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CONWAY, Ark. - Damaya Telemaque scored 21 points in the University of South Alabama women's basketball team win over Central Arkansas. In the first road game of the year for the Jaguars the freshman guard made her second career start, played 38 minutes, and shot 7-of-11 from the field to lead her team to a 58-50 non-conference victory at the Ferris Center and improve to 3-0 on the young season.

India Hall tied with Central Arkansas' Alaina Fisher with nine rebounds, and scored her only bucket of the game when she made a layup to take the lead back from the Sugar Bears with five minutes to go in the third quarter.

Jayla Morrow added nine points and four assists while Alexis Sykes shot 2-of-6 from behind the arc and finished with seven points. Sykes' two threes came in the third quarter and helped South build a 41-35 lead. 

Hannah Langhi led the Sugar Bears (2-2) with 14 points, hitting 6-of-13 attempts from the field and pulling in six rebounds. 

GAME FACTS
- South spent 32 minutes of the contest with the lead and lost it just once after the first two minutes. UCA led for the first two minutes of the game and reclaimed a one-point advantage with nine minutes left to go in the third before Hall's layup re-took the lead for the Jaguars. 
- The Sugar Bears held South scoreless for the first five minutes of the third quarter, before allowing the Jaguars to go on a 13-3 run to close out the quarter. 
- The Jags made 21-of-49 attempts from the field and 5-of-10 from the three-point line, shooting 42.9 percent for the game. 
- Central Arkansas out-rebounded the Jags on the offensive side of the ball 20-11, but were held to 16-of-58 from the field, shooting 27.6 percent for the game. 
- Telemaque has made two career starts and has led the team in scoring both times. 

NOTES
- Telemaque was 7-of-11 from the field to score in double digits for the third time in as many games during her first season on the collegiate level. 
- This was just the second all-time meeting between the two clubs and was the first time South had traveled to Central Arkansas to play. The Jags now lead the overall series 2-0.
- Today's game marked the 118th time the Jags have played a member of the Southland Conference and with the win improved to 69-49 verse the conference overall. 
- South's bench accounted for 17 points on the night with Sykes leading the way with seven. 

THEY SAID IT
Head coach Terry Fowler
Opening Statement: "Anytime you go on the road, especially against a team with the kind of pride they have here in Central Arkansas, we expect a battle and we got one today. We really fought with all of our post players getting into foul trouble and having to play some make-shift lineups. Players just made play after play so it was a big win for us on the road." 

On the first road game of the season: "Anytime you go on the road you're learning the routine, what the coaches want, so all that stuff is new. This team has got newcomers and we're are a young team with nine out of 14 being freshman and sophomores." 

On big shots in the third: "I thought Alexis Sykes came in for Savannah Jones and had some big shots for us and then Damaya made the big corner three that proved to be valuable for us as well. That gave us some breathing room and then we were able to execute down the stretch even though they made their run."

On the defense: "We knew they're not a great outside shooting team but they made some late. We wanted to make it difficult for their post players and take up space and squeeze, make it difficult for them to feed it inside." 

Up next: The Jaguars will stay on the road to play Southern University at 5:30 p.m. (CST) on Monday.

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