Game 15 • South Alabama Jaguars (12-2, 1-2 SBC) vs. Little Rock (6-8, 2-1 SBC) • January 12, 2019 • 3:00 p.m. • Mitchell Center • MOBILE, Ala.

THE COACHES
South Alabama
Terry Fowler, (Lane [Tenn.], '86)
Record at USA: 72-94, 36-61 SBC (6)
Overall: 279-272 (20)
vs. Little Rock: 1-8

Little Rock
Joe Foley, (Central Arkansas, '79)
at Little Rock: 318-171 (16)
Overall: 774-252
vs. South Alabama: 16-7

LAST GAME
The University of South Alabama women's basketball team suffered its first home loss of the season and fell to 12-2 on the year with a 64-77 loss vs. Arkansas State in the third Sun Belt game of the season on Thursday night at the Mitchell Center. 

Arkansas State took control early with a dominant first quarter and the Jaguars played from behind the rest of the night. The Jaguars shot 21.1 percent in the first quarter and ended the quarter down 11-23. The Red Wolves took their momentum into the second quarter, built a game-high 21-point lead, and led by double digits for the majority of the contest. 

Sophomore forward Antoinette Lewis was a bright spot for the Jaguars in the loss. Lewis recorded 21 points and nine rebounds in just 18 minutes of action. Lewis shot 9-of-13 from the floor to improve her season field-goal percentage to an outstanding 64.5 percent. Lewis led the Jags in scoring for the fifth time this season, and narrowly missed out on her fifth double-double as she fouled out of the game with five minutes left in the fourth. 

NEXT GAME
South Alabama heads back out on the road to take on Georgia State on Thursday, Jan. 17. Tip-off vs. the Panthers will take place at 5 p.m. at the GSU Sports Arena in Atlanta, Ga.

MULTIMEDIA
Television: ESPN+
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SERIES NOTES    
South Alabama and Little Rock have met a total of 29 times since the Trojans joined the Sun Belt in 2000 with Little Rock holding a 17-12 advantage in those meetings. Of the 29 meetings, 25 have been in the regular season and four have come in the conference tournament. South is 2-2 vs. Little Rock in the tournament and 11-14 in the regular season. Entering the 2018-19 season, Little Rock has won seven in a row and nine of the last ten. The Jags last win against the Trojans came on Feb. 1 2014 (61-56). The two teams last met in the Sun Belt tournament in 2012, Little Rock took that matchup 60-54. South Alabama leads all games at the Mitchell Center 8-7.

OPENING TIP
Lewis is shooting .645 from the floor to lead the Sun Belt in field-goal percentage and is eighth in the NCAA. The sophomore forward is averaging 14.1 points and nine rebounds per game, and leads the Jags and the Sun Belt with 28 blocks.

Shaforia Kines leads the Jags with 14.5 points per game and 20 steals. The Junior guard has 42 assists for the year. 

Savannah Jones leads South, and ranks second in the Sun Belt, with a .463 three-point field-goal percentage and has connected on 38 three-pointers this season, to average 14.0 points per game. For the season, the Jags are shooting .353 from three, leading the league with 7.7 made per game, and is second in three-point field-goal percentage.

After coming off the bench in the first game of the season, Damaya Telemaque has started the last 13 games for the Jaguars, the freshman guard averages 10.2 points per game, and leads the Jags with 52 assists. 

Christen Carter is coming off of a career-best 14 point night against Arkansas State. Carter has scored in double figures twice in her career, both times this season. 

The Jags are averaging 73.9 points per game while holding opponents to 64.0 points while shooting .441 from the floor. On the other hand Little Rock is scoring a league low 57.6 points while holding opponents to 59.9 points per game. The Trojans are shooting .397 from the floor, .310 from three, and .693 from the charity stripe. 

After sweeping the first weekend of Sun Belt Play, Little Rock (8-6, 2-1 SBC) is coming off of its first conference lost of the season, falling 66-71 to Troy on the road. Little Rock is led by Kyra Collier, putting up 13.6 points per game, has 33 steals and 37 assists. Collier is shooting .388 from the floor and .844 from the free-throw line. Collier is third in the Sun Belt in steals per game at 2.3. 

Ronjanae DeGray, coming off of a Sun Belt Player of the Week nod, leads the Trojans in field-goal percentage at .491 and rebounds with 5.4 per game while averaging 13.4 points through the first 14 games of the year. 

Little Rock is coming off of a 2018 season that saw them go 23-9 overall, and 17-1 in conference play. The Trojans beat Texas State in the conference tournament, earning a 14 seed in the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament before losing to Florida State in the first round. 

They Said It
Head Coach Terry Fowler 
On Little Rock: "Little Rock is a championship caliber program, they are the bell cow for this league. Tremendous on the defensive end of the floor, physical. On the offensive side of the ball they run their staple motion offense. Do a great job of reading screens and taking what the defense gives them, they don't force anything. For us, we have to match their physicality, we have to be able to play with some flow on the offensive end. That all starts with our defense, we have to get some stops and be able to push it to get some easy baskets in transition before they get their half-court defense set. 

On how to contain Little Rock: "That's easier said than done. It's one of those deals where you have to make them play to their weaknesses. They get to the basket and attack, we have to keep the ball out of the paint. If we can do that and make them take contested twos and keep them off the boards, I think we can have some success." 

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