MOBILE, Ala. – The University of South Alabama women's basketball team (15-7, 8-3 SBC) had a five-game home win streak snapped by the Little Rock Trojans (15-8, 12-0 SBC), 47-35, on Saturday at the Mitchell Center. The loss was the first at home since Dec. 21 against UAB.
 
Chyna Ellis lead the Jags with 14 points and eight rebounds. The senior center shot 6-of-14 from the field.
 
Antoinette Lewis had 10 points on a 4-for-8 shooting night. The freshman forward also grabbed six boards and rejected a game-high three shots.
 
Little Rock was led by Yanina Inkina and Ronjanae DeGray. Inkina scored a game-high 15 points on a 6-of-10 shooting day from the field. DeDray scored 11 points off the bench and grabbed four rebounds.
 
GAME FACTS
- The Trojans jumped out of the gate on a 13-0 run, 11 of which were scored by Inkina.
- Little Rock finished the opening quarter leading South Alabama 16-4.
- The Jags cut the Trojan lead to eight as the teams headed to the half with the score 24-16 in favor of Little Rock.
- Little Rock outscored USA 23-19 in the second-half to take the game.
- Each team had six steals.
- The Trojans won the rebound battle 38-35, but the Jags took the offensive glass 13-7.
- South Alabama had nine assists on 13 made baskets.
- USA had four blocked shots to LR's two.
- Each squad converted 13 points off turnovers.

NOTES
- Ellis has 884 career rebounds and took sole possession of fifth all-time in program history today as she passed Annette Williams.
- The senior also had her second straight game with double-figure points, 18th of the season.
- Lewis collected her third game with 10 or more points.
- 16 points in the first-half were the fewest scored in any half this season by South Alabama.
- This was the first time USA has scored less than 40 points in a game since last season's loss at Texas State on Feb. 23, 2017.
- The Jags shot 24.1 percent from the field, the first time this season they shot below 30 percent in a game.
 
THEY SAID IT
USA head coach Terry Fowler
Opening Statement: "Want to thank marketing and promotions for getting the kids here today. It was a great crowd. The 13-0 start is the difference in the game. You take that away and it's a plus-one game for us. They got off to a great start. We got shots that we wanted and we just couldn't finish and put them in the basket. From that point on it was just playing catch-up. Disappointing, but we have to learn. Their physicality took us out of what we wanted to do."
 
On how much of it was their defense and USA's shots rolling in-and-out: "It was a combination of both. When we got good looks and they didn't go, it was just us missing a shot. They sped us up a little bit. We were right at the basket they spin and someone would come and crowd you. Then we would shoot quicker than we normally would. It was a combination of their defense and our inability to make shots."
 
On what he wants to see after the last two losses: "It's just come back and fight. We have hit some adversity now. It's not he adversity, it's how we respond to it. We have to come out and play. It's not necessarily winning and losing, it's about coming out tomorrow working hard and coming back on Saturday. We then have to the let chips fall and play as well as we can play and see what happens."
 
UP NEXT
The Jaguars close out the homestand with Arkansas State on Saturday at 1:05 p.m.
 
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