Game 26 • South Alabama Jaguars (15-10, 8-6) vs. ULM Warhawks (4-21, 1-13)
February 22, 2018 • 5:05 p.m. (C.T.) • Mitchell Center • Mobile, Ala.

THE COACHES
South Alabama
Terry Fowler (Lane [Tenn.], 1986)
Record at USA: 54-89 (5th year)
Overall Record: 261-267 (18th year)

ULM
Jeff Fox
(Oregon, '88)
Record at ULM: 34-79 (4)
Overall Record: 256-85 (15)
 
LAST GAME.
South Alabama fell to Coastal Carolina Saturday, 76-51, on the road.

NEXT GAME
South Alabama hosts Louisiana for Senior Day on Saturday with a 5:05 p.m. tip.

ON THE AIR
On the web: http://usajaguars.com/watch/?Live=1017&type=Archive
On the air: https://www.iheart.com/live/995-the-jag-mobile-7117/; 99.5 FM The Jag, pbp JT Crabtree
Live Stats: http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=196098

RANKINGS (Games played through Feb. 20)
USA: #142 RPI
ULM: #174 RPI

THE SERIES
The Jags lead the all-time series 15-9 and have taken the last two from the Warhawks.
 
OPENING TIP
- The Jags suffered their fifth-straight loss on the road to Coastal Carolina, 71-56.
- South Alabama is three wins away from the 600th in program history.
- Against Coastal Carolina (Jan. 18), Chyna Ellis' 10 rejections were a career-high and is now the individual record for a women's basketball player at the Mitchell Center.
- Since Ellis has been at South Alabama, the Jaguars have had 661 blocks. The team only had 697 blocks the previous nine seasons combined.
- South Alabama is 6-6 on the road and 9-4 at home this season.
- 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 assists, the most by a Jag this season, when they faced Central Arkansas.
- South Alabama has had at least two players score 10 or more point per game in every contest except for one.
- USA has had nine 20 or more point scoring efforts this season. Ellis has had six, including a career-high 24 points against Southern Mississippi.
- Ellis has nine double-doubles this season and Antoinette Lewis has one.
- Ellis has had double-digit points in 20 games, while recording double-digit rebounds in 10.
- Jones has scored in double-digits 16 times this season, while Shaforia Kines has seven, Genesis Perrymond has six and Erin Autio and Lewis have scored double-figures in five games.
- South Alabama has five scorers averaging seven or more points per contest, Ellis (13.8), Jones (12.2), Shaforia Kines (8.0), Lewis (7.4), and Perrymond (7.2).
- USA has had three players record three blocks in a game this season, Ellis 15 times, Lewis four times and LaNeetra Guillory three times.
- Jones has made 49 three-pointers this season, the second-most by a freshman in program history, and is in the top-10 for freshman scoring in a season with 292 points.
- Lewis has the sixth most blocks by a freshamn in a season with 27.
- Ellis became the 19th women's basketball player in program history reach 1,000 points earlier this season.
- Ellis has 313 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 5-3 in games decided by single digits.
- The Jags have won 10 of their 15 games by double digits, including six by 20 or more points.
- USA is 10-0 when outrebounding its opponent.
- When scoring 60 or more points South Alabama is 13-4, including 8-1 when scoring 70 or more.
- The Jags have only given up a halftime or third-quarter lead twice this season.
- The Warhawks are 4-21 this season, with a 1-13 record in conference play.
- Gabriella Cortex leads ULM in points (16.1), rebounds (5.7) and steals (34)
- Arsula Clark has 17 blocks and 58 assists to lead the Warhawks.
- ULM's lone conference victory came on Jan. 6 against Appalachian State.
 
THEY SAID IT
Head Coach Terry Fowler
On last weekend: "It was basically what happened the previous two weeks. We spotted App State points and fought back. We didn't force overtime; we were up three with 17 seconds left. They hit a big to send it overtime and they finished the game off. We didn't make free-throws. We go to Coastal, play an excellent three quarters and then in the fourth go 0-for-14 from the field."
 
On just fighting through the current adversity they're facing: "That's all you can do. Most teams go through this at some point in the season. Ours is happening right now. You just have to fight through it. If you're a good shooter, you're a good shooter. You just don't lose it forever. What concerns me is our defense. We have been pretty good defensively this year and we haven't been able to hold up at that end of the floor."
 
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