Game 14 • South Alabama Jaguars (12-1, 1-1 SBC) vs. Arkansas State (7-6, 2-0 SBC) January 10, 2019 • 7:00 p.m. (CST) • Mitchell Center • MOBILE, Ala.

THE COACHES
South Alabama
Terry Fowler, (Lane [Tenn.], '86)
Record at USA: 72-93,
Overall: 279-271 (20)
vs. Arkansas State: 1-8

Arkansas State
Head Coach: Brian Boyer, (Missouri Western, '93)
at Arkansas State: 328-275, 188-134 SBC (20)
Overall: 328-275
vs. South Alabama: 19-10

LAST GAME
The University of South Alabama women's basketball team earned its first Sun Belt win of the season on Saturday afternoon, beating Coastal Carolina 88-78 on the road at the HTC Center. 

The Jags started out in control of the contest thanks to a 19-3 run sparked by Savannah Jones in the first, and held a four-point lead at the end of the quarter. After heading into halftime down by five, South put up 30 points in the third quarter to build a lead and did not let Coastal get back into the game, maintaining their 10-point margin of victory for the majority of the fourth quarter. 

The Jags set a season-high with 12 three-pointers made in the contest, and went 6-of-9 from deep in the third quarter to go on a 14-0 run into the fourth quarter that helped establish their 10-point lead on the Chanticleers.

NEXT GAME
South Alabama remains home to take on Little Rock on Saturday, Jan. 12, at the Mitchell Center. Tip-off vs. the Trojans is slated for 3 p.m. in Mobile, Ala. 

MULTIMEDIA
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SERIES NOTES    
South Alabama and Arkansas State have met a total of 48 times, all coming since Arkansas joined the Sun Belt in 1992. The Jags own an 11-37 all-time record vs. the Red Wolves, 9-33 in Sun Belt regular season play, and 2-4 in the conference tournament. Arkansas State has taken nine out of the last ten, with the Jaguars getting their most recent win on March 4, 2017 at the Mitchell Center. The two teams faced each other only one time last season, with the Red Wolves taking that game 75-60 in Mobile.

OPENING TIP

Jones is coming off a 30-point day against Coastal, shooting 7-of-14 from three while connecting on her first-four three balls of the day to improve on her .474 season shooting from deep. Jones ranks second in the Sun Belt, and 12th in the NCAA, in three-point field-goal percentage, third in threes made per game (3.1) and averages 14.8 points per game.  

Shaforia Kines recorded the first double-double of her career against App State last Thursday, and followed it up with a 22-point performance against Coastal. Kines leads the Jags averaging 15.1 points per game. 

Antoinette Lewis narrowly missed picking up her fifth double-double of the season with a 12 point and eight rebound day against Coastal. Lewis is averaging 13.5 points and 9.0 rebounds per game, while leading the Sun Belt, and ranking ninth in the NCAA, in field-goal percentage at .639, and is third in the league in rebounds.

South Alabama ranks third in the Sun Belt in scoring (74.7 per game) while leading the league in three-point field-goal percentage (.364). The Jags own a +11.7 scoring margin while holding opposing offenses to a .344 shooting percentage.  

Led by Lewis, the Jaguars average 43.0 rebounds per game and are one of four teams in the league to have a positive rebounding margin (+2.7). 

Arkansas State is coming off a weekend sweep to begin conference play. The Red Wolves beat Louisiana 87-76, and Louisiana-Monroe 64-54 at home. 

The Red Wolves were led by their leading scorer Peyton Martin in the win against Louisiana on Thursday night. Martin put up 25 points and 10 rebounds. For the season, Martin is averaging 15 points and 6.8 rebounds per game, shooting .493 from the floor. 

On the road this year Ark State is 1-5, getting their lone win against UTEP. The Red Wolves have played at Oklahoma State (60-62), UT Martin (91-97, OT), Texas A&M (56-97), Belmont (55-74), and most recently at Missouri (50-70) on Dec. 30. 


They Said It
Head Coach Terry Fowler 
On Arkansas State: "Arkansas State, they're a traditional powerhouse in the Sun Belt, really athletic. They will give you multiple looks on the defensive end, get after you and pressure you. Offensively, they have a lot of sets, lot of movement with a great post player in Peyton Martin, and Westbrook is awesome as well. They play really hard, flat out get after you. We have to match their intensity and exceed it. Game is going to be about competing  every possession, really getting after it. Look forward to a great crowd coming out to the Mitchell Center and seeing us play." 

On Returning Home to the Mitchell Center: "It's great. I thought the crowd at Appalachian State helped them. We really need Jag Nation to step up, students are back in school now. We really need them to come out and support us as we look to keep the streak we have going alive at the Mitchell Center." 

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