Game 16 • South Alabama Jaguars (12-3, 1-3 SBC) vs. Georgia State (8-7, 2-2 SBC) January 17, 2019 • 5:00 p.m. (CST) • GSU Sports Arena • ATLANTA, Ga.

THE COACHES
Terry Fowler, (Lane [Tenn.], '86)
at USA: 72-95, 36-62 SBC (6)
Overall: 279-273 (20)
vs. Georgia State: 7-4

Gene Hill (Coker, '97)
at Georgia State: 8-6, 2-2 SBC (1)
Overall: 8-6, 2-2 SBC
vs. South Alabama: --

LAST GAME
The University of South Alabama women's basketball team was handed its third loss of the season in a 42-65 defeat to the Little Rock Trojans on Saturday afternoon at the Mitchell Center. The loss takes South Alabama to 12-3 on the season and 1-3 in Sun Belt play. 

Little Rock used a 17-0 run that spanned from the end of the first quarter to the seven-minute mark in the second to amass its lead over the Jaguars, and the Trojans didn't look back after that. The Trojans capitalized on the offensive side of the glass, picking up 17 offensive boards, and turning those into 24 second-chance points over the Jaguars three. 

Little Rock's defense held South to a season-low 42 points and 35 rebounds, while scoring 21 points off a season-high 26 turnovers for the Jaguars. The Trojans leading scorer, Kyra Collier dropped a game-high 20 points, and added seven rebounds, six assists, and four steals. Ronjanae DeGray contributed to the Trojans' efforts with 14 points and 13 rebounds for her third double-double of the season.

NEXT GAME
South Alabama remains on the road to take on Georgia Southern on Saturday, Jan. 19. Tip-off vs. the Eagles is set for 1 p.m. (CST) at the Hanner Fieldhouse in Statesboro, Ga. 

MULTIMEDIA
Television: ESPN+
Radio: 710 WNTM
Live Stats: USAJaguars.com
Live Audio: USAJaguars.com
Live Video: USAJaguars.com

SERIES NOTES    
South Alabama and Georgia State have met a total of 14 times with South owning an 8-6 advantage in those matchups. Since Georgia State joined the Sun Belt, in 2014, the Jaguars are 7-4 in all matchups, 6-4 during the regular season and 1-0 in the conference tournament.  South has won the last three matchups, including the 49-44 tournament win in 2017. The Jags have not lost a game in Atlanta to Georgia State since losing 54-69 on Feb. 19 2015. The first matchup between the two programs took place at the Lady Moccasins Invitational hosted by Tennessee-Chattanooga, the Jags lost that contest 72-83.

OPENING TIP
South Alabama is scoring 71.8 points per game and leads the Sun Belt with 7.4 three-point field-goals made per game. Savannah Jones leads the way for the Jags in that category, averaging 2.8 made per game, shooting. 470 from behind the arc and putting up 13.9 points per game. Jones ranks second in the Sun Belt, and 11th in the NCAA with her .470 field-goal percentage. 

Antoinette Lewis leads the Sun Belt, and is ninth in the nation, in NCAA field-goal percentage at .626. The sophomore forward is averaging 13.6 points per game while connecting on 82-of-131 shots from the floor. Lewis leads the Jags in rebounding at 9.1 per game. 

Freshman Damaya Telemaque, has started in 14 consecutive games for South and leads the team with 54 assists.

For the season, the Jags are shooting .437 from the floor, .356 from three, and .563 from the free-throw line and have outscored their opponents by an average margin of +7.7. Shaforia Kines leads the Jags with 14.0 points per game. 

Georgia State is coming off of a 56-41 road win over Louisiana-Monroe on Saturday, Jan. 12. Allison Johnson led the Panthers with 15 points and five rebounds, as she shot 6-of-8 from the floor in the win. 

Jada Lewis leads Georgia State in scoring at 15.8 points per game, Lewis also leads the Panthers with 35 assists, and 28 steals. Walnatia Wright maintains the glass for the Panthers and has pulled in 9.1 rebounds per game, and joins Lewis as the only other player to average double-figures through all of Georgia State's games at 10.6 points per. 

Through its first 14 games of the season, Georgia State has averaged 60.7 points per game while shooting .381 from the floor, .291 from three, and .669 from the free-throw line.

They Said It
Head Coach Terry Fowler 
On Georgia State: "Georgia State plays a three-two zone, sometimes in a matchup defense. They do a great job of defending, that's what they have hung their hat on with their new coach, Coach Hill, coming in. They have a former Freshman of the year in Jada Lewis  who is returning this season, and an outstanding transfer player from Texas A&M in the post, so they have great balance inside and outside. They are athletic, play extremely hard and give you multiple defenses. Thats the challenge. 

On moving forward in the Sun Belt: The main thing is you have four games of data now. You know the things you need to improve on. We need to rebound the basketball. We have to do better on the defense side of the ball, one of the things we have hung our hat on since we've been here. Just get back to the fundamentals on that end of the floor, and cut down on the number of possessions we are giving opposing teams." 

For more information about South Alabama athletics, check back with www.usajaguars.com, and follow the Jaguars at www.twitter.com/USAJaguarSports. Season tickets for all Jaguar athletic events can be purchased by calling (251) 461-1USA (1872). Join the South Circle, the unrestricted giving option of the University of South Alabama Athletics. Contributions to South Circle directly support all 17 sports in addition to various support programming. For more information on how you can join visit: http://jaguarathleticfund.com/give

—USA—