Game 31 • Fifth-seeded South Alabama Jaguars (19-11, 11-7 SBC) vs. Fourth-seeded Troy Trojans (17-12, 12-6 SBC)
March 8, 2018 • 2:00 p.m. (C.T.) • Lakefront Arena • New Orleans, La.

THE COACHES
South Alabama
Terry Fowler (Lane [Tenn.], '86)
Record at USA: 58-90 (5th year)
Overall Record: 265-268 (18th year)

Troy
Chanda Rigby
(SE Louisiana, '90)
Record at Troy: 98-89 (6)
Overall Record: 327-188 (16)
 
LAST GAME.
South Alabama defeated 12th-seeded ULM, 80-54, in the first round of the SBC Tournament.

NEXT GAME
If the Jags defeat the Trojans, they will face either the first-seed Little Rock or ninth-seeded Appalachian State on Saturday at 5 p.m.

ON THE AIR
On the web: http://www.espn.com/watch/_/id/3304055/sun-belt-womens-basketball-championship
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=210018&confid=sbelt

RANKINGS (Games played through Mar. 4)
USA: #165 RPI
Troy: #180 RPI

THE SERIES
The Jags trail in the all-time series 22-25.
 
OPENING TIP
- The Jags started the SBC Tournament with an 80-54 victory over the 12th-seeded ULM Warhawks Tuesday.
- South Alabama tied the SBC Tournament record set by WKU in 2003 for made threes in a game with 13.
- USA had four players with more than 10 points in the contest for the fifth time this season.
- Antoinette Lewis collected 20 points in the matchup, her second game of 20 or more in the last four.
- Chyna Ellis collected her 94th block this season against ULM to break her single-season record she set last season.
- Ellis was named first-team all-conference and Defensive Player of the Year by the league office on Mar. 5, while Savannah Jones was named Freshman of the Year.
- Against Coastal Carolina (Jan. 18), 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 693 blocks. The team only had 697 blocks the previous nine seasons combined.
- South Alabama is 8-6 on the road, 10-5 at home and 1-0 at neutral sites 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.
- Genesis 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 14 20 or more point scoring efforts this season. Ellis has had seven, including a career-high 24 points against Southern Mississippi.
- Ellis has 12 double-doubles this season and Lewis has three.
- Ellis has had double-digit points in 23 games, while recording double-digit rebounds in 13.
- Jones has scored in double-digits 20 times this season, while Shaforia Kines and Lewis have 10, while Genesis Perrymond and Erin Autio have scored double-figures in six games.
- South Alabama has four scorers averaging nine or more points per contest, Ellis (13.8), Jones (12.4), Shaforia Kines (9.0), Lewis (9.0).
- USA has had three players record three blocks in a game this season, Ellis 17 times, Lewis five times and Guillory four times.
- Jones has made 62 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 361 points.
- Lewis has the sixth most blocks by a freshman in a season with 35.
- Ellis became the 19th women's basketball player in program history reach 1,000 points earlier this season.
- Ellis has 325 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 7-4 in games decided by single digits.
- The Jags have won 12 of their 19 games by double digits, including seven by 20 or more points.
- USA is 14-0 when outrebounding its opponent.
- When scoring 70 or more, South Alabama is 12-1.
- The Jags have only given up a halftime or third-quarter lead three-times this season.
- The Trojans finished the regular-season with a 19-11 overall record, 12-6 in SBC play.
- Troy had a bye through the first-round of the SBC Tournament as the fourth seed.
- Amber Rivers and Kayla Robinson average over 10 points per game with 14.2 and 13.0, respectively.
- Sky'Lynn Holmes leads the Trojans in rebounds (8.5) and blocks (36)
- Troy split a pair of matchups this season with South Alabama, winning at home and losing on the road
 
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