Game 4 • South Alabama Jaguars (3-0, 0-0 SBC) at Southern Jaguars (2-2, 0-0 SWAC)
Nov. 19, 2018 • 5:30 p.m. • F.G. Clark Activity Center • Baton Rouge, La.
THE TEAMS
South Alabama
'18-19: 2-0, 0-0 (Sun Belt)
Head Coach: Terry Fowler (Lane [Tenn.], '86)
at USA: 63-92, 35-59 SBC (6)
Overall: 270-270 (20)
vs. Southern: 2-1
Statistical Leaders
Pts: Damaya Telemaque (16.7)
Rebs: Antoinette Lewis (9.0)
Asts: Jayla Morrow (12)
Stls: Shaforia Kines / Christen Carter (5)
Blks: Antoinette Lewis (6)
Southern
'18-19: 2-2, 0-0 (SWAC)
Head Coach: Carlos Funchess (ULM '92)
at Southern: 2-2 (1)
Overall: 2-2 (1)
vs. South Alabama: 0-0
Statistical Leaders
Pts: Brittany Rose (10.0)
Rebs: Sarai Blissett (4.5)
Asts: Danayea Charles (18)
Stls: Courtney Parsons (8)
Blks: Sarai Blissett (5)
LAST GAME
Damaya Telemaque led South Alabama with 21 points as the Jaguars remained perfect and picked up a 58-50 road win over Central Arkansas Saturday afternoon. The Jaguars retook the lead and took control of the contest with a 13-3 run in the third period of play and led by as much as 17 in the second half, before taking the eight-point victory.
NEXT GAME
South Alabama will return home to host East Tennessee State on Monday, Nov. 26. Tip off versus the Bucs is set for
7 p.m. at the Mitchell Center.
MULTIMEDIA
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INSIDE THE SERIES
Series Record: 16-4, USA
First Meeting: 1/7/85 — USA, 78-65
Last Meeting: 12/11/17 — USA, 69-65
Current Streak: South Alabama by 2
SERIES NOTES
- The two teams have meet 20 previous times in the all-time series which dates back to the 1984-85 season.
- The South Alabama holds a 16-4 advantage in those previous meetings and have won the last two and six of the last seven.
- Last season, South picked up a 69-65 victory over Southern in Mobile.
- All four of Southern's wins in the series have come in Baton Rouge with the last coming on 11/20/15, a 50-45 victory.
- Southern is 5-4 on its home floor in the all-time series, while South is a perfect 11-0 in the Mitchell Center.
- Each of the last three meetings have been decided by less than 10 points.
OPENING TIP
- South Alabama (3-0) makes the quick turnaround after picking a 58-50 win at Central Arkansas on Saturday afternoon in its first road contest of the season.
- The 3-0 start by the Jags to start the season is the first since the 2012-13 season and just the sixth-ever by the program.
- Freshman Damaya Telemaque became the first South player to eclipse the 20-point mark this season as she led all scorers with 21 points on 7-of-12 shooting from the field and 6-of-8 at the foul line.
- Telemaque has led the club offensively in both her starts this season and ranks sixth in the Sun Belt in scoring.
- The Houston, Texas, native has converted 54.2 percent of her field goal attempts, which ranks second on the team.
- Jayla Morrow also scored a career high nine points and dished out a team-high four assists against UCA.
- South's defense held the Sugar Bears to just 27.6 percent shooting, which included just 3-of-15 from beyond the arc.
- Sophomore forward/center Antoinette Lewis, like most of the post players for South, battled foul trouble for much of the game against Central Arkansas.
- Lewis was held to just two points and five rebounds in seven minutes of action in the contests.
- Lewis is tied with Savannah Jones with 11.7 points per game. She leads the SBC in field-goal percentage (.727) and is tied for third in the league on the glass with 9.0 boards per outing.
- Jones, a preseason first-team all-league selection, is the top deep threat for South through three games. She has knocked down 52.9 percent (9-of-17) of her long-range attempts, while she is averaging 3.0 treys per contest.
- As a team, South Alabama is shooting 36.7 from beyond the arc, which is second-best in the Sun Belt.
- Southern (2-2) enters Monday night's contest after falling 94-49 at fourth-ranked Baylor last Thursday night.
- The Bears opened up the game by outscoring Southern 32-14 and shot 75 percent in each of the opening two periods of action to hold a 59-27 lead at the half.
- Baylor dished out 29 assists, forced 21 turnovers and placed seven players in double figures in the win, with the Bear reserves tallying 49 points.
- In its last two outings, both losses, Southern has been allowed more than 90 points and failed to eclipse the 50-point mark.
- Southern lost, 91-41 at Kentucky (11/11) after opening the season with wins over Millsaps (71-36) and Wiley (89-58) on Nov. 6 and 8, respectively.
- Courtney Parsons led Southern offensively with 11 points in her last outing against Baylor.
- Parsons (7.9 ppg) leads the club with a 59.6 field-goal percentage to go along with her team-high eight steals.
- Brittany Rose is the lone player for Southern averaging double digits with 10.0 points per contest. Rose is the top deep threat for SU as she has knocked down 11 of her 23 three-point attempts (.478).
- Skylar O'Bear is averaging 7.5 ppg, while Danayea Charles has dished out 18 assists in four games.
- As a team, Southern is shooting 37.2 percent from the field, while allowing its opponents to shoot 45.5 percent. The opposition has also converted 27 of their 70 three-point attempts for 38.6 percent.
- Southern is coached by first-year head coach Carlos Funchess, who was a long-time assistant coach for former head coach Sandy Pugh.
- Over that 13-year period, Funchess and Pugh guided Southern to five SWAC regular season and three SWAC Tournament titles, as well as seven national postseason appearances (4 NCAA and 3 WNIT).
THEY SAID IT
Head Coach Terry Fowler
On the change in Southern's coaching staff from previous years: "Coach [Carlos] Funchess is probably press a little bit more, not a lot more, but a little bit more than [former Southern] Coach Sandy Pugh did. He really wants to play an up-tempo style of basketball. There are still a lot of similarities in the things that they've done in the past, but he's brought a little bit of an extra edge on the full-court pressure defense."
On the toughness of playing Southern on their home floor during the series: "It is a difficult place to play. We haven't had a lot of success there. We just have to go in there and play our game. If we take care of the basketball, limit turnovers and don't give them easy transition baskets, we'll be alright."
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