabama
'18-19: 2-0, 0-0 (Sun Belt)
Head Coach: Terry Fowler (Lane [Tenn.], '86)
at USA: 62-92, 35-59 SBC (6)
Overall: 269-270 (20)
vs. Central Arkansas: 1-0

Statistical Leaders
Pts: Antoinette Lewis (16.5)
Rebs: Antoinette Lewis (11.0)
Asts: Shaforia Kines (10)
Stls: Shaforia Kines (5)
Blks: Antoinette Lewis (6)

Central Arkansas
'18-19: 2-1, 0-0 (Southland)
Head Coach:  Sandra Rushing (Alabama '86)
at Central Arkansas: 131-61 (7)
Overall: 534-316 (30)
vs. South Alabama: 0-1

Statistical Leaders
Pts: Kamry Orr (11.0)
Rebs: Hannah Langhi (5.7)
Asts: Taylor Sells (8)
Stls: Taylor Sells (6)
Blks: Mekaylan Hicks (9)
 
LAST GAME
South Alabama had all five starters score in double figures led by Damaya Telemaque's 17 and finished with 28-point performance in the fourth period to rally back and pick up a 77-68 come-from-behind, non-conference victory over Southern Mississippi at the Mitchell Center.

NEXT GAME
South Alabama remain on the road as they travel to Baton Rouge, La., to take on Southern on Monday. Tip off versus the Jaguars is set for 5:30 p.m. at the F.G. Clark Activity Center.

MULTIMEDIA
Radio: None
Live Stats: USAJaguars.com
Live Video:USAJaguars.com
 
SERIES NOTES    
- The two teams have meet only one other time with that meeting coming last season in Mobile.
- In that initial meeting, South Alabama picking up a 64-43 victory over the Sugar Bears at the Mitchell Center.
- Savannah Jones scored 20 points, while Chyna Ellis added 16 points of her own. Jones was 7-of-9 from the field, including a perfect 5-for-5 on three-point buckets. The redshirt freshman guard scored 18 of her 20 points in the second-half going 6-of-6 from the field. Jones also collected a team-high six rebounds and recorded an assist.
- Ellis shot 6-of-9 from the field, making both of her three-point attempts and free-throws, for 16 points. The Jag center swatted a then-season-high six rejections, brought down four boards and recorded a pair of assists and a pair of steals in the victory.
- South Alabama rattled off a 9-0 run during the opening minutes of the first period and outscored Central Arkansas 20-4 in the quarter.
- UCA only shot 27.9 percent from the field after entering the game shooting

OPENING TIP
- South Alabama (2-0) is coming off a thrilling 77-68 come-from-behind victory over Southern Mississippi at the Mitchell Center on Wednesday night.
- The Jaguars trailed by as much as seven in the second half and outscored the Golden Eagles 28-13 in the fourth quarter to pick up the victory.
- Led by Damaya Telemaque's 18 points, the Jags placed five players in double figures. Telemaque was 7-of-12 from the floor.
- The true freshman is averaging 14.5 points per outing and knocking down 50 percent of her shot attempts on the young season.
- Savannah Jones and Antoinette Lewis each added 15 points in the win.
- Jones scored 11 of her 15 points in the fourth quarter hitting four of her five shot attempts, including all three of her three-pointers over the final 10 minutes of the contest.
- Her trey at the 3:28 mark gave the lead for good and her final long range shot put the Jags up six with just over a minute to play.
- The redshirt sophomore guard ranks second on the club with 15.0 ppg and is the top long-range threat thus far as she has converted 50 percent of her attempts beyond the arc and is averaging four treys per contest.
- Along with her 15 points, Lewis nearly recorded her second double-double of the season as she pulled down nine boards.
- The sophomore post player leads the club in points (16.5), rebounds (11.0) and blocks (6). Lewis has also knocked down a blistering 15 of her 20 shot attempts for a .750 percentage.
- Shaforia Kines (14) and Christen Carter (12) also carded double digits in the win.
- Kines is averaging 14.0 ppg and leads the club with 10 assists through the first two games.
- The double-digit effort was Carter's first in her 36 games as a Jag. She is second on the club with 7.0 rebounds per game.
- Central Arkansas (2-1) enters Saturday's contest after suffering a 65-56 road loss to Jackson State on Tuesday night.
- The Tigers pulled away from UCA in the fourth quarter outscoring the Sugar Bears 23-16 in the period to pick up the nine-point victory.
- Alanie Fisher led the Sugar Bears with 16 points, 11 rebounds, three steals and two assists in 26 minutes off the bench.
- Prior to Tueday night's game against JSU, Fisher had scored just three points and recorded three rebounds in the first two games of the season for UCA.
- Kamry Orr is the lone player for Central Arkansas averaging double figures as she comes into the contest with 11 points per game.
- Orr has knocked down 10 of her 11 free throw attempts this season for 90.9 percent.
- Taylor Sells sits just outside double figures with 8.0 ppg. Sells leads the club in assists (8) and steals (6).
- As a team, the Sugar Bears are averaging 61.0 ppg and allowing just 46.3 ppg defensively.
- UCA has struggled from beyond the arc as it have converted only five of its 45 three-point attempts for 11.1 percent.
- Last season, Central Arkansas finished with a 25-10 overall record and advanced to the championship game of the Women's Basketball Invitational before falling 54-50 to Yale.

THEY SAID IT
Head Coach Terry Fowler
On what the Southern Miss win can mean to his young team: "It was our first game this season against a Division-I opponent who was also a quality opponent in Southern Miss. To have to come back, fight, scratch and claw and hold on, while playing with different line ups and some other adversity that ensued during the game was great for our team. It was a good confidence builder."
 
On heading out on the road for the first time this season: "Anytime you go on the road, it's a great opportunity to bond as a team. We definitely look forward to that experience. We've been lucky to be at the friendly confines of the Mitchell Center [in our first two games]. We need to go on the road now and defend, make some shots move the basketball and play inside-out, but we've got to make sure we're good on the defensive end of the floor."

On Central Arkansas: "Coach [Sandra] Rushing and I go way back from her days at Delta State and mine at North Alabama. She's a top-notch coach and her teams are always going to play hard. They are always going to be solid on the defensive end of the floor. They are going to give it their best effort, so we know we are in for a dog-fight up there."

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