Game 22 • South Alabama Jaguars (17-4, 6-4 SBC) vs. Little Rock (13-8, 9-1 SBC) • February 9 2019 • 3:00 p.m. • Jack Stephens Center • Little Rock, Ark.

THE COACHES
SOUTH ALABAMA
Terry Fowler, (Lane [Tenn.], '86)
at USA: 77-95, 41-62 SBC (6)
Overall: 284-273 (20)
vs. Little Rock: 1-9

LITTLE ROCK
Joe Foley, (Central Arkansas, '79)
at Little Rock: 325-171 (16)
Overall: 781-252 (30)
vs. South Alabama: 17-7

LAST GAME
The University of South Alabama women's basketball team fell 58-69 on Thursday night to Arkansas State at the First National Bank Arena in Jonesboro, Ark., snapping a five game win streak in Sun Belt play. 

Arkansas State used a 10-0 scoring run late in the second to expand their lead to 12 heading into halftime. The Jaguars fought back and cut the Red Wolves lead in half heading into the fourth, and Jayla Morrow connected on a three early in the quarter to put the Jags down by just three. Arkansas State, however, was not fazed and quickly regained control of the ballgame, pulling out the 11-point win without much of a doubt. The Red Wolves had five players in double figures, with Jireh Washington leading the way with 14. 

South Alabama started the game 0-for-9 from behind the arc until Shaforia Kines hit one early in the second quarter. The Jags, ranked second in the Sun Belt shooting .368 from three, shot a mere 26.9 percent from deep. Kines finished with 15 points and seven rebounds, while shooting 6-of-11 from the floor.

MULTIMEDIA
Television: lrtrojans.com
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SERIES NOTES    
South Alabama and Little Rock have met a total of 30 times since the Trojans joined the Sun Belt in 2000, with Little Rock holding an 18-12 advantage in those contests. Of the 30 meetings, 26 have taken place in the regular season and four have come in the conference tournament. South is 2-2 vs. Little Rock in the tournament and 11-15 in the regular season. 

The two teams have already met once this season, with the Trojans winning 42-65 at the Mitchell Center on Jan. 12. Little Rock has won eight meetings in a row, with the Jags last win vs. the Trojans coming in Feb. 1, 2014 (61-56) and the Jaguars last win in Little Rock came on Feb. 5, 2005 in overtime, 67-58. 

OPENING TIP
The Jaguars loss vs. Arkansas State ended a five-game winning streak and Arkansas State now makes up half of their losses this season. The Jags are 2-1 on the season coming off of a loss this year. 

South Alabama is tied for fourth in the conference standings heading into action vs. Little Rock, while the Trojans lead the way in the conference with a 9-1 Sun Belt record. Little Rock, at 13-8 for the season, is coming off of a 76-72 win over Troy on Thursday night at the Jack Stephens Center in Little Rock, Ark.

Savannah Jones, Shaforia Kines, and Jayla Morrow are coming off of double figure nights against the Red Wolves. It was Jones' 13th, Kines' 15th, and Morrow's 4th game of the season in double digits. Jones and Kines are tied with 14.9 points per game to lead the Jaguars in scoring and Jones led South with 12 points when Little Rock came to Mobile earlier in the season. 

The Jags remain the leading three-point shooting team in the Sun Belt, hitting 7.6 points per game and sit at second in three-point FG percentage at .362. South Alabama is shooting .440 from the floor and is averaging 72.0 points per game. 

Little Rock leads the Sun Belt in scoring defense, allowing opposing offenses to score just 58.4 points per game, and rank second in turnover margin at +3.4. The Trojans are shooting .422 from the floor, .327 from three, and .721 from the free-throw line on the season while averaging 61.0 points per game. 

Ronjanae DeGray was voted as the preseason Sun Belt Women's Basketball Player of the year. DeGray is averaging 14.3 points per game while bringing in six rebounds per game. The senior forward brought home 14 points and 13 rebounds for a double-double the last time the two teams met in Mobile, Ala. 

Kyra Collier dropped 20 against the Jaguars on Jan. 10 and leads the Trojans along with DeGray at 14.3 points per game. To go along with her offense, Collier is a aggressive on the defensive side of the floor and has 46 steals on the year.

They Said It
Head Coach Terry Fowler 
What makes Little Rock such a tough place to play: "Look, they're a tough place to play no matter where you play them. They just do a great job, they're really a simple team but have so much repetition at what they do, that they're really good at it. Great coaching, they have a really good fan base there that supports them. They have a level of consistency year in and year out that has allowed them to be the program they are."

NEXT GAME
South Alabama returns to the Mitchell Center to take on Georgia Southern on Thursday, Feb. 14. Tip-off vs. the Eagles is slated for 7 p.m. in Mobile, Ala.

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