Game 3 | Dec. 5, 2020 | 7 p.m. (CST) | Mobile, Ala. | Mitchell Center

South Alabama (1-1, 0-0 Sun Belt)
Rankings: — AP | — Coaches | — NET | 179 RPI

Head Coach: Terry Fowler (Lane [Tenn.] '86)
Record at USA (season): 102-120 (8th)
Career Record (season): 309-298 (21st)
Record vs. Nicholls: 0-2

Statistical Leaders
Pts: Mahogany Vaught (17.0)
Rebs: Antoinette Lewis (11.0)
Asts: Devyn Lowe (7)
Blks: Antoinette Lewis (5)
Stls: Jayla Morrow (6)

Nicholls (1-1, 0-0 Southland)
Rankings: — AP | — Coaches | — NET | 181 RPI

Head Coach: DoBee Plaisance (Southern Mississippi '86)
Record at Nicholls (years): 155-206 (13th)
Career Record (years): 312-429 (26th)
Record vs. USA: 2-2

Statistical Leaders
Pts: Chelsea Cain (15.5)
Rebs: Chelsea Cain/Adrian Mann (5.5)
Asts: Anna McKendree (11)
Blks: Alex Bolozova/Jazmyn Womack (1)
Stls: Adrian Mann (6)

Multimedia
Radio: 97.1 FM The Prowl
Charles Harrison (pxp) and Jaret Bates (analysis)
Live Stats: http://statb.us/b/317361
Twitter: @WeAreSouth_WBB

Series History
Overall: USA leads 15-4
In Mobile: USA leads 9-2
In Thibodaux: USA leads 6-2
Neutral: n/a
Longest USA Streak: 1 (1981-97)
Longest Nicholls Streak: 2 (2013-14)
Series Streak: Nicholls — 2 (2013-14)
First Meeting: Nicholls, 76-55, on 1/6/79 (Mobile)
Last Meeting: Nicholls, 66-62, on 12/6/14 (Thibodaux)

Opening Tip
• The Jags look to rebound from their first loss of the season against Nicholls on Saturday night.
• It's the second straight game against an NCAA Division I opponent for South after opening the year against Mobile on Nov. 25.
• This marks the fifth straight season that the Jaguars will face a program from the Southland Conference.
• USA has won all six contests against league opponents during that stretch; the Colonels are the last Southland team to defeat the Jags with their win in Thibodaux in the most recent match-up in the series.
• The Jaguars have 71 all-time wins over current members of the Southland, more than any league outside of Sun Belt action with the exception of Conference USA (87).

Nicholls Series Notes
• Although the Jaguars own the series lead, the Colonels have won the last two match-ups.
• South last defeated Nicholls, 63-50, on Dec. 5, 2009, in Thibodaux.
• USA's most recent victory over the Colonels at home — an 83-30 decision — came on Nov. 14 the previous year.
• The Jags have claimed all three meetings in the series played at the Mitchell Center.
• The Jaguars' last nine wins in the series have been decided by a double-digit margin.

Lowe Lights It Up
Guard Devyn Lowe led all scorers with 22 points last time out against Tulane, which included sinking six three-point field goals (in 12 attempts); both figures were the best of her career. It was the first time she has scored in double figures since recording 12 points at Southern Mississippi on Dec. 15 a year ago, her first 20-point effort since a March 7, 2019, victory over Coastal Carolina and the fifth occasion that she has posted 10-plus points in her career.  In addition to being the first time the redshirt junior has paced all players in scoring since the start of the 2018-19 season, Lowe also led everyone in assists – she was credited with four — for the first occasion since recording a career-best 12 against Mobile on Nov. 26 last year.

Getting It Done On The Glass
Antoinette Lewis had a game- and season-high 12 rebounds against the Green Wave, with the effort helping the senior forward climb three places on the school's all-time list in the category; with 882 in her career, she was able to pass the trio of Tamara Carter (1995-98), Dina Jones (1992-95) and Annette Williams (1983-86).  Lewis added 13 points for her second double-double of the season — and fifth in the Jags' last six outings dating back to a win at Arkansas State on March 5 last winter — while she has also paced South in blocks in both contests this year after recording a season-best three against Tulane.

Dynamite (Delayed) Debut
Junior Mahogany Vaught returned after missing South's season-opening win over Mobile to record career highs in both scoring (17) and steals (four) on Tuesday, and she was credited with four rebounds and a pair of steals as well.  That was one more point than the guard had posted in her last 12 appearances of the 2019-20 campaign — a stretch that began on Feb. 1 at Troy — while it marked just the second time in 48 games that she has recorded 10 or more points in a contest.

Additional Notes From The Tulane Game
• The Jaguars were credited with 10 steals in the contest, marking the first time they have recorded a double-digit theft total in back-to-back outings since the first two contests of the 2017-18 campaign.
• It was the fifth straight outing dating back to last season that South has finished with a higher field-goal percentage than the opposition.
• Tulane's 27 points off turnovers were the most posted by a USA opponent since Feb. 28, 2019, when UTA finished with 31 in a 72-51 defeat of the Jaguars in Arlington.
• It was the first time since falling 71-62 to Coastal Carolina at home on Jan. 4 last season that South has lost when making more field goals than the other team.
• The Jags were playing without Savannah Jones — who was injured in practice on Sunday prior to the contest — and Jala Buster, who was dismissed from the team for failing to meet program standards.

Notes From The Last Nicholls Meeting
• The Colonels put together a 9-2 run in the final 90 seconds to pull out the victory.
• It was the most points that Colby Davis — then a sophomore, currently in her second season as a graduate assistant for the Jaguars — posted during the 2014-15 campaign.
• Freshman Tia Charles led Nicholls after recording a career-high scoring total, which paced all players in the category.
• The Colonels played without their leading scorer, Emani White.
• It would be the first of 13 straight losses for the Jaguars, who ended the year with a 5-24 overall mark.

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