Game 27 • South Alabama Jaguars (16-10, 9-6) vs. Louisiana (13-14, 8-7)
February 24, 2018 • 5:05 p.m. (C.T.) • Mitchell Center • Mobile, Ala.

THE COACHES
South Alabama
Terry Fowler (Lane [Tenn.], 1986)
Record at USA: 55-89 (5th year)
Overall Record: 262-267 (18th year)

Louisiana
Gary Brodhead
(Louisiana, '80)
Record at Louisiana: 105-84 (6)
Overall Record: 105-84 (6)
 
LAST GAME.
South Alabama ended a five-game losing streak with a victory on Thursday over ULM, 72-55.

NEXT GAME
USA travels to Georgia Southern to play the Eagles on Thursday.

ON THE AIR
On the web: http://usajaguars.com/watch/?Live=1018&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=196099

RANKINGS (Games played through Feb. 22)
USA: #152 RPI
Louisiana: #176 RPI

THE SERIES
The Jags lead the all-time series 37-15 and took the meeting between the two teams earlier in the season.
 
OPENING TIP
- The Jags ended a five-game losing streak on Thursday with a win over ULM by a score of 72-55.
- South Alabama is two 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 668 blocks. The team only had 697 blocks the previous nine seasons combined.
- South Alabama is 6-6 on the road and 10-4 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 10 double-doubles this season and Antoinette Lewis has one.
- Ellis has had double-digit points in 21 games, while recording double-digit rebounds in 11.
- Jones has scored in double-digits 16 times this season, while Shaforia Kines has eight, Genesis Perrymond, Erin Autio and Lewis have scored double-figures in six games.
- South Alabama has five scorers averaging seven or more points per contest, Ellis (13.9), Jones (12.0), Shaforia Kines (8.3), Lewis (7.7), 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 freshman in a season with 29.
- Ellis became the 19th women's basketball player in program history reach 1,000 points earlier this season.
- Ellis has 316 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 11 of their 16 games by double digits, including six by 20 or more points.
- USA is 11-0 when outrebounding its opponent.
- When scoring 70 or more, South Alabama is 9-1.
- The Jags have only given up a halftime or third-quarter lead twice this season.
- The Ragin' Cajuns are 13-14 this season, with an 8-7 record in conference play.
- Louisiana enters the contest on a three-game skid and lost their matchup in Troy on Thursday.
- Simone Fields leads the Cajuns with 9.8 points and 5.0 rebounds per game.
- Louisiana has been outscored by average of 2.6 points per contest.
- Skyler Goodwin leads the Cajuns with 37 steals.
 
THEY SAID IT
Head Coach Terry Fowler
On what he's looking for on Senior Day: "We've always played well on Senior Day. Hopefully that will continue. It's a special day. It's our seniors' last day to play in front of the Mitchell Center crowd. It's always been something that has motivated our team to go out and give it all for them and I expect nothing less."
 
On the senior class, his first recruiting class: "Number one is they were the first ones who bought into the vision to decide to even come here and sign with us. We've had our ups and downs, but we've had some good times and low times. They're the foundation. They're the people I can't wait to come back and we get a chance to see them as they move along in their careers. They've been very important in laying down the foundation for what we want to do. Our underclassmen look up to them and they've done what we asked for them to do."
 
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